M31 Warhammer 40K – Part 3 (Part 3 of 6)

The Horus Heresy: A Galaxy in Flames

As the Imperium of Man teeters on the brink of collapse, the Horus Heresy rages on, fueled by the Warmaster’s treachery and the Emperor’s desperate attempts to reclaim his throne.

Siege of Schadenhold

Iron Warriors loyal to the Emperor defend the Schadenhold against their traitor brethren in a grueling siege that lasts for over a year. The battle is a testament to the unwavering dedication of the Imperial forces, but it also serves as a reminder of the unrelenting ferocity of the traitor legions.

Psychic Wave Unleashed

The wards that held the psychic wave caused by Magnus’ intrusion into the Imperial Dungeon finally fail, releasing a devastating blast of energy that washes across the minds of Terra’s inhabitants. Millions are driven insane or killed outright, and the imprisoned Crusader Host breaks out of Khangba Marwu. Amidst the chaos, Severian, a lone Crusader, manages to escape and is eventually recruited by the Sigilite Malcador for his Knights-Errant.

Alpha Legion Strikes

The Alpha Legion launches simultaneous attacks on the Space Wolves in the Alaxxes system and the White Scars in the Chondax system. As the Great Crusade hangs in the balance, Jaghatai Khan refuses to aid Leman Russ or heed Rogal Dorn’s summons to Terra, choosing instead to travel to Prospero to uncover the truth about the civil war.

Evacuation of Corvus Corax

Corvus Corax, the Raven Guard Primarch, boards a shuttle to evacuate from Isstvan V after 98 days of grueling guerrilla warfare. Alpha Legion operatives infiltrate the Raven Guard while others prevent a World Eaters vessel from firing on the Raven Guard relief vessels.

Battle of Dominica Minor

Half of the Death Guard fleet takes just three hours to wipe out the defenses of Dominica Minor. Meanwhile, a single ship of the Sons of Horus convinces the people of Moab to turn on themselves to earn the mercy of the Warmaster.

Recovery of Cassian Dracos

The Ebon Drake returns to Isstvan V and recovers Cassian Dracos from the battlefield. The loyalist Astartes also destroy the Word Bearers ship Furious Abyss before it can attack Macragge.

Battle of Calth

The Word Bearers crash the fleet tender Campanile into the Ultramarines’ fleet over Calth, starting the Battle of Calth. During the battle, Nathaniel Garro recruits Tylos Rubio on the order of the Sigilite Malcador.

Battle of Armatura

A combined Word Bearers and World Eaters fleet attacks Armatura, while elements of the Word Bearers Legion also attack other worlds in the Ultramar region. The Ruinstorm forms, cutting the galaxy in half and smothering worlds in darkness.

Roboute Guilliman Calls for Loyalist Fleets

Roboute Guilliman calls for loyalist fleets to gather at Ultramar as the 468th Expeditionary Fleet is sent to secure or destroy a warp engine on Perditus Ultima.

Recruitment of Macer Varren

Nathaniel Garro and Tylos Rubio recruit Macer Varren for the Sigilite Malcador after they neutralize a traitorous element of White Scars on the edge of the Solar system.

Tenebrae Mission

Alpha Legion Squad Sigma redirects Tenebrae 5-90, an asteroid containing a Mechanicum/Alpha Legion research station and a Warp-manipulating xenos device, to fall into the star 66 Zeta-octis.

Second Battle of Prospero

Jaghatai Khan and Mortarion battle in the ashes of Tizca, while Hasik Noyan-Khan tries to take control of the White Scars fleet for Horus.

Rogal Dorn Interrogates Solomon Voss

Rogal Dorn interrogates remembrancer Solomon Voss, recovered from a traitor vessel on the edge of the Solar system.

Librarius Reinstated

In the wake of psychic warfare and warpcraft used against the Five Hundred Worlds, Roboute Guilliman reinstates the Librarius, defying the Edict of Nikaea for the duration of the emergency.

Massacre of Oqueth Minor

Tybalt Marr leads the force that destroys the Iron Hands Legion Clan-Council at Oqueth Minor. Shadrak Meduson manages to escape the massacre.

Battle of Percepton Primus

Although the war for the system ends in just 27 minutes, ground resistance continues for 164 days after the Word Bearers cripple the Ultramarines space fleet.

Lion El’Jonson Orders Dark Angels to Perditus

Lion El’Jonson orders the 4th, 6th, 9th, 16th, 17th, and 30th Dark Angels Orders and the Invincible Reason to Perditus to prevent the Death Guard from pillaging the secret Adeptus Mechanicus installation there.

Battle of Perditus

The Dark Angels, Iron Hands, and Death Guard battle on Perditus Ultima for possession of a Warp engine.

Battle of Bodt

Autek Mor of the Iron Hands leads an attack on Bodt, the principal fief world of the World Eaters. He uses his fleet’s ordnance to knock Bodt’s moon out of its stable orbit and crash it into the planet’s surface, wiping out all life.

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