"Tonight, gentlemen and ladies, heretics and faithful, sump dwellers and upper hive, bonded mechanoids and slag rats, tonight we bid you welcome. Tonight we bring you an epic tale of loyalists and the damned, of Chaos Warbands and Imperial Chapters, and of war. Endless burning war. Tonight, gathered scum, we bring the tales of Fulgrims scattered sons. Tonight, we bring the Noise."

Inspired by the great Dornian Heresy of Aurelius Rex, here is an alternate timeline to the Warhammer 40000 universe, where Guilliman turned traitor instead of Horus, and led half the Legions in rebellion against the Emperor. The Index Astartes are done for all Legions. Now, the Times of Ending have begun ...

"They are lost to us forever" - Malcador the Sigilite. Shrouded in mystery, lost to history, whispers of heresy. The untold tale of the Lost Primarchs.

The Third Aurelian Crusade erupts on the Hive World Meridian. Beset on all sides by Traitors, Heretics and Xenos, the last line of defense falls to the Imperial Guard. Sergeant Major Merrick, senior NCO of the 85th Vendoland 4th company, sees his troopers thrust into the heaviest fighting. They are the famed Vendoland Grenadiers. Welcome to the Daredevils.

Alastar, Nasty and Patreus are training to be Space Marines - or trying to, anyway. Ever get bored of Chapter-zombie, personality-free, lemming-like marines? This is my attempt to avoid those tedious stereotypes.