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Very little is known about the beginning of Ork expansion. It occurs sporadically, giving them an entirely random pattern of settlement through the galaxy. Their main way of expansion is known as [[Waaagh!]] - — combination of mass-scale migration and holy war through which Orks have managed to get hold on innumerable worlds all over the galaxy. Their expansion is aided by their natural toughness, allowing them to survive in the harshest of conditions and colonise very inhospitable worlds. Particularly successful Waaaghs! capture great swathes of space, resulting in creation of Ork Empires. These are not connected to each other and despite their control over a significant part of known space, Ork Domains are not a united or cohesive organisation - rather they are a collection of thousands of individual territories and empires. These independent factions are as likely to fight with each other as they are with any other species which are sometimes even hard to find in Ork-controlled territories. Due to specifics of [[Orkoid physiology|Orkoid reproduction]], Ork-controlled planets are very hard to recapture and even failed Ork invasions allow them to get hold on the planet. It is widely known that once the world has seen the war with Orks, it is never free from it again as new generations of [[Feral Orks]] grow in distant corners to begin new years of bloody conflicts and giving birth to even more Orks.{{Fn|7}}{{Fn|2}}

This empire is one of the biggest, covering [[Charadon Sector]]. Its ruler is known as the Arch-Arsonist of Charadon. Despite its power, in the face of the [[Tyranids]] the Empire of Charadon is beginning to wane.{{Fn|15}} Current Arch-Arsonist, [[Snagrod]], recently captured a large part of [[Loki Sector]] during [[Waaagh! Snagrod]] and is believed to be leading a new Waaagh! into the [[Ultramar]].{{Fn|1a}}{{Fn|2a}}

*'''[[Badlanding]]''' - — captured [[Civilised World]]

*[[Octarius]] - — {{Fn|4c}}

*[[Keltor]] - — consumed by [[Leviathan]]{{Fn|4c}}*[[Derragon]] - — consumed by [[Leviathan]]{{Fn|4c}}*[[Ghorala]] - — consumed by [[Leviathan]]{{Fn|4c}}*[[Orrok]] - — consumed by [[Leviathan]]{{Fn|4c}}

*[[Bork]] - — birthplace of Warboss [[Klawjaw]] and the first world of the Empire, conquered during the [[War for Bhorc Prime]], a first battle of [[Waaagh! Bork]].

**'''Atari Vo's''' - — captured Tau Sept World{{Fn|4a}}

**[[Emiline's Hope]] - — former [[Shrine World]] in Yerena System.

*'''[[Absteron]]''' - — Hollow World{{Fn|1b}}*'''[[Alacanth]]''' - — gathering point for [[Waaagh! Gorbad]]{{Fn|6}}*'''Three moons of [[Barac]]''' - — captured during [[Waaagh! Grax]]*'''[[Castellax]]''' - — captured [[Iron Warriors]] [[Fortress World]]{{Fn|1b}}

*'''[[Chosin]]''' - — captured [[Ice World]]*'''[[Cilix]]''' - — Ork World, that was attacked in 997.[[M41]] by [[Imperial Guard]] forces lead by [[Mordian]] [[General]] Eisen.{{Fn|8b}}*'''[[Corva binary system]]''' - — captured by [[Waaagh! Hruk]]{{Fn|2c}}*'''[[Excovar]]''' - — captured by [[Waaagh! Bigtoof]]{{Fn|8b}}*[[Eyrok]] - — [[Desert World]]*'''[[Flyberia]]''' - — [[promethium]]-rich [[Ice World]], captured during [[Waaagh! Grax]]*'''[[Garaghak's World]]''' - — former capital of [[Forsarr Sector]], captured during [[Waaagh! Garaghak]]*'''[[Golgotha]]''' - — captured by [[Ghazghkull]]*'''[[Gorkamorka]]''' - — backwater Ork planet in [[Eastern Fringe]]*'''[[Gurgit’s Mekworld]]''' - — startpoint of an Ork invasion into [[Tau]] space by [[Big Mek]] [[Gurgit]]*'''[[Imbrium]]''' - — captured during [[Green Kroosade]]{{Fn|9}}*'''[[Kolchis system]]''' - — captured by [[Waaagh! Gorbad]]{{Fn|6}}*'''[[Kongajaro]]''' - — Jungle world near the Empire of Octarius, home to numerous tribes of feral orks.{{Fn|15}}*'''[[Krosk]]''' - — Ork planet located in Galactic North{{Fn|1a}}*'''[[Lethe Eleven]]''' - — captured during [[Green Kroosade]]{{Fn|9}}*'''[[Magdelene IX]]''' - — captured [[Shrine World]]{{Fn|3}}

