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[[File:Vervunhivemap.jpg|right|250px|thumb|Map of '''Vervunhive''' circa 169.M41]]
'''Vervunhive''' was one of many [[Hive City|Hive Cities]] on the world of [[Verghast]]. It was destroyed during the war with another Hive City, [[Ferrozoica]], acting under the influence of [[Chaos]]. Its last ruler was High Master [[Salvador Sondar]].
==Geography, Culture, and Government==
===The War with Ferrozoica===
[[Image:Vervunhive Burning.jpg|thumb|right|Vervunhive after the shield failure]]
{{Main|Siege of Vervunhive}}
A producer of large quantities of materials for the [[Imperial]] [[Crusade]] that was occurring in the [[Sabbat Worlds]] [[sector]], it was drawn into the crusade directly when it was attacked during an attempt to conquer the world for [[Chaos]]. Initially, the inhabitants of Vervunhive thought they were under assault by the rival hive of [[Ferrozoica]] in a replay of the "Trade War" of 90 years earlier. However, when [[Commissar]] Kowle led a Vervunhive armoured division out to meet the forces of 'Zoica', it became clear that this was no conventional assault; the Zoican army massed in the millions. In comparison, Vervunhive could muster approximately 500,000 troopers out of a population of over 40 million people. What made the force imbalance all the more disturbing was that Ferrozoica was approximately 1/3 smaller in population and size than Vervunhive.
