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The Beheading - The Coup: Following the disastrous events of the War of the Beast -- a campaign against the largest Ork WAAAGH! seen since the time of the Great Crusade, led by the mysterious Greenskin warlord known only as The Beast, the Imperium had been left a shattered and ruined interstellar empire.Following the successful eradication of the massive Greenskin invasion force and the defeat of The Beast, the Lord Commander of the Imperium Maximus Thane, the former Chapter Master of the Fists Exemplar, and now the newly appointed master of the reconstituted Imperial Fists, decreed that the Imperium would raise as many new Chapters of Astartes as it had gene-seed in the great vaults of Terra to sustain. All Chapters of the Adeptus Astartes were ordered to release a portion of their Veterans to provide the initial basis for this Founding, the greatest since the First Founding of the original 20 Space Marine Legions.Gene-seed tithing was doubled for the next standard century to replenish the vaults. When it was done, there would be hundreds of Chapters to ring the Imperium in adamantium and ceramite instead of only dozens. The lord commander also decreed that the Imperial Fists would no longer garrison the Throneworld of Terra, as they would become instead a crusading, fleet-based Chapter to bring their strength and Thane's authority as lord commander of the Imperium to the beleaguered worlds of Imperial space, to free them from alien tyranny, and speed their reconstruction.Knowing that his labours would be long, and that he might never see the Throneworld again, Thane invested the Grand Master of Assassins Drakan Vangorich as the "lord protector" of the Imperium, to be his personal representative and act as his voice and his hand, to be heeded and treated with as if Thane were present himself.To allay the High Lords' misgivings, he reminded them that the threat of his return would be enough to ensure Vangorich's good behaviour.
The Beheading - Fury of the Space Marines: When the Imperial Fists' crusade fleet finally arrived back at Terra, four hundred Space Marines were despatched to the capital world's surface. A company each from two of the newly-founded Chapters, the Halo Brethren and the Sable Swords, as well as two hundred Imperial Fists of the 1st, 4th and 5th Companies, took part in the efforts to remove Vangorich from power. The commander of the strike force, Qublicus Amar, Chapter Master of the Sable Swords, was assassinated by a Vindicare Assassin's bullet soon after making planetfall.Seeing no other choice, the remaining Space Marines commenced their attack nevertheless. Assailed by hundreds of Assassins, the Space Marines lost half their number securing the Imperial Palace from the agents of the Officio Assassinorum. Confronting the Inquisitorial Representative, the elderly Wienand, she convinced Thane of her loyalty, and gave the Chapter Master the necessary intelligence he needed in order to find and remove the mad tyrant Vangorich from power.The Grand Master of Assassins had taken refuge in the Eversor Temple at Terra's north pole. Moving the retribution force there at once, the Astartes proceeded with their attack. Within the Eversor Temple, the Space Marines were assailed by a hundred Eversor Assassins. Only Maximus Thane managed to survive, to reach the grand master and finally deliver the Emperor's judgement personally with his Bolt Pistol. In the aftermath of Vangorich's fall, the Imperium would proceed to descend into a period of political anarchy for some time.
The Beheading - Resolution: This sorry situation would last for almost two more solar decades, until Chapter Master Agnathio of the Ultramarines gathered the support of his fellow Chapter Masters from all over the galaxy, and a combined armada of over 50 Chapters of Space Marines descended upon Terra for the first time since the end of the Horus Heresy.Agnathio provided the warring factions of the Throneworld with an ultimatum to either cease fighting and form a unified government immediately or be purged as Heretics. The factions, unable to withstand the military might of the equivalent of an entire Space Marine Legion of old, quickly fell into line. The Astartes attended a clossed session of the Senatorum Imperialis, and when they emerged, a new council of High Lords of Terra had been elected and order was soon restored at the heart of the Imperium.
The Beheading (Novel) - The Beheading (Novel): The Beheading is the twelfth and final volume in The Beast Arises series of novels.
The Beheading (Novel) - Synopsis: Across the length and breadth of the galaxy, humankind celebrates its salvation, and relishes the prospect of a return to peace. But the war against the Orks has riven the political bedrock of the Imperium, exposing its rotten core. One man, one powerful man, decides he has the solution, and launches a campaign of destruction so terrible that thousands of Terran years later his actions will still be viewed with horror, and known as The Beheading.
The Binary Succession (Audio Drama) - The Binary Succession (Audio Drama): The Binary Succession is the forty-second audio drama for The Horus Heresy series that was not originally released as part of an anthology or other release. The Binary Succession was first released as an audio drama in March 2017. The title has since been released as part of The Burden of Loyalty main series anthology.
The Binary Succession (Audio Drama) - Official Synopsis: Even as the Imperium faces the Renegade Legions of the Warmaster Horus, the ruling Council of Terra is becoming paralysed from within by increasingly petty bureaucracy. Fabricator-General Zagreus Kane has seen his fellow Mechanicum Adepts dismissed again and again by the High Lords -- with his traitorous predecessor Kelbor-Hal still at large on the Red Planet, the political status of the Tech-priesthood remains ambiguous. New alliances must be forged from the old, if Mars and Terra are to survive the final battle.
The Black Library Anthology 2013/14 (Anthology) - The Black Library Anthology 2013/14 (Anthology): The Black Library Anthology 2013/14 is an anthology book published by the Black Library. The book was first released in November 2, 2013, for exclusive release at the Black Library Weekender Event, where only 1,500 copies were sold. The book contains several short stories from different Games Workshop properties. The stories contained within were later released separately.
