ryt Coad A aU atic ig oo —— 7 ‘piano SIU es i Y ane YTe Ecc Sbsia z mer e208 70 me JM wis cost Vee i GOA Cee ee La srinen” seer AND FIND YOUR elie Ano GENTLE TURNS ore TUNNELS, HOUR We SPEND FROM OUR. ? Fi] sty, a rs a is ce | ATHERE ARE LESSONS OF FRENDSrIe 730 OF (Brat we TRUST AREN'T YOu. OOM ay oi Zonénow. Y,_ PaRents QUST Came | ane D=A0 700, his VA COME TO THe SChOLA? PARENTS WERE wine ae Poor WARRIORS OR WERE THEY TIGRBORN? OF SOME. Noste,roneorren THERATTY VON, STREETSWEEPERS? marae, ESE Owner PEOPLE Wun eo. 1s ALLESOT tert. vou expecting A THANK-YOU? NOT ne vourne cone TO NEED IT, WHERE YOU'RE GOING,MOST OF NOVITATE GHITA'S Chicpnoge was Los seueuase ‘Ur Tig psycx0 CONDITIONING aT THE SCHOLAPROGENIOM. f+ ‘SHE D065 NOT. REMEMBER oR Barents, wear mey fo Bp. MOW Mey DIED, [=e 8 THE. a el [ee “SHE REMEMBERS THE TURNS AND INCLINES, THE | SMELLS AND SOUNDS, THE RUMBLE FROM BELOW. UTMOST OF ALL, SHE REMEMBERS The Lent.Gilbane —_— 40,000 -__ FOR MORE THAN TEN THOUSAND YEARS, THE LIVING CORPSE OF THE EMPEROR HAS SAT IMMOBILE ON THE GOLDEN THRONE. THE IMPERIUM OF MAN 15 BESET FROM EVERY SIDE. AGAINST THOSE BESIEGING FORCES, THE SISTERS OF BATTLE HOLD THE LINE AND LEAD THE CHARGE AGAINST THE DISSIDENTS THAT WOULD STAND AGAINST THE EMPEROR. ‘AN INQUISITORIAL ACOLYTE HAS GONE MISSING ON THE PLANET SISCIA, WHERE IT SEEMS A HERETICAL UPRISING IS TAKING PLACE, CANONESS VERIDVAN LEADS HER SQUAD OF BATTLE SISTERS, INCLUDING NOVITIATE GHITA, WHO HAILS FROM THIS WORLD, DEEP INTO THE HEART OF THE PLANET'S SUBTERRANEAN MINING CITIES ON A MISSION TO RETRIEVE THE ACOLYTE. 4JUST OFF-WWORLD, INQUISITOR ANDER AND CANONESS PRECEPTOR ORIS KEEP A CLOSE WATCH ON THE MISSION, EVEN AS THEY TRY TO DECIPHER CLUES TO THE ACOLVTE’S DISAPPEARANCE AND THE SITUATION ON THE GROUND. BUT AS VERIDVAN AND THE SISTERS REACH THE SECOND SUBTERRANEAN LEVEL, THEY DISCOVER A LARGER FORCE OF HERETICS SUBJUGATING THE PEOPLE. IT'S WORSE THAN THEY THOUGHT... TORUNN VC’S JOE LAUREN GRONBEKK SABINO AMARO WRITER DESIGNER ASSISTANT EDITOR DAVE EDGAR WILKINS MARK SALAZAR COVER ARTIST BASSO ARTIST EDITOR MAX DUNBAR ARIF c.B. PRIANTO TARTAGLIA; CEBULSKI COLORIST EDITOR IN CHIEF WORKSHOP; ve's EDGAR CLAYTON SALT WITH eters RUSSELL VARIANT COVER ARTISTS: THANKS TOSISCIA. 5 ree eae, AND THe CULTISTS ARE TAKING Sa PRISONERS FORCING THEMBAGRINTO "aut 7 see CHANCE OF SUCCESS, "EANONESS VERIDYAN, You ane. NOP WANG, ASE BOF LSon ea THERES NO) FIGHT, “ORDER, NO HIERARCHY, YET Ir FESES LESS LINE ABATTCE SRO NORE {LiKe A CELEBRATION. UNORGANIZED CHAOS, YEFEPRECTIVE wnat DOES 1 REMIND YOU SF? TageaTTLe JeMPenoR wictng eur] | wecor me TuNNeL, Gr aALta. | iewecouLssuavive’ | | odges Oren canowess. THRONE, Cer | Salta, we Canaxert | | Tnepan cooks Lean, Usiaae tHe be Tiaousn THs Ur WELL yOu SHOULD Sivicansries ‘TaKe's LOOK END THERE. ‘at Tis Yes. pains meToUeave SUcheReSy UNPUNISHED, 8UT ‘SUR MISsION coues Fist. IF THE NOVITIATE IS CORRECT, THE MAINTENANCE TUNNELS RON PARALLEL "To Te TOWN SQUARE: OUST THEY ARE UNDEPENDED, SUT TAT Least We Witt SEE OUR ENEMY COMING Se si AND you. gia.THERE'S NOT A Brean Toe an, Nora neRVous RUSTLE: Wwe anes Tear TOrnose coral 10, This EMPEROR TSLOsE ONE'S HUMANITY. WP srcrens. ro Né:HGUD YOUR Fx tHousuT anaes OR THE UNeRPEetED PAUSEIN WORK WHEN GENERATOR MALFUNCTIONS, 4 THAN OTHERS. BUTE was. WRONG. MOMENT BEFORE YOU GET Waar rou WANE INTHE PIRST TOUCH, THEFiRST Taste, THE Fist BITE. 90x00 Now 'ir Sistens? OS BU KNOW TRUE ‘stexsune?BATTLE SISTERS HIERARCHY THE EMPEROR ECCLESIARCHY ADEPTA SORORITAS