History Awesome / TheShapeOfTheNightmareToCome

** As a side note the New Devourer. As mentioned above, literally the entire ork race throws itself against it. The result is an epic [[CurbStompBattle curb stomp battle]] that only ends when the orks are completely wiped out.
* The last battle of Brother-Captain Stern of the Grey Knights, given that he came closest to killing Abaddon. Although It becomes something of an [[EpicFail Epic Fail]] when he removes his helmet for the killing blow and [[spoiler:gets his head shot off by a humble guardsman]]

* The galaxy is falling. The Emperor is dead and the absolute worst which could possibly happen has now happened. The Imperium is fragmented into petty wars and daemons run freely slaughtering and corrupting everything in their path. SpaceMarine chapters are turning from their noble duties, all but the Literature/ImperialFists and their successors who carry out one final order by their chapter master - [[TheDeterminator "Dig]] [[TheSiege in."]]

* The end. The mysterious author decides that he's had enough of just chronicling this dying age, so he collects everything he can. Anything that might be used to rebuild the imperium, and uses a homemade Webway portal to send it to Armageddon, where the Hermit might find it. We finally get the name of this author: Lord Inquisitor Kryptmann.

* Section 27: A Baneblade manages to disable two Necron Monoliths (with a lucky shot, then with its machine spirit pulling a HeroicSacrifice) so a transport can escape with all that remains of a world's population.

** That alone deserves elaboration: Valchocht was a BodyOfBodies, made from countless Terran corpses and remnants of Terra, using the Emperor's corpse as a face. The Custodes single handedly fought his way through armies of demons, and claimed the behemoth by himself. He was swallowed whole, but his sacrifice inspired the defenders to swarm the beast, freeing the Emperor's corpse, though they couldn't bring the monster down. Until it suddenly collapsed, seemingly without reason... Until the Custodes slit its gut open from the inside, climbing out holding its still beating heart.

* The galaxy is falling. The Emperor is dead and the absolute worst which could possibly happen has now happened. The Imperium is fragmented into petty wars and daemons run freely slaughtering and corrupting everything in their path. SpaceMarine chapters are turning from their noble duties, all but the ImperialFists and their successors who carry out one final order by their chapter master - [[TheDeterminator "Dig]] [[TheSiege in."]]

* The defense of Nu Marsus against an invading Slaaneshi horde.
* Section 10: The LastStand of the Orks against the New Devourer. To detail, [[LargeAndInCharge Wazdakka Gutsmek]], the greatest Ork Warboss left, leads the biggest Ork "WAAAAGGGHHHH!" in history with almost a million trillion Orks in the largest battle in the history of the entire galaxy. The account describes Ork ships ramming and then boarding New Devourer bioships, with the trillions of boyz' roars loud enough to shudder the air and ''melt brass''.
** As a side note the New Devourer. As mentioned above, literally the entire ork race throws itself against it. The result is an epic [[CurbStompBattle curb stomp battle]] that only ends when the orks are completely wiped out.

* A Baneblade manages to disable two Necron Monoliths (with a lucky shot, then with its machine spirit pulling a HeroicSacrifice) so a transport can escape with all that remains of a world's population.
* The galaxy is falling. The Emperor is dead and the absolute worst which could possibly happen has now happened. The Imperium is fragmented into petty wars and daemons run freely slaughtering and corrupting everything in their path. SpaceMarine chapters are turning from their noble duties, all but the ImperialFists and their successors who carry out one final order by their chapter master - [[TheDeterminator "Dig]] [[TheSiege in."]]

* The defense of Titan, especially how they defeat the besieging army of [[EldritchAbomination Valchocht]] the [[OneWingedAngel Maker]]: ''they turn their litanies of hate into a CombinedEnergyAttack that wipes out every daemon on the surface.'' The sequel reveals that they keep fighting even 10,000 years later when all their [[OneBulletLeft bullets]] are spent, their blades are blunt, and their armor has stopped working.

* The LastStand of the Orks against the New Devourer. To detail, [[LargeAndInCharge Wazdakka Gutsmek]], the greatest Ork Warboss left, leads the biggest Ork "WAAAAGGGHHHH!" in history with almost a million trillion Orks in the largest battle in the history of the entire galaxy. The account describes Ork ships ramming and then boarding New Devourer bioships, with the trillions of boyz' roars loud enough to shudder the air and ''melt brass''.

