Gethsamaine
From Warhammer 40k - Lexicanum
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Name: | Gethsamaine | 
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| Segmentum: | Segmentum Obscurus[1] | ||
| Sector: | Cyclops Cluster[1] | ||
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| Affiliation: | Imperium[1] | ||
| Class: | Dead World[2] | ||
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Gethsamaine is an Imperial world of the Coronid Deeps region of space.[1]
It was colonized 64 years before the Horus Heresy in 942.M30 after being accidentally discovered by Merchant Fleet Captains. A lush and fertile world filled with rain forests, it was hoped it would be a base for further human expansion into space. As a result it was rapidly colonized, destroying many of its rain forests.[1]
During the Battle of the Coronid Deeps of the Horus Heresy, the planet was cut off by Warp Storms and ravaged by traitor forces.[1] Eventually, the planet surrendered to Horus' followers, only for loyalists under Autek Mor to use nuclear weapons to completely depopulate Gethsamaine.[2]
See also
Sources
- 1: The Horus Heresy Book Four - Conquest, pgs. 66–76
- 2: The Horus Heresy Book Six - Retribution, pg. 105