The Black Library Anthology 2013/14 (Anthology) - Synopsis: No official synopsis has been released.
The Black Library Anthology 2013/14 (Anthology) - Contents: The The Black Library Anthology 2013/14 contains the following short stories:
The Black Library Anthology 2013/14 (Anthology) - Horus Heresy: Luna Mendax by Graham McNeill
The Black Library Anthology 2013/14 (Anthology) - Warhammer 40,000: The Wreckage by David AnnandaleThe Lords of Borsis by Laurie GouldingDeath's Shepherd by Andy SmillieFlayed by Cavan Scott
The Black Library Anthology 2013/14 (Anthology) - Warhammer Fantasy: The Last Man by C.L. Werner
The Blades of Magnus - The Blades of Magnus: The Blades of Magnus are a thrallband of Heretic Astartes of the Thousand Sons Traitor Legion.Following the destruction of their homeworld of Prospero at the hands of the Space Wolves and their subsequent flight to their refuge on the Planet of the Sorcerers, the Blades of Magnus were long bound to the Thousand Sons' Cult of Manipulation, and began to work in secret to break the bonds between their Primarch Magnus the Red and the Chaos God Tzeentch.Though they toiled in secret for many Terran years, their hidden machinations were eventually discovered by the Daemon Primarch, who punished the Blades of Magnus most severely.Blasting them with eldritch power, Magnus reduced the Legionaries and sorcerers of this thrallband to soulless, undead automatons -- mere vessels for the Crimson King to control -- like puppets by a mad marionette.
The Blades of Magnus - History: Following the flight of the few surviving Thousand Sons to the Planet of the Sorcerers at the conclusion of the Burning of Prospero during the Horus Heresy, the Blades of Magnus were the first of Prospero's Sorcerers to devote themselves wholly to their Primarch's salvation.They worked in secret to break the bond between the Crimson King and the eldritch forces he had embraced. The Blades adopted the colours of Magnus' personal guard, the Rehati, but wore them in reverse -- in this way they demonstrated their intent to save Magnus from himself.For long years they toiled in secret, slaying those daemons with which Magnus had made his devil's bargains. When the Daemon Primarch learned of their works, he did not reward them, but blasted them with annihilating mental power. Now every one of them is soulless, each but a vessel for Magnus' will.The Rubricae of this thrallband known as the Ones Who Stood Resolute were formerly the loyal guards of Magnus' tower upon Prospero.Their stoicism in life has been replaced by the predictability of the automaton -- those who approach Magnus with intent to harm will find squad after squad of these undying killers converging fire upon them.
The Blades of Magnus - Warband Colours: The Blades of Magnus thrallband's colours are the adopted colours of the Rehati, golden battle-plate trimmed in dark blue and azure.
The Blades of Magnus - Warband Badge: The Blades of Magnus thrallband's badge is a kohl-coloured sigil of the Cult of Manipulation centred upon a field of gold and trimmed in dark blue and azure.Though they did not know it at the time, the kohl markings that the Blades of Magnus applied around their left eyes when the Legion was loyal to the Imperium would bear a striking resemblance to their future symbol.
The Blades of Magnus - Sources: Codex Heretic Astartes - Thousand Sons (8th Edition), pg. 22War Zone: Fenris - Wrath of Magnus (7th Edition), pp. 132-133
The Blood Bound (Anthology Short Story) - The Blood Bound (Anthology Short Story): The Blood BoundGaunt's GhostsThe Blood BoundSabbat WorldsThe Blood BoundGaunt's Ghostsspin-off seriesIron SnakesChapterAdeptus Astartes
The Blood Bound (Anthology Short Story) - Synopsis: A strike force of the Iron Snakes Chapter investigates the disappearance of an Archenemy general who had been taken prisoner and was being transported. When the force arrives at the last known location of the frigate transporting the general they find a ship graveyard circling a world that is no longer responding to any hails.
The Board is Set (Short Story) - The Board is Set (Short Story): The Board is Set is the sixty-sixth short story published in The Horus Heresy series that was not originally part of an anthology. The Board is Set was first published on day 23 of the Black Library's 2017 Advent Calendar.
The Board is Set (Short Story) - Synopsis: Malcador the Sigillite is troubled. The war fleets of the Traitor Horus approach, and war on the Throneworld is inevitable. But with the Emperor on the Golden Throne, keeping the darkness beneath the Imperial Palace at bay, how can even the assembled might of three Space Marine Legions stand against the fury to come? Communing with the Emperor, Malcador plays out a wargame, musing on the key pieces and the unorthodox strategies that may be required to secure victory -- and at what role he might play in the battles to come.
The Brotherhood (Genestealer Cult) - The Brotherhood (Genestealer Cult): The Brotherhood was a Genestealer Cult linked to Hive Fleet Kraken that rose up on the Imperial Hive World of Ichar IV in the days just before the start of the Second Tyrannic War in 992.M41. Their rising was the precursor to the Kraken's arrival in Imperial space. The Brotherhood initially presented itself as a variant of the Imperial Cult that preached that the return of the Emperor in physical form was imminent.The Brotherhood's rebellion was ultimately defeated by the intervention of Inquisitor Agmar of the Ordo Xenos and the Ultramarines Chapter under the command of their Chapter Master, Marneus Calgar. Later, as Hive Fleet Kraken swept through the same region of space, it would be discovered that some elements of the cult had survived and would aid the Tyranids during their own assault on the planet.Eventually, with the combined support of the Ultramarines, Ichar IV's Planetary Defence Forces and the Astra Militarum, the Inquisition successfully destroyed the invasion and cleansed the planet of all remaining Genestealers and Tyranid bioforms.One of the Astra Militarum units involved in the fighting on Ichar IV was the 13th Penal Legion, the so-called "Last Chancers." The 13th Penal Legion fought the Tyranids on Ichar IV and the bitter fighting resulted in terrible casualties for the Legion.
