Fires of War
Chaos Daemons
A faction entry to fiction where Chaos Daemons are central actors or antagonists. Independent wars, possession attempts and distinct cycles do not form one continuous campaign. Do not include codices, cults or passing mentions merely through a shared theme.
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Short story / microfiction2009
Fires of War
Nick Kyme
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Chaos DaemonsCalendar dates only where confirmed; other ordering is internal to each story.
date uncertain936–937.M41; sources differ by one yeardate uncertain
Bjorn: wounding, treatment and awakening as a DreadnoughtBjorn’s wounding roughly three centuries after Russ leaves · 1
Rugolo’s quest during preparations for an Imperial crusadeRugolo’s story · preparations for a crusade into the Eye · 1
The Grey Knight’s solo mission aboard CrucibleTriumvirate’s selection → boarding the ship → duel · 1
Sarak’s debt, ambush and possessionOne day · debt → ambush → possession · 1
The Fellguard assault and daemonic manifestationOne battle · two partly overlapping stories · 2
The final interrogation and Septimus catastropheAfter Malcorum · recovered memory → catastrophe · 1
The Trail of Evisser and the Prince of a Thousand Faces’ returnA thousand years after Mandulis’s sacrifice · Alaric’s mission · 1
Shaan · shadow daemons aboard the returning cruiserAfter the Calth fighting · returning from Ultramar · 1
Artemis: Titan boarding and closure of the warp riftArtemis: EMP, boarding and the Titans’ sacrifice · 1
The quest for the Blade Encarmine on EidolonAfter Bloodquest volume one and before The Daemon’s Mark; year unknown · 1
The search for Leonatos: The Daemon’s MarkBloodquest volume three, after Into the Eye of Terror; year unknown · 1
Orilan: Stele’s blood debtYears before Stele’s later actions; exact year unknown · 1
Aerius: Nurgle’s plague and the search for the Talisman of LykosThe Aerius mission after the Hesperida prologue; year unknown · 1
Hesperax: Sussarkh’s pact and Lelith’s seizure of powerBefore the expedition · the debt to the Satin Princess · 1
Arkio’s schismCybele → Shenlong → Sabien; absolute year not established · 1
Hesperax: the Covenant of Isha, the arena and the soul vaultUlthwe → Hesperax · the Deathwatch expedition · 1
The captain’s honours: the sword and the daemon’s banishmentA separate career episode · calendar sequence unknown · 1
Tankred: the later battle with a Daemon PrinceA later life stage · awakening and victory over the Prince · 1
Voidsoul: the expedition’s defeat and Morbach’s rescueMorbach’s recollection · before imprisonment and interrogation · 1
Arantia: Laurentis’s expedition for the chalice’s rubyThe Arantia expedition · year unknown · 1
Domitus · parallel crisis aboard the shipAlongside the Iliess landing · the Domitus crisis · 1
Brass Cradle · challenging daemon prince KtulThe warband’s arrival · challenging the daemon prince · 1
Armageddon’s ash wastes · escorting the civiliansArmageddon · a convoy across the ash wastes · 1
Tychonis · the search for Epsilon and Project BlackseedAfter Karras’ recovery · the Tychonis search mission · 1
Stratos · the uprising and assault on CirrionAfter the Speaker’s uprising · the Third Company’s Stratos operation · 1
Sandava II: Crowe and the Blade of AntwyrSandava II · before Castellan · 1
Claros’s impossible signalAfter Katharis’s destruction · the Claros call · 1
From Anachron to the ambush on Ixus IXCapturing the engine → Ixus IX → the daemon’s release · 1
Kyarus · from the Rhino wreck to the stone pillarAfter the command Rhino’s destruction · the search for brothers · 1
Clyona: Banshees aboard a tainted craftworldBiel-Tan · battle against the Blood God’s servants · 1
Kargon fights Tydaeus in the Mimesis EngineInside the simulation · before the outpost breach · 1
Szarach’il possesses GroganBarathrum · the daemon escapes · 1
Ferrix contends with the beast of KhorneDementius · Ferrix’s experiment · 1
Sergeant Cerrano’s last stand on ArboriaArboria · the daemonic invasion · 1
The rite at the Gaudi estatePraxis · House Gaudi’s feast · 1
Castus detonates the warhead before ParmenidesSaafir · after the fight on the bridge · 1
Merrin Dragomir’s capture and escapeIndomitus Era; calendar year undetermined · 1
Joshua is left alone in the desertSha’ul · Governor Ree’s death · 1
The Voice draws Joshua into a night-time adventureSha’ul · Governor Ree’s death · 1
Joshua strangles his final opponentSha’ul · Governor Ree’s death · 1
The deception comes to light in Ree’s gardenSha’ul · Governor Ree’s death · 1
A Warp portal opens in Cortez’s sanctumTenebrae · Cortez’s final hours · 1
Cartographic ReserveDate not established · 6
