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==Information==
'''Mordian''' is a hive world an [[Imperial]] [[Hive World]] renowned as the home world of the [[Mordian Iron Guard|Iron Guard]] [[regiment]]s of the [[Imperial Guard]]. The Mordian day is a tidally locked planet, the same length as time of the Mordian year, planet's rotation equal to the small planet turning upon its axis once each time it completes a circle of its revolution around its sun. Consequently, half of the planet is in perpetual darkness; the other constantly burned by the harsh sun. All life is on its dark side. For good reason, Mordian is also known as the ''World of Eternal Night''<sup>1a</sup>.
Mordian's hundreds of millions of inhabitants live on a land surface barely one tenth the size of Earth. Its hive cities are characterized by pyramidal, multi-levelled towers rising like mountains towards space. The government is known as the Tetrarchy, and strictly controls and rations the planet's meagre resources. Mordian naturally breeds discontent, and the world's army, the [[Mordian Iron Guard]], must constantly stand against anarchy and rebellion.
==Sources==
*<sup>1</sup>[[Codex: Imperial Guard (5th Edition)]]:
**a: p. 16
*[[WD184]], ''Mordian Iron Guard'', by Rick Priestley