The Brotherhood (Genestealer Cult) - Battle of Ichar IV: Fortunately for humanity, Hive Fleet Kraken did not remain divided into separate tendrils indefinitely and eventually began to coalesce into a single, massive swarm on Ichar IV, the Hive World whose large Genestealer infestation had been the initial harbinger of the Kraken's arrival in the Milky Way Galaxy. As the Tyranids approached the planet, thousands of Genestealers and hybrids of The Brotherhood suddenly burst from the underhives in support of the invading xenos, giving the lie to claims that the infestation had been entirely purged years earlier.Defence perimeters were completely overrun, Imperial Guardsmen slain by the thousands. In the terrible confusion, an ever larger number of Tyranid organisms made planetfall -- not only the Termagants and Gargoyles that had composed the vanguard of the prior assaults, but the truly monstrous Carnifexes and Tyrannofexes as well. Worse still, gigantic Hierodule and Hierophant Bio-Titans stalked across the surface of the beleaguered world. The Tyranids had unleashed on Ichar IV every terrible organic weapon in their arsenal.Despite all this, Ichar IV was not yet lost to humanity. Forewarned of Tyranid interest in the world by the previous Genestealer Cult infestation, the Imperium was able to mount a more solid defence in the Ichar System than in the other areas of the Eastern Fringes under assault by Hive Fleet Kraken.Chapter Master Marneus Calgar, the Lord of Ultramar and hero of the First Tyrannic War, led the Ultramarines into battle against their old foe on Ichar IV just as he had against Hive Fleet Behemoth on Macragge 200 Terran years earlier. The Ultramarines inflicted crushing losses on the Tyranid armada in space above the planet and in the claustrophobic corridors of the towering Icharran hive cities.Space Marine Tyrannic War Veterans of the First Tyrannic War made planetfall and scoured Ichar IV's hives in a series of close-quarter battles that lasted for close to a full Terran year. By employing the same tactics that had proved successful in defeating Hive Fleet Behemoth in Ultramar two centuries earlier, Marneus Calgar rallied the Imperial defenders of Ichar IV and cast the Tyranids from that planet forevermore. But as always, victory against the Tyranids had come at a terrible price -- Ichar IV was reduced to a smoking charnel house of death and destruction, a world and its people sacrificed so that the Imperium of Man might endure yet another storm.
The Burden of Loyalty (Anthology) - The Burden of Loyalty (Anthology): The Burden of Loyalty is the forty-eighth volume in The Horus Heresy series of novels and is an anthology. The Burden of Loyalty will be released in February 2018 as a hardback which includes a full-art hardcover.
The Burden of Loyalty (Anthology) - Synopsis: As the darkness of the war slowly consumes the galaxy, those who still serve the Throne are faced with a struggle for their survival and the continued existence of everything they hold dear. With the threat of the Warmaster Horus' fleet looming ever closer to Terra, it will fall to such heroes to halt the tide, but the enemies arrayed against them are powerful and the burden of loyalty is great...
The Burden of Loyalty (Anthology) - Contents: The Burden of Loyalty contains the following 6 short stories, and 2 novellas:Perpetual by Dan AbnettThe Binary Succession by David AnnandaleInto Exile by Aaron Dembski-BowdenOrdo Sinister by John FrenchThe Heart of the Pharos by Laurie GouldingCybernetica by Rob SandersThe Thirteenth Wolf by Gav ThorpeWolf King by Chris Wraight
The Buried Dagger (Novel) - The Buried Dagger (Novel): The Buried DaggerThe Horus HeresyThe Buried DaggerThe Horus HeresyThe Siege of TerraSolar WarBattle of Terra
The Buried Dagger (Novel) - Synopsis: The skies darken over Terra as the final battle for the Throne looms ever closer... As the Traitor Primarchs muster to the Warmaster Horus' banner, it is Mortarion who is sent ahead as the vanguard of the Traitor forces.But as he and his warriors make way, they become lost in the Warp and stricken by a terrible plague. Once thought of as the unbreakable, the legendary Death Guard are brought to their knees. To save his Legion, Mortarion must strike a most terrible bargain that will damn his sons for eternity.Meanwhile, in the cloisters of Holy Terra, a plot is afoot to create sedition and carnage in advance of Horus' armies. Taking matters into his own hands, Malcador the Sigillite seeks to put a stop to any insurrection but discovers a plot that he will need all of his cunning and battle-craft to overcome.
The Crimson Fist (Novella) - The Crimson Fist (Novella): The Crimson Fist is a novella published in The Horus Heresy series that was originally part of an anthology. The Crimson Fist was first published as part of the Shadows of Treachery main series anthology in September 2012. The cover image used is that of the e-book version of The Crimson Fist which was re-published in June 2014.
