Category: Worlds

Iconia: Paradise Under Threat – Part 1

Iconia is a Gamma-class (civilized) planet in Stellar System G89-87-A2. The planet is slightly smaller than Terra, but has an unusually large, molten iron-based core that produces a robust magnetic field around the planet. One unique aspect of Iconia is its millennia-old government policy of balancing the need […]

Iconia: Paradise Under Threat – Part 2

Continued from Part 1 . . . Notable Areas Palagra—The capital city of Iconia, Palagra, is known as the “City of Waterfalls” for the 137 cascades within and around the city of 250,000. A wonder of architecture, the city features several towering gothic cathedrals to the Emperor, as […]

Dozaria: A world at war

Dozaria is a Class M civilized planet in the Dozarian System of the Corvus Cluster. The world had a reputation for excellent governance, as Imperial governors over the millennia balanced economic growth, the preservation of the environment, the living standards of its citizens, and compliance with Imperial tithes. […]

Worlds: A New Resource

One hundred and sixteen. That’s how many planets, moons, space hulks, and other interstellar locations currently are documented as existing in the Corvus Cluster. How do I know that? I went through the 571 articles of this website and wrote them all down. I did this for two […]

Medieval World: Regno Borealis

A μ-class, feudal world or medieval world is a classification of world existing in a technologically medieval state. The most advanced such worlds possess black powder weaponry. The tithes from these planets are slightly more than those of Feral Worlds (generally from Solutio Prima to Solutio Extremis), thanks to the development of agriculture. A feudal world typically has […]

The twilight world of Volana

The Twilight World. That is the affectionate, yet descriptive name given to the mining planet of Volana by its populace. The planet orbits close (22 million kilometers ) to its brown dwarf star , Cyrpress Prime, and the gravitational forces interacting between the two bodies has synchronized Volana’s […]

Druidia (Sculptor IIIa)

A sister moon of Dar Sai, Druidia is the closest moon orbiting the gas giant of Sculptor III in the Sculptor System. No Imperial records document the date of Druidia’s settlement. Folklore suggests that, as the world has limited mineral resources, the Administratum never formally settled the moon […]

Morkai (Vengence System) – Part 1

Morkai is a Class H desert world in the Vengence System of the Corvus Cluster. Once an important mining center, the planet has suffered severe depopulation in the past millennia and, with a rapidly declining biosphere, it is estimated that life outside of environmentally controlled hive cities will be impossible […]

Morkai (Vengence System) – Part 2

HIVE CITIES When the Great Crusade swept through the Corvus Cluster, the first Imperial administrators arrived on Morkai with the intent of quickly developing the planet’s mineral resources for the support of the Emperor’s Legions. Given the planet’s harsh environment, it was decided to organize compact communities atop […]

Morkai: History of a dying world

  The Vengence System was reclaimed by the Imperium during the Great Crusade when elements of the Ultramarine Legion swept through the Corvus Cluster in 997.M30. The system’s third planet, Morkai, was populated by primitive desert tribes that welcomed the forces of Terra as gods. Imperial survey teams determined the […]