The Horus Heresy
It is a time of legend.
Mighty heroes battle for the right to rule the galaxy. The vast armies of the Emperor of Earth have conquered the galaxy in a Great Crusade – the myriad alien races have been smashed by the Emperor’s elite warriors and wiped from the face of history.
The dawn of a new age of supremacy for humanity beckons.
Gleaming citadels of marble and gold celebrate the many victories of the Emperor. Triumphs are raised on a million worlds to record the epic deeds of his most powerful and deadly warriors.
First and foremost amongst these are the primarchs, superheroic beings who have led the Emperor’s armies of Space Marines in victory after victory. They are unstoppable and magnificent, the pinnacle of the Emperor’s genetic experimentation. The Space Marines are the mightiest human warriors the galaxy has ever known, each capable of besting a hundred normal men or more in combat.
Organised into vast armies of tens of thousands called Legions, the Space Marines and their primarch leaders conquer the galaxy in the name of the Emperor.
Chief amongst the primarchs is Horus, called the Glorious, the Brightest Star, favourite of the Emperor, and like a son unto him. He is the Warmaster, the commander-in-chief of the Emperor’s military might, subjugator of a thousand thousand worlds and conqueror of the galaxy. He is a warrior without peer, a diplomat supreme.
As the flames of war spread through the Imperium, mankind’s champions will all be put to the ultimate test.
Dramatis Personae
The Primarchs
Lorgar, Primarch of the Word Bearers
Roboute Guilliman, Primarch of the Ultramarines
Magnus the Red, Primarch of the Thousand Sons
Corax, Primarch of the Raven Guard
Konrad Curze, Primarch of the Night Lords
Ferrus Manus, Primarch of the Iron Hands
Perturabo, Primarch of the Iron Warriors
The Word Bearers Legion
Kor Phaeron, First Captain
Erebus, First Chaplain
Deumos, Master of the Serrated Sun Chapter
Argel Tal, Captain, 7th Assault Company
Xaphen, Chaplain, 7th Assault Company
Torgal, Sergeant, Torgal Assault Squad
Malnor, Sergeant, Malnor Assault Squad
Dagotal, Sergeant, Dagotal Outrider Squad
The Crimson Lord, Commander of the Gal Vorbak
The Night Lords Legion
Sevatar,First Captain
Legio Custodes
Aquillon, Occuli Imperator, ‘Eyes of the Emperor’, Custodian
Vendatha, Custodian
Kalhin, Custodian
Nirllus, Custodian
Sythran, Custodian
The 301st Expedition Fleet
Baloc Torvus, Master of the Fleet
Arric Jesmetine, Major, Euchar 54th Infantry
Imperial Personae
Cyrene Valantion, Confessor of the Word
Ishaq Kadeen, Official remembrancer, imagist
Absolom Cartik, Personal astropath to the Occuli Imperator
Legio Cybernetica
Incaradine, Conqueror Primus of the 9th Maniple, Carthage Cohort
Xi-Nu 73, Tech-Adept of the 9th Maniple, Carthage Cohort
Non-Imperial Personae
Ingethel, Emissary of the Primordial Truth