Sisk
| Map | Basic Data | Planetary Image | |
|---|---|---|---|
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Name: | Sisk | 
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| Segmentum: | Segmentum Obscurus[1][2] | ||
| Sector: | Calixis Sector[1][2] | ||
| Subsector: | The Periphery[1][2] | ||
| System: | Sisk System[3] | ||
| Population: | |||
| Affiliation: | Imperium[1][2] | ||
| Class: | Feudal World[1][2] | ||
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Sisk is a Feudal World in the Calixis Sector.[1][2]
It is a isolated world, described as a bleak and unforgiving land of windswept moors, brooding forests of malformed trees and foul swamps. The population of the world has a larger than normal mutation rate, leading to mutants with additional joints in arms, legs, hands and feet. This mutation type seems relatively stable and is under investigation if it can be classed as a sanctioned Abhuman strain.[3]
Chaos Influence
The world resonates in the Warp. Several Chaos warbands have seen fit to intervene from time to time, and a handful made the planet their home base in the region. A deep thread of heresy and genetic corruption has poisoned much of Sisk’s population. Many of the mutants lurking in the planet’s mist-ridden highlands have sworn dire oaths to the Dark Gods, and a surprising number of nobles in the Lord Governor’s court have joined them. The Governor, Lord Gavvit, remains mostly unaware of these plots and schemes amongst his own followers, but he has begun to suspect that the “mutant problem” far from his capital is much more severe than anyone truly understands.[4]
A great swamp on the southernmost continent has recently come under the sway of Malaghent, a Chaos Lord who has dedicated himself to the foul embrace of Nurgle. In the burbling depths, a breeding program among mutants, attempts to create a new strain of mutation, capable of spreading his patron’s gifts of plague and filth far and wide. So far, patrols on Sisk are completely unaware of Malaghent’s location, but at least one platoon of Valhallans have gone missing in this area.[4]
See also
Sources
- 1: Black Industries' Calixis Sector: Sisk (saved archive page, dated 3 February 2008, last accessed 9 July 2024)
- 2: Archive - Fantasy Flight