Hy Brasil
From Warhammer 40k - Lexicanum
Hy Brasil was a Terran polity that existed during the Age of Strife.[1]
History
Based in Sud Merica, its last independent ruler, Dalmoth Kyn, was one of the last Terran warlords to be defeated by the Emperor of Mankind during the Unification Wars.[1]
At the time of the Horus Heresy, Hy Brasil continued to exist as an industrialized, semi-autonomous province within the Imperium, and was governed by Kyn's descendent Pherom Sichar.[1]
Military
The soldiery of the area were referred to as the Dracos.[1]
A number of Imperial Army units recruited from Hy Brasil during the Great Crusade, including the Ouranti Draks.[2]
Notable Locations
Trivia
- Hy-Brasil is one of the names given to a mythological phantom island said to lie to the West of Ireland in the Atlantic Ocean. The name may also hint at the location of Hy-Brasil specifically in Brazil, as a geographical region.
See also
Sources
- 1: Blood Games (Short Story)
- 2: A Thousand Sons (Novel), Chapter Fourteen