Rynn's World
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Planet Summary
| Map | Basic Data | Planetary Image | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Name: | Rynn's World | 
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| Segmentum: | Ultima | ||
| Sector: | Loki | ||
| Subsector: | Unknown | ||
| System: | Rynnstar System | ||
| Population: | Unknown | ||
| Affiliation: | Imperium | ||
| Class: | Agri World | ||
| Tithe Grade: | Aptus Non | ||
Rynn's World is an Imperial agri-world. Most notably it is the base and homeworld to the Crimson Fists Space Marines chapter. The planet is sparsely populated, mountainous, and devoted to intensive agriculture. Due to its distance from other Imperial worlds and its proximity to Ork-controlled space, it is somewhat isolated from the rest of Imperium, the closest neighbouring human planet being Badlanding. The Crimson Fists' fortress-monastery has stood on Rynn's World for over a thousand years.
Though serving as the chapter's base, the world is not owned by the Crimson Fists, and has its own planetary governor. Before a devastating invasion by Orks, the planet was protected by a formidable missile defence system, designed to deter invaders.
Rynn's World is located in the Loki sector of the galaxy, galactically southeast of Terra. Unfortunately, Rynn's World is not so far from the Ork empire of Charadon.
As the Ork empire grew, Rynn's World began to present a tempting target to Charadon's ruler, Snagrod the Arch-arsonist. The planet was finally invaded in 989.M41 by Charadonian Orks under the orders of Snagrod. In a freak accident, the Crimson Fist's fortress-monastery was destroyed in the initial invasion by the chapter's own rogue defence missile and the chapter all but wiped out. Without the protection of the Crimson Fists, the humans were quickly slain, and their settlements, with the exception of New Rynn City, the planet's capital, completely overrun.1,2
Rynn's World was eventually liberated, although it took years of fighting to reconquer the worlds in Loki Sector under Ork domination.3
Related articles
Sources
- 1 Warhammer 40,000: Rogue Trader
- 2 White Dwarf 94, Skirmish on Rynn's World: The Battle of Jadeberry Hill
- 3 White Dwarf 287(us) Index Astartes: Bloodied Fist. The Crimson Fists Space Marine Chapter. by Andy Hoare
- 4 White Dwarf 235, Bloodied Fist, The Rynn's World Incident
