St Orpheus
St Orpheus is a planet lying in the Finial Sector on the outskirts of the Eye of Terror, within the Imperium Nihilus.
The 5th out of nine planets orbiting the local star, St Orpheus serves as a Sentinal World to the sector, defending itself where required against the horrors besieging the Imperium.
It’s close proximity to the Eye of Terror has made it the staging ground for both offensive and defensive forces for the last 10,000 years, but increasingly Warp Storms have disrupted communication to the planets governing forces, and has made travel to the sector almost impossible.
While surviving the initial effects of the Great Rift brought about by Abaddon’s 13th Black Crusade, the planets still bears the scars of the onslaught of both Daemonic incursions and invasions of Chaos Warbands.
The landscape, while torn and destroyed, still shines with areas of its former glory in contrast to the Chaotic artifacts and
structures raised in an effort to bring about the planets demise.
St Orpheus, in the grip of one of the worst Warp Storms in recent memory, is under attack on multiple fronts, with the sole aim of its utter corruption.
The warbands The Prosperine Scimatars and the Heralds of the Scourge have decended to the planets surface under an uneasy truce to bring forth the Greater Daemon “Krannath - the Consumer of Souls”.
In an effort to redeem themselves in both the eyes of the God-Emperor and the wider Imperium, the Sisters of Charity have deployed forces to stop the ritual before it can be completed. Joined by a contingent of the Dark Angels they must prevail against the combined forces of the Thousand Sons and the Death Guard to prevent the loss of St Orpheus.
When the Imperial forces broke the cordon and made for the planet
surface, the evidence of hard fought battles was evident, even without the auspex. Once on the surface and a foothold established in the northern part of the main city, the combined might of the Adepta Sororitas and the Adeptus Astartes made their way south to the once majestic main square.
As they drew nearer, they were delayed by the piles of bodies, sacrificed to bring about the planets destruction. Discarded alongside them were scores of blunted knives.
Karranth must be stopped, both for St Orpheus and the wider sector.