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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}}
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'''{{PAGENAME}}''' is a small [[Imperial]] [[Forge World]] that is rich in valuable metals and is located close to the [[Gilead System]]'s sun.{{Fn|1}}
==Description==
It is tidally locked in its orbit around [[Convenire]]. It is also the closest planet to that star, making the sun side of the world uninhabitable without heavy shielding from solar radiation.The dark side of the planet is a wasteland scarred with strip-mines, but containing great numbers of xenofauna.Though there is a relatively temperate equatorial zone, most human activity takes place underground in massive, heavily polluted caverns filled with cities, factories, and rivers of magma. These rivers fuel the world's forges, which belt out smog and acid rain as well as industry. Combined, the rivers and manufactorums make it uncomfortably hot for habitation, but still not to the level of the sun side of the surface. This is largely because of [[Dark Age of Technology]] relics known as the [[Eternal Engines]]. These impressive machines, located on the planet surface, provide ventilation, as well as power, to every underground forge city, but such is the pollution that these settlements produce, that it is almost considered taboo to be seen in public without a rebreather, such has it become the norm among permanent residents.{{Fn|2a}}
As the main manufactorum for the entire Gilead System, Avachrus is a vital resource for its survival. The forges create practically all technology in the system that is more complex than a [[lasgun]].{{Fn|2b}}
==History==
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, [[PrincepsUltima]] Ultima [[Gol Bessor]], took the [[titan legion]] stationed on Avachrus, [[Legio Kaurthos]], on a [[crusade]] to an unknown 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==
Toil is life on Avachrus - it is considered a religious act as much as tithing to the Emperor is. Logical, unemotional thinking is encouraged in all from birth, as is religious zeal. Everyone on Avachrus is part of the machine, and to make sure the machine is working is not only good and necessary, it is an act of devotion.{{Fn|2a}}
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[[cogitator]], 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}}
==Known Locations==
;'''Mercur''': Forge-city known for its production of cogitators. Notable buildings include the Abbey of the Immortal Mind.{{Fn|2d}}
;'''Versh''': Forge-city known for its use of [[Kastelan Robot]]s for civil security.{{Fn|2e}}
==Satellites==
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}}
==See also==
**{{Endn|2g}}: Chapter 1: Backgrounds, pg. 12
**{{Endn|2h}}: Chapter 4: Character Options, pg. 112
*{{Endn|3}}: [[Wrath & Glory Core Rulebook (2nd Edition)]], pgs. 297-299 - ;;The Gilead System, '': The Heartworlds'', pgs. 297-299*{{Endn|4}}: [[Wrath & Glory Starter Set]], 'pg. 23 - ''The Varonius Flotilla''', : Ships of the Fleet, pg. 23''
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