Sabbat Worlds
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| Approximate location of the Sabbat Worlds Cluster[11b] |
The Sabbat Worlds is the name given to a group of star systems along the edge of the Segmentum Pacificus, named in honour of Saint Sabbat.[8f]
Overview
Made up of over 100 star systems[5a][8f] (perhaps as many as a thousand[8g]), 160 of which are inhabited,[11a] the Sabbat Worlds region is subdivided into several discrete territories, most notably the Newfound Trailing Group, the Khan Group, the Cabal Systems, the Carcaradon Cluster, and the Erinyes Group.[Needs Citation]
It is rumoured that the Blood Pact originally came from a system here.[Needs Citation]
History
First annexed for Imperial colonization in M35[8f], the name Sabbat refers to the area's original redeemer, Saint Sabbat.[8b][8f] Sabbat herself was of humble stock. She was born the daughter of a chelon herdsman on the planet Hagia in the mid-35th millennium.[8c][8f] However, one day Sabbat, filled with the spirit of the Emperor, descended from the hills where she lived and embarked on a great crusade across the local galactic region.[8f] For 105 years[8f] she led her army across the stars until she fell on Harkalon.[8d]
By M37 humanity was well established throughout the region, with an estimated population of roughly eighteen trillion and a thriving local infrastructure. However, due to its exposure to the eternal threat of the outer dark along the rim, it was ever disputed. Throughout M38 the region suffered a series of brutal wars and conflicts with the barbaric Archenemy tribes of the Sanguinary Worlds, located further rimwards of the spinward extent of the Sabbat Worlds, and became known as a "troublesome province" to the Administratum.[11a]
Things became vastly worse for the human population during M41, however. A charismatic, brutal Archon rallied the tribes of the Sanguinary Worlds to war, and a series of assaults began trailward into the region. The assault was thought at first to be a return to the conflict of M38, but in the years following 600.M41, it became impossible to ignore the true threat: the ruinous powers had decided to take the whole region.[11a]
The Imperium never intended to abandon the Sabbat Worlds, but the attacking force was underestimated from the beginning, and the defenders stood little chance. The Imperium's resources were also badly stretched, having to deal with eight other major war fronts, most importantly at the Cadian Gate and Abroxis. Some worlds held out for as long as a century, but by 740.M41, the Sabbat Worlds were in the hands of Chaos, and the area was reclassified "unstable/hazardous"; the next year, the Civitas Imperialis was officially suspended, and the sector Governor forced to remove himself from Khan Nobilis to the neighbouring sector.[11a]
Since this time, a Crusade has been launched to free the Sabbat Worlds from the hands of the Archon, and to reclaim this area for the Golden Throne.[2] The Crusade eventually captured the vital Forge World of Urdesh - many considered the crusade effectively over at that point, but following actions in the regions were expected to last many years.[10]
Known Systems and Their Worlds
Other Known Worlds
- Aeskaria[8i]
- Aexe Cardinal[12]
- Alpha Madrigo[12]
- Amad[12]
- Ambold Eleven[5a]
- Amedeo[12]
- Anaximander[9a]
- Anice[12]
- Anjan Mudi[12]
- Anselmo[12]
- Antioch 148[6]
- Aondrift Nova[9a]
- Ariadne[9a]
- Ashek II — Hive World.[8e]
- Belshiir Binary[9a]
- Berulys[12]
