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Nostramo, on the inside edge of the [[Ghoul Stars]]{{Fn|2}}, was a planet of perpetual darkness, covered in clouds of pollution and a perpetual solar eclipse. Only the planetary elite could afford artificial illumination. Murder, extortion, and theft were rampant, while the elite oppressed the vast underclass of foundry workers with hired thugs, the closest approximation the planet had to law enforcement. Violence, both interpersonal and suicide, kept the population in check.{{Fn|1}}.

Nostramo's geology contained priceless wealth, particularly huge quantities of naturally occurring [[adamantium]]. The mineral trade made Nostramo great amounts of wealth, but at the cost of vast chemical and metalworking facilities scarring the landscape, throwing up the toxic clouds that perpetually darkened the skies.{{Fn|1}}.

The planet's synchronicity with its moon, Tenebor, kept the planet under the darkness of a solar eclipse even in the height of summer. As a result, the human population of Nostramo had pale albino skin and black eyes adapted to live in an environment of near-total darkness.{{Fn|1}}.

The [[Nostraman Damnatii]] [[Solar Auxilia]] [[Regiments]] were originally mustered from Nostramo, before the planets destruction at the hands of the [[Night Haunter]], ; after the destruction the Damnatii mustered from across the [[Nostramo Sector]] and beyond.{{fnFn|7}}

One year, the petty criminals of Nostramo Quintus started turning up gruesomely dismembered. This pattern soon stretched to corrupt bureaucrats and protestors protesters as the long, hot summer stretched on. Quintus quickly developed a self-imposed curfew: the city's streets, once buzzing with activity, went silent at dusk. By the end of the year, crime had fallen to near-zero as the people lived in fear of the "Night Haunter".{{Fn|1}}{{Fn|4}}.

The Night Haunter became the city's first monarch. The few [[noble]]s who survived by swearing loyalty to him became his mouthpieces. He would rule with a fair and even hand, but any who transgressed would suffer, not at the hand of an appointed enforcer, but by that of the Night Haunter himself. The Night Haunter eventually claimed the other four cities of Nostramo, bringing increased productivity and fearful peace to the world.{{Fn|1}}{{Fn|4}}.