Feral World
A Feral or φλ-class World is a classification given to the most primitive human worlds of the Imperium.[2]
Overview
The populations of feral worlds have long ago regressed to primal savagery, often over very long periods of isolation. The technological level of these worlds remains pre-black powder or even Stone Age. Often the population consists of hunter-gatherer societies using primitive tools and weapons, and in almost all cases human culture is based around the interactions of various tribes, gangs or creeds.[2]
The harsh conditions which feral world populations have adapted to makes them ideal recruitment sources for the Imperial Guard and Adeptus Astartes. Occasionally the inhabitants of feral worlds have been pressed into the Imperial Guard when their world lay inside a war zone, and the chosen warriors been given rudimentary training in the operation of laser or stub-weaponry. It is more common, however, for feral world natives to be selected for the various Adeptus Astartes recruitment programs. Feral world Guardsmen are usually tribal warriors tithed to the Imperial Guard by the elders of their particular clan. They are sometimes trained en masse in vast drill camps or ship holds, whilst others are merely shown a lasgun and trusted to get on with it. Also, there are those instructed by members of their tribe, using rote-learned rites and religious rituals.[1][2]
Like all Imperial worlds, feral worlds are ruled over by a Planetary Governor, although the nature of feral worlds makes this position somewhat different from that of Governorship of planets of other classes. The Governor of a feral world almost always lives apart from the natives, often living in a single city inhabited by outsiders or taking residence in orbit, only interfering to keep psyker and mutant "head counts" down. Religious heresy is also a regular concern on feral worlds, especially amongst warrior-cults; constant vigilance and regular belief-modification enacted by agents of the Ecclesiarchy are a necessity. Governors and permanent staff on such worlds are themselves kept under close scrutiny, in an effort to avoid the phenomenon of "going native", especially in situations where the inhabitants' belief systems have been manipulated into casting the Governor as a "god".[1]
The culture shock associated with interaction with outsiders is an issue on feral worlds. Removing a feral worlder from their planet and exposing them to such things as warp travel can be disconcerting and even result in madness. Feral worlders within the wider Imperium often retain their superstitious and tribal idiosyncrasies, which may prove to be social hindrances, such as an obsession with bones of dead comrades or the mixing and regular application of noxious-smelling war paint. Other habits, such as manic distrust and aversion to 'witchcraft' may be seen as useful and sensible in the Imperium.[1]
The Tithe Grades assigned to feral worlds are low, and are given as Solutio Tertius. The population can range from 100,000 to 5,000,000.[2]
Notable Feral Worlds
Planet name | Segmentum | Sector | Subsector | System | Population | Affilation | Notes |
Aggaros | Obscurus | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Chaos | |
Archipelaga | Ultima | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Imperium | Also - an Ocean World |
Arconar | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Imperium | |
Asturia | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Imperium | |
Baalus Trine | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Imperium | |
Banish | Obscurus | Narasima | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Imperium | Also — Adeptus Astartes Homeworld |
Birmingham | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Imperium | Also — Adeptus Astartes Homeworld |
Blackwater | Ultima | Loki | Unknown | Rynnstar | Unknown | Imperium | Recruitment world of the Crimson Fists Chapter |
Brontotaph | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Imperium | |
Celephace | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Imperium | Also — Desert World |
Chogoris (Mundus Planus) | Ultima | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 10,000,000 | Imperium | Also — Desert World |
Cthonia | Solar | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Approx. 2 Billion (before destruction) | Imperium | Destroyed. Also — former Adeptus Astartes Homeworld |
Cuyavale | Obscurus[3] | Calixis[3] | The Periphery[3] | Unknown | Unknown | Severan Dominate[3] | Also — Forest World[3] |
Cylenia | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown, former Chaos | |
Davin | Ultima | Unknown | Unknown | Davin | Unknown | Imperium | |
Dusk | Obscurus | Calixis | Malfian | Dusk | Unknown | Imperium | |
Dwimlicht | Obscurus | Calixis | Hazeroth Abyss | Unknown | Unknown | Imperium | |
Endrite | Obscurus | Calixis | Drusus Marches | Unknown | Unknown | Imperium | |
Fedrid | Obscurus | Calixis | Markayn Marches | Unknown | Unknown | Imperium | Also — Death World |
Fenris | Obscurus/ Solar |
Unknown | Unknown | Fenris | Unknown | Imperium | |
Forman C2 [Needs Citation] |
Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Imperium | |
Gargathea III | Ultima | Maelstrom Zone | Khymaran Drift | Gargathea | Unknown | Imperium | |
Honourum | Ultima | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Imperium | Also - an Adeptus Astartes Homeworld |
Kanak | Obscurus | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Imperium | Also — Death World |
Khongkotan | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Imperium | |
Kilhaven | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Imperium | Also - Recruitment world for the Black Templars Chapter |
Kimmeria | Ultima | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Imperium | Also - Recruitment world for the Dark Angels Chapter |
Knuthor | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Imperium/Orks | Scoured |
Lacusta | Obscurus | Calixis | Drusus Marches | Unknown | Unknown | Imperium | |
Lilia Mundi | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 4,500,000 (approx.) | Imperium | |
Monrass | Obscurus | Calixis | Drusus Marches | Unknown | Unknown | Imperium | |
Mordriana III | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Mordriana | Unknown | Imperium | Also — Jungle World |
Oran [Needs Citation] |
Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Imperium | |
Patara | Tempestus | Orpheus | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Imperium | |
Posul (former) | Tempestus | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Imperium | Now — Destroyed, also former Adeptus Astartes Homeworld |
Scelus | Obscurus | Cadian | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Imperium | Also — Adeptus Astartes Homeworld |
Skyrro | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Imperium | |
Strank | Obscurus | Calixis | Golgenna Reach | Unknown | Unknown | Imperium | |
Tygress III | Obscurus | Calixis | Drusus Marches | Unknown | Unknown | Imperium | |
Tygress V | Obscurus | Calixis | Drusus Marches | Unknown | Unknown | Imperium | |
Typhon Primaris | Ultima | Korianis | Aurelia | Typhon | 300,000 | Imperium | Now — Dead World, also former Jungle World and recruiting world for the Blood Ravens. |
Unloth | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Imperium | |
Valos Krin | Obscurus | Calixis | Hazeroth Abyss | Unknown | Unknown | Imperium | |
Veridian | Ultima | Ultramar | Unknown | Veridia | Unknown | Imperium | |
Vessor | Obscurus | Scarus | Antimar Subsector | Vessor System | Unknown | Imperium | |
Volonx | Obscurus | Calixis | Adrantis | Unknown | Unknown | Imperium | |
Zaebus Minoris | Tempestus | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Imperium | Also - an Adeptus Astartes Homeworld |
Sources
- 1: Dark Heresy Rulebook, pgs. 14–15
- 2: Warhammer 40,000 3rd Edition Rulebook, pg. 114
- 3: Only War: Enemies of the Imperium, pgs. 14-15 — Cuyavale
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