Korvosi
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Name: | Korvosi | 
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| Segmentum: | Unknown, formerly Ultima Segmentum[2] | ||
| Sector: | Unknown, formerly Charadon Sector[3a][3b] | ||
| Subsector: | Unknown, formerly Lirac Sub-Sector[3a][3b] | ||
| System: | Unknown, formerly Tethras System[3a] | ||
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| Affiliation: | Chaos[4b], formerly Imperium (House Raven)[7] | ||
| Class: | Daemon World[4b], Fallen Knight World[7] | ||
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Korvosi, formerly known as Kolossi, was a former Knight World of the Imperium.[7] It is now a daemon world and current seat of power of the Daemon Prince Be'lakor[4b], along with being the homeworld of the Chaos Knights of House Korvax.[7]
Contents
Overview
Kolossi was home to the Knights of House Raven, amongst the most powerful, famed and numerous of the Questor Mechanicus Knight Houses. While it is not known with any certainty why House Raven was in possession of so many Knight suits, ancient records dating back to the settlement of the world refer to a STC archeotech long since lost. It is perhaps this miraculous technology and Kolossi's abundant natural resources that allowed House Raven to build its vast army of Knight suits. Others put forth the theory that the early settlers merely focused their output on the creation of Knight suits.[1b]
The surface of Kolossi is wracked by environmental degradation from the constant strip mining of the planet's resources and endless manufacturing. The few cities that exist on Kolossi can be found in fissures that run for hundreds of miles across the surface. These cities are powered by geothermal generatora and the population toils away in deep-core mines, forge-shrines and nutrient-gruel vats. They are ruled over by Nobles from House Raven, but they are often away on campaign and the responsibility for the administration of these cities falls upon lesser officials.[3a][4a]
The greatest of these cities was the fortress-city of the Keep Inviolate. Only the Fang on Fenris and the Emperor's Palace on Terra stand as mightier examples of such fortresses in the Imperium. Its upper heights reached past Kolossi's polluted atmosphere and out into the void of space. Likewise, its roots dug deep into Kolossi's crust and here amongst its foundation lay the Vault Transcendent, containing House Raven's massive number of Knight suits and relics.[3a][4a]
Fall
During the Charadon Campaign Kolossi met its end at the hands of the Daemon Prince Be'lakor, who unleashed a wave of darkness upon the planet. Assailed by dreams of madness, doubt, and hordes of Daemons the situation collapsed when corrupted Knights turned upon their lords. The planet fell, and the surviving elements of House Raven have now become a crusading force.[4d]
Images
  Kolossi |
| Former galactic position of Kolossi[1a] |
Trivia
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- The name "Korvosi" is likely a reference to Corvus, a genus of birds which includes ravens (referencing that the planet was once home to House Raven, now corrupted into House Korvax).
Notes
- Note 1: At one point in the 7th Edition Knights codex, during the description for Baron Daklorn, the planet's name is given as Kollossi.[5b] This is presumably a spelling error, as the planet's name is written as Kolossi both elsewhere in the book[5a] and when Daklorn's description was reprinted in the next edition's Knights codex.[6]
See also
Sources
- 1: Codex: Imperial Knights (6th Edition):
- 2: Codex: Skitarii (7th Edition) (e-book), Bastions of the Machine God (Map)
- 3: War Zone Charadon - Act I: The Book of Rust:
- 4: War Zone Charadon - Act II: The Book of Fire:
- 5: Codex: Imperial Knights (7th Edition):
- 6: Codex: Imperial Knights (8th Edition), pg. 38 — House Raven: Daklorn, Tempered Fury
- 7: Codex: Chaos Knights (9th Edition), pgs. 28-29 — House Korvax
