Avalath
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Name: | Avalath | 
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| Segmentum: | Segmentum Obscurus[1][Note 1] | ||
| Sector: | Khaldun Sector[1] | ||
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| Affiliation: | Imperium (Forge World Tolkhan)[1], formerly the Craftworld Riellen[1] | ||
| Class: | Knight World,[1] former Exodite World[1] | ||
Avalath is one of the six Adeptus Mechanicus Knight Worlds in the Khaldun Sector that serve the Forge World Tolkhan.[1]
Contents
Overview
The Knight Worlds of Agarost, Calmarin, Eryx, Talmanos and Zarel, along with Avalath, surround Tolkhan's relative position within the Khaldun Sector.[1]
History
Originally, Avalath was an Exodite World that had been colonized by the Asuryani Craftworld Riellen in the distant past, along with Kathlan. When Adeptus Mechanicus colonists first discovered the Khaldun Sector, they signed a peace treaty with Riellen so that the colonists could focus on other threats, as they claimed the Sector for the Imperium. This treaty recognized the Craftworld's sovereignty over the two Exodite Worlds, and the peace continued even after the Imperium gained control of the Khaldun Sector. This lasted for several centuries, until Riellen was blamed for an attack the Drukhari committed on the Mining World Zembrie.[1]
This brought an end to the peace treaty; the Imperium performed an Exterminatus against Kathlan, while Avalath's population was slaughtered and then buried in city-sized mass graves. The Aeldari technology they contained was then sent to the Mechanicus base on Ilnor to be studied. Avalath would be claimed by the Imperium and it became one of the Knight Worlds that served Tolkhan. However, the Imperium was unaware that the two Exodite Worlds had each asked Riellen for help before they were attacked. Though their pleas were received, the Craftworld did not act until one hundred and twenty years later, when Riellen suddenly invaded and began the War for the Khaldun Sector. Avalath then became one of the many worlds that the Craftworld's forces invaded.[1]
Trivia
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- Avalath was created by Pierre Dahl and it appeared in Firepower Issue 3.[1]
Notes
- Note 1: Firepower Issue 3 states that the Khaldun Sector is in Segmentum Obscurus.[1] However, the Forge World of Tolkhan is also stated to lie in the Khaldun Sector[1], despite other sources stating that it is in the Segmentum Tempestus.[2]
See also
Sources
- 1: Firepower Issue 3, pgs. 68-69 - Crash and Burn
- 2: Imperial Armour Volume One - Imperial Guard and Imperial Navy, pg. 8
