Etiamnun III
| Map | Basic Data | Planetary Image | |
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  Etiamnun III |
Name: | Etiamnun III | 
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| Segmentum: | Ultima Segmentum | ||
| Sector: | Unknown | ||
| System: | Unknown | ||
| Population: | Unknown | ||
| Affiliation: | Imperium | ||
| Class: | Unknown | ||
| Tithe Grade: | Unknown | ||
Etiamnun III is a barren[1] and airless[3] world notable only for being the site of an Imperial Reclusiam that was attacked and sacked by a warband of the Thousand Sons Chaos Space Marines.[1]
History
Located in the Eastern Fringe, Etiamnun was reputedly gifted to the Imperium by the Eldar of Altansar Craftworld. The Reclusiam built there was only ever sparsely staffed by Imperial scholars, but was significant in that not only did it contain an inert Webway Gate, it was also under the covert protection of the Order Psykana of the Blood Ravens Adeptus Astartes. Aside from this compact, the Reclusiam had no particular defensive capabilities, instead relying on secrecy and obscurity.[1] This strategy proved flawed when the existence of Etiamnun III was discovered by Ahzek Ahriman of the Thousand Sons. As part of his grand design to enter the Black Library of Chaos, Ahriman dispatched a warband under the command of the Sorceror Mordant Hex to conquer the Etiamnun Reclusiam.[2]
Hex was able to gain dominion over the Reclusiam easily,[1] his Six-Cursed opened the shelters to the cold vacuum of the planet's surface, throwing out the inhabitants to certain death and remorselessly massacring those who tried to hide.[3] Then Hex secured the Webway Gate, allowing the Thousand Sons to penetrate that Eldar domain. By the time a relief force despatched by the Order Psykana arrived at the Reclusiam, the traitor marines were long gone; the only trace of their presence a discarded copy of the Tome of Karebennian, an Eldar text that is reputed to be a guidebook of sorts to various Webway routes that lead to the Black Library.[1]
See also
Sources
- 1: Dawn of War: Tempest — Blood Ravens: The Dawn of War Omnibus, Chapter Ten: Contestation, pgs. 719–721
- 2: Atlas Infernal (Novel), Interregna #3
- 3: Codex: Thousand Sons (8th Edition), pg. 28 — The Sacking of the Etiamnun Reclusiam