The Crimson Fist (Novella) - Synopsis: Becalmed in the backwater Phall System, the Imperial Fists' relief fleet originally headed for Isstvan III has been waiting out the Warp Storms that waylaid them so many months ago. Under the assumed command of Captain Alexis Polux and seemingly forgotten by the rest of the Imperium, they hope yet to complete their mission and report back to their Primarch Rogal Dorn, so that they might return to the greater conflict. But destiny calls as old rivalries are rekindled, and the treacherous Iron Warriors await their moment to strike -- the feud between Dorn and his wayward brother Perturabo promises now to erupt into open war.
The Crimson King (Novel) - The Crimson King (Novel): The Crimson King is the forty-fourth volume in the Horus Heresy series of novels.
The Crimson King (Novel) - Synopsis: After the razing of Prospero, Magnus the Red spirited the Thousand Sons away to the aptly named Planet of the Sorcerers, deep within the Eye of Terror. Removed from the concerns of the galaxy at large and regarding the Warmaster's unfolding Heresy with cold detachment, he has dedicated his hollow existence to the preservation of all the knowledge once held in the great libraries of Tizca, should mankind ever seek such enlightenment again. But his sons can see the change in their Primarch -- he is a broken soul, whose mind and memories are slipping away into the tumult of the Warp. Only by returning to the scenes of his greatest triumphs and tragedies can they hope to restore him, and allow the Crimson King to be crowned anew by the Ruinous Powers.
The Crystal Cathedral (Short Story) - The Crystal Cathedral (Short Story): The Crystal Cathedral by Danie Ware is a Warhammer 40,000 short story published in 2019 and collected in the anthologies Nexus & Other Stories and The Rose at War.
The Crystal Cathedral (Short Story) - Synopsis: As the galaxy darkens, the Adepta Sororitas -- known more commonly throughout the Imperium as the Sisters of Battle -- raise their battle-hymns, light their holy braziers, and march to banish the blasphemous shadows that beset Humanity.The discovery of a long-lost cathedral brings joy to the Order of the Bloody Rose...until an unexpected attack turns their rejoicing into a desperate fight for survival.
The Damnation of Pythos - The Damnation of Pythos: The Damnation of Pythos is the thirtieth volume of the Horus Heresy series of novels.
The Damnation of Pythos - Synopsis: In the aftermath of the Dropsite Massacre at Istvaan V, a battered and bloodied force of Iron Hands, Raven Guard and Salamanders regroups on a seemingly insignificant death world. Fending off attacks from all manner of monstrous creatures, the fractious allies find hope in the form of human refugees fleeing from the growing war, and cast adrift upon the tides of the warp. But even as the Space Marines carve out a sanctuary for them in the jungles of Pythos, a darkness gathers that threatens to consume them all…
The Damnation of Pythos - Trivia: The Damnation of Pythos is a far prequel to the Warhammer 40,000 Space Marine Battles title Pandorax, which takes place on Pythos nearly 10,000 years later.
The Damnation of Pythos (Novel) - The Damnation of Pythos (Novel): The Damnation of Pythos is the thirtieth volume in the Horus Heresy series of novels.
The Damnation of Pythos (Novel) - Synopsis: In the aftermath of the Drop Site Massacre at Isstvan V, a battered and bloodied force of Iron Hands, Raven Guard and Salamanders regroups on a seemingly insignificant Death World.Fending off attacks from all manner of monstrous creatures, the fractious allies find hope in the form of Human refugees fleeing from the growing stellar civil war, and cast adrift upon the tides of the Warp.But even as the Space Marines carve out a sanctuary for them in the jungles of Pythos, a darkness gathers that threatens to consume them all...
The Dark King (Short Story) - The Dark King (Short Story): The Dark King is the first short story published in the Horus Heresy series. The Dark King was first published in 2007 for exclusive release at a Games Day UK as part of the Horus Heresy Chapbook anthology book along with the short story The Lightning Tower. It was later released as an audio drama (MP3) with The Lightning Tower and again by itself enhanced audio edition e-book. The Dark King was later included in the Shadows of Treachery anthology novel. Cover photo taken from Enhanced Audio Edition E-book.
The Dark King (Short Story) - Synopsis: The acts of terror and warmongering by Konrad Curze, Primarch of the Night Lords Legion, have earned the ire of his brother Primarch, Rogal Dorn. Wracked by terrible visions of the future, Curze is driven insane and attacks Dorn, setting the Night Lord on an inexorable course towards eternal damnation.
The Darkling Hours (Short Story) - The Darkling Hours (Short Story): The Darkling Hours by Rachel Harrison is a Warhammer 40,000 short story published in 2019 and collected in the anthology Nexus & Other Stories.
The Darkling Hours (Short Story) - Synopsis: Compiled of billions of soldiers from a million different worlds, the Astra Militarum is, by sheer number, the greatest army the galaxy has ever known. These brave men and women hold nothing less than the survival of Humanity in their hands.In The Darkling Hours, a powerful psyker lurks in Termina. Commissar Severina Raine and her Antari Rifles must root out the witch and save the city.
The Deeper Wounds (Anthology Short Story) - The Deeper Wounds (Anthology Short Story): The Deeper Wounds is a short story published in the Gaunt's Ghosts series that was originally part of an anthology. The Deeper Wounds was published as part of the Sabbat Worlds anthology in November 2014, and has yet to be released as a stand-alone e-book.
