The archive has a lot of multi-part series, and it is not always obvious where to begin. This guide lists every one of them, grouped by theme, with a short note on what it covers and a link to its first part. Pick a thread, start at Part 1 and follow the Previous and Next links under each article.
149 multi-part series, 1275 posts in all. Each entry links to Part 1; once you are in a series, the box under the article lists every part with previous and next links.
Start here: lore, timelines and reference
Background reading that sets the scene before you pick a thread to follow.
- List of Characters (Warhammer: The Old World) (4 parts, start at Part 1): A roll call of figures from Warhammer: The Old World.
- List of Planets (3 parts, start at Part 1): A catalogue of notable war-torn worlds.
- M41 (14 parts, start at Part 1): A timeline of the major events of the 41st Millennium.
- Origins of the Warhammer 40k Universe: War, Power, and Religion (11 parts, start at Part 1): A broad background read on how war, rule and faith shaped the setting.
- Space Marine Quotes (10 parts, start at Part 1): Famous sayings attributed to Space Marines, collected across ten parts.
The Horus Heresy
The great civil war of the 31st Millennium, from the first cracks to its aftermath.
- The battle for Kalium Gate (4 parts, start at Part 1): A battle story from the opening of the Age of Darkness.
- Horus Heresy: Aftermath for the Space Marine Legions (7 parts, start at Part 1): How the broken Legions were reorganised and rebuilt once the fighting stopped.
- Horus Rising (Novel) (5 parts, start at Part 1): The opening Horus Heresy novel and the first signs of rot in the Crusade.
- Imperium Secundus: How The Lion Betrayed His Brothers (12 parts, start at Part 1): The rival realm of the Heresy years and the part the Lion played in how it ended.
- Know No Fear (Novel) (2 parts, start at Part 1): The Horus Heresy novel built around the betrayal at Calth and the Ultramarines' fight to survive it.
- M31 (6 parts, start at Part 1): A stage-by-stage account of the Horus Heresy years of the 31st Millennium.
- Massacre on Istvaan 3 – Tragic Events Unfold (3 parts, start at Part 1): The atrocity at Istvaan III, the first great blow of the Heresy.
The Primarchs
The Emperor's sons: who they were, how they led and where they ended up.
- Alpharius and Omegon – The True Power (9 parts, start at Part 1): The Alpha Legion's enigmatic primarch and their secretive way of waging war.
- Ferrus Manus: The Strongest of Them All? (10 parts, start at Part 1): The Gorgon of Medusa and primarch of the Iron Hands.
- Guilliman Lives: The Return of the Avenging Son (11 parts, start at Part 1): Guilliman's return and what it means for the Imperium.
- Horus Lupercal (7 parts, start at Part 1): The rise of the Warmaster and the road that led him to turn on his father.
- Jaghatai Khan – Warrior of Chogoris (11 parts, start at Part 1): The White Scars' primarch and his hunter's approach to war.
- Lion El'Jonson (7 parts, start at Part 1): The Dark Angels' primarch, his Caliban upbringing and the secrets that surround him.
- Lion El'Jonson vs Angron (4 parts, start at Part 1): Two primarchs compared: the Lion's discipline against Angron's rage.
- Lorgar Aurelian – Architect of the Horus Heresy (14 parts, start at Part 1): The Word Bearers' primarch and the faith that set the Heresy in motion.
- Mortarion – From Hero to Monster (10 parts, start at Part 1): The Death Guard's primarch and his fall into the service of Nurgle.
- Perturabo – Smartest of Equals (12 parts, start at Part 1): The Iron Warriors' primarch, a gifted engineer with a bitter streak.
- The Rise of Roboute Guilliman (6 parts, start at Part 1): How the lord of Ultramar built his domain and his reputation.
- Roboute Guilliman (9 parts, start at Part 1): The Ultramarines' primarch, from his early trials on Macragge onward.
- Rogal Dorn: The Sentinel of Terra (9 parts, start at Part 1): The Imperial Fists' primarch, master of fortification and defender of Terra.
