Chapter Summaries

The Night Haunter recounted the original timeline’s Thramas Crusade, including Shen’s death and the clash between the Lion and the Night Haunter. He left off when Shen asked him to explain how Shen died.

• The Night Haunter said Shen had remained loyal after the Tattoo-faced Earl’s sabotage and died after the Thramas Crusade, while Curze explained that the Silent King had already dealt with the Earl’s faction.
• The Night Haunter described the three-year Thramas Crusade and said he had warned the Lion that Horus’s scheme would lead to Caliban’s fall.
• The Night Haunter said the Lion attacked him during negotiations, and Corswain wounded him while rescuing the Lion.
• The Night Haunter revealed that Sevatar killed Alajos after Corswain left him to aid the Lion, and said Sevatar had defeated Sigismund in the original timeline.
• The Night Haunter praised Sevatar for saying “Death to the False Emperor,” prompting the Thirteen-Person Group to tease him until Curze stopped their argument.
• Shen asked the Night Haunter to return to the subject and explain Shen’s death.

The Night Haunter recounted the Eighth Legion’s fate and revealed the events on Macragge that led to Imperium Secundus. He left the others with the story of how Roboute, Lion El'Jonson, and Sanguinius became its three leaders.

• The Night Haunter told the group that Shen died after Tattoo-faced Earl seized control of the Eighth Legion, and that Talos was later assassinated.
• The Night Haunter revealed that Sevatar had surrendered to the Dark Angels because of an Astropath girl, prompting the others to tease him.
• The Night Haunter confessed to Vulkan that he had tortured him in the original course of fate, but Vulkan refused to punish him and urged him to face that version of himself if he returned.
• The Night Haunter explained that the Human Mystery Cult helped fuel the Horus Heresy and targeted Vulkan, while an assigned Perpetual destroyed the weapon that could kill him.
• After the turmoil on Macragge, Roboute and Lion El'Jonson agreed that a powerful institution was needed, and Sanguinius’s arrival made Imperium Secundus possible.
• Sanguinius agreed to lead alongside Roboute and Lion El'Jonson, establishing Imperium Secundus as the second imperium in human history.

Curze explained what happened to Imperium Secundus and Vulkan after the Night Haunter’s account, then turned to the coming Siege of Terra. The Primarchs watched the image reveal six thousand Vengeful Spirits deployed to prevent Roboute’s Ultramarines from reaching Terra as Curze began recounting the siege.

• The Night Haunter said Imperium Secundus had been dissolved after news arrived from Terra, and that Vulkan had been resurrected through Numion’s willing sacrifice.
• The Night Haunter described the artifacts Vulkan forged after returning to life, including the Seven Hammers Amulet and the Burning Hand, then traded barbs with Sanguinius, Curze, and Dorn.
• Curze told Dorn that his future during the Siege of Terra had been bitter, and Madian woke the Primarchs who had passed out.
• Trazyn showed the others an image of six thousand Vengeful Spirits, which Curze said the Warp Gods had gathered across timelines to stop reinforcements, especially Roboute’s Ultramarines, from reaching Terra.
• Curze began recounting the Siege of Terra from the moment the three Primarchs of Imperium Secundus set out to help, while Sanguinius protested being called Emperor.

Curze recounted how the Heresy unfolded, including Sanguinius’s prophesied death, Lorgar’s coup, and Horus’s growing power. He revealed that the Siege of Terra was ultimately a backlash from emotions accumulated in the Warp, with the Emperor and Horus caught as pieces of fate.

• Curze said Sanguinius had foreseen dying beside the Emperor, and the Warp Gods admitted they had wanted him but would destroy him if they could not claim him.
• Curze explained that Russ failed to stop Horus aboard the Vengeful Spirit, giving Lorgar the chance to control Fulgrim with his true name and rebel.
• Horus made another bargain with the Warp, grew more powerful, and eventually banished Lorgar.
• Curze told Lorgar that his resemblance to the Emperor and his strength against Warp creations made serving Chaos a terrible choice, and said Erebus and Kor Phaeron had helped corrupt him.
• Magnus deduced that the Siege of Terra was fundamentally a backlash of emotions built up in the Warp, with the Emperor and Horus turned into pieces by fate, and Curze confirmed it.