The Deeper Wounds (Anthology Short Story) - Synopsis: With the Blood Pact and Sons of Sek believing one is trying to usurp the other, Urlock Guar decides its time to send a message. Sending an elite team of Blood Pact to infiltrate a Sons' base, they are tasked with causing as much damage as possible.
The Defaced - The Defaced: The Defaced  are the fearless heavy weapon specialists of the militant Stigmartus Chaos Cult which seeks to conquer the Jericho Reach. Veterans of uncounted battles, they are survivors of grievous injuries, and have given themselves fully to the path of the Stigmartus.Indeed, though all Stigmartus long for a glorious death in battle, some prove too capable to die. Worshipped by lesser initiates as avatars of battle, the Defaced have lost their Human identity and appearance under layers of scar tissue and ritual brandings.Granted deadly gifts handed down by Cult-General Elak Sarda through his Officer-Bishops, many wonder if anything Human remains under the skin of the Defaced.Often, the Defaced are surgically altered into killing machines of the cult, some unnaturally strong, others more durable, or so mutilated as to be frightening to behold.In addition to a serrated mono-sword, each of the Defaced also carries a respirator, a micro-bead, a Stigmartus Scourge, and either a Samech Pattern Lascannon or Multi-melta.
The Devine Adoratrice (Short Story) - The Devine Adoratrice (Short Story): The Devine Adoratrice is a short story published in the Horus Heresy Series. The Devine Adoratrice was originally published in the limited-edition anthology novel The Imperial Truth. It was later republished as an ebook just before the release of Vengeful Spirit, acting as a prequel. It is now also included in the War Without End anthology novel.
The Devine Adoratrice (Short Story) - Synopsis: Decades before Horus' civil war sunders the Imperium, Raeven Devine, ruler-in-waiting of the world of Molech, prepares for his Ritual of Becoming, the rite that will elevate him to the rank of Knight and bond him with the mighty war machine that will be his steed for years to come. But traitors within the Sacristans have other ideas and a shocking act of betrayal sets the stage for one of the bloodiest battles of the Horus Heresy.
The Divine Word (Short Story) - The Divine Word (Short Story): The Divine Word is the sixth short story published in the Horus Heresy that was not originally part of an anthology novel. It was first published as part of the event exclusive Black Library Weekender Anthology and was later released separately as an e-book. It is also included in the Legacies of Betrayal anthology novel.
The Divine Word (Short Story) - Synopsis: Despite being prohibited by the Imperial Truth, the religious text known as the Lectitio Divinitatus has gathered many believers from across the galaxy. Fighting alongside the Raven Guard Legion, Sub-Caesari Marcus Valerius of the Therion Cohort has long scorned those who seek to deify the Emperor, but a flash of inspiration leads him to question whether or not there are greater forces at work in the universe...
The Eagle's Talon (Audio Drama) - The Eagle's Talon (Audio Drama): The Eagle's Talon is the twenty-ninth audio drama for the The Horus Heresy series that was not originally released as part of an anthology or other release. The Eagle's Talon was pre-released together with the audio drama Iron Corpses in January 2015 at the 2015 Horus Heresy Weekender by the Black Library. The title was later published in prose format as part of "Summer of Reading 2015: Week 1 Collection", and again as part of the Eye of Terra main series anthology novel.
The Eagle's Talon (Audio Drama) - Official Synopsis: The ravaged world of Tallarn now plays host to the greatest armoured conflict in the history of mankind, with the bitter and vengeful Iron Warriors leading warhosts of tanks and Titans across the befouled plains. In desperation, a covert team of Imperial Fists resort to seemingly unthinkable measures in order to regain the upper hand - but will their mission to seize the macro-transporter Eagle's Talon ensure victory, or merely spell doom for their loyal allies on the surface below?
The Eagle's Talon (Audio Drama) - Tallarn Series: The following is the chronological order of the Tallarn Series story arc set within the Horus Heresy:Black OculusTallarn: SirenTallarn: ExecutionerTallarn: IroncladThe Eagle's TalonIron CorpsesTallarn: WitnessThe Tallarn Series begins shortly after book twenty-three, Angel Exterminatus.
The Either (Audio Drama) - The Either (Audio Drama): The Either is the thirty-fifth audio drama for The Horus Heresy series that was not originally released as part of an anthology or other release. The Either was first released as part of the Meduson limited-edition anthology and later as an audio drama in February 2016. The title has since been released as part of the Shattered Legions main series anthology.
The Either (Audio Drama) - Official Synopsis: Captain Tybalt Marr of the Sons of Horus, so often overlooked by his more glory-hungry brethren, returns to his Legion in triumph. However, his boasts of having slain the infamous Iron Hands warleader Shadrak Meduson soon fall flat when he learns of the recent assassination attempt on Horus himself. Gathering his forces upon the conquered world of Dwell, Marr returns to battle against the Shattered Legions, determined to earn his rightful place in history.
The Ember Wolves (Short Story) - The Ember Wolves (Short Story): The Ember Wolves is the fifty-sixth short story published in the The Horus Heresy  series that was not originally part of a main release anthology. The Ember Wolves was first published by the Black Library in March 2017, and follows the exploits of the Titans of Legio Audax, also known as the Ember Wolves.
