Across the planet Blood Angels came under attack by traitor forces hidden by blood rituals.

Daemons erupt into reality (give us Daemons of the Ruinstorm rules, Games Workshop!), and the trap is sprung, with the Word Bearers deleting the entire city with atomic, to the ruination of the Blood Angel’s ability to prosecute the war. Where things get a little more interesting is when the veterans of the IXth Legion encounter a massive pyramid of skulls with a banner of the Blood Angels planted atop it. The story itself is fairly generic, with Word Bearers finding the relatively undefended world of Gilden Prime, the Blood Angels striking back to defend a world they brought into compliance, etcetera and so forth.

The lore this week draws back to some of the earliest lore in the game, from 1989, before being expanded in Retribution in 2016, so it’s not as if we’re going to get a behind the scenes look at any world shattering events here. Our first Exemplary Battle of the new edition of the Horus Heresy! After seeing the great treatment the other Exemplary Battle units got in the recently released Warhammer Community PDF, we can’t wait to see what nasty horrid messes the Word Bearers can get into, this month’s protagonists.

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