
I was a bit confused by the timeline for these events, and I had to search through the internet to get some clarifications for speculations on when these events occur, which appear to be a few years after/during Abaddon’s Thirteenth Black Crusade, which was addressed years earlier by GW in their Eye of Terror supplement (which ended with the Imperium victorious).


The first book of this three-part series deals with the Fall of the Cadia- the Imperium’s fortress world/sector that holds the line against the open conduit to the Warp- the Eye of Terror. Luckily, unlike what happened to Warhammer Fantasy’s transition to the Age of Sigmar setting, Warhammer 40,000 remained, for the most part the same type of game with the same lore. The first book of this three-part series deals with the Fall of the Cadia- the Imperium’s fortress world/se So the Warhammer 40,000 Gathering Storm series reminded me of Games Workshop’s Warhammer Fantasy’s End Times Series- both depicting a major event(s) that would change their respective settings for the long-term. So the Warhammer 40,000 Gathering Storm series reminded me of Games Workshop’s Warhammer Fantasy’s End Times Series- both depicting a major event(s) that would change their respective settings for the long-term. A 136-page hardback narrative campaign book, it introduces the Triumvirate of the Imperium – Celestine, the Living Saint, Tech-priest of Mars Archmagos Dominus Belisarius Cawl, and Inquisitor Katarinya Greyfax of the Ordo Hereticus – and chronicles the bitter battle to protect Cadia from the grasp of Abaddon the Despoiler.more Their arrival spurs a chain of events that will change things forever – the pylons will fall, the Eye will open, and a storm will come.įall of Cadia is the first book in the Gathering Storm series. On Cadia itself, Ursarkar Creed and manifold Imperial forces mount a desperate defence, and they are soon to be joined by the strangest and most powerful of allies. But there is no sacrifice big enough to stop what is coming.Ībaddon has unleashed the full might of his thirteenth Black Crusade and little hope remains.

There are no records of how many valiant souls have fallen defending the fortress worlds of the Cadian Gate – but by their sacrifice, the tide of horror stemmed. Abaddon has unleashed the full might of his thirteenth For ten thousand years Cadia has stood firm against the horrors spewed forth by the Eye of Terror. But there is no sacrifice big enough to stop what is coming. For ten thousand years Cadia has stood firm against the horrors spewed forth by the Eye of Terror.
