St. Isidore's Rest
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Name: | St. Isidore's Rest | 
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| Segmentum: | Segmentum Pacificus | ||
| Sector: | Macharian Sector | ||
| Subsector: | Gallosque Nebula | ||
| System: | Phillipus System | ||
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| Affiliation: | Imperium (Order of the Charred Veil) | ||
| Class: | Shrine World | ||
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St. Isidore’s Rest is a volcanic Shrine World located in the Phillipus System. It is claimed by the Adepta Sororitas of the Order of the Charred Veil, and is named in honour of Saint Isidore, a Battle Sister martyred during the Macharian Heresy.[1]
History
Saint Isidore was a Battle Sister who sacrificed her life holding a rear-guard action against sacrilegious rebels. Though pierced by many wounds, she refused to fall until all of the Astra Militarum soldiers under her protection had been evacuated. For this act, she was canonised, and the volcanic world where she fell was renamed St. Isidore’s Rest.[1]
A century ago, the planet became the site of a brutal campaign against an Ork Waaagh!. Vast forces of the Sisters of Battle committed to a desperate final charge, aiming to destroy the engines of Ork Roks threatening other Imperial worlds. Their attack succeeded, but as they prepared for their martyrdom, the planet’s volcanoes erupted, engulfing both Orks and Sororitas alike in pyroclastic flows. The armies were preserved in death, frozen mid-battle, including several Ork Warbosses.[1]
The Order of the Charred Veil sanctified the Ork Roks into shrines, creating some of the grandest holy sites on the planet. Pilgrims journey to the ash fields to witness the perfectly preserved corpses of Orks and Sisters, frozen mid-battle, and to hear the “echoes” of the Sororitas’ battle cries said to resound across the volcanic wastes.
The faithful see this miracle as proof of the Emperor’s protection. Pilgrimage to St. Isidore’s Rest has grown in popularity, with some visitors even experiencing visions or hearing phantom exhortations urging them to take vengeance upon the Orks.[1]
The phenomenon has attracted the attention of the Inquisition. Reports of pilgrims experiencing visions and hearing voices have raised fears of possible warp-taint. The Inquisition continues to monitor the world carefully, concerned that what many regard as a miracle may in truth mask foul treachery.[1]
See also
Sources
- 1: Imperium Maledictum, pg. 303
