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Shrine World
From Warhammer 40k - Lexicanum
Shrine Worlds are Imperial worlds devoted to a Saint of the Imperium and are often named in their honour. These worlds are ruled directly by the Adeptus Ministorum and attract huge amounts of pilgrims from all over the Imperium. There are also the dark mirrors to these places of Imperial devotion - fallen worlds where the inhabitants offer up ceaseless prayer to the Dark Gods. These places of obscene sacrifices and bloody rites are not suffered continued existence for long.[2] Most shrine worlds usually fall into another category - for example, Hagia is an agri world while, Herodor is a Hive World. They have a strong relationship with the saint in question, such as being the world of his or her birth or martyrdom.[Needs Citation]
Notable Shrine Worlds
Planet name | Segmentum | Sector | Subsector | System | Affiliation | Population | Notes |
Almarit (former) | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Chaos/Khorne, former Imperium | Unknown | Now - Daemon World, former Fortress World |
Arthas Moloch (former) | Ultima Segmentum | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Tau Empire | Unknown | Now - Tau World. Also - Artefact World |
Autega | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Imperium | Unknown | Also - Death World |
Bekrin (former) | Ultima Segmentum | Jericho Reach | Unknown | Unknown | Imperium | None | Now - Dead World |
Belatis IV | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Imperium | Unknown | Also - Ice World |
Drusus Shrine World | Segmentum Obscurus | Calixis Sector | Drusus Marches | Unknown | Imperium | Unknown | |
Emiline's Hope | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Yerena System | Imperium | Unknown | |
Eydolim | Ultima Segmentum | Charadon Sector | Unknown | Eydolim System | Imperium | Unknown | |
Gundora | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Tratoll System | Imperium | Unknown | Also - War World |
Hagia | Segmentum Pacificus | Sabbat Worlds | Unknown | Unknown | Imperium | Unknown | Also - Agri World |
Idyll[1] | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Imperium | Unknown | |
Innocence III | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Imperium | Unknown | |
Jakal II | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Imperium | Unknown | |
Jonah's World (former) | Segmentum Obscurus | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Imperium | Unknown | Now - Dead World |
Kathur | Segmentum Obscurus | Scarus Sector | Unknown | Unknown | Imperium | Few (resettling) | |
Lucid Prime | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Imperium | Unknown | |
Maccabeus Quintus | Segmentum Obscurus | Calixis Sector | Drusus Marches | Maccabeus System | Imperium | Unknown | |
Macharia | Segmentum Pacificus | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Imperium | Unknown | |
Magdelene IX (former) | Segmentum Tempestus | Forsarr Sector | Unknown | Kastorel System | Imperium | Unknown | Now - Ork World |
Mithron | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Imperium | Unknown | |
Ophelia VII | Segmentum Tempestus | Unknown | Unknown | Ophelia system | Imperium | Unknown | Also - Cardinal World, Forge World |
Piety (former) | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown, former Daemon, former Imperium | Unknown | Now - Dead World, also former Daemon World |
Piety of Seth | Segmentum Obscurus | Calixis Sector | Adrantis Subsector | Unknown | Imperium | Unknown | |
Rhorsch | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Imperium | Unknown | Also - Jungle World |
Saint Theresta | Ultima Segmentum | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Imperium | Unknown | |
Saint Tylus | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Imperium | Unknown | |
Salamantis VI | Segmentum Tempestus | Aesir Sector | Unknown | Salamantis System | Imperium | Unknown | |
Sanctia (former) | Segmentum Obscurus | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Imperium | None | Current status unknown |
Sanctus Lys | Unknown | Palatine Sector | Unknown | Unknown | Imperium | Unknown | |
Sarius V | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Imperium | Unknown | Also - Desert World |
Sacaellum[3] | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Imperium | Unknown | Black Templars fought there with various enemies |
Valon Urr | Segmentum Obscurus | Calixis Sector | Golgenna Reach | Unknown | Imperium | Unknown | |
Veneris | Segmentum Obscurus | Calixis Sector | Drusus Marches | Unknown | Imperium | Unknown | |
Vulgate | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Imperium | Unknown | Subject of a Daemonic invasion. See - Deliverance of Vulgate |
Sources
- 1: Codex: Khorne Daemonkin (7th Edition), Slaughter Without End
- 2: Fantasy Flight Games materials (saved archive page, dated September 2013, last accessed 23 January 2016)
- 3: FFG Teaser for "The Final Gambit", supplement for Conquest Card Game (last accessed 8 May 2016)
Uncited
- Honour Guard (Novel) by Dan Abnett, [Needs Citation]
- Sabbat Martyr (Novel) by Dan Abnett, [Needs Citation]