- Blackshard[5b]
- Boniface Cardinal[12]
- Bucephalon[5f]
- Caius Innate[9a]
- Caligula[5e]
- Canemara[5a]
- Enothis[9a]
- Ermune — Forge World.[8h]
- Estima[12]
- Formal Prime[2]
- Fornax Aleph[5a]
- Fortis Binary — Forge World.[3a]
- Frenghold[8d]
- Gigar[9a]
- Guspedin — Hive World.[3b]
- Hagia — Feudal World.[8b] Shrine World.[8a]
- Harkalon — The last planet visited by Sabbat on her original Crusade.[8d]
- Hermidan Elandi[12]
- Hisk[4]
- Indrid[2]
- Karkariad — Hive World.[8c]
- Kaskor[12]
- Khan II[12]
- Khan III[12]
- Khan IV[12]
- Khan Nobilis[1b]
- Khan V[9a]
- Krassia — Agri World.[9d]
- Lamacia[6]
- Lamicia[5a]
- Long Halent[2]
- Lurkan[9c]
- Lysander[15]
- Lyubov[12]
- Mirridon[9a]
- Morlond — Fortress World.[8a]
- Monthax[5a]
- Mukesh[12]
- Nacedon[5h]
- Nameth[5b]
- Noor[12]
- Nonimax[6]
- Nuria[12]
- Nuria Minor[12]
- Onscard[2]
- Oscillia IX[8c]
- Pension[12]
- Phantine — Industrial World.[9a][9b]
- Presarius[5a]
- Pyrites[3b]
- Ramillies 268-43[5d]
- Rosangela Sexa[12]
- Rydol[9a]
- San Velabo[12]
- Sapiencia[5i]
- Solypsis — Industrial World.[6][7]
- Spurtis Elipse[5a]
- Sverren[1a]
- Tanith — Dead World. Former Forest World.[5b]
- Tanzina IV[9a]
- Triadem — Death World.[12]
- Triandos[12]
- Tunusk[12]
- Typhon Eight — Ice Moon.[5g]
- Urdesh — Forge World.[9a]
- Unida[12]
- Vandamaar[5j]
- Verghast — Hive World/Industrial World.[6]
- Voltemand[4][5c]
- Zbigniew[12]
Trivia
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Conflicting sources
- The short story A Ghost Return claims that the Sabbat Worlds are located near the rimward edge of Segmentum Pacificus.[2] However, the 9th edition Astra Militarum codex shows the Sabbat Worlds as being near the coreward edge of the Segmentum[10] and this is also supported by the position of Urdesh (a Forge World of the Sabbat Cluster[9a]) being depicted on various maps in the same area.[13][14] It is worth noting, however, that other parts of the Gaunt's Ghosts Novel Series merely say that the Sabbat Worlds are at the "edge" of Segmentum Pacificus, without specifying which edge[5a][8f], so it is possible that the line in A Ghost Return was an error.
See also
Sources
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- 1: The Sabbat Worlds Crusade (Background Book), [Needs Citation]
- 2: A Ghost Return (Short Story) — The Founding (Omnibus)
- 3: First and Only (Novel) — The Founding (Omnibus):
- 4: Of Their Lives in the Ruins of Their Cities (Short Story) — The Founding (Omnibus)
- 5: Ghostmaker (Novel) — The Founding (Omnibus):
- 6: Necropolis (Novel) — The Founding (Omnibus), Epigraph before Chapter One
- 7: GW Online: Community: Campaign: Arming for the Sabbat Crusade (archived page, last accessed via Wayback Machine 27th June 2021)
- 8: Honour Guard (Novel) — The Saint (Omnibus):
- 9: The Guns of Tanith (Novel) — The Saint (Omnibus):
- 10: Codex: Astra Militarum (9th Edition), pg. 28
- 11: The Sabbat Worlds Crusade (Background Book), 2nd Edition
- 12: Tactica Imperialis (Background Book), pg. 27
- 13: Codex: Imperial Knights (6th Edition), pgs. 12-13 — Knight Worlds of the Imperium
- 14: Codex: Skitarii (7th Edition), pgs. 10-11 — Bastions of the Machine God
- 15: Warhammer Community: Interceptor City – Dan Abnett returns to the war-torn skies of Warhammer 40,000 (Saved archive page, dated 1 Oct 2024, last accessed 1 Oct 2024, original link: https://www.warhammer-community.com/en-gb/articles/m9RMooUs/interceptor-city-dan-abnett-returns-to-the-war-torn-skies-of-warhammer-40000/)
