Anathrax (Planet)

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Map	Basic Data		Planetary Image
	Name:	Anathrax
	Segmentum:	Segmentum Obscurus[Help]
	Sector:	Eye of Terror[Help]
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	Affiliation:	Chaos (Nurgle)[Help]
	Class:	Daemon World[Help]
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Anathrax is a Daemon World in the Eye of Terror devoted to Nurgle.

Overview

A lush but pestilent planet, Anathrax is full of giant bulbous fungi, made up of puffy-eyed heads that cough and sneeze a grey mucous which corrupts those who touch it.^[1]

History

During the Abyssal Crusade, the Iron Drakes chapter was ambushed on the planet by its vile vegetation and Plague Marines, resulting in their eventual corruption into the Grey Death.^[1][2][3]

Trivia

The following information is not to be regarded as officially sanctioned and/ or is not written from an in-universe point of view. A detailed explanation of the term "Trivia" as used in the Lexicanum can be found here.

• The name of the planet Anathrax was likely formed by referencing the deadly disease anthrax.

See also

• Planets (List)

Sources

• 1: Codex: Chaos Space Marines (6th Edition), pgs. 18–19
• 2: Codex: Chaos Space Marines (8th Edition), pg. 53
• 3: Codex: Chaos Space Marines (8th Edition) (revised edition), pg. 53