True Believers
The throng of prisoners huddled together in the afternoon haze, drenched in sweat and caked with dirt. It had been hours since they were marched to the Imperial camp, but…
A Peaceful Transfer of Power
Eminence Reaves looked out his window at the plaza below, the glasscrete pane reflecting his age-worn, but not unkindly, visage over the assembled. They’d packed in every space at the…
One Last Push
One last push for atonement, one last push for Vostroya, one last push for the Emperor. The smog is thinner than it once was, the manufactories still roar with the strike…
Is Rogal Dorn the One with Wings?
‘Rogal Dorn is absolutely the one with the wings,’ said Dmitri.Howls of protest erupted from Governor Lorenzo and his entourage as though they had been struck by an overseer’s electrolash.…
Never Going Back
Sulun Ro took in the lantern-lit town of Gasakai from his hilltop perch and was content. He had fled, screaming into the void of space after the fire of Horus’…
Ashes of the Faithless
More artillery shells screamed in, and their impact was echoed by the cries of the fallen.Sorvane crouched behind the scorched remains of a Predator tank. The vox was full of…
She Persists
Celes’ chipped fingernails dig into her patchwork overalls, bunching the threadwork into small, starchy peaks. ‘Look at me.’Her tired eyes rise.Overseer Stry-C9 glowers back. From their throned console, the adept need…
Facts and Fighters
Gerebix Rho sat before the video terminal that connected him to the main cogitator in the Adeptus Administratum, searching for a file that had been entered some years before about…
For Cadia We Live, For Cadia We Die
‘By the Emperor!’ Lyrian flinched as another explosion echoed nearby. ‘We're here at the worst possible moment. It was so peaceful back at our forge. Why did they send us…
Warhawk Skies
Jagged peaks of shattered rock streaked below his view like the teeth of a great beast, as glacial rivers glinted in the pale sunlight like old battle scars. Above, the…