Arthas Moloch
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Name: | Arthas Moloch | 
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| Segmentum: | Ultima Segmentum | ||
| Sector: | Unknown | ||
| System: | Unknown | ||
| Population: | Unknown | ||
| Affiliation: | Tau Empire (tentatively) | ||
| Class: | Artefact World[3], Dead World[5] | ||
Arthas Moloch is an Artefact World.[3] It shares the same system with the Ork World of Dregrokk.[5]
Planetary Information
The Artifact World of Arthas Moloch is a desolate one, filled with strange, faceless statues that predate the Imperium.[3] At some point after the Horus Heresy, Arthas Moloch became a base to the Alpha Legion and settled by a large population of humans and mutants belonging to Chaos Cults. In M39, the Scythes of the Emperor purged the entire planet,[4] leaving Arthas Moloch completely uninhabited. The world's ruins and tombs, however, still bear the dark brown smears of bloodshed and the images of shadows burnt into the walls. If one were psychic, they would see the planet shine like a gold mine in a firelight.[3]
O'Shovah visited this world while clearing Tau Space of Orks during the Farsight Expedition of the Tau Empire. In the ruins of a mysterious dais, Farsight and his forces fought off unknown forces that were likely Chaos Daemons.[3] During this battle, all of Farsight's Ethereals were killed, and Farsight took up a mysterious weapon known as the Dawn Blade to defeat the creatures and the portal they emerged from. After the battle, O'Shovah and the Tau force left the world and later founded the Farsight Enclaves.[3]
During the Arks of Omen Campaign, Arthas Moloch again became a battlefield as the forces of Chaos, the Farsight Enclaves, and Orks clashed. Farsight was reluctant to return, but forced to in order to combat Chaos plans while the Orks had simply followed him there. In the madness that followed, Daemons again were unleashed upon Arthas Moloch and Farsight himself seemingly corrupted. However Farsight resisted the temptation and led a fighting retreat back to their fleet, while the Chaos forces under Ughalax achieved their objective of claiming a Key-Fragment and withdrew. The Orks quickly lost interest and also withdrew thereafter.[5]
Farsight and his entourage quietly returned to the world after the Chaos and Ork departures, discovering that the Great Star Dais had gone inactive after the battle and organic life was returning to the world.[5]
Related Articles
Sources
- 1: Codex: Tau (3rd Edition), pg. 51
- 2: Codex: Tau Empire (4th Edition), pg. 44
- 3: Farsight Enclaves - A Codex: Tau Empire Supplement — The Molochite Tragedy
- 4: White Dwarf 288 (US)
- 5: Arks of Omen: Farsight, pgs. 30-37
