Recaps

Lorgar rescued Horus from the Orks on Ullanor, then the Primarchs returned to Terra, where Horus was named and crowned Warmaster. After the celebration, Lorgar confronted Fabricator-General Utio over evidence of his secret projects, and Constantin Valdor summoned Utio to meet Malcador.

• Horus and Brutus fought to hold their trapped survivors inside the fortress as Orks cut off supplies and reinforcements.
• Phrax built Aegis Fortress and defended it until the Iron Hands arrived, while the Orks turned on one another during a sudden psychic disruption.
• Lorgar descended onto Ullanor, rescued Horus and Fulgrim, and killed Uralk on a nearby moon.
• The Emperor recalled the Primarchs to Terra, where they discussed their futures and the Emperor appointed Horus Warmaster.
• Horus accepted the title, and the Emperor crowned him before Terra’s crowds and presented him with Worldbreaker.
• Lorgar visited Turing in the Dark Cells, received a teleportation Rune and two powerful pistols from the Emperor, then watched Horus’s coronation.
• After the ceremony, Lorgar confronted Utio over data exposing his secret projects, and several Primarchs surrounded the Fabricator-General.
• Constantin Valdor arrived and told Utio that Malcador the Sigillite required an immediate discussion about technical agreements.

Lorgar accepted Horus’s offer to become Deputy Commander-in-Chief, uncovered relics tied to Terra’s old faiths, and prepared the Word Bearers to face Daemons. Meanwhile, Perturabo returned to Olympia, Corax claimed the Eye of Sherron, and Ferrus Manus tested a mechanical virus as Loken met the Word Bearer Henry aboard the Vengeful Spirit.

• Perturabo returned to Olympia, crippled Dammekos, and promised Calliphone he would help set things right.
• Horus appointed Lorgar Deputy Commander-in-Chief, and Lorgar accepted on the condition that it was the Emperor’s will.
• Lorgar and Anna explored Thunderstone Church, found Uriah Olathaire’s remains, and discussed the damage caused by the Emperor’s suppression of faith.
• Lorgar discovered the Spear of Longinus was missing, while the Emperor revealed he had it and later reforged Lorgar’s Greatsword with three ancient silver nails before Lorgar left Terra.
• Corax killed the lava beast and claimed the Eye of Sherron, whose visions showed him a possible future alongside Horus and the resurrected Bella.
• Lorgar appointed Rockefeller commander of the Herald of the Holy Word, instructed the Word Bearers to resist Daemons, and ordered plans for controlled psychic use and an elite Anti-Daemon Force.
• Ferrus Manus unleashed a Mechanical Virus on the Orks at Ullanor and began developing a dormant version that could be activated by an external signal.
• Loken watched a Word Bearer duel aboard the Vengeful Spirit, then met Henry, who introduced himself and told Loken about his part in killing a Rangdan Warmaster.

Loken, Tarvitz, and their allies fought the Giant Spider Xenos on Murder Star and eventually devastated their stronghold from orbit. Elsewhere, Corax claimed the Nemesis Blade, while Vulkan’s campaign to liberate Hope Star became a desperate struggle against a supernatural plague.

• Horus sent Loken to investigate Murder Star, where he discovered Eidolon’s Emperor’s Children had arrived and begun a reckless planetary assault.
• Tarvitz’s scattered force fought Giant Spider Xenos, reunited with Akurduana, and survived a desperate defense until Loken’s orbital lances and Sanguinius’s reinforcements arrived.
• Hercules joined the battle at Lorgar’s command, killed a colossal Giant Spider, and helped the Imperial forces secure the initiative before the plateau was destroyed by bombardment.
• Lorgar waited for contact from Intres while Corax destroyed the Federation, claimed the Nemesis Blade, and sent Sharrowkyn to serve under Horus and deliver artifacts to Ferrus Manus.
• Lorgar learned of Corax’s actions and ordered his intelligence network to find the Nemesis Blade, while Morkan comforted a child among the ruins of Moris and returned to Vulkan.
• Vulkan led the Salamanders to liberate Hope Star, where Morkan and the Legion burned back the Pustule Lizards and Vulkan entered the infected rainforest with the Flame Guard.
• A Warp Storm isolated Hope Star, and a supernatural plague killed Salamanders despite the Legion’s failed attempts to contain it, leaving Vulkan praying beside his fallen sons.

Lorgar faced Erda after she returned with the Cabal, defeating her and leaving her dead as the Emperor arranged for Nibelung to help him target the Cabal. The arc ended with Malcador seeking Nibelung’s aid and accepting his condition that someone first beat him into submission.

• Festus treated plague-stricken Salamanders and left Vulkan medicine formulas, which Vulkan made a Legion priority after the storm weakened and 777 Salamanders had died.
• Will gathered intelligence for Lorgar aboard the Shadow of the Emperor, but Zorge revealed that he had controlled Will’s channel, and Will killed himself after learning his actions had mattered.
• Lorgar and Corax clashed over the spies aboard Corax’s ship, while Horus failed to reconcile them and Lorgar prepared to act with Angron and Curze.
• Erda joined the Cabal and returned to confront Lorgar, who fought her with psychic weapons and defeated her despite her Enuncia power.
• Angron and Curze fought the Cabal’s spear-wielding assassin through deceptive illusions while Lorgar battled Erda and ultimately killed her.
• Erda’s soul was captured in the Warp, and the collapsing pocket dimension returned Lorgar and his companions to the Law of Faith with Erda’s corpse.
• The Emperor told Malcador that Erda’s soul was imprisoned and proposed sending Lorgar a former Cabal member who knew its operations.
• Malcador found Nibelung in an abandoned castle, and Nibelung agreed to leave retirement if someone could beat him into submission.