- Vulkan: Guardian of Humanity (12 parts, start at Part 1): The Salamanders' primarch, known for compassion and craftsmanship.
- What Drove Konrad Curze to Madness? Unveiling the Night Haunter's Story (9 parts, start at Part 1): The Night Lords' primarch and the visions that shadowed him.
- What happened with Primarchs before Emperor found them? (16 parts, start at Part 1): The primarchs' lives on the worlds where they grew up, before the Great Crusade.
- Why Did Corvus Corax Become a Monster to Fight Monsters (10 parts, start at Part 1): The Raven Guard's primarch and his grim, guerrilla style of war.
Space Marine Chapters and Legions
Profiles of the loyalist Legions and the Chapters that descend from them.
- Anatomy of Spacemarine (4 parts, start at Part 1): How a Space Marine is made and what sets him apart.
- Black Templars: Heroes of the Eternal Crusade (11 parts, start at Part 1): The zealous Black Templars and their never-ending crusade.
- Blood Angels: Blood for the Golden God (17 parts, start at Part 1): The Sons of Sanguinius and the burden of their bloodline.
- Dante: The Light of Sanguinius' Legacy (9 parts, start at Part 1): Commander Dante, the long-lived leader of the Blood Angels.
- The Deathwatch: Who Are the Imperium's Elite Alien Hunters? (13 parts, start at Part 1): The Deathwatch, the Space Marines who specialise in fighting xenos.
- Dreadnought Legacy (10 parts, start at Part 1): Space Marines, Dreadnoughts and the entombed heroes inside them.
- Exorcists: The Untold Story of Betrayal and Dark Secrets (9 parts, start at Part 1): A story-driven look at the Exorcists and the secrets around them.
- The Fallen (4 parts, start at Part 1): The Dark Angels' Fallen and the secret behind the Legion's long hunt.
- Howling Griffons (4 parts, start at Part 1): A profile of the Howling Griffons Chapter and the oath it keeps.
- Imperial Fists (11 parts, start at Part 1): The Chapter descended from Dorn's Legion, famed for siegecraft and defence.
- Iron Hands (6 parts, start at Part 1): The Chapter known for bionic augmentation and its Medusan heritage.
- Minotaurs (3 parts, start at Part 1): A Chapter whose origins and fate are widely disputed.
- The Most Dangerous Spacemarine (9 parts, start at Part 1): A journey off the usual battlefield to meet a notably dangerous Space Marine.
- Ragnar Blackmane (2 parts, start at Part 1): A short run on a young Space Wolves champion.
- Raptors Chapter (4 parts, start at Part 1): A Raven Guard successor Chapter known for stealth and resilience.
- Raven Guard (7 parts, start at Part 1): The Legion of stealth and sabotage, in a profile.
- Raven Guard and Their Dark Legacy (13 parts, start at Part 1): The Raven Guard's shadowy history and what it left behind.
- The Rise of the Ultramarines (11 parts, start at Part 1): How the Ultramarines grew into the most recognised Chapter of all.
- Salamanders (9 parts, start at Part 1): The Chapter known for protecting humanity and for forge-craft.
- Scythes of the Emperor (4 parts, start at Part 1): A Chapter reborn from its ashes.
- Silver Skulls (3 parts, start at Part 1): A Chapter known for its steadfast defence of the Imperium.
- Soul Drinkers (5 parts, start at Part 1): A renegade Chapter's quest, seen through its own sense of justice.
- Space Wolves (13 parts, start at Part 1): The fierce warriors of Fenris.
- Story of Ragnar Blackmane (14 parts, start at Part 1): A longer narrative of Ragnar Blackmane, his Chapter and his destiny.
- Ultramarines (7 parts, start at Part 1): The best-known Chapter, the Imperium's model of disciplined war.
- White Scars (7 parts, start at Part 1): The fast-striking sons of Jaghatai Khan.
