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'''Footfall''' is an [[Imperial]] world and wealthy waystation in the [[Koronus Expanse]]. It is seen as a island of relative stability for explorers passing into the area{{Fn|1b}}. The world was settled by the [[Rogue Trader]] [[Parsimus Dewain]] in 410.[[M41]]. He sought to build a grand palace on Footfall, but some of Dewain's followers questioned the sanity of such an order. For doing so, some are put to death by being sealed alive within the walls of the world's rapidly expanding void settlement{{Fn|1a}}. Dewain would then become the [[Imperial Commander|Liege]] of Footfall and in time it would become a wealthy waystation. However after Dewain's death in 498.M41, the world immediately became submerged in a struggle for its political and economic control.{{Fn|1b}}
The [[Recidivist]] [[Tarn Marvolus]] took part in this and rose to become Footfall's next [[Imperial Commander|Liege]] in 499.[[M41]], through a campaign of assassination and the use of [[Chaos|dark sorcery]]. With the world under his tyrannical control, Footfall entered an era known as the '''Reign of Blades'''. Any who questioned Marvolus, was later found sliced into quarters—one in each of the four most distant points of Footfall. Despite this, his rule lasted for over a year, due to Marvolous' brutal alliance of criminals, [[Rogue Psykers|witches]] and narco-tribesmen. In truth, though, his reign was owed mostly to the indifference of passing [[Rogue Trader]]s, who cared little as to who ruled Footfall, as long as it served their needs. Marvolous grew to become too bold and arrogant, however. This caused his reign to come to an endin 500.M41, after he demanded that the Rogue Trader [[Cassilus]] pay him personal tribute for docking at Footfall. Afterwards, the four quarters of Marvolous' body were later found in the four farthest points of Footfall.{{Fn|1c}}
The last known [[Imperial Commander|Liege]] of Footfall is [[Tanthus Moross]] in 808.[[M41]], who did so through the right of murder. He is quickly proved to be a highly effective and diligently ruthless leader, which earns Moross wide public acclaim.{{Fn|1d}}
