Verghast
From Lexicanum
Verghast is a Hive World located in the Sabbat Worlds.
Overview
| Map | Basic Data | Planetary Image | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Name: | Verghast | 
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| Segmentum: | Segmentum Pacificus | ||
| Sector: | Sabbat Worlds | ||
| Subsector: | Unknown | ||
| System: | Unknown | ||
| Population: | Unknown | ||
| Affiliation: | Imperium | ||
| Class: | Hive World | ||
| Tithe Grade: | Unknown | ||
The world was at war during the Sabbat Crusade when the taint of Chaos corrupted the hive city of Ferrozoica and attacked Vanick hive and Vervunhive. Verunhive called for reinforcements from the Imperial Guard and Northern Collective Hives to help defend itself from the overwhelming forces of Zoica. The chaos forces all but destroyed Vervunhive during the attack, and after that war it was abandoned. Citizens either went to the Northern Collective hives, the New hives being created near the ruins of Vervunhive, or joined the Imperial Guard. Many people from the Vervunhive Scratch Companies joined the Tanith First and Only regiment.
Battle for Vervunhive
The Tanith landed in the territory of the Northern Collective Hives and were transported into Vervunhive, one of two hives under seige by Zoican Forces. The Tanith took up defensive positions upon the southern side of the hive, manning the walls at times and defending main access gates, such as the Verveyr Rail Gate and the broken section of wall upon the edge of an area outside the city walls, called The Spoil. Early in their deployment, the Tanith witnessed the flashes of nuclear detonations to the north-west, in the direction of Vannick hive. Whilst the hive was protected by a shield encompassing the tops of the walls and the sky above the entire city, the garrisoned forces suffered constant assaults by augmented ground troops in purple armour, with armour support whilst the areas outside the walls suffered intense artillery bombardment, causing many of those in scratch companies to become deaf. Victory came in the final hours when a strike group made up of Tanith, Volpone and Verghast forces struck at Heritor Asphodel's (the Chaos Warlord behind the attack) massive assault crawler in a daring attack, infiltrating through the gun housing and proceeding to the command room, where Commissar Ibram Gaunt duelled the Warlord and survived, barely.