- Who are the Crimson Fists? (13 parts, start at Part 1): An introduction to the Crimson Fists, told partly through a voyage.
Chaos and the Traitor Legions
The Ruinous Powers, their daemons and the Legions that follow them.
- Ahriman – Chosen Champion of Tzeentch (6 parts, start at Part 1): The Thousand Sons sorcerer's long and dangerous path.
- Argel Tal: From Hero to Horror (12 parts, start at Part 1): The Word Bearers captain and his dark road.
- Chaos Knights: When Sacred Machines Become Terrifying Beasts (11 parts, start at Part 1): Knight houses that turn to Chaos and what they become.
- Dominion of Chaos (17 parts, start at Part 1): The Ruinous Powers and their influence across the galaxy.
- Eidolon – Progenitor of the Noise Marines (5 parts, start at Part 1): The Emperor's Children warrior who helped create the Noise Marines.
- Exploring the Eye of Terror (13 parts, start at Part 1): The Eye of Terror and the warp-scarred space around it.
- Few more words about Daemon Engines (15 parts, start at Part 1): A second pass at the daemon engines of Chaos.
- Iron Warriors (5 parts, start at Part 1): The siege-masters of Perturabo's Legion.
- The Life of a Chaos Spacemarine Outside of Battle (3 parts, start at Part 1): What a renegade Space Marine's life is like between wars.
- Loyal Iron Warriors (3 parts, start at Part 1): Iron Warriors who stayed loyal, seen through a siege.
- Night Lords (7 parts, start at Part 1): The Legion of Konrad Curze, which wages war through terror.
- The Origins of Chaos (7 parts, start at Part 1): What Chaos is, where it comes from and why it threatens everything.
- Pawns of Chaos: The Lesser Daemons (8 parts, start at Part 1): The lesser daemons that serve the Chaos Gods.
- The Saga of the Daemon Princes (13 parts, start at Part 1): Mortals who rise to daemonhood as champions of Chaos.
- Shortly About Daemon Engines (12 parts, start at Part 1): A short guide to the daemon engines of Chaos.
- The Shriven’s Tragedy: How Did Loyalty Turn to Treachery? (10 parts, start at Part 1): A story of loyalty curdling into treachery.
- Sons of Horus (7 parts, start at Part 1): The Warmaster's Legion, its conquests and its betrayal.
- Story of Kharn the Betrayer (8 parts, start at Part 1): The World Eaters' bloodthirsty champion.
- Thousand Sons (11 parts, start at Part 1): The tragic fall of the sorcery-tainted Legion tied to Magnus.
- Typhus' Corruption: The Fall of the Death Guard's Hero (13 parts, start at Part 1): How Typhus came to serve Nurgle.
- Tzeentch and His Daemons: God of Knowledge and Ambition (15 parts, start at Part 1): Tzeentch, the Changer of Ways, and his servants.
- Word Bearers (6 parts, start at Part 1): The devoutly corrupted Legion at the root of the Heresy.
- World Eaters (11 parts, start at Part 1): The blood-hungry Legion of Angron.
The Imperium of Man
Worlds, institutions and the people who hold the Emperor's realm together.
- Astra Telepathica – Why are they so important? (8 parts, start at Part 1): The psykers who link the Imperium's worlds across the stars.
- Belisarius Cawl: 10,000 Years of Innovation (7 parts, start at Part 1): The long-lived Mechanicus genius and his inventions.
- Grim Realities of Life Outside the Imperium (12 parts, start at Part 1): Humanity beyond the Imperium and the dangers of the warp.
- The Grim Reality of Life in the Imperium of Man (14 parts, start at Part 1): What life is like for most of humanity under the Emperor.
- The Hierarchy of Adeptus Mechanicus (13 parts, start at Part 1): The Mechanicus' ranks and customs, traced through a story.
- Immortal Fates: The Path of the Perpetuals (11 parts, start at Part 1): The Perpetuals, immortal humans, told through one man's story.
- Imperial Culture (3 parts, start at Part 1): Everyday life, belief and custom across the Imperium.