The Ember Wolves (Short Story) - Synopsis: On the Hive World of Absalom, God-machines go to war: Loyalist Titans under the banner of the Fabricator General of Terra clash against the forces of Horus Lupercal, the Warmaster and Arch-Traitor. By the time the Emperor-class Titan of the Legio Castigatra arrive, the Legio Audax, also known as the Ember Wolves, have long been lying in wait for their prey. When a Traitor Warhound pack spots the Loyalist Titan Tantorus Magnificat striding through the ruins, they know they have found a target worthy of their battle-pack, and eagerly launch their assault. Though their hunt is successful, when the Warhounds' Princeps gather round their downed prey, they discover that their fight is not yet over.
The Emperor's Architect (Anthology Short Story) - The Emperor's Architect (Anthology Short Story): The Emperor's Architect is a short story published in The Primarchs series that was originally part of an anthology. The Emperor's Architect was first published as part of the Sons of the Emperor anthology in February 2018. The cover image used is that of Sons of the Emperor, as The Emperor's Architect has yet to be published separately.
The Emperor's Architect (Anthology Short Story) - Synopsis: A pair of Remembrancers tasked with chronicling the lives and histories of the Primarchs journey to Olympia and meet with the formidable Perturabo. They are ill-prepared for what they find, however, as they discover the truth about the Lord of Iron and his intimidating legend.
The Emperor Expects (Novel) - The Emperor Expects (Novel): The Emperor Expects is the third volume in The Beast Arises series of novels.
The Emperor Expects (Novel) - Synopsis: As Ork ships lay waste to world after world, heading inexorably towards Terra, Imperial citizens are in despair. The High Lords become desperate to prove that victory is possible, no matter the cost. A massive Imperial Navy fleet is assembled -- their mission to make a definitive strike against the Orks at Port Sanctus, an area of enemy-held space. But when the Imperial armada arrives, they find themselves outclassed and outmanoeuvred -- can human courage and faith possibly prevail against such terrible odds?
The Face of Treachery (Anthology Short Story) - The Face of Treachery (Anthology Short Story): The Face of Treachery is a short story published in The Horus Heresy series that was originally part of an anthology. The Face of Treachery was first published as part of the Age of Darkness main series anthology in May 2011. The cover image used is that of the e-book version The Face of Treachery which was released alongside the original anthology.
The Face of Treachery (Anthology Short Story) - Synopsis: The Raven Guard have arrived at Isstvan V to rescue Corax and other survivors of the treacherous Drop Site Massacre, but the enemy still encircle the world. As starships clash in fierce void war and the life of a Primarch hangs in the balance, the key to victory lies in the hands of one Space Marine in the rebel fleet, a warrior who is not what he appears.
The Final Compliance of Sixty-Three Fourteen (Short Story) - The Final Compliance of Sixty-Three Fourteen (Short Story): The Final Compliance of Sixty-Three Fourteen is the nineteenth short story published in the Horus Heresy that was not originally part of an anthology novel. The Final Compliance of Sixty-Three Fourteen was the first item released as part of the Black Library's 2014 Advent Calender. It is also now included in the Eye of Terra anthology novel.
The Final Compliance of Sixty-Three Fourteen (Short Story) - Synopsis: As Horus grinds the Imperium beneath his boot, emissaries from the XVI Legion return to worlds sworn to the Warmaster during the Great Crusade to have them renew their fealty. With the Sons of Horus already at battle readiness over the world of Sixty-Three Fourteen, a grim decision must be made...
The First Heretic - The First Heretic: The First Heretic is the fourteenth volume in the Horus Heresy series of novels.
The First Heretic - Synopsis: The First Heretic details the fall to Chaos of the Primarch Lorgar and his Word Bearers, the XVIIth Legion of Astartes.The story is told largely from the point of view of Argel Tal, a captain of the Word Bearers, and spans about 50 Terran years, starting 47 years before the events on Isstvan V and leading up to the time when the Word Bearers are on their way to assault Calth as related in Book 8.Following the humiliating censure of Lorgar and the XVIIth Legion by the Emperor Himself for introducing religious worship of the Emperor as the God of Mankind on the world of Khur, Lorgar is swayed by two of his most trusted lieutenants Kor Phaeron and the the Chaplain Erebus, who were already in secret allegiance with Chaos.Eventually both the primarch and his Legion abandon the Imperium following the Pilgrimage of Lorgar into the Eye of Terror, and in full accord with Horus take part in the Isstvan V Drop Site Massacre.
The Fissure (Anthology Short Story) - The Fissure (Anthology Short Story): The Fissure is a short story published in the Gaunt's Ghosts series that was originally part of an anthology. The Fissure was published as part of the Sabbat Worlds anthology in November 2014, and later released as a stand-alone e-book. The Fissure is a part of the Gaunt's Ghosts spin-off series focusing on the Iron Snakes Chapter of the Adeptus Astartes.
The Fissure (Anthology Short Story) - Synopsis: In the depths of an Imperial Hive City an evil is unwittingly unearthed, a fissure that bleeds the un-light of the Warp and provokes only madness and death. When ignorant hive workers seal up the rift behind a wall of rockcrete, it appears the darkness has been stymied... But Chaos is not so easily undone and as the fissure's insidious influence spreads it falls to the Iron Snakes of Ithaca to end a threat most foul.
The Flylords - The Flylords: The Flylords are a warband of Chaos Space Marines. They were once a Loyalist Chapter of Space Marines of unknown genetic origin and Founding known as the Vengeance Chapter. They were corrupted after entering the Eye of Terror in 321.M37 as part of the Imperial Abyssal Crusade.It is unknown what they endured during their sojourn into the Eye, but by the time they made their way back into realspace, they had become the warband of Heretic Astartes known as The Flylords.
