Baal Primus
| Map | Basic Data | Lunar Image | |
|---|---|---|---|
  Baal |
Name: | Baal Primus | 
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| Segmentum: | Ultima Segmentum | ||
| Sector: | Unknown | ||
| Subsector: | not stated | ||
| System: | Baal System | ||
| Primary: | Baal | ||
| Population: | Uninhabited[2] | ||
| Affiliation: | Imperium | ||
| Class: | Moon | ||
| Tithe Grade: | Aptus Non | ||
Baal Primus (known locally as Baalind[2]) is one of the two moons of Baal, the Homeworld of the Blood Angels.[1a] It is smaller than its sister moon Baal Secundus and home to a colder climate and thinner atmosphere. Always lightly settled, since the Devastation of Baal it has been uninhabited.[2]
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History
Existing alongside Baal Secundus, during the Dark Age of Technology Baal along with its two moons were isolated by Warp Storms. During this period Baalite civilization survived, and when the storms lifted a golden age began that saw the worlds flourish. However at the onset of the Age of Strife Baal and its moons were isolated once more, and famine ensued. Baal Secundus demanded that they, the more populous world, be granted the protection of the orbital facilities of Baal Primus and that the moon be evacuated. Baal Primus refused, and in the ensuing war the orbital somehow crashed into its surface, devastating it. The apocalypse saw the population degenerate into sickly nomads until the arrival of Sanguinius millennia later.[1a]
During the Devastation of Baal, Baal Primus was defended by thousands of Space Marines, but was overrun first by the Tyranids and then Daemons led by Ka'Bandha himself.[1b] After the battle the symbol of Ka'Bandha was formed with the skulls of dead Tyranid organisms on the moon. The Blood Angels subsequently bombarded Baal Prime with macrocannons, lances and torpedoes, erasing the blasphemous daemon's name from its surface.[1b]
In the aftermath of the Devastation, Magos Vherran led an ill-fated expedition to study Xenos remains found on the moon.[3]
Notable locations
- Baalind's Necklace — A mountain range, stretching all over the moon, representing the place of collision of the war orbital station with the moon in the ancient times of civil war between two Baal's moons. Its caverns are filled with horrors and radiation, and the local Baalites avoid it.[1a]
- Fellholme — A hall inside the wrecks of orbital station, where a history of ancient civil conflict between Baal Primus and Baal Secundus was written. Ousten Galael, a native of the moon and founder of the Knights of Blood, explored the Fellholme and recorded its history in his chronicles.[1a]
See also
Sources
- 1: The Devastation of Baal (Novel)
- 2: First Founding (Background Book), pgs. 166-167
- 3: Psychic Awakening: Blood of Baal, pg. 20 - Echoes of Awakening
