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==Overview==
'''{{PAGENAME}}''' is the sector capitol of the [[Calixis Sector]]. The world is governed by Calixis Sector Governor [[Marius Hax]].It is a thriving imperial hub that supports the largest planetary population in the territory.It is dominated by two vast hive cities,Hive Sibellus and Hive Tarsus which hold majority of the planetary population.Despite their dominance the "offspring" communities,Ambulon and Gunmetal City contribute significantly to the planet's economy.Scintilla is a world where powerful and wealthy comepete with ruthless appetite.Magnificence is astonishing on Scintilla,from the wondrous fashions of the hive's nobility to the spectacle of the hives themselves.Landmarks like Lucid Palace and the Cathedral of Illumination,are famous throughout the Calixis Sector.
It is also a world of corruption where members of noble houses are deluded by their wealth and status,the corruption and privilege runs deep in the culture of high-born.Noble houses consider themselves(sometimes correctly) as above or outside Imperial Law and can wield immense influence.Their attitude towards lower-born is callous:it is not unknown for thrill-seeking degenerates from noble houses to prey upon lesser humans as a sport.
On the other end of social spectrum,the underhives are rife with mutants,outlaws and ultra-violent gangs,as well psychotic zealots from the [[Redemption Cult]].
The middles hives are trapped between aristro spires and rancid underhives and the middle hivers live the thankless life of unending toil,where ignorance is a virtue and death a reward for lifetime of loyal,drone servitude,fulfilling the exorbitant tithes levied on Scintilla by the [[Administratum]].It has been this way since the days of Anegvin and some of the Scintilla's corruption are so deeply ingrained that they are invisible even to those who perpetrate them.
==Hives Sibellus and Tarsus==
The two hives are the Scintilla's most important features:immense,multi-leveled citites that house billions of citizens.The hives are largely independent,ruled by the councils drawn from the nobles of the spires.The majority of inhabitants of middle hivers,laboring class,without whom the planet's manufactories and trade houses would cease to function.Almost all middle hivers are owned or indentured to nobles from great sector-wide families or Scintilla's own lesser houses.The most neglected areas of the hives are underhives were life is cheap and were brutal gangs fight for supremacy before inevitable violent death claims them.
Scintilla's two great hive have always comapred each other
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