The film showed the Khan and Sanguinius defying Dorn’s defensive plan to fight beyond the Imperial Palace walls, where the Khan confronted and defeated Mortarion. The watching Mortarion learned that his daemon form could return from death, while Lorgar was told his power might be able to destroy Warp creations.

• Dorn asked the Khan and Sanguinius to remain inside the palace, but they chose to fight outside after Sanguinius’s Prophecy showed they could save countless lives.
• The Khan led the White Scars against the Fourteenth Legion and cut through its forces to reach Mortarion.
• The Khan fought Mortarion, who had become stronger through Daemonhood and Nurgle’s blessing, and eventually cut off his head.
• The present-day Mortarion praised the Khan, and Curze explained that a Daemon Prince killed in Realspace would return to the Warp rather than truly die.
• The God of War warned Lorgar that his power posed little threat to the Warp Gods, while Lorgar remained privately cautious of them.

Sanguinius inspired the Imperialis Militia to hold their positions and used the prophecy of his Fated Death to fight with overwhelming strength until it approached. Curze filled in events the vision omitted, including Sigismund’s clash with Little Horus Aximand and Abaddon’s disastrous command decisions.

• The Word Bearers urged the defenders to surrender, but Sanguinius admitted the war was likely unwinnable and chose to stay and fight.
• The Imperialis Militia rallied behind Sanguinius, returned to their posts, and prepared to face the rebels.
• The God of War explained that Sanguinius had borrowed fate’s power, becoming invincible until his Fated Death arrived.
• Curze revealed that Sigismund had cut off one of Little Horus Aximand’s arms and that Perturabo’s command kept pressure on the loyalists despite Horus’s absence.
• Curze recalled that Abaddon had thrown away the Justaerin while claiming the age of the Primarchs was over, embarrassing Abaddon as Sejanus urged him not to blame himself.

The Night Haunter recounted the War of the Webway, the Emperor’s sacrifice of a thousand Psykers, and the Webway Project’s failure, while the Warp Gods explained the threat of the Dark King. He left the Primarchs with the Emperor’s grim fate and the Great Angel’s foretold death.

• The Night Haunter rebuked Lion El'Jonson for giving Perturabo the Great Cannon during the Siege of Terra.
• The Night Haunter described the Daemons flooding into the Webway and the Emperor turning the battle by sacrificing one thousand Psykers and summoning the Legion of the Damned.
• The Night Haunter explained that the Webway gate was closed at the cost of the Emperor’s dream, leaving him to maintain both the Astronomican and the sealed gate with a daily sacrifice of a thousand Psykers.
• Grandfather and Slaanesh warned that the Dark King could emerge, and Slaanesh said he would kill him if Han Mingxuan’s plan required it.
• The Night Haunter revealed that Horus Lupercal’s arrival on Terra would be the Emperor’s last chance to leave the Golden Throne and that the Great Angel would die.

The Night Haunter recounted how Malcador sacrificed himself on the Golden Throne in the original fate and described the final battle aboard the Vengeful Spirit. He revealed that Sanguinius died at Horus’s hands, leaving Horus shocked and tearful.

• The Night Haunter said Roboute was delayed outside Terra by the Chaos Gods while Horus and the Emperor’s forces prepared for their final confrontation.
• The Night Haunter explained that Malcador had taken the Emperor’s place on the Golden Throne, sacrificing himself and helping launch the Grey Knights Project.
• The Night Haunter bowed to Malcador and praised his loyalty, while Malcador silently reflected on the tragic original timeline.
• The Night Haunter said the Emperor boarded the Vengeful Spirit with Sanguinius and Dorn, but the Chaos Gods scattered them to different locations.
• The Night Haunter revealed that Horus killed Sanguinius in the original fate, and Horus reacted with shock and tears.

