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Chogoris is a fertile world with lush greenery, soaring mountains and azure seas, which, at the time of the [[Great Crusade]], had achieved a black powder level of technology. The dominant Chogorian empire at the time of the Great Crusade was an organized aristocracy which had conquered most of the planet with well-equipped and highly disciplined armies. Armoured horsemen and densely packed blocks of infantry had won every campaign their ruler, the [[Palatine]], had fought.{{cite this}}

To the west of the Palatine's empire was a vast, wind-blown steppe, known as the Empty Quarter, home to nomadic tribes of savage horsemen who for centuries had roamed the vast grasslands. The tribes of the steppes lived in tents and followed a cycle of seasonal migration from summer pastures to protected winter valleys in the Khum Karta mountains. Consummate horsemen and archers, these disparate tribes frequently fought one another for control of ancestral pastureland. Chogorian armies had never invaded the Empty Quarter as the dry and desolate lands were of no value to the Palatine. However, Chogorian nobles would often lead hunting bands into the steppes and take whole tribes east as slaves or capture a lone tribesmen to hunt through the mountains for sport.{{cite this}}

[[Jaghatai Khan]] united the tribes of the planet's western desert into a single horde and overthrew the rulers of the civilized empires. When the Khan left, he put [[Ogedei]] in control of the world, but Ogedei was not strong enough to hold the tribes together. The tribes fragmented and returned to their old ways of constant inter-tribal warfare. This may have been the Khan's purpose, because it allowed the Chapter's potential recruits to maintain their warrior culture. There would be many attempts to unite the tribes of the deserts but none would be as successful as the Khan's.{{cite this}}

The [[Stormseers]] of the [[White Scars]] choose the potential recruits for the Chapter from among the warring tribes, identifying the bravest and most promising young warriors while Fallen White Scars are brought back to their homeworld, to the pyre tombs on Khum Karta.{{cite this}}

'''Quan Zhou''' is the White Scars [[Fortress-Monastery]] and sits at the peak of the [[Khum Kharta Mountains]], the most inaccessible mountain range on Chogoris.{{Fn|33a}}

*In 890.[[M41]], a [[Necron]] [[Tombship]] entered orbit over Chogoris and began a focused bombardment of an unpopulated area on the planet's surface for an unknown reason. The White Scares [[Battle Barge]] ''Jaghatai's Pride'' pierces the ships shields as the Defense Laser of [[Quan Zhou]] destroyed the ship in a single blast.{{Fn|43b}}

*{{Endn|3}}: [[Codex: Space Marines (6th Edition)]] (E-Book Edition) **{{Endn|3a}}: pg.12637, ''White Scars' Fortress Monastery''**{{Endn|43b}}: [[Codex: Space Marines (6th Edition)]] (E-Book Edition) pg.13238, ''Victories of the Khans - Quan Zhou's Wrath