Classic M41 · Astartes and ChaosM41 · date to be confirmed · 1
Kergis banishes the daemon KagayagaIgnis Mons · while the squad advances on the control room · 1
The Fang: the Changeling’s earlier infiltration and the reason for the searchMentioned backstory · before the Dactyla mission · 1
Cain: the Adumbria campaign936–937.M41; sources differ by one year · 1
Hrondir’s familiar is banished to the WarpBeltrasse · the fight and the daemon’s banishment · 1
Uprising and hunt on TorvendisTorvendis in the Maelstrom; late M41 retained as a cartographic sector, exact year not published · 1
Soulspear and the Lakonian persecutionLate M41; the beginning of Sarpedon’s renegade arc; no absolute year published · 1
Battle of the Boros Gatelate M41; after Dark Disciple; the absolute year is unpublished · 1
The Phalanx trial and Abraxes’s incursionLate M41; the six-novel arc's finale after Hellforged; no absolute year published · 1
Encounter with the Tallymanlate M41; after Vox Dominus; no absolute year published · 1
Cain: the Ironfound conspiracy and battleshortly after The Last Ditch; no absolute date has been published · 1
Recruitment world: a daemon in the squad’s fortressAfter arrival · before the hunt; exact interval unknown · 1
Recruitment world: the Crimson Fists’ daemon huntRebuilding the Chapter · daemon hunt; year unknown · 1
Orison VIII: Aveline’s trialThirteenth Black Crusade · Orison VIII; exact year not established · 1
The war for Fenris: Drenn and Gydrael in the vox trapThe war for Fenris · around 200 years after Ghosar Quintus · 1
The Devastation of BaalThe siege of Baal spans the opening of the Great Rift; no single exact year is established · 1
Covenant and Ianthe: the conspiracy investigationIanthe’s origin story; absolute era and year undetermined · 1
Nyadus: pursuit of the sorcererNyadus: pursuit of the sorcerer; era and year undetermined · 1
Ursula Creed: expedition to Cadia’s ruinsAfter Cadia’s destruction; Indomitus era, exact year unknown · 1
Greyfax: the search for the Eye of NightAfter Guilliman’s return; the Eye of Night quest, exact year unknown · 1
Evangeline’s pilgrimage: from Ophelia VII to DimmamarAfter the Great Rift: the defence of Ophelia VII and the pilgrimage to Dimmamar; exact year unknown · 1
The Decree Passive crisisAfter the Great Rift and Guilliman's return; exact year not established · 1
Fidem IV: the hunt for CaedusThe hunt on Fideme IV after the Great Rift; exact year not established · 1
date uncertain · 2 at this point
Original audio dramaUnmarkedParting of the WaysChris WraightBjorn’s wounding roughly three centuries after Russ leaves◎dating disputed
NovelUnmarkedEye of TerrorBarrington J. BayleyRugolo’s story · preparations for a crusade into the Eye◎Placement note
Short story / microfictionUnmarkedCrucibleJohn FrenchTriumvirate’s selection → boarding the ship → duel↗date approximate
Short story / microfictionUnmarkedThe Daemon BottleAlex HammondOne day · debt → ambush → possession◎Placement note
Short story / microfictionUnmarkedThe Siege of FellguardMark ClaphamFellguard assault · wall, bastion and Mazalai’s sacrifice◎Placement note
NovellaUnmarkedThe Caligari Archivum: BurdenGábor IzsófAfter Malcorum · recovered memory → catastrophe◎Placement note
NovelUnmarkedGrey KnightsBen CounterA thousand years after Mandulis’s sacrifice · Alaric’s mission◎Placement note
Short story / microfictionUnmarkedFear of the DarkGraham McNeillAfter the Calth fighting · returning from Ultramar◎dating disputed
Graphic novelUnmarkedTitan III: Cold SteelDan Abnett; Anthony Williams; Andy LanningArtemis: EMP, boarding and the Titans’ sacrifice◎dating disputed
Graphic novelUnmarkedBloodquest II: Into the Eye of TerrorGordon RennieAfter Bloodquest volume one and before The Daemon’s Mark; year unknown◎date approximate
Graphic novelUnmarkedBloodquest III: The Daemon's MarkGordon RennieBloodquest volume three, after Into the Eye of Terror; year unknown◎date approximate
Short story / microfictionUnmarkedBlood DebtJames SwallowOrilan → Tycho’s apparent rescue → the blood debt◎dating disputed
NovelUnmarkedRagnar's ClawWilliam KingThe Aerius mission after the Hesperida prologue; year unknown◎date approximate
NovelUnmarkedWarrior CovenC.S. GotoBackstory · the soul tithe to the Satin Princess◎date approximate
NovelUnmarkedDeus SanguiniusJames SwallowShenlong → Sabien → Baal · after Deus Encarmine◎date approximate
Short story / microfictionUnmarkedHonoursJames SwallowA separate career episode · calendar sequence unknown◎date approximate
Short story / microfictionUnmarkedWulfenChris WraightVoidsoul: the expedition’s defeat by Bloodletters◎date approximate
Short story / microfictionUnmarkedThe ChaliceChris WraightThe Arantia expedition · year unknown◎date approximate
