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|Subsector=
|System=[[Gilead System]]{{Fn|1}}
|Population=≈Ten Billion{{Fn|3}}
|Affiliation=[[Imperium]]{{Fn|1}}
|Class=[[Forge World]], [[Mining World]]{{Fn|1}}
|Tithe Grade=Aptus Nihil (no longer capable of paying){{Fn|3}}
}}
As the main manufactorum for the entire Gilead System, Avachrus is a vital resource for it's survival. The forges create practically all technology in the system that is more complex than a [[lasgun]].{{Fn|2b}}
Avachrus has two moons - roughly equal-sized rocks named [[Odo]] and [[Uru]].{{Fn|2d}} Odo is comprised of a silvery mineral, while Uru is made of black rock. Also orbiting the planet is a ring of space docks and shipyards, connected to the surface by space elevators.{{Fn|3}}
==History==
The Archdominus of [[Explorator Fleet Tsuruoka]] quickly made the decision to colonize Avachrus once the Gilead System was rediscovered in 92.[[M32]], despite the harsh climate and dangerous xenofauna to be found there. The Explorator fleet's records of this initial colonization effort have been heavily redacted, which means most of the motivations for doing so and results of trying are lost to history. So too have the records regarding it's moons, which additionally have had their surfaces ruined by thousands of years of uninterrupted resource extraction and industry (particularly Uru), thereby ruining any chance at successful archeological studies.
A century or so after the [[Mechanicus]] rediscovered the system, their forces in Gilead (then known as Halcyon) signalled the Imperium that it had been infested by the forces of [[Chaos|The Enemy]] and a [[Gilead Crusade|crusade]] was raised to cleanse the system's worlds of taint.
Some time after the Gilead System had been freed from Chaos, one of the Eternal Engines failed, effectively killing the city of Illiarch. A new sect of [[Tech-Priest]]s arose, calling themselves the [[Suspire]], whose lives are entirely dedicated to the maintenance of the remaining Eternal Engines. Despite their efforts, the Engines have become less and less efficient over the millennia.{{Fn|2d}}
Around a century prior to the formation of the Cicatrix Maledictum, Avachrus' governor, [[Princeps]] Ultima [[Gol Bessor]], took the [[titan legion]] stationed on Avachrus, [[Legio Kaurthos]], on a [[crusade]] to an unkown location with an unknown objective, and never returned. He did not leave an heir, which created a power vacuum that took a while to fill. Though Gol Bessor is still nominally in charge, an ambitious techpriest named [[Aexekra Vakuul]], managed to seize power and declared herself regent in Bessor's absence.{{Fn|3}}
Since the opening of the Great Rift, Avachrus has seen an uptick in [[Xenos]], [[heretic]], and [[pirate]] raids, as well as an increase in priests turning to tech heresy as a means to re-establish contact with the [[Imperium]]. A war has broken out inside the caverns beneath the surface of Uru between a group of [[Heretek]]s called the [[Unshackled Fane]] and a pirate gang claiming to be led by a [[Men of Iron|Man of Iron]]. The Ordo Malleus has started working with the Suspire to search Illiarch for artefacts, which are then being taken offworld to the Malleus fortress, and rumours are spreading that [[scrap-code]] has started to infect systems across the planet.{{Fn|3}} Avachrus' priesthood is also having to deal with the political impact of an influx of foreign tech-priests from the ''[[Blepharaoh]]'', the Mechanicus factory ship that accompanied the [[Varonius Flotilla]].{{Fn|4}}
==Culture==
Most food created on Avachrus is flavourless nutrient paste, polluted fungi, and [[corpse-starch]]. The people of the planet are raised to not care about the low culinary quality of their food sources.{{Fn|2f}}
The Fabricator General of Belaxia, Archdomina [[Aexekra Vakuul]], rules Avachrus as regent,{{Fn|2h}} but her reign is far from absolute. The Suspire, by ancient tradition, are not beholden to the orders of the Fabricator General, and can demand resources for the maintenance of the Eternal Engines from the local Administratum independently of the entirety of the rest of the planet.{{Fn|2d}}
While most citizens of Avachrus are ignorant of the fact, the Tech-priesthood of Avachrus is incredibly divided. Mostly, the sources of that division are the lines that determine what is a cogitatior, and what is [[Abominable Intelligence]] (this particular argument has cost around a million lives in internal conflict alone); what is the pursuit of knowledge, and what is tech-heresy. The Fabricator General herself is perpetuating one of these conflicts, having allied herself with the [[Varonius Flotilla]] in an attempt to find the freedom to research [[Eldar|Aeldari]] [[Eldar Weaponry (List)|weaponry]] without provoking a rebellion from the puritanical sects within the priesthood. Though it is notable that this internal strife pales in comparison to events in the rest of the system.{{Fn|2f}}
**{{Endn|2g}}: Chapter 1: Backgrounds, pg. 12
**{{Endn|2h}}: Chapter 4: Character Options, pg. 112
*{{Endn|3}}: [[Wrath & Glory Core Rulebook (2nd Edition)]], The Gilead System, ''The Heartworlds'', pgs. 297-299
*{{Endn|4}}: [[Wrath and Glory Starter Set]], '''The Varonius Flotilla''', Ships of the Fleet, pg. 23
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