- Imperial Palace (3 parts, start at Part 1): The vast fortress-palace on Terra.
- Imperium of Man (6 parts, start at Part 1): A broad overview of humanity's galactic empire.
- Inquisition (4 parts, start at Part 1): A first look at the Inquisition and its work.
- Inquisition – The Emperor's Left Hand (21 parts, start at Part 1): A deeper dive into the Inquisition, its orders and its methods.
- Malcador the Sigillite (6 parts, start at Part 1): The Emperor's closest advisor.
- Malcador the Sigillite: The Unsung Hero Who Shaped the Imperium (8 parts, start at Part 1): A longer take on Malcador and his role in building the Imperium.
- Navigator (9 parts, start at Part 1): The gifted pilots who steer ships through the warp.
- Necromunda (Planet) (6 parts, start at Part 1): The giant hive world and its industry.
- Officio Assassinorum: Far More Deadly Than Even the Space Marines (10 parts, start at Part 1): The Imperium's secret assassins and how they work.
- Rogue Traders: How Far Will They Go for the Imperium? (20 parts, start at Part 1): The chartered captains who push past the Imperium's borders.
- Senatorum Imperialis (3 parts, start at Part 1): The High Lords of Terra who govern the Imperium.
- Sepheris Secundus (4 parts, start at Part 1): A frozen world of the Calixis Sector.
- Sisters of Silence (3 parts, start at Part 1): An enigmatic order that guards against psychic threats.
- Sisters of Silence: The Rise, Fall, and Rebirth (8 parts, start at Part 1): A story-led take on the Sisters of Silence, set aboard a Black Ship.
- Terra (4 parts, start at Part 1): The Throneworld and the rot beneath its glory.
- Unholy Inquisitors: Dark Secrets (10 parts, start at Part 1): Story-style tales of inquisitors and the secrets they uncover.
- Who Really Was Kelbor Hal? (5 parts, start at Part 1): A closer look at the Fabricator General of Mars in the Heresy years.
Astra Militarum and War Machines
Armies, ships and walking engines of the Imperium.
- The Death Korps of Krieg (6 parts, start at Part 1): The grim Guard regiment and the world that shaped it.
- History of Ciaphas Cain (5 parts, start at Part 1): Ciaphas Cain, the Guard commissar celebrated as a hero.
- Imperial Knight (4 parts, start at Part 1): An introduction to the Knights, walking war machines of noble houses.
- Imperial Knights and their sworn enemies (16 parts, start at Part 1): How the Knights fare against Chaos and other foes.
- Inside an Imperial Navy Warship (10 parts, start at Part 1): What life and war are like aboard an Imperial Navy ship.
- Inside the Baneblade: Colossal Super-Heavy Tank (19 parts, start at Part 1): A tour of the Baneblade super-heavy tank.
- Ogryns: Guardians or Monsters? (8 parts, start at Part 1): The giant abhumans and their place in the Guard.
- Tempestus Scions: The Imperium’s Finest Shock Troops (11 parts, start at Part 1): The Guard's elite shock troops.
Xenos: Aeldari, Necrons, Orks, T'au, Tyranids and more
The alien powers the Imperium has to fight, avoid or occasionally bargain with.
- 30 Most Dangerous Xenos for the Imperium? (11 parts, start at Part 1): A ranking of the alien threats the Imperium fears most.
- All About the Ork Clans: A Savage Guide to War (9 parts, start at Part 1): The Ork clans and how they wage war.
- C'tan Mag'ladroth – The Necron's Star God (3 parts, start at Part 1): The C'tan star-god Mag'ladroth and the riddle around its origins.
- The Drukhari – Art of Cruelty (7 parts, start at Part 1): The Drukhari, their cruelty and their dark city.
- Journey through Eldar History (8 parts, start at Part 1): A tour through the history of the Aeldari.
- Kroot (4 parts, start at Part 1): The Kroot, a xenos species that fights alongside the T'au.
