But in truth there are always wars, thundering unseen around us, just beyond the curve of our sight. Only in death can you receive the Emperor’s judgement!” - maxim of the Officio Assassinorum “The monster boasted of what he would do once he conquered the home of the god-king, little knowing that Nemesis heard his words and took note of them.” - excerpted from texts of the ancient Terran poet Nonnus “We live in peace and pretend at it. “For those that defy the Imperium, only the Emperor can judge your crimes. Nemesis ERNO SIGG MERRIKSUN EUROTAS HYSSOS PERRIG CAPRA TERRIK GROHL LIYA BEYE LADY ASTRID SINOPEĬitizen of the Imperium The Void Baron of Narvaji, Agentia Nuntius (Taebian Sector) Security Operative, Eurotas Trade Consortium Indentured Psyker, Eurotas Trade Consortium Citizen of Dagonet Citizen of Dagonet Citizen of Dagonet Citizen of Dagonet The Sigillite Regent of Terra Reeve of Iesta Veracrux Reeve of Iesta Veracrux Reeve Warden of Iesta Veracrux High-Reeve of Iesta Veracrux 3 Imperial Personae MALCADOR YOSEF SABRAT DAIG SEGAN BERTS LAIMNER RATA TELEMACH Primarch of the Sons of Horus Equerry to the Primarch Captain of the 13th Company Veteran Sergeant, 13th Company The Sons of Horus HORUS LUPERCAL MALOGHURST LUC SEDIRAE DEVRAM KORDA Primarch of the Imperial Fists Third Captain The Imperial Fists Legion ROGAL DORN EFRIED Officio Assassinorum MASTER OF ASSASSINS SIRE VINDICARE SIRESS VENENUM SIRE EVERSOR SIRE VANUS SIRESS CALLIDUS SIRE CULEXUSĪ High Lord of Terra Master and Director Primus, Clade Vindicare Mistress and Director Primus, Clade Venenum Master and Director Primus, Clade Eversor Master and Director Primus, Clade Vanus Mistress and Director Primus, Clade Callidus Master and Director Primus, Clade Culexus ~ DRAMATIS PERSONAE ~ Execution Force ERISTEDE KELL JENNIKER SOALM “THE GARANTINE” FON TARIEL KOYNE IOTAĪssassin-at-Marque, Clade Vindicare Secluse, Clade Venenum Nihilator, Clade Eversor Infocyte, Clade Vanus Shade, Clade Callidus Protiphage, Clade Culexus As the flames of war spread through the Imperium, mankind’s champions will all be put to the ultimate test. He is a warrior without peer, a diplomat supreme. 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.
Chief amongst the primarchs is Horus, called the Glorious, the Brightest Star, favourite of the Emperor, and like a son unto him. 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. 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. They are unstoppable and magnificent, the pinnacle of the Emperor’s genetic experimentation. First and foremost amongst these are the primarchs, superheroic beings who have led the Emperor’s armies of Space Marines in victory after victory. Triumphs are raised on a million worlds to record the epic deeds of his most powerful and deadly warriors. Gleaming citadels of marble and gold celebrate the many victories of the Emperor. The dawn of a new age of supremacy for humanity beckons. 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. Mighty heroes battle for the right to rule the galaxy.