The Flylords - Abyssal Crusade: Following the Ecclesiarchal Purges of 321.M37, a dozen star systems were engulfed by Warp Storm Dionys, its echoes rippling along the spiral arms of the galaxy as it raged through the Empyrean. Records of mutation and Chaos Cultist activity quadrupled overnight. Worse yet, it was not only the citizens who were affected by the sudden influx of Chaos. Many of the Space Marine Chapters with homeworlds affected by the Warp storm found that the secret imperfections in their gene-seed were writ large upon their new recruits, giving rise to a wave of disturbing manifestations both physical and psychological. The Vengeance Chapter were one such Loyalist Chapter of Astartes that had been affected by these Warp storms.When the Ecclesiarchy heard of this sinister turn of events, Saint Basillius the Elder demanded that all those Chapters of the Adeptus Astartes whose homeworlds had been touched by the Warp storm be rendered unto his judgement. Such was the elder's influence with the High Lords of Terra that within a standard year this had come to pass.After a series of stringent tests and prognostications, hundreds of Chapters were deemed unaffected by the Warp storm. No less than thirty were found wanting. The Judged, as these fallen Chapters came to be known, volunteered for a redemptive Penitent Crusade. The most militant of their number demanded the right to purify their tainted flesh in the fires of battle, to make a noble end from tragic misfortune. To the surprise of his closest advisors, Saint Basillius agreed to this proposal. He saw it fitting to send the accused into the Eye of Terror, taking the fight for the Imperium's future to the Daemon Worlds inhabited by the Traitor Marines.A representative from each of the doomed Chapters held an emergency Council of Dismay to discuss the proposed Imperial Crusade. After scant solar hours of debate, they acquiesced to Basillius' demands, for they believed that martyrdom was preferable to an existence of suspicion and doubt. The last few days of 321.M37 saw a solemn procession of strike cruisers and battle barges pass through the Cadian Gate into the Eye of Terror, relay systems dormant and heraldic colours obscured by black mag-plates.One by one, the Chapters of The Judged disappeared into the iridescent dust nebulae that surrounded the Eye. As the massive Space Marine flotilla entered the Eye of Terror, they were set upon by a massive Chaos warfleet. The resultant battle was so fierce that the ships of The Judged were forced to retreat and were scattered to the furthest corners of the Eye.Chapter after Chapter fell to the perils of the Eye, for the Abyssal Crusade had entered a hell from which very few emerge unchanged. The true account of what occurred within the Eye to the Vengeance Chapter is unknown, but most of the tales of the Chapters of The Judged ended in tragedy and sorrow. By the time they reemerged from the Eye many standard centuries later, the Vengeance Chapter were no more, for they had become the Chaos Space Marine warband known as the Flylords, wholly dedicated to the service of the Ruinous Powers.
The Flylords - Warband Colours: The Flylords warband's colours are not listed in current Imperial records.
The Flylords - Warband Badge: The Flylords warband's badge is not listed in current Imperial records.
The Forerunner - The Forerunner: The Forerunner is the name given to the Zoat whose spacecraft was discovered aboard the Seventh Blackstone Fortress in the churning region of chaotic matter known as "the Seethe."Another Zoat named The Archivist later duped a group of explorers into recovering the spacecraft's remains and the archeotech within for it, but what had originally become of the Forerunner to stand its vessel aboard the Blackstone Fortress is not known.
The Forging - The Forging: The Forging, also sometimes called the "Golden Age of the Imperium," is an era of the broader Age of the Imperium that began roughly in the middle of the 32nd Millennium and lasted until the start of the 35th Millennium.It represented a time of further consolidation and expansion of the Imperium beyond the borders originally created during the Great Crusade. The Imperial state church, the Adeptus Ministorum, firmly established during the Time of Rebirth, gained further political power as the Imperial Creed became a dominant facet of Imperial culture on most Human-settled worlds.Overall, The Forging represented the zenith of Imperial civilsation in the post-Heresy age culturally, politically and technologically.
The Forging - Notable Events: The Forging is sometimes called the "Golden Age of the Imperium" by Imperial historians because during this period the Adeptus Terra brought the most important Human-settled star systems of the galaxy that had not been reached by the Great Crusade under Imperial control and expanded the interstellar borders of the Imperium.Internal stability was gained with the establishment of astropath choirs on countless worlds, with major communications hubs established on the best-garrisoned Imperial worlds, including Armageddon, Bakka and Macragge.This allowed a reliable network of interstellar superluminal communication to function using the power of an astropath's astro-telepathy to send and receive messages across light years.This period also saw a slowing in the decline and stagnation of the Imperium's technology and the growth of the interstellar economy due to the rediscovery of a valuable Standard Template Construct (STC) database from the Dark Age of Technology in the Cana System as the Imperium expanded.Once more the Imperium repelled the forces of Chaos Renegades, Heretics and aliens alike across the galaxy and reclaimed countless lost and rebellious regions for the Human race.During this period, the Emperor, always an object of veneration, only increased His devoted following of worshippers after being joined to the Golden Throne.Many Imperial cults dedicated to the worship of the Emperor as the God of Mankind arose over the following centuries, the majority of which were united into a centralised religious body called the Temple of the Saviour Emperor.This powerful church gained momentum until, in the 32nd Millennium, it was finally granted the status of the official state religion of the Imperium and the title of Adeptus Ministorum, though it was more colloquially called the "Ecclesiarchy."It was only a few centuries later that Ecclesiarch Veneris II received a seat amongst the High Lords of Terra, and after 300 standard years, the seat reserved for the Ecclesiarch was made permanent within the ranks of the Senatorum Imperialis.
