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'''Acreage''' is an [[Imperial]] [[Feudal World]].{{Fn|1}}
==Overview==
An Imperial backwater, Acreage lies in the sub-sector of [[Josian Reach]] and is connected to the rest of the [[Calixis Sector]] by a few tenuous shipping routes. Its [[tithe]]s mainly consist of ore from its mines and men for the [[Imperial Guard]]. Designated as a [[Feudal World]], Acreage's technology is medieval and its population consists largely of degenerate peasants and bickering nobles. '''The Grand Realm of Ascandia''', the High King's realm, spans the majority of the northern landmass.{{Fn|1}}{{Fn|2a}}{{Fn|3a}}
The world has seen much interference by the [[Inquisition]], particularly by members of the [[Ordo Calixis]]. The [[Inquisitor Lord]] [[Khazul]] once used the world to test the mettle of his then-[[Acolyte]], [[Inquisitor Lord]] [[Presumptive Okonawk|Okonawk]], leading to the deaths of Okonawk's entire Cadre and more than a hundred thousand Acreage [[Imperial citizen|civilians]] as well as Khazul by Okonawk's own hand. The world saw further devastation when the [[rogue psyker]], '''The [[Burning Princess]]''', worked in conjunction with the [[pirate ]] vessel ''[[Storm Walker (Ship)|Storm Walker]]'' to consume the planet's Cathedral Mount in a holocaust of fire, slaying several senior clergymen and over ten thousand other pilgrims and citizens. Acreage has also been the site of a secret war between the [[Amalathian]] and [[Recongregator]] factions of the Inquisition for generations, with the Amalathians attempting to preserve Acreage's current isolationism, technology and royal dynasty while the Recongregators secretly attempt to introduce new ideas, practices and off-world technology.{{Fn|5a}}{{Fn|5b}}{{Fn|6}}
The relative stability of Ascandia, and in fact most of Acreage, has been rent apart by a bloody civil war, '''The War of the Rhozes''', in which thousands have already perished and local technology has receded from its high medieval zenith. This has been a prosperous time for the [[nobles]], as each has taken advantage of the mayhem of war to expand their domains or settle old scores. It has also drawn more off-world interest to Acreage, in the form of [[mercenaries]] and traders, seeking to make a profit through selling skills, training and advanced weapons.{{Fn|1}}{{Fn|2a}}{{Fn|3a}}
