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===Overview===After the creation of the Great Rift jettisoned Vulkaris from the warp, it entered an irregular orbit of the Gilead System's star. The ellipse brings it close the to the Gilead Heartworlds, passing through their orbital trajectories, before swinging back out wide to the very limits of Gilead's gravitational pull.{{Fn|1c}}

When Gilead's [[Imperial]] forces explored Vulkaris, they found a [[Ice World|frozen world]] whose surface was dotted with what appeared to be abandoned Imperial shrines. However, they soon discovered that plague and decay covered Vulkaris's surface and it is now a [[Quarantined World|quarantined world]], which forbids anyone from with landing thereforbidden to all.{{Fn|1a}} The atmosphere is breathable, but carries plague on the winds. Former Imperial citizens, [[Plague Zombie|risen dead]], [[mutant]]s, [[Nurgling]]s and other daemons [[daemon]]s live here. These creatures roam the plagued forests and rotten streets of ruined cities of broken marble and rusted iron. None of these inhabitants truly rule control the world. The ; the true rulers of the world is Vulkaris are a small fleet of [[Death Guard]] who in orbit the world, ready to make war on more worlds.{{Fn|1c}}

Under normal circumstances, the this world of plague and mutant would have already been subject to [[Exterminatus]] and the [[Chaos Astartes]] combated. If a single disease of the [[Plague God]] was unleashed on the fertile fields of [[Ostia]] or the dense [[hive]]s of [[Gilead Primus]], the entire system could collapse from starvation or anarchy. The However, the [[Varonius Flotilla]] protecting the system doesn't have the resources to take such actions against the plagued planet. Stealthy reconissance reconnaissance ships have discovered what appears to be a disease ravaging some of the Dead Guard vessels loaming looming above Vulkaris. Massive hull breaches of swiftly rotting meat, following followed by a series of internal explosions have been witness witnessed before the respective vessel plummets aflame to Vulkaris below. No explanation has been forthcoming, ; some among the Varonius Flotilla have taken to calling this disease the '[[copper blight]]'. [[Jakel Varonius|Varonius]] himself is wary and believes this could be a trap made to lure the [[Rogue Trader]]'s flotilla into attacking what they perceive as a weakened enemy. For now, he watches and waits.{{Fn|1b}}

Despite being little more than a fetidfoetid, disease ridden hellscape, Vulkaris retains life on its surface. [[Daemon]]s and the faithful of [[Nurgle]] cavort openly amongst the rot and ruin. The persistence of mortal life here is seen by some as a 'blessing' of Nurgle. However, the [[Asuryani]] suspect a relic of their ancestors — perhaps of [[Isha]] herself — could be the reason the world retains a fragment of its shattered biosphere.{{Fn|2}}

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