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'''{{PAGENAME}}''' is a lawless world dominated by warlords and their huge armies, which clash across its jungles, forests and plains. The planet's importance in the [[Calixis Sector]] is defined by the fact that it is one of the few places in the [[Imperium]] where the Ghostfire flower can grow. [[Ghostfire pollenPollen]] can be refined into the [[combat drugs]] used extensively in the [[Penal Legion|Penal Legions]] of the [[Imperial Guard]].
Every five years, a taskforce of [[Administratum]] officials descends onto Iocanthos to gather the planet's Ghostfire tithe. The warlords exchange their harvests of [[Ghostfire pollenPollen]] with the [[Administratum]] in exchange for weapons, vehicles, fuel, clean water and other essentials. The warlord who hands over the most Ghostfire pollen is considered the [[Planetary Governor]] and claims the lion's share of support from the [[Imperium]] and the title Vervai (literally "prince of princes" or "king").
The title brings with it immense prestige and confirms the warlord's position as the most dangerous and skilled on Iocanthos. The current [[Planetary Governor]] is [[King Skull|"King" Skull]], a terrifying warrior at the head of an enormous and supposedly invincible army of madmen and killers. The warlords of Iocanthos are also required to hand over their [[Psyker|psykers]] as well as the Ghostfire harvest, but these are taken from them not by the [[Administratum]] but by [[Adeptus Astra Telepathica|nameless grey-uniformed men]] who herd the psykers onto their sleek [[Black_Ship#League_of_Blackships|black ship]] and take their leave.
