And so the Great Chapter Armies of Romaioktonoi are summoned, The Baal Lords of Jebi's own chapter, The Wolf Riders of Lykos, The Steel Will of Duguntz and his Klibanophoroi Somatophylakes. A Massive Splinter Armada of the Vergina Sons and their associated marines approach by sea, under the orders of the Megas Basileus ton Basileon himself. Two crusades from Centrio's Sons of Makedonia marched north, one led by Arthur the Briton and his Bodyguards, the other by Hannibas Khan.

Although accounting for only a splinter of the Romaioktonoi's forces, the deployment of the Basileus ton Basileon and the Regent's own chapters meant the Barbaroi has annoyed the civilized people for too much. The 49th White Crusade has begun.