* During [[Literature/SpaceWolf Ethelred]]'s battle against the Daemon Prince Lothar, a cunning Blood Claw defeats a Khorne Berserker guarding a bridge by running up beneath him and stabbing upwards to disable the Berserker, allowing a Rune Priest to decapitate the Chaos Warrior. Yes, that is a re-enactment of the battle against the Viking at Stamford Bridge.

* During [[SpaceWolves Ethelred]]'s battle against the Daemon Prince Lothar, a cunning Blood Claw defeats a Khorne Berserker guarding a bridge by running up beneath him and stabbing upwards to disable the Berserker, allowing a Rune Priest to decapitate the Chaos Warrior. Yes, that is a re-enactment of the battle against the Viking at Stamford Bridge.

* The LastStand of the Orks against the New Devourer. To detail,[[LargeAndInCharge Wazdakka Gutsmek]] (an Ork Warboss) leads the biggest Ork ‘WAAAAGGGHHHH!’ in history with almost a million trillion Orks in the largest battle in the history of the entire galaxy. The account describes ork ships ramming bioships at mind-bending speeds and then the orks streaming out to fight.

* The defense of Titan, especially how they defeat the besieging army of [[EldritchAbomination Valchocht]] the [[OneWingedAngel Maker]]: ''they turn their litanies of hate into a CombinedEnergyAttack that wipes out every daemon on the surface.'' The sequel reveals that they keep fighting even 10,000 years later when all their [[OneBulletLeft bullets]] are spent, their blades are blunt, and their armor has stopped working.

* The defense of Titan, especially how they defeat the besieging army of [[EldritchAbomination Valchocht]] the [[OneWingedAngel Maker]]: ''they turn their litanies of hate into a CombinedEnergyAttack that wipes out every daemon on the surface.'' The sequel reveals that they keep fighting even 1000 years later when all their [[OneBulletLeft bullets]] are spent, their blades are blunt, and their armor has stopped working.

* A Baneblade manages to disable two Necron Monoliths (with a lucky shot, then with its machine spirit pulling a HeroicSacrifice) so a transport can escape with all that remains of a world's population.

* The last battle of Brother-Captain Stern of the Grey Knights, given that he came closest to killing Abaddon.

* The defense of Titan, especially how they defeat the besieging army of Valchocht the Maker: ''they turn their litanies of hate into a CombinedEnergyAttack that wipes out every daemon on the surface.'' The sequel reveals that they keep fighting even 1000 years later when all their [[OneBulletLeft bullets]] are spent, their blades are blunt, and their armor has stopped working.

* The defense of Titan, especially how they defeat the besieging army of Valchocht the Maker: ''they turn their litanies of hate into a CombinedEnergyAttack that wipes out every daemon on the surface.'' The sequel reveals that they keep fighting even 1000 years later when all their bullets are spent, their blades are blunt, and their armor has stopped working.

* The defense of Titan, especially how they defeat the besieging army of Valchocht the Maker: ''they turn their litanies of hate into a CombinedEnergyAttack that wipes out every daemon on the surface.'' The sequel reveals that they keep fighting even 1000 years later when all their bullets are spent their blades are blunt and their armor has stopped working.

* The defense of Titan, especially how they defeat the besieging army of Valchocht the Maker: ''they turn their litanies of hate into a CombinedEnergyAttack that wipes out every daemon on the surface.''

* The LastStand of the Orks against the New Devourer. To detail Wazdakka Gutsmek (an Ork Warboss)leads the biggest Ork ‘WAAAAGGGHHHH!’ in history with almost a million trillion Orks in the largest battle in the history of the entire galaxy. The account describes ork ships ramming bioships at mind-bending speeds and then the orks streaming out to fight.

* The LastStand of the Orks against the New Devourer.

* During [[SpaceWolves Ethelred]]'s battle against the Daemon Prince Lothar, a cunning Blood Claw defeats a Khorne Berserker guarding a bridge by running up beneath him and stabbing upwards to disable the Berserker, allowing a Rune Priest to decapitate the Chaos Warrior. Yes, that is a re-enactment of the battle against the Viking at Stamford Bridge.

* The defense of Titan, especially how they defeat the besieging army of Valchocht the Maker: ''they turn their litanies of hate into a SpiritBomb that wipes out every daemon on the surface.''