Curze explained how Horus’s soul was destroyed and how the Emperor defeated him with help from Oll Persson and Garviel Loken. After hearing the tragic account of the Horus Heresy, Dorn insisted on learning what happened next, but Defensio and Sigismund took him out for a break.

• The Night Haunter said Horus had remained loyal until the Warp Gods destroyed his soul, and revealed that Horus had smashed Sanguinius before the Emperor boarded the Vengeful Spirit.
• Curze explained that the Emperor abandoned his plan to absorb the Warp’s power after Oll Persson and Loken advised him against it.
• Oll Persson protected the dying Emperor with Enuncia, while the Emperor used an illusion of Garviel Loken to expose an opening that let him kill Horus.
• Curze called the Heresy a tragedy between father and son, prompting the Primarchs to struggle with what they had heard.
• When Dorn demanded to hear what happened afterward, Curze sent Defensio and Sigismund to take him out for a break before continuing.

Curze recounted how Rogal Dorn returned to Terra with the dying Emperor, Sanguinius's corpse, and Ferrus Manus's head, then endured the Emperor's placement on the Golden Throne and the Imperium's aftermath. Dorn learned that Roboute Guilliman split up the Legions and wrote the Codex Astartes, while Curze warned that the Imperial Fists' suffering was not over.

• Mortarion suggested playing cards, but Curze instead continued explaining what happened to the Imperial Fists after the Horus Heresy.
• Curze revealed that Dorn returned to Terra carrying the dying Emperor, Sanguinius's corpse, and Ferrus Manus's head, with Valdor following in tears.
• Curze explained that the Emperor was placed on the Golden Throne, Malcador gave him his remaining Psychic Power and turned to ash, and Dorn vowed, "I am Rogal Dorn. I will never fall."
• The Primarchs showed Dorn respect, and Curze said humanity faced ten thousand years or more of war.
• Curze explained that Guilliman split up the Legions and wrote the Codex Astartes, with Dorn agreeing to support the division.
• Curze warned that the Imperial Fists' suffering was not over.

The Night Haunter described what happened to the Primarchs after the Heresy, including Dorn’s disappearance and the Last Wall Protocol he left for the Imperial Fists. He then recounted the War of the Beast and began explaining the Age of Apostasy, naming Vandire as its central figure.

• The Night Haunter explained that the loyalist Primarchs spent two hundred years rebuilding the Imperium before disappearing one by one, with several leaving to pursue their own missions.
• The Night Haunter told Dorn that he fought relentlessly after the Heresy, suffered grievous losses at Sebastus IV, and ultimately disappeared after attacking the Sword of Desecration, leaving behind only his hand.
• The Night Haunter said Dorn had established the Last Wall Protocol, which Koorland later activated when the Imperium faced the War of the Beast.
• The Night Haunter described how The Beast’s Ork Empire built Attack Moons, including one that hovered over Terra and demanded the Imperium’s surrender.
• Guilliman questioned how the Orks could threaten the Imperium after the Scouring, and the Night Haunter introduced the Age of Apostasy and Vandire.

The Night Haunter recounted how the War of the Beast devastated the Imperial Fists and described Caliban’s fate in the original timeline. Dorn learned that the Emperor had given Old Han his gene templates, while Lion El'Jonson was left desperate to learn more about Caliban.

