Mike Lee FALLEN ANGELS 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 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 ~

Lion El'Jonson Son of the Emperor, Primarch of the First Legion

Brother-Redemptor Nemiel Chaplain

Captain Stenius Master of the battle barge Invincible Reason

Sergeant Kohl Terran, veteran of many campaigns

Techmarine Askelon Member of Sergeant Kohl's veteran squad

Marthes Member of Sergeant Kohl's veteran squad

Vardus Member of Sergeant Kohl's veteran squad

Ephrial Member of Sergeant Kohl's veteran squad

Yung Member of Sergeant Kohl's veteran squad

Cortus Member of Sergeant Kohl's veteran squad

Titus Dreadnought

Luther Once a great knight; now, in Jonson's absence, Master of Caliban

Lord Cypher The Keeper of Secrets

Brother-Librarian israfael Chief Epistolary at Caliban

Brother-Librarian ZaharielLibrarian in training

Chapter Master Astellan Terran, one of Luther's training masters

Master Remiel An elderly and esteemed training master for the Legion

Brother Attias Veteran of Sarosh and member of the training cadre

General Morten Terran, Commander of the Calibanite Jaegers

Magos Administratum Talia Bosk Terran, chief Imperial bureaucrat on Caliban

Sar Daviel Former knight of the Order

Lord Thuriel Scion of a once-powerful noble house

Lady Alera Noble lady and mistress of her house

Lord Malchial Son of a famous knight, now fallen on hard times

Governor Taddeus KulikImperial Governor of Diamat

Magos Archoi Master of the Forge at Diamat