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'''Colchis''' was the original [[Adeptus Astartes Homeworld|homeworld]] of the [[Word Bearers]] [[Space Marine Legion]]. After the [[Horus Heresy]], it was bombed into submission from orbit and because of its unique geological makeup, the entire planet fractured and exploded. The planet's location is a secret guarded by the [[Inquisition]].^{{Fn|1}}

It was originally a technologically advanced world but it regressed to a feudal state, prior to the arrival of [[Lorgar]]. Lorgar brought the planet into the [[Imperium]], granting it access to advanced technology and society. Under Lorgar’s brief rule the planet prospered but when the [[Emperor]] took Lorgar away, the planet plummeted back to a feudal state. When the [[Ultramarines]] returned to Colchis to purge it after the [[Horus Heresy ]] they found a collapsed world. All of the industries were destroyed and people barely clung on to life. The Inquisition ordered the cleansing by the use of [[cyclonic torpedoes]], disrupting Colchis' s delicate geological structure, and thereby triggering a catastrophic explosion that annihilated the planet.^{{Fn|1}}

*^{{Endn|1}}:[[Index Astartes IV]] - Word Bearers*===Uncited==={{Endn|2Uncited}}: *[[The Horus Heresy Book One - Betrayal]], pgs. 290-291