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'''Vostroya''' is a world in the [[Halo Zone]] beyond the [[Eye of Terror]], famous for its [[Vostroyan Firstborn]] [[regiment]]s of the [[Imperial Guard]].
The landscape is extremely bleak - highly polluted. Life outside 'managed' zones is almost impossible. Animal and plant life is almost non-existent. Most food is imported.
There are seven large and distinct administrative zones/regions stretching around the planet's more temperate equatorial belt (e.g. The Magdan, Sohlsvodd, Muskha, etc). The far colder north and south are uninhabitable. Vostroya has one moon - — [[Turtolsky]].
==Culture==
Generally Vostroyan males sport a mustache (mustaches are viewed as a sign of adulthood and masculine virility in Vostroyan society). The importance of a mustache for Vostroyan men varies depending on the region they come from. The people of Muskha, for example, place extreme levels of importance on having a mustache. A man without one is considered to be openly rejecting his manhood.
*''ushehk'': seven string instrument played by a bow, the high pitched notes and small sizes might make it similar to a fiddle or violin.
*''Shiny'': slang for a fresh recruit from training into the [[Vostroyan Firstborn]] Regiments, a replacement.
*''zadnik'' - — derogatory term (noun)
== Sources =={{Cite}}
*1: [[Rebel Winter (Novel)]] by [[Steve Parker]]
**{{Endn|1a}}: Chapter 3
**{{Endn|1b}}: Chapter 11
**{{Endn|1c}}: Chapter 15
*{{Endn|2}}: [[Shield of Baal: Leviathan]] - — ''The Hammers of Ixoi'''
[[Category:Industrial Worlds]]
[[Category:Segmentum Obscurus]]
