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==Overview==
Medusa is a harsh realm of perpetual gloom, located extremely close to the [[Eye of Terror]]. With a dark and polluted sky, Medusa's sun rarely shines on the planet's surface and the world's geology is highly unstable, with earthquakes and volcanic eruptions constantly creating and destroying mountain ranges and seas. The people of Medusa are hardy and flourish despite the hostile environment. The population is broken up into clans who viciously compete and vie for natural resources and safe ground, as the unpredictable nature of Medusa's landscape means little can built in one place for long, save a few areas of relative calm which are mostly reserved for the Iron Hands Chapter. As the nomadic clans seek a new settlement, great caterpillar-like mining haulers carry their personal possessions and resources.{{Fn|1}} One of It is speculated by the greatest wonders of [[Ordo Astra]] that Medusa is was once the ruins site of the '''Telstarax''', a colossal planet-circling space station dating back to battle between the [[Dark Age of TechnologyNecrons]] and their [[Old Ones|ancient foes]]. It is believed , and that a Necron presence on the Telstarax was used world could endure to plunder Medusa of its resourcesthis day.{{Fn|36}}
During the [[13th Black Crusade]] of [[Abaddon the Despoiler]], Medusa would come under [[Battle of Medusa|massive invasion]] from [[Chaos]] forces. The ensuing clash saw the largest tank battle in the [[Imperium]] since the [[Horus Heresy]].{{Fn|2}}
*'''Karaashi''', the great Ice Pinnacle where [[Ferrus Manus]] originally crashed onto Medusa, is still present to this day. However it is said to be half the size it once was.{{Fn|1}}
*'''Oraanus Rocks''' — a mountain ridge that extended for several hundred kilometers (north to south of the planet) and consists of ultra-hard lumps of ''diorite'' — a metamorphic crystal peculiar only to Medusa planet. It is a place of the ''Trial of Rocks'' — a test for [[Neophyte]]s of the Iron Hands.{{Fn|5a}}
*'''Halls of Conquest''' - The 10 mobile [[Land Behemoth]]s of each Iron Hands Clan.{{Fn|6}}
*'''[[Telstarax]]''', a colossal planet-circling space station dating back to the [[Dark Age of Technology]]. It is believed that the Telstarax was used to plunder Medusa of its resources.{{Fn|3}} By the time of
*'''Eye of Medusa''' - Vault that acts as the meeting place of the [[Iron Council]].{{Fn|6}}
*'''Gorgon's Forge''' - Tech-Vault originally built by [[Ferrus Manus]].{{Fn|6}}
*'''Spukarri''' - The ''Land of Shadow'' and the site where Ferrus Manus bested [[Asirnoth]], the Great Silver Wyrm. The mountain raise is said to have been personally collapsed by Ferrus himself.{{Fn|6}}
==Life Forms==
**{{Endn|5c}}: Chapter 7, V
**{{Endn|5d}}: Chapter 7, III
*{{Endn|6}}: [[Codex Supplement: Iron Hands]] pg.8-9
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