Athonos
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Name: | Athonos | ||
Segmentum: | Segmentum Tempestus[1a] | ||
Sector: | Unknown | ||
Subsector: | Unknown | ||
System: | Unknown | ||
Population: | Unknown | ||
Affiliation: | Imperium[1a], formerly Necron[2] | ||
Class: | Civilized World[1a], former Necron Tomb World[2] | ||
Tithe Grade: | Unknown |
Athonos is an Imperial Civilized World.[1a]
Overview
Governance of Athonos is vied for by dozens of rival families. The resultant gang warfare - fought in the streets and sewers of the hydroponic gardens - is brutal and unending. It is most well known for the regiments it raises for the Imperial Guard, the Athonian Tunnel Rats.[1b]
Athonos is a shadow-shrouded world that was unknowingly built upon the resting place of the Necron Pirate King, Thaszar the Invincible. This ended in late M41, when Thaszar awoke from his Great Sleep and moved his colossal Tomb Ship from beneath Athonos' surface. The resulting destruction caused from its reemergence levelled Athonos' capital, though the Necrons left the rest of the world relatively unscathed. The luck of Athonos' population further held when Thaszar did not realize they were sentient beings and left for the void, stopping only to destroy a holo-stealthed Eldar listening post that was stationed in the world's orbit.[2]
See also
Sources
- 1: Warhammer 40,000 5th Edition Rulebook
- 2: Codex: Necrons (8th Edition), pg. 29 — A New Epoch Begins: The Triumphant Return of Thaszar the Invincible