The Noose
The Iron Hands and Meduson
Meduson’s core route: Meduson → The Hand Elect → Old Earth. Ferrus before Isstvan, the Veritas Ferrum crew and Pythos, Crius and the Keys of Hel, and the Sisypheum crew are separate Iron Hands stories. Each has its own route in Reading order. Vengeful Spirit’s Dwell episode adds to Meduson’s war without making the entire novel an Iron Hands story.
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The Noose
David Annandale
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The Iron Hands and Medusonunbroken chronology · time runs left to right
date uncertain869.M30900.M30950.M30000.M31006.M31date uncertaindate uncertainAround 011.M31date uncertain
M30 / M31
Ferrus Manus: Youth on MedusaProbably early 800s M30; Ferrus’s youth on Medusa before meeting the Emperor, exact year unknown · 1
Fist of Iron: pursuit of the Orksafter 843.M30 (estimate), before Gardinaal; exact year unknown · 1
The Gardinaal Campaign869.M30 · 1
Campaign 154-4Great Crusade campaign 154-4; calendar year unknown. · 1
The Dropsite Massacre on Isstvan VIsstvan V: the Drop Site Massacre and its immediate aftermath; approximately 006.M31 · 4
Early War of the Shattered LegionsAfter Isstvan V: early survivor operations; no single exact date · 4
The Survivors of Isstvan VApproximately 31006–31007 · 2
Cavor Sarta: the Kryptos RaidAfter Isstvan V, before Angel Exterminatus; exact date unknown · 1
The Pythos CatastropheAfter Isstvan V; exact year unknown · 1
The Keys of HelAfter Riven, around 007.M31; the exact date is unknown · 1
Iydris: the Angel Exterminatus expeditionAfter Hydra Cordatus; before Lucius’s return and the post-ascension Fulgrim stories · 1
Dwell: Meduson’s attack and Marr’s responseBefore the Molech campaign · approximately late 009.M31 · 1
The Sisypheum: the Alpha Legion trapAfter Angel Exterminatus · approximately 010.M31 · 1
Meduson: the survivors’ war reaches its endAfter The Hand Elect, before the Siege · exact date unknown · 1
The Shattered Legions' Later WarAround 011.M31 · 1
The Siege: Mission on LunaAfter The Solar War, before The Lost and the Damned; exact day unknown · 1
006.M31 · 5 at this point
date uncertain · 2 at this point
Loken returns to the shadow war009.M31–late 009.M31 · 1
Short storyUnmarkedCanticleDavid GuymerProbably early 800s M30; Ferrus’s youth on Medusa before meeting the Emperor, exact year unknowndate approximate
Short storyUnmarkedA Lesson in IronDavid Guymerafter 843.M30 (estimate), before Gardinaal; exact year unknowndate approximate
NovellaUnmarkedFeat of IronNick KymeGreat Crusade campaign 154-4; calendar year unknown.date approximate
Short story2015
The Noose
David Annandale
NovelUnmarkedThe Damnation of PythosDavid AnnandalePythos after Isstvan V; the warning on Terra is a distinct closing episode◎Placement note
NovelUnmarkedAngel ExterminatusGraham McNeillAfter Hydra Cordatus; before Lucius’s return and the post-ascension Fulgrim stories◎date approximate
NovelUnmarkedVengeful SpiritGraham McNeillOpening chapters: the Dwell attack, before Molech◎date approximate
NovellaUnmarkedThe Seventh SerpentGraham McNeillEarly 010.M31↗date approximate
Short storyUnmarkedThe Hand ElectChris WraightAround 011.M31date approximate
NovellaUnmarkedSons of the SelenarGraham McNeillAfter The Solar War, before The Lost and the Damned; exact day unknown↗Placement note
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