Augury (Planet)
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Name: | Augury | 
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| Segmentum: | Segmentum Obscurus | ||
| Sector: | Calixis Sector | ||
| Subsector: | The Periphery | ||
| System: | Lituus System | ||
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| Affiliation: | Ork / Imperium / Severan Dominate | ||
| Class: | War World | ||
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Augury is a War World and the fifth planet of the Lituus System. It is orbited by two moons.[1]
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Overview
Augury is a haunted world said to hold the secrets of space and time beneath its surface. Long considered a haunt of the numerous pirates, brigands, freebooters, and assorted private ships of war that ply the fringes of the Severan Dominate, in reality, these hard-bitten criminals and scoundrels uniformly shun the planet. While voidsmen are an incredibly and fervently superstitious lot, and those who make their living in more criminal pursuits perhaps the most superstitious voidsmen of all, their fear of Augury goes well beyond the typical, cheerful impieties practiced aboard voidships.[1]
Geography
The planet itself is relatively temperate and blessed with a highly varied but generally mild climate, seas that are largely easy to navigate and rich with sea life, and incredibly plentiful natural resources. There are three large continents and many small atolls and island chains, with a broad belt of roiling, stormy ocean about the planet’s middle, where wind, ocean currents, and the constant pull of Augury’s two moons churn the waters into a barely navigable maelstrom.[1]
There are a number of human settlements on the planet; some are truly ancient and still full of priceless treasures, but all are abandoned, and no one lives on Augury now save for the native flora and fauna, and the occasional hermit or daring Explorator mission.[1]
On the largest of the three continents, a broad expanse of rugged badlands and harsh stony landscapes, a dark, mist-shrouded mountain range slashes diagonally across the continent from north-west to south-east like a massive, ragged scar. It is these mountains that give Augury its bad reputation and cast a pall of vague dread over the planet and, indeed, throughout the system at large.[1]
History
When the Orks descended on Augury, they found little to satisfy them. The only human presence was a lone pirate raider in orbit, which slipped away after a brief chase. Landas landed in force, but the world offered no loot, no slaves, and no enemies to fight.[1]
Their Weirdboyz soon began to suffer: first with headaches and phantom whispers, then with violent psychic outbursts that ended in gruesome deaths. At first their comrades laughed, but as more Weirdboyz burned, exploded, or tore themselves apart, the novelty quickly faded. Finding nothing of worth, many Orks withdrew to their ships.[1]
Despite its emptiness, Augury was claimed by Grimtoof the Git-Slaver six months into the main Ork invasion of the region. Since then, it has changed hands many times between Orks, Imperial Navy forces, and the Severan Dominate. The Orks themselves find it dull, with many Boyz and Oddboyz complaining of “funny feelings” when cut off from the main forces of Orks. As a result, the planet is often poorly garrisoned, its possession shifting with each new campaign.[1]
At present, Augury is once again under Ork control, the Severan Dominate having recalled their troops to reinforce the frontlines against the Imperium.[1]
See also
Sources
- 1: Only War: Enemies of the Imperium, pg. 37
