Barbarus
Barbarus was the homeworld of the Death Guard prior to the Horus Heresy. It was the planet on which Mortarion landed and was of such a poor atmospheric quality that even Mortarion could not breathe at the top of its mountains.[2]
Map | Basic Data | Planetary Image | |
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Name: | Barbarus | ||
Segmentum: | Segmentum Tempestus[3] | ||
Sector: | Unknown | ||
Subsector: | Unknown | ||
System: | Unknown | ||
Population: | Unknown | ||
Affiliation: | N/A | ||
Class: | Destroyed[1], former Feral World[2] | ||
Tithe Grade: | Unknown |
History
Barbarus was a Feral World which orbited near its dim yellow sun. The atmosphere was thick with virulent gases and a constant fog was spread across the planet. This made it a very dark, dismal place of night with short, shadowy days. Only below the fog could humans survive, in the valleys and low plains.[Needs Citation]
Beings immune to the toxic fog survived within the toxic cloud and built great grey keeps in the mountains. The higher beings began to use the humans as slaves and spread terror among them, what these creatures were is not certain. After landing on the world, Mortarion eventually led the citizens of Barbarus in a revolt against the mountain ruler, toppling them before joining with the Emperor.[Needs Citation]
On the surface of Barbarus was the Wall of Memory, where the names of every Space Marine of the Death Guard legion killed during the Great Crusade were carved.[2]
Related Articles
Sources
- 1: Codex: Space Marines (3rd Edition), [Needs Citation]
- 2: The Flight of the Eisenstein (Novel), [Needs Citation]
- 3: The Horus Heresy Book One - Betrayal, pgs. 290-291