*'''[[Mekslag-Ikks]]''' - — former [[Industrial World]], captured during [[Waaagh! Garaghak]]*'''[[Minos V]]''' - — captured [[Forge World]]{{Fn|3}}*'''[[Moredakka]]''' - — [[Forge World]], captured during [[Green Kroosade]]{{Fn|9}}*'''[[Morloq system]]''' - — location of [[The Lost Waaagh!]]{{Fn|2c}}*'''[[Obetrus]]''' - — captured Night World{{Fn|1b}}*'''[[Ogrolla]]''' - — [[Feral World]]{{Fn|3}}

*'''[[Proctus Prime]]''' - — factory world, captured during [[Waaagh! Grax]]*'''[[Pseudopol]]''' - — former comms world, Ork-held since [[M37]]{{Fn|1b}}*'''[[Redwold]]''' - — gathering point for [[Waaagh! Gorbad]]{{Fn|6}}*'''[[Scalex VI]]''' - — captured by Waaagh! Wazdakka*'''[[Scythia]]''' - — captured [[Tomb World]]{{Fn|1b}}*'''[[Squire's Rest]]''' - — former [[Agri World]] of the [[Imperium]]*'''[[Tallarax]]''' - — captured [[Fortress World]]{{Fn|3}}*'''[[Thoria III]]''' - — captured [[Civilised World]]{{Fn|3}}*'''[[Tigrus]]''' - — [[Forge World]], captured by [[Arrgard the Defiler]] and currently controlled by the infamous Murda-Meks*'''[[Tyr]]''' - — gathering point for [[Waaagh! Gorbad]]{{Fn|6}}*'''[[Ulani IV]] and two of its sister planets''' - — captured during [[Waaagh! Grax]]*'''[[Ulants]]''' - — captured during [[Green Kroosade]]{{Fn|9}}

*'''[[Vorsk]]''' - — captured [[Hive World]]{{Fn|1b}}*'''[[Yurk]]''' - — backwater Ork planet{{Fn|4b}}*[[Planet Zag|Zag]] - — [[Stormboyz]] world*'''[[Zogg-Dis]]''' - — homeworld of [[Zoggit]]{{Fn|13}}

*'''[[Baran]]''' - — [[Exodite World]] captured by Orks and recaptured by the [[Imperium]]*'''[[Corinth]]''' - — captured during the [[Corinthian Crusade]]*'''[[Dulma'lin]]''' - — Ork cavernous world captured during [[Dulma'lin Cleansing]]{{Fn|8a}}*'''[[Ghorala]]''' - — Consumed by [[Hive Fleet Leviathan]]*'''[[Graegus]]''' - — the populace of this Ork World was wiped out by forces of [[Aurelia Malys]]*'''[[Jagga]]''' - — this [[Freebooter]]s world was consumed by [[Hive Fleet]] [[Behemoth]]*'''[[Urk]]''' - — backwater Ork planet, presumed destroyed by its own star*'''[[Ullanor]]''' - — The capital of two powerful Ork empires.*'''[[Xit]]''' - — Ork World captured by [[519th Crusade]]

==See alsoRelated Articles==

**{{Endn|1b}}: pgpgs. 162-163162–163

**{{Endn|4c}}: pgpgs. 58-5958–59

*{{Endn|7}}: [[Waaargh: Orks]], pgs. 8-98–9

*{{Endn|10}}: [[White Dwarf 349 (UK)]], pgs. 54-6154–61*{{Endn|11}}: [[Rogue Trader Core Rulebook]], pgs. 348-349348–349

*{{Endn|13}}: [[Codex: Dark Eldar (5th Edition)]], pg.22*{{Endn|14}}: [[Codex: Orks (7th Edition)]] - — ''Greenskin Expansion''

*{{Endn|16}}: [[The Horus Heresy Book Five]], pgs. 96-9996–99