• The Night Haunter described the Age of Apostasy and said Koorland activated the Last Wall Protocol before Vulkan defeated the Beast.
• The Night Haunter told Dorn that the Imperial Fists were nearly wiped out and later rebuilt from their successor Chapters, leaving Dorn devastated.
• Dorn asked to return and save his Scions, but the Night Haunter said he could not find a way back.
• The Emperor explained that Old Han had Dorn’s gene templates and could use them to remedy the Imperial Fists’ deficiencies if he had reached the original future.
• The Night Haunter explained how Luther’s resentment and Chaos led to Caliban’s civil war and the creation of The Rock.
• The Night Haunter said the Scions hunted the Dark Angels’ sons cast into the Warp, leaving Lion El'Jonson distressed by what he had heard.

Slaanesh restored the path through the Klein bottle, and Han Mingxuan contacted the Primarchs from 40k to summon the Night Haunter back and warn of trouble ahead. The Primarchs rushed to prepare supplies and support, while the Night Haunter was left stunned and eager to see his father again.

• Slaanesh told Curze that the disturbances in fate had cleared and that she had found the Klein bottle’s pointer, but the bottle soon began flashing violently.
• Han Mingxuan’s voice came through the Klein bottle and said that he and Sinleech were in 40k, that Tzeentch had gone mad, and that he needed the Night Haunter to return in a little over nine hours.
• Han Mingxuan told the Night Haunter to organize the Eighth Legion and said they would meet near Baal, then greeted Curze and the members of the Council of the Long Night.
• Malcador and the others scrambled to gather information and supplies, while Trazyn ordered the Necrontyr to cooperate and limited what the Night Haunter could transport to inanimate objects.
• Trazyn took the Council of the Long Night to Nostramo, where he set the Necrontyr to preparing supplies and told the others to write letters as the Night Haunter realized he would soon see his father.

Slaanesh ordered Xarathi to double the daily Drukhari sacrifices as an unknown feeling stirred within her, while the God of War went to investigate the edge of the Milky Way Galaxy. On Mars, Ferrus Manus and the other Primarchs used the Emperor’s orders to seize half of the Adeptus Mechanicus’s most important assets for the Father of Night’s support.

• Slaanesh ordered Xarathi to increase the daily Drukhari sacrifices from ten thousand to twenty thousand.
• The God of War left the Terra Throne Room to search the edge of the Milky Way Galaxy, while Grandfather stayed to watch Slaanesh and The Accursed.
• Ferrus Manus demanded all the STC Templates from the Adeptus Mechanicus, and Russ led the Thirteenth Legion in a raid on its headquarters.
• Russ presented an order signed by the Emperor, and the arriving Primarchs insisted that the Adeptus Mechanicus cooperate with their urgent operation.
• The Primarchs and their Retinues spent five hours looting Mars, taking half of the Mechanicus’s most important assets after the Emperor’s psychic command reached the sages.

The Imperium and Necrontyr prepared immense supplies, fleets, and star-powered Staves for Han Mingxuan, while the Evernight Legion wrote books and made recordings to send with him. The Night Haunter stole the Legion’s sacred armour, and Curze ordered the others to beat him until he handed it over.

• Trazyn showed Curze the supplies prepared for Han Mingxuan, including a Gloriana-class Battleship named the Father of the Evernight and Staves made with tens of thousands of stars.
• Trazyn said the Necrontyr had also prepared dimensional pockets containing every Necrontyr world that had not yet been resurrected.
• The Evernight Legion spent five hours revising letters and preparing photos, audio, and video recordings for Han Mingxuan.
• Sevatar announced that the Evernight Power Armour had been stolen, and Curze identified the Night Haunter as the thief.
• The Evernight Legion confronted the Night Haunter, and Curze struck him and ordered everyone to beat him until he handed over the armour.

Trazyn sent the Night Haunter back to his original timeline with a ring of supplies for Old Han, but the Emperor’s psychic power diverted him to Terra. There, the Night Haunter attacked the Throne Room and was restrained by Sinleech, who promised to explain Old Han’s plans after he awakened his Warp Essence.