The Forging - 2nd Black Crusade: In 597.M32, the Warmaster of Chaos, Abaddon the Despoiler, launched his 2nd Black Crusade against the Imperium of Man and initiated the 2nd Black Crusade. This time, Abaddon placed a terrible curse upon the worlds of the Belis Corona Sector, infusing them with the touch of the Warp.Meanwhile, his Black Fleet attacked the sector's Imperial shipyards, destroying dozens of Imperial Cruisers being constructed or repaired. Before the Imperium could muster its strength to fight back, the Despoiler retreated into the Eye of Terror, his works complete.
The Forging - Restoration of the Senatorum Imperialis: In 646.M32, Agnathio, the Chapter Master of the Ultramarines, united over 50 leaders from other Chapters of Space Marines and arrived upon Terra. Such a show of power and faith put an end to the squabbling for the contentious seats of the High Lords of Terra that had consumed the differing factions since The Beheading.In locked council with the mightiest of Mankind's warriors, such matters were quickly sorted out. None know exactly what was done or said, but when the Space Marines departed back to their far-scattered missions, there once again sat twelve High Lords of Terra. If there was further dissension, none dared speak it aloud.
The Forging - Astropath Wars: In 888.M32 the Imperium was consumed by the event known as the Astropath Wars. There is no further information on this conflict available in Imperial records.
The Forging - 3rd Black Crusade: Abaddon the Despoiler launched his 3rd Black Crusade in 909.M32, sending the Daemon Prince Tallomin against the Cadian Gate in a reckless and bloody frontal assault.The daemonic horde that followed in Tallomin's wake accounted for the destruction of millions of lives and drew in Astra Militarum regiments and Space Marine Chapters from across the Segmentum Obscurus.Eventually, warriors of the Space Wolves managed to send Tallomin howling back into the Warp.Under the cover of the attack, Abaddon led a dedicated strike force to desecrate the Shrine World of Gerstahl, breaking the ancient seal on the tomb of the Imperial Saint Gerstahl and utterly destroying his remains whilst the Imperium's attention was directed elsewhere.This was done to forestall a prophecy which claimed that the saint would rise again when the "Eye of Darkness opened for the last time" and stem the tide of the treacherous.
The Forging - The Firestorm: In 910.M32 the event known as The Firestorm unfolded. There is no further information on this conflict available in Imperial records.
The Forging - War of the Confessor: At some time in the 33rd Millennium, the War of the Confessor unfolded when in a particularly violent display, the Adeptus Ministorum exerted its newfound political strength in the wake of the War of the Beast. Many key Shrine Worlds were added to its holdings during this first of many Wars of Faith to come.
The Forging - Usurs' Explorations: In 265.M33, Admiral Usurs of the Imperial Navy was cast down by the High Lords of Terra for becoming too ambitious. However, he was still too politically powerful within the Navy to be executed without initiating a costly civil war, so he was instead despatched on an Explorator mission to the intergalactic gulf beyond the Milky Way.For the following solar decade, Usurs' reports reached Terra by astropath, detailing the conquest of new star systems for the Emperor. After two decades, these reports finally ceased. Contact was never reestablished with the star systems Usurs mentioned in his reports.
The Forging - Siege of Eternity's Gate: In 313.M33 the Siege of Eternity's Gate unfolded.
The Forging - The Blade of Infinity: In 615.M33 the Blade of Infinity, a pre-Heresy Cruiser, emerged from the Warp, its re-entry signature suggesting that it had left realspace over 20,000 standard years before. This period predated even the Warp-Drive's invention in the Age of Technology and suggested a radical time stream disorder.Vox transmissions picked up the from the vessel suggested that the Blade of Infinity was trying to communicate some type of warning, but before much could be deciphered, the ancient starship disappeared once again into the Warp.In its wake arrived an invasion fleet of Heretic Astartes Traitor Legions, the Archenemy of the Imperium who wreaked much havoc. The Blade of Infinity reemerged from the Warp several more times in subsequent years, always as a harbinger of further incursions into Imperial space by the forces of Chaos from the Immaterium.
The Forging - Year of the Ghosts: In 831.M33, during what became known as the "Year of the Ghosts," the honoured dead rose up in the Segmentum Solar to drive back the terrors of the Warp.
The Forging - 4th Black Crusade: The 4th Black Crusade, also known as the "El'Phanor War," was launched into Imperial space from the Eye of Terror by Abaddon the Despoiler in 001.M34, his Black Legion besieging the great Citadel of the Kromarch.Abaddon led the charge against the adamantium gates of this famously unbreachable citadel upon the world of El'Phanor. Only one in ten of Abaddon's spearhead reached the gates before they were trapped by Heavy Bolter fire.Utilising his Daemon Sword Drach'nyen, the gates of the citadel proved harder than diamond, but they split apart like cordwood before Abaddon's dolorous blow.In an orgy of violence, the Traitor Legions and their daemonic allies fall upon the Kromarch, the Imperial Commander of El'Phanor and his kin, extinguishing their ancient line forever and weakening the defences of the Cadian Gate for future Chaos assaults.