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==History==
When it was first settled, Valhalla was a verdant world of forests and broad fertile plans, a paradise compared to the frozen ice world it would become.{{Fn|8a}} In legends - the only history of the early days of its colonization that survives - Valhalla was a world perfect for human settlement.{{cite thisCME}}
Ten thousand years ago, however, the planet was struck by an immense rogue comet which forever destroyed the paradise of the world.{{Fn|8a}} The [[defence laser]]s surrounding the planet blasted the comet with shot after shot, but only succeeded in breaking off fragments of the comet, which was found to consist of almost pure iron. A mile-wide fragment of the comet struck the northern continent, causing great earthquakes and destruction. The main comet hit the vast ocean which spanned most of the planet.{{cite thisCME}}
The boiling seas and the pall of vapour and dust blocked off the sunlight. The temperature of the planet fell to freezing levels.{{Fn|8a}} Most significantly the comet had knocked the planet from its orbit, and over a period of ten years the planet spun eccentrically, drifting fifteen million miles away from its sun. By this point the planet had entirely changed. The vast majority of life had been destroyed, and the whole planet was covered in glaciers and a frozen ocean.{{Fn|8a}}
*{{Endn|5}}: [[The Traitor's Hand (Novel)]] — [[Ciaphas Cain: Hero of the Imperium (Omnibus)]], Chapter Nineteen, pg. 741, Fn. 1
*{{Endn|6}}: [[The Last Son of Dorn (Novel)]] Chapter 1
*{{Endn|7}}: [[Warhammer 40,000 5th Edition Rulebook]], {{Cite ThisCME}}
*8: [[Codex: Imperial Guard (5th Edition)]]:
**{{Endn|8a}}: pg. 20
