Scandian
The Scandians were a techno-barbarian faction on Terra during the Unification Wars. They came from the Northern parts of the Europa continent.
As the wars went on, more and more corners of the globe bowed to the Emperor and the Imperial Truth, either willingly or by force. By the mid-600s.M30, after the Battle of Gaduaré, all large-scale organized resistance to the growing Imperium of Man had been absorbed or utterly destroyed. The few exceptions were the Scandians, who had plagued isolated and outlying settlements across Europa for some time.[2]
They were known to be brutal, vicious plunderers; an example was when they raided the Olathaire estate in Franc. Taking the family prisoner, they killed the second son and tortured the aging patron by violating his wife and daughter in front of him until he would divulge the location of his treasures. However, Olithaire had a heart attack and died, so the rest of the family was killed, the estate was destroyed, and all was left to rot. The sole survivor, the family's firstborn son Uriah Olathaire, had been away and returned to find only his family's remains, his home in ruins, and only a few keepsakes.[1]
Sometime later, all attempts to force the Scandians to accept unification had failed, and they were utterly annihilated. They were one of, if not the last, vestiges of Terran resistance.[1]
Trivia
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- The Scandians likely reference Scandinavia, a subset of Northern Europe encompassing Denmark, Sweden, and Norway, whose people were famed raiders of other parts of Europe during the historic Viking era.
Sources
- 1: The Last Church (Short Story)
- 2: Horusheresy.com Galaxy Timeline (last accessed 2/6/2022)
