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==Society==
Before the later, Imperial colonization, Cadia was the home of a lost fragment of humanity that worshiped the four Ruinous Powers, [[Chaos Undivided]]. This society was encountered by the [[Word Bearers]] legion 40 years before the Horus Heresy, and the prevalence of violet eyes amongst the populace was seen as a mark of mutation caused by the Eye of Terror, which also appears violet<sup>9</sup>. This civilization was eventually wiped out with Cyclonic missiles.<sup>8</sup> Cadia was settled resettled sometime in the early [[M32|32nd millennium]] by humans, who quickly became the dominant species. The Cadian people are naturally tall, fair-skinned, with blonde hair and blue or purple eyes.{{Cite This}} The fact that this new line of Cadians also sport violet eyes lends credence to the theory that the Eye of Terror causes the mutation to the eyes.
Cadian society is more martial than civilian, mostly due to the disproportionate ratio of soldiers to citizens in its population. The birth rate and the military recruitment rate are synonymous.<sup>6</sup> Most Cadian children learn to field-strip a [[lasgun]] by the age of ten years, and many young Cadians serve in youth armies as [[Whiteshield]]. Cadian society is so martial, in fact, that camouflage patterns have made their way into everyday fashion and armoured tiles on the roofs of even the wealthy and successful. It is very easy to determine who is an outsider or local on Cadia by simply clothing.<sup>3</sup>
*<sup>6</sup>:[[Codex: Imperial Guard (5th Edition)]]
*<sup>7</sup>:[[The First Heretic (Novel)]] p.236
*<sup>8</sup>:[[The First Heretic (Novel)]] p.332
*<sup>9</sup>:[[The First Heretic (Novel)]] p.233
[[Category:Fortress Worlds]]
[[Category:Segmentum Obscurus]]
[[de:Cadia (Planet)]]
