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===Destruction===
*{{Mainmain|Destruction of Caliban}}
When Jonson returned from the [[Horus Heresy]], a withering salvo of fire knocked ships out of orbit. Over many decades Luther had corrupted the remaining legion on Caliban. Jonson was furious and moved his ships back into orbit, bombarding the planet. Eventually, Jonson ordered the invasion and the loyal Dark Angels landed across the planet. The corrupt Dark Angels took hold in the Order's monastery, and Luther and Jonson faced off. The ancient home was reduced to rubble and the planet was flattened.{{citethis}}
===Wyrmwood===
*{{Mainmain|Arks of Omen Campaign}}
Ten millennia later, [[Vashtorr the Arkifane]] corrupted the ruins of Caliban with his techno-sorcery, transforming it into a mobile planetoid dubbed '''Wyrmwood'''. A planetoid of roiling [[Warp]] madness and infernal [[Daemon]]ic industry, Wyrmwood was heavily garrisoned by the [[Cult of the Arkifane]] and Vashtorr's other allies. At its heart was a core sub-dimension from which Vashtorr assembled the other components of the [[Dissonance Engine]]: [[Ouroboros (artifact)|Ouroboros]], [[Plagueheart]], and eventually the [[Tuchulcha]].{{Fn|7a}}
==Geography==
Caliban is remembered for the its forests, but it was more than simply covered with trees. Soaring mountain ranges touched the clouds, cut by deep valleys never reached by light of day. Kilometre-wide rivers twisted across the landscape like foaming serpents, sometimes narrowing to torrents so swift it would break a man’s bones to dare them, other times forming lakes so vast that their opposite shores were unknown to each other.{{Fn|6a}}
It was a planet of dangerous moods too, a land that refused to be tamed by human hands. Storms would swell within Caliban’s mountains and tumble down to the lowlands, bringing wind and rain so ferocious they would sweep away all but the oldest trees and sturdiest walls. Spring floods swallowed whole towns. Tremors in the ground would open chasms in minutes, devouring buildings that had stood for centuries. Blizzards would bury forts and their defenders.{{Fn|6a}}
===Beasts===
*{{Mainmain|Great Beasts of Caliban}}
The deadly creatures that populated Caliban's forests and wilds, known as the '''Great Beasts''' or simply '''the beasts''', plagued the people of Caliban for centuries, killing many and forcing the populace to be ever wary of the forests, until Lion El'Jonson and the Order launched their campaign of extermination. Each great beast was said to be completely unique, a species within itself. There also existed the possibility that they were spawned from the [[warp]].{{citethis}}
===Locations===
*'''[[Aldurukh''']]: The fortress and central headquarters of [[The Order]]. It began as a simple cave that a great forgotten warrior used to fortify himself and others from the Beasts of Caliban, evolving over time. By the end of the [[Great Crusade]], a developed city had been built around it.{{Fn|5}}
*'''Stormhold''': A city of 4 million people, the 3rd largest on Caliban.{{Fn|5}}
*'''Dordred Heath''' - Part of the settlement of '''Storrock'''. Area where [[Luther]] grew up, fighting the Great Beasts.{{Fn|6a}}
==Trivia==
{{Trivia}}
*[[Wikipedia:Caliban (character)|Caliban]] is the name of a character in [[Wikipedia:William Shakespeare|Shakespeare]]'s "[[Wikipedia:The Tempest|The Tempest]]" and also a [[Wikipedia:Caliban (moon)|moon of Uranus]]. The character Caliban grows up alone, the only human on an island. This, combined with his ancestry (the son of a witch and a daemon), results in his wild and dangerous nature. Caliban is civilised by the arrival of a great sorcerer, but eventually grows resentful of his master and seeks to rebel under a new leader. In the end, however, he remains a servant of his first master. His character arc is notably similar to that of [[Lion El'Jonson]]. *The alternate spelling "Calibaun" is a [[Wikipedia:Romany|Romany]] word for "black," the original colour of the Dark Angels' armour.
==See also==
==Sources==
*{{Endn|1}}: [[Codex: Dark Angels (4th Edition)]], {{Cite ThisCME}}*2: [[Descent of Angels (Novel)]]:
**{{Endn|2a}}: ''Prelude''
**{{Endn|2b}}: ch. 9
**{{Endn|2c}}: ch. 10
*{{Endn|3}}: [[Fallen Angels (Novel)]], {{Cite ThisCME}}
*{{Endn|4}}: [[The Unforgiven (Novel)]]
*{{Endn|5}}: [[Angels of Caliban (Novel)]], Chapters 6–7
**{{Endn|6a}}: ''The Tale of the Beast''
**{{Endn|6b}}: ''The Tale of The Hunt''
*{{Endn|7}}: [[Arks of Omen: The Lion]]:**{{Endn|7a}}: pgpgs. 22-23
**{{Endn|7b}}: pgs. 39-43
*{{Endn|8}}: [[Crusade: Pariah Nexus]], pgs. 40-43
*{{Endn|9}}: [https://archive.ph/LAsta Warhammer Community: Solar Auxilia – The Heraldry of Honour Part 3 (posted 13/6/2024)] ''(Saved archive page, dated 30 July 2024, last accessed 30 July 2024, original link: https://www.warhammer-community.com/2024/07/30/solar-auxilia-the-heraldry-of-honour-part-3/)''
*{{Endn|10}}: [https://web.archive.org/web/20240801003434/https://www.facebook.com/thehorusheresyofficial/posts/3876178589066059/?comment_id=3879329798750938 Games Workshop Facebook (posted 31/8/2020)] Saved Page, [https://www.facebook.com/thehorusheresyofficial/posts/3876178589066059/?comment_id=3879329798750938 Original Link], (last accessed 31/7/2024)
*11: [[The Horus Heresy Book Nine - Crusade]]:**{{Endn|11a}}: pg.93**{{Endn|11b}}: pgpgs.112-113**{{Endn|11c}}: pgpgs. 110-111
*{{Endn|12}}: [[Battlefleet Gothic: Armada (Book)]], pg. 155