lolly ear) ery falar [s] ost} MILITANT fa TPVM ate =1 tM GC a) 0 Ty Ve T=} omens) Sisters Or ceo ieay Cony try rete’ Shorion) cee Pee In adiion| Pee] cre rita. rg ns Eeclesirchy, blasphemous, and ear eee Pores iris Pe od oe eer eon eerie) or Pony ey eo Ca Pees oy ca RECRUITMENT INTO THE ADEPTA SORORITAS The Schola Proyenium takes in orphans of the Imperial soldiery who yave their lives in service of the Imperium of Man, At the Schola, the children are honored with a rigorous education in Imperial history, high gothic, basic combat training, and strict orthodox doctrines of the Imperial Creed. Through prayer, diligent work, and swift reprimands, a sound fundament of discipline, purpose, and faith is instilled in the Pragena--the pupils of the Schala, Only the most physically superior and spiritually pure of the female Progena are recruited and welcomed into one of two principal convents of the Adepta Sororitas. There, the novices undergo extensive training and instruction in the practices of the Sisterhood, and their devotion to The ecco eck es the novitiates are sworn into one of the Orders of the Adepta Sororitas, where their education and indoctrination continue through a lifetime of dutiful service to the Ecclesiarchy and the Emperor. rar Te een ed ; ss ae eee Reece there will be no room for doubt.FIERY HEART. / alt lenre no Maca | Ne ST Gee WE WILL ATTACK INDUE COURSE. BARRICADE YOURSELF INYOUR FORTRESS IF VOUMUST/BUTDO \ NOT UNDER aN CIRCUMSTANCES, Or NEGLEAPSE MORE: ii MEN WITH Yr ee rERES IT sos. iweacr.00 BOMBS IN THEIR BIRR TAGE ECES. VEN ven SEE? SCANONESS ORS INQUISITOR T UNDERSTAND, INQUISITOR. BUT THE HOSTILITIES me "ARE ESCALATING RAPIDLY. WE CAI TIEN ONLY PRAY THERE Wit BEACHY HE DELAY INCREASES CerT TO save,‘THE INNER CITY 1S LOST, AND THE PLANETARY DeFeNseroRce| [ _ WE CHECKED THE. ITS POSSIBLE. IF SO, 17 WAS. IS RETREATING. THERE Is SOMETHING ELSE TOO. shipping manirests. | | "peanNeD ANd ORGANIZED er ER eer ete meeienecan, | | Romane Ror acini MOSTiLiTics BEGAN, “re erry. SOMETHING FEELS NOTABLY DIFEERENT. IS TURNING THE. WORKERS ARe CONTENT, AND WORKERS OF SISCIA THERE ake FEWER REPORTS OF Into ricntens. ‘TDIEFT AND VIOLENCE. The CHANGE \ ‘Suspect cout ‘Sees To Have causeD A ern ‘SIGNIFICANT INCREASE IN PRODUCTION. 2 a cues = Bion VY, INTERESTING, BUT NO CAUSE FOR iF YouR, SUSPICIONS AFFECT YOUR EQNFIOENGEIN The sauUaD's success, NOWIS THE TIME TO Tevewe , THE INQUISITION | ‘aas PUT OUR TRUST IN YOU. [AND THe ADEPTA SORORITAS, war wit “any buer ae AL =f wor Bewecessany, (iy "AS WELL. ANB 2 56. WONDER Why AN UNDERGROUND EULT WITH LIMITED WAR MACHINES WOULD NEED THAT MUCH PROMETHIUM,DEEP THE FEELING OF POWER BELOW THE CITY. LIKE A CHILD KNOCKING OVER Aetass oe water JUST TO, SEEhER MOTHER CLEAN TUF. wry D0 you THINK TREADERTA SORORITAS HEY'VE BEEN HERE FOR HOURS AUREADY.We Have qwocHolces. Tay To Get THROUGH THe MAIN Gates OR "Tene DOWN THE ‘SENTRY GUN, THe HERETICS CONFUSION wouLD BETO.OUR ADVANTAGE, INDISTRACTION:THE MINISTORUM BUILT TAS 4 TONUMENT ro THe EMPEROR. | al ALIGNED, AREMINDER OF FAITH, GHITA REMEMBERS THE Pr nto SHELL OF THEOIL. ue Danwest SS WAT FOR aanen nes uses canontee bvan's Pinos ‘onsen Se olanee Ge IT AUASs Tae SCENT OF re. THe SOUND OF REDEWETIONEe canes ee SHE REPAYS HER einoness with FIRE ANB FURY.Saeco suLuer Pence HER Sx Phe EMPEROR OR THELIFE. SHEIS ABOUT TO LOSE. TO BE j | ate loure-oTHE GALAXY IN THE PRESEN C2 Ie] NRO OBSCUR ae SEGMENTUM PACIFICUS 5 a SEGMENT a! A ep age SEGMENTUM TEMRESTUS. ae al a pa alMae MI a =o: