Castellax
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This article is about the Planet; for the War Robot, see Castellan Class Robot. |
Castellax was a Fortress World of the Iron Warriors.
| Map | Basic Data | Planetary Image | |
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Name: | Castellax | 
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| Segmentum: | Unknown | ||
| Sector: | Unknown | ||
| Subsector: | Unknown | ||
| System: | Unknown | ||
| Population: | Unknown | ||
| Affiliation: | Orks, former — Iron Warriors | ||
| Class: | Ork World, former — Fortress World | ||
| Tithe Grade: | None | ||
Previously an Imperial Mining World, this desolate world sat roughly 64AU from its sun. Castellax was rich in promethium and heavy metals, instigating the initial Imperial colonization, but a trait that had also drawn the attention of the Iron Warriors Third Grand Company under Warsmith Andraaz. After seizing the planet, the Third established Castallax as their fiefdom and initiated a savage exploitation of Castellax, draining its oceans and polluting its atmosphere. The planetary populace was enslaved, forced to man infernal factories to produce supplies which were sent as tithes back to Medrengard. Entire generations of slaves were born and died in this hellish environment. To fuel the world, both its factories and and to keep feed the planetary populace, water was extracted from the nearby moon of Impex V while food for the slaves was produced by grinding their dead into a nutritional paste.[1a]
The Iron Warriors' century-long rule on the planet was maintained by a small garrison of Iron Warriors who oversaw the Janissaries and Mamelukes, slave soldiers that enforced Medrengard's will upon the lowest class of slave laborers.[1a]
Notable Locations
- Dirgas — Factory-City[1a]
- Vorago — Factory-City[1c]
- Oramis — Factory-City[1c]
- Witch Wall — A massive imposing defensive line a half kilometer high and stretching for thousands of kilometers, locked within its dungeons captured Psykers sent mental screams through speakers, disrupting enemy forces and preventing psychic assaults.[1b]
- Iron Bastion — The central fortress on Castellax, home to Warsmith Andraaz himself.[1c]
Invasion
Sometime in M41, Castellax eventually fell under a massive Ork invasion by Waaagh! Biglug. After a vicious battle against the Greenskins and a slave rebellion, Warsmith Andraaz was slain and Castellax overrun.[1d]
