Messina
| Map | Basic Data | Planetary Image | |
|---|---|---|---|
  Scarus Sector |
Name: | Messina | 
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| Segmentum: | Segmentum Obscurus[2] | ||
| Sector: | Scarus Sector[2] | ||
| Subsector: | Helican Sub-Sector[1] | ||
| System: | Thracian Primaris System[1][Conflicting sources] | ||
| Population: | |||
| Affiliation: | Imperium[1] | ||
| Class: | Civilised World[6], Fortress World[7] | ||
| Tithe Grade: | Adeptus Non[6] | ||
Messina is a Temperate World of the Imperium.[1]
History
At some point prior to 241.M41 Messina suffered from the predations of a cult. The cultists were known to remove their dead victims' eyes, due to their belief that the eyes were the windows of the soul.[4]
Inquisitor Eisenhorn had his Distaff organisation headquartered on Messina. However, circa 396.M41, they were essentially wiped out in an attack by Vessorine Janissaries[2a] mercenary bands[2c], hired by the Heretic Pontius Glaw.[2b]
Since the opening of the Great Rift and the invasion of the greater Thracian Primaris System, it has become a Fortress World.[7a] Despite repeated Chaos attacks including Chaos Knights of House Mykorphas and the Death Guard it has held in part thanks to the Knights of House Krast.[7b]
Other Planetary Data[6]
- Orbital Distance: 5.62AU
- Gravity: 2.71G
- Temperature: 23 degrees Celsius
- Characteristics: Moderate World, Civilised World
Conflicting sources
In Codex: Eye of Terror (3rd Edition)[1] and the 2003 Eye of Terror Worldwide Campaign[6], Messina is stated to lie in the Thracian Primaris System.[1] However, in the map of the Scarus Sector given in Ravenor (Novel), Messina is labelled distinctly from, and quite a long way away from, Thracian Primaris[3], which is the main world of the Thracian Primaris System.[1]
See also
Sources
- 1: Codex: Eye of Terror (3rd Edition), pg. 25
- 2: The Inquisition (Background Book):
- 3: Ravenor (Novel), Map before Part One
- 4: Missing in Action (Short Story)
- 5: Battlefleet Gothic: Armada (Book), pg. 155
- 6: https://web.archive.org/web/20060622010720/http://www.eyeofterror.com:80/es/map/assets/system_scarus.swf (Saved archive page, dated Jun 2006, last accessed 22 January 2025)
- 7: Eye of Terror: Reign of Iron Lore book
Sources
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