Short story / microfictionUnmarkedEnd of NightBen CounterThe warband’s arrival · challenging the daemon prince◎Placement note
Short story / microfictionUnmarkedSeason of ShadowsGuy HaleyArmageddon · a convoy across the ash wastes◎date approximate
NovelUnmarkedShadowbreakerSteve ParkerAfter Karras’ recovery · the Tychonis search mission◎date approximate
Short story / microfiction2009
Fires of War
Nick Kyme
Short story / microfictionUnmarkedCold BloodDavid GuymerCapturing the engine → Ixus IX → the daemon’s release◎Placement note
Short story / microfictionUnmarkedBindingRay HarrisonAfter the command Rhino’s destruction · the search for brothers◎Placement note
Original audio dramaUnmarkedHowl of the BansheeGav ThorpeBiel-Tan · battle against the Blood God’s servants◎date approximate
Short story / microfictionUnmarkedHell in a BottleSimon JowettInside the simulation · before the outpost breach◎date approximate
Short story / microfictionUnmarkedBarathrumJonathan CurranBarathrum · the daemon escapes◎Placement note
Short story / microfictionUnmarkedBlood and IronRobbie MacNivenDementius · Ferrix’s experiment◎Placement note
Short story / microfictionUnmarkedLast BloodJames MortimoreArboria · the daemonic invasion◎Placement note
Short story / microfictionUnmarkedLoyalty's RewardSimon JowettPraxis · House Gaudi’s feast◎Placement note
Short story / microfictionUnmarkedDaemonbloodBen CounterSaafir · after the fight on the bridge◎Placement note
Short story / microfictionUnmarkedThe Empty PlaceGraham McNeillIndomitus Era; calendar year undetermined↗Placement note
Short story / microfictionUnmarkedTenebraeMark BrendanTenebrae · Cortez’s final hours◎Placement note
Short story / microfictionUnmarkedTower of BloodTony BallantyneEra and calendar date undetermined↗Placement note
Short story / microfictionUnmarkedWarp SpawnMatt RalphsEra and calendar date undeterminedPlacement note
Short story / microfictionUnmarkedScent of a TraitorC.L. WernerEra and calendar date undetermined◎Placement note
Short story / microfictionUnmarkedSeven Views on Ulhguth's PassingMatthew FarrerEra and calendar date undeterminedPlacement note
Short story / microfictionUnmarkedThe PactSarah CawkwellM41; exact calendar date undetermined↗Placement note
Short story / microfictionUnmarkedThe Shadow in the GlassSteve LyonsEra and calendar date undeterminedPlacement note
Short story / microfictionUnmarkedCover of DarknessMitchel ScanlonIgnis Mons · while the squad advances on the control room◎Placement note
Short story / microfictionUnmarkedThe Caged WolfBen CounterSearch backstory · the daemon in the Fang◎date approximate
Short story / microfictionUnmarkedIn Hrondir's TombMark ClaphamBeltrasse · the fight and the daemon’s banishment◎Placement note
NovelUnmarkedThe Traitor's HandSandy Mitchell936–937.M41; sources differ by one year↗date approximate
NovelUnmarkedSoul DrinkerBen CounterLate M41; the beginning of Sarpedon’s renegade arc; no absolute year published↗Placement note
NovelUnmarkedDark CreedAnthony Reynoldslate M41; after Dark Disciple; the absolute year is unpublished↗Placement note
NovelUnmarkedPhalanxBen CounterLate M41; the six-novel arc's finale after Hellforged; no absolute year published↗Placement note
Short storyUnmarkedThe TallymanAnthony Reynoldslate M41; after Vox Dominus; no absolute year published↗Placement note
NovelUnmarkedChoose Your EnemiesSandy Mitchellshortly after The Last Ditch; no absolute date has been published↗Placement note
Original audio dramaUnmarkedThe Madness WithinSteve LyonsAfter arrival · before the hunt; exact interval unknown◎date approximate
Original audio dramaUnmarkedThe Madness WithinSteve LyonsRebuilding the Chapter · daemon hunt; year unknown◎date approximate
NovelUnmarkedDaemonbreakerJude ReidThirteenth Black Crusade · Orison VIII; exact year not established↗Placement note
Original audio dramaUnmarkedVox TenebrisRobbie MacnivenThe war for Fenris · around 200 years after Ghosar Quintus◎date approximate
Short story / microfictionUnmarkedThe Purity of IgnoranceJohn FrenchIanthe’s origin story; absolute era and year undetermined↗Placement note
Short story / microfictionUnmarkedBlighted SunMarc CollinsNyadus: pursuit of the sorcerer; era and year undetermined↗Placement note
NovelUnmarkedCreed: Ashes of CadiaJude ReidAfter Cadia’s destruction; Indomitus era, exact year unknown◎Placement note
Original audio dramaUnmarkedEye of NightGav ThorpeAfter Guilliman’s return; the Eye of Night quest, exact year unknown↗Placement note
NovelUnmarkedOaths of DamnationRobbie MacNivenThe hunt on Fideme IV after the Great Rift; exact year not established↗Placement note
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