The Webway Project had been the key to the Emperor's path of ascension designed for humanity. But when Magnus the Red and the Thousand Sons Legion unleashed their full psychic warning, shattering the psychic barrier the Emperor had erected to protect the artificial Webway, everything came to an end.
The artificial Webway, already a weak point in the Webway, was torn open, and the Warp daemons that had long coveted it swarmed through the breach.
Behind them stood the four supreme evil gods of the Warp. To stop the Emperor's plan, They had even been willing to set aside Their endless hatred and unite for a time.
"The War in the Webway," Malcador lamented.
"After Magnus's folly caused the damage, the Emperor and I dispatched large numbers of Custodes and Sisters of Silence, along with Tech-priests loyal to the Emperor and the Solar Auxilia. In the early stages of the war, we did indeed repel the daemons' assault."
"But the enemy's numbers were endless, while our brave warriors could be wounded and exhausted. For every Warp daemon banished back to The Empyrean, ten or a hundred more of its kind would attack again."
"To prevent everything from descending completely into ruin, the Emperor used his unparalleled psychic power to create a psychic barrier within the Golden Throne's reach, covering the surviving Imperial forces as they withdrew to the palace."
As he looked at the immense Warp portal, Lox felt as though he could smell the nearly tangible stench of blood and rust in the air. Countless elite Imperial technicians and warriors had fallen here.
Suddenly, it was as though an ancient bronze bell had rung within the grand throne room, and the red-robed figures busily working around them immediately stopped.
At that moment, in Terra's orbital space, a fleet of