Magog System
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The Magog System was a Chaos controlled star system of the Charon Stars near the Hadex Anomaly in the Jericho Reach, Ultima Segmentum.[1a][2a]
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Description
Magog was a binary pulsar system, with a radiation swept storm zone.[2a] It had only one inhabitable planet, also called Magog.[1a]
After the Hadex Anomaly manifested, the Magog System was drawn into and exited from the Anomaly countless times, as the Anomaly expanded and receded.[1a] While in the Anomaly, its stars glowed with a sickly red light. This glow stopped when they left the Anomaly.[1b] The area was the subject of Warp instability.[1a]
History
Before the Hadex Anomaly manifested in 656.M40, the Magog System was under the control of the Imperium.[1a][1c]
At the start of the Achilus Crusade's Acheros Salient, Imperial forces suffered heavy losses, the worst of which was the loss of the Storm Wardens' Battle Barge Warchilde, which was left as a hulk drifting in orbit within the Magog System's storm zone.[2a]
During the Achilus Crusade, the Magog System was extensively defended by Chaos forces. It was considered virtually impenetrable by Imperial forces without drawing Chaos forces away from the System, or substantially increasing the manpower and resources of the Acheros Salient. Very few of the Imperial craft sent to scout it returned, a result of both the area's Warp instability, and the dark fleets reported by those that returned.[1a]
There were numerous reports of Chaos Space Marines active in, or moving towards the Magog System.[1a] One of the two Word Bearers Hosts in the Jericho Reach during the Crusade was identified by the presence of their Desolator Battleship Dark Chorus in the Magog System.[1d] Chaos Space Marine vessels bearing the markings of the warband The Pyre were also seen in the Magog and Vanity Systems, along with Company sized deployments of Pyre forces. Their vessels may have been shared with their allies.[1e]
A group from the Knights of Blood operated on the outskirts of the Magog System during the Crusade. Imperial forces incorrectly reported them as a Traitor Legion force, and a Deathwatch Kill-Team was despatched to intercept. They arrived at the Magog System, and identified the group as being the Knights of Blood, but before they could decide how to respond, a nearby Imperial outpost was attacked by Chaos forces, and the Knights of Blood went to aid the Imperial forces.[3]
Known Planets
- Magog, once an Imperial Agri World, became a Chaos Fortress World, possibly orbited by a Blackstone Fortress[1a][2b]
Sources
- 1: Deathwatch: The Achilus Assault
- 1a: Chapter IV: The Acheros Salient, The Charon Stars, pg. 76
- 1b: Chapter IV: The Acheros Salient, The Charon Stars, pg. 75
- 1c: Chapter IV: The Acheros Salient, The Charon Stars, pg. 81
- 1d: Chapter IV: The Acheros Salient, The Charon Stars, pg. 79
- 1e: Chapter IV: The Acheros Salient, The Charon Stars, pg. 78
- 2: Deathwatch Core Rulebook
- 3: Deathwatch: Rites of Battle, Chapter I: Deathwatch Origins, Blood Angels Successors, pg. 65