• Trazyn gave the Night Haunter a Dimensional Ring and sent him back to his original fate after the nine-hour wait.
• Slaanesh suddenly shouted that she had done it and rushed out of the Throne Room.
• The Emperor’s Warp Storm swept the Night Haunter away from his planned search for Old Han and brought him to Terra.
• The Night Haunter smashed Trajann Valoris through the Throne Room doors and threatened to kill the Emperor.
• Sinleech pinned the Night Haunter in place, trapped him in a crystal cage, and said he would explain Old Han’s arrangements once the Night Haunter awakened his Warp Essence.
• Sinleech told Trajann that the Night Haunter’s resurrection had been planned by Old Han and the Emperor, and that he would be the first loyal Primarch to return.

The Night Haunter returned to the Imperium and learned that Han Mingxuan had left instructions for him, though opening the book meant Sinleech’s administrative double escaped. Sinleech assigned Magnus the runaway Tzeentch’s workload and renamed him Niumanus.

• Sinleech explained that Han Mingxuan had arranged for the Night Haunter to return and left instructions for him.
• The Night Haunter confronted the Emperor, rejected his authority, and agreed to read Han Mingxuan’s instructions through Sinleech.
• At the Department of Internal Affairs, the Night Haunter opened the book that had sealed Sinleech’s Tzeentch double, allowing him to escape.
• Sinleech revealed that he had forced his double to handle administrative work and blamed the Night Haunter for breaking the seal.
• Sinleech summoned Daemon Prince Magnus and ordered him to take over the escaped Tzeentch’s work, calling him Niumanus.

The Night Haunter learned that Mr. Han wanted him to rebuild the Eighth Legion, then infiltrated the Rock to free Sevatar and Otani. He escaped after blinding the Dark Angels, leaving them to witness the Night Lords’ return.

• Sinleech told the Night Haunter that Mr. Han had secretly arranged for him to rebuild the Eighth Legion, and the Night Haunter promised to do it within three years.
• The Night Haunter appeared aboard the Rock and used Fear Inducement to learn where Sevatar was imprisoned.
• The Night Haunter caused an uproar across the Rock, reached Sevatar’s cell, and woke him.
• The Night Haunter agreed to take Otani with them and prepared to escape with Sevatar and the Astropath girl.
• The Night Haunter blinded the Dark Angels and vanished with Sevatar and Otani, leaving the Rock in chaos.

Konrad Curze reunited with Sevatar in the Underhive and convinced him of his identity after a violent exchange. Curze said he would rebuild the Eighth Legion, beginning by finding the Nightfall and settling old cases.

• Sevatar questioned whether the Night Haunter was truly Konrad Curze, since he remembered watching his Gene-Father die.
• Curze used his Psychic Power to calm Sevatar and show him memories of his life and death, though he withheld what happened afterward.
• Sevatar accused Curze of serving the False Emperor, and Curze insisted that the Emperor on the Golden Throne was not his father.
• Curze repeatedly beat Sevatar until Sevatar accepted that his madness proved he was the real Night Haunter.
• Curze told Sevatar they would find the Nightfall, clear up old cases along the way, and bring Aotani with them.

The Night Haunter reunited with Sevatar and laid out new rules for the Eighth Legion, including abandoning its old brutality and studying law. He arranged for Sevatar and Otani to clean up and rest, while his references to another father left Sevatar wondering what had changed him.

• The Night Haunter gave Otani chocolates and told Sevatar he would get new armor and have the scar on his face treated.
• The Night Haunter ordered Sevatar to stop flaying people, study law, and control his temper as he set out to reform the Legion.
• The Night Haunter took Sevatar and Otani to the wasteland, brought out a spacecraft and equipment from Jia's Blackstone bracelet, and told them to get cleaned up.
• The Night Haunter teased Sevatar about marrying Otani and starting a family, then provided fresh clothes for both of them.
• After the Night Haunter left them to rest, Sevatar told Otani he did not know what had happened to his Gene-Father or who the other father he mentioned was.