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<blockquote>''Take me from my home, and I will sail to the stars of your empire. I will serve as a son must serve. But let Colchis stand as I have shaped it: a planet of peace and prosperity.''</blockquote>
<p align="right">— Attributed to [[Lorgar]] and inscribed on the golden plaque on the door leading to the Spiral of the Covenant{{Fn|2}}</p>
'''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}}
|Planetary Image Px=
|Name=Colchis
|Segmentum=[[Segmentum Pacificus]]{{Fn|3}}
|Sector=Unknown
|Subsector=Unknown
|System=Unknown
|Population=UnknownNone
|Affiliation=[[Imperium]]
|Class=Destroyed
|Tithe Grade=None''Aptus non''
}}
==Geography==
Colchis was a massive world, three times larger than [[Terra]]. It took five Terran years to orbit its sun and a Terran week to rotate once around its axis. Mountains and deserts dominated its dry land and civilisation clustered along coastlines, relying on water and air travel between settlements. Its capital city-state was Vharadesh, the City of Grey Flowers{{Fn|2}}.
== History ==
It was originally a technologically advanced world but it regressed to a [[Feudal World|feudal]] state, prior to the arrival of [[Lorgar]]. Ancient ruins dotted the landscape and derelict starships littered its orbit{{Fn|2}}. Lorgar brought the planet into the [[Imperium]], granting it access to advanced technology and society. Under Lorgar’s Lorgar's brief rule the planet prospered but when the [[Emperor]] took Lorgar away, the planet plummeted back to a feudal state. Imperial traffic avoided Colchis not only for its lack of orbital infrastructure but also due to rumours that the area was unreliable after the disappearance of the 2,188th Expeditionary Fleet{{Fn|2}}.
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}}
==Sources==
*{{Endn|1}}: [[Index Astartes IV]] - Word Bearers
[[Category:Adeptus Astartes Homeworlds]]
