Recaps

Lox and the Iron Hands reached Calth and warned the Ultramarines that the Word Bearers had betrayed them, but Chaos Scrapcode and the traitor fleet devastated the planet and its orbit. The loyalists rallied around the Universal Museum while Guilliman’s fate remained unknown, and Nykona received a communication request from Lox.

• Lox awakened aboard the Red Alert and rescued Nykona Sharrowkyn, Sabik Wayland, and the Iron Hands from Isstvan V, then agreed to take them to Terra.
• During the Warp journey, Lox discovered a code infecting the ship’s cogitator, and Nykona fought a Changeling before the Red Alert reached Calth.
• Lox’s group warned the Ultramarines that the Word Bearers were traitors, but Chaos Scrapcode disabled Calth’s defenses and the Bell Tower tore through the orbital fleet.
• Nykona uncovered the Word Bearers’ betrayal aboard the Samosores, and Lox helped Ventanus warn Guilliman before the traitor fleet destroyed the orbital platforms and struck Calth.
• Lox told Guilliman that Horus had betrayed the Emperor, while Ventanus and Wayland led the survivors against Word Bearers forces on Calth.
• Lorgar revealed his allegiance to the Empyrean and unleashed a Warp creature aboard Macragge’s Honour, sweeping Guilliman into space as the Ultramarines fought back in orbit.
• Ventanus gathered Ultramarines, Iron Hands, Secutarii, and civilians at the Universal Museum, where Tassa saved Alina and her newborn daughter and Lox used Hurst’s kill-code to weaken the Chaos Scrapcode.
• Nykona and Aenid Hill rescued the wounded Marius Gage from a daemon, learned Guilliman’s fate was unknown, and Nykona received a communication request from Lox.

After surviving the battle for Calth, Lox allied with Guilliman and established a technological base on Mustafar. As the Ultramarines rebuilt their forces, Lox developed new armor and proposed turning an asteroid into a weapon against the Shadow Crusade.

• Hill and Nykona led Ultramarines against daemons and Word Bearers aboard Macragge’s Honour, helping reclaim the ship as Guilliman returned alive and restored the Librarius.
• Guilliman led the assault on the Zezsweyred Dockyard, where Nykona wounded Kor Phaeron and Hill destroyed the data engines, allowing Calth’s Weapon Arrays to turn against the Word Bearers.
• Lox and Guilliman agreed to an alliance, then Guilliman evacuated Calth and took Lox aboard as an adviser while Ventanus stayed to protect the survivors.
• At Macragge, Guilliman assigned Hill and an Ultramarines company to Lox, who chose Mustafar as a base and deployed the Red Alert’s automated MCV.
• Lox’s machines began mining and transforming Mustafar, while he showed Hill, Nykona, and Wayland plans for advanced adamantium power armor and stronger tactical armor.
• Guilliman visited Mustafar with Lady Yuttan and the Victorious Army, where Auguston tested Lox’s armor and Guilliman accepted a customized suit while ordering armor upgrades for mortal forces.
• As Guilliman reported that Lorgar and Angron were leading the Shadow Crusade, Lox proposed converting an asteroid into a battle planet, and Guilliman agreed to lure the enemy fleet into an ambush.

Amattra’s defenders fought the World Eaters and Word Bearers as Angron was killed and Khârn agreed to help Lorgar resurrect him. Guilliman’s reinforcements arrived with the battle planet, turning the void battle against the traitor fleet while Lorgar remained on the surface.

• Rowell McKane recorded the destruction of Calth and the arrival of new weapons, armor, and vehicles as the Battle of Amatla began.
• Orfeo reported that Captain Lysimachus Sestus and his allies had destroyed the *Fussilade Abyss* to save Macragge, strengthening the resolve of Amarat’s defenders.
• The rebel fleet invaded Amattra, and Ophio’s small disintegration-armed craft damaged enemy ships before the World Eaters and Word Bearers landed.
• The Ultramar Auxilia and Ultramarines resisted the invasion, and Angron entered the fight to rescue Khârn before escaping the Ultramarines’ counterattack.
• Khârn survived a failed daemon bond and gained new strength, then fought through the Ultramarines as Orpheo lured Angron into a trap.
• Ophio and the Victorious Army trapped Angron with an overloaded antimatter furnace, and Khârn later recovered Gorefather and Gorechild from the blast crater.
• Lorgar promised Khârn that a ritual and sacrifice could resurrect Angron, and Khârn agreed to help destroy Amatara.
• Marius Gage’s fleet arrived and attacked the Conqueror, then Guilliman’s battle planet emerged, devastated the Word Bearers fleet, and left Lorgar stranded on the surface.

Guilliman pursued Lorgar to Nuceria, where Lorgar resurrected Angron as a Daemon Prince and the Ultramarines fought to stop them. Guilliman returned to Macragge after the battle and began preparing Ultramar to endure the Imperium’s crisis, while Euten and Orpheo urged him to become a visible leader.

• Lorgar escaped the battle at Amatara through a Warp rift, and Guilliman learned that he planned to resurrect Angron on Nuceria.
• Khârn led the World Eaters to Nuceria, where they slaughtered its rulers and turned Desh’ea’s arena into an altar for Lorgar’s ritual.
• Guilliman and the Ultramarines landed on Nuceria, where Warp distortions weakened their ranged weapons and psychic powers as they faced the World Eaters.
• Lorgar’s ritual transformed Angron into the Lord of the Red Sands, and Angron and Lorgar fought Guilliman while the battlefield collapsed into Warp corruption.
• Lox’s Iron Man restrained Angron long enough for Lorgar to pull him and the World Eaters through a Warp rift, and Guilliman ordered Nuceria destroyed and the events concealed.
• Guilliman returned toward Macragge, spoke with Lox about the rebellion and the future of Ultramar, and resolved to prepare the Five Hundred Worlds as a refuge for loyalists.
• The people celebrated Guilliman’s return to Macragge, and Euten told Lox that she and Orpheo wanted Guilliman to become a visible leader and the Emperor’s heir.