- Leagues of Votann (5 parts, start at Part 1): The resilient Leagues of Votann.
- Leviathan (6 parts, start at Part 1): Hive Fleet Leviathan's onslaught.
- List of Ork Waaaghs (4 parts, start at Part 1): A catalogue of notable Waaaghs.
- Necron (6 parts, start at Part 1): The Necrons stir from their long sleep.
- Ork (4 parts, start at Part 1): An overview of the Ork empire.
- Ork Quotes (3 parts, start at Part 1): Ork sayings and what they reveal about greenskin culture.
- Squat (6 parts, start at Part 1): The emergence of the Squat civilization.
- Squig (4 parts, start at Part 1): The simplest form of Orkoid life, in a profile.
- T'au (4 parts, start at Part 1): The young, ambitious T'au Empire.
- T'au Empire (4 parts, start at Part 1): The rise of the T'au Empire.
- Tyranid (4 parts, start at Part 1): An introduction to the Tyranid threat.
- The Tyranid Hive Fleets: Explained (10 parts, start at Part 1): A tour of the main hive fleets.
- Unveiling the Necrons: Architects of Immortality in Warhammer 40,000 (7 parts, start at Part 1): The Necrons' ancient origins and their pursuit of immortality.
- Vespid (2 parts, start at Part 1): The Vespid, a T'au ally, and their mysteries.
- Why Are Eldar Aspect Warriors Feared Across the Galaxy? (20 parts, start at Part 1): The Aeldari Aspect Warriors and their path of war.
- Why Did Necrons Turn Their Worlds into Tombs? (13 parts, start at Part 1): Why the Necrons sealed themselves away in tomb worlds.
Wars and Campaigns
The crusades, sieges and invasions that shaped the galaxy.
- Abaddon's Triumph: The Finale of the 13th Black Crusade (10 parts, start at Part 1): The climax of the 13th Black Crusade.
- The Battle of Cadia: Beginning of the 13th Black Crusade (16 parts, start at Part 1): The battle for Cadia at the start of the 13th Black Crusade.
- Cadia Stands Firm: The Planet Too Deadly for Even Demons (6 parts, start at Part 1): Cadia as the Imperium's great bulwark.
- The Fall of Medusa V (4 parts, start at Part 1): The Medusa V campaign.
- The Gothic War: The Fall of Worlds (9 parts, start at Part 1): The Gothic War, also known as the 12th Black Crusade.
- Hive Fleet Kraken: The Second Tyrannic War (9 parts, start at Part 1): Hive Fleet Kraken and the Second Tyrannic War.
- Indomitus Crusade (4 parts, start at Part 1): The Imperium's crusade for survival under Roboute Guilliman.
- Mortarion's Plague Wars: Nurgle's Garden of Death (14 parts, start at Part 1): The Death Guard's campaigns of plague.
- Pariah Nexus: Necron Invasion and the Imperium's Response (10 parts, start at Part 1): The Pariah Nexus and the Necron invasion.
- The Rise of Metalica and Nurgle’s Plague Invasion (12 parts, start at Part 1): How Metalica rose and what Nurgle's plague forces brought to it.
- The Sabbat Worlds Crusade: The Blood Pact Threat (20 parts, start at Part 1): The Sabbat Worlds Crusade and the Blood Pact enemy.
- Ultramar in the Flames of Eternal Sieges (12 parts, start at Part 1): How the Plague Wars reached Ultramar.
- War of Beasts (17 parts, start at Part 1): The struggle for Vigilus.
- War of the Beast (9 parts, start at Part 1): The Beast's Ork onslaught against the Imperium.
- War of the Beast – When the Imperium Could Have Ended (7 parts, start at Part 1): The Beast's war, told through how close the Imperium came to losing.
- What Led to the Fall of Cadia? (8 parts, start at Part 1): The events that brought about Cadia's fall.
Looking for something shorter? The Warhammer 40k timeline gives the big picture in one read, and the Faction Index sorts the archive by Imperium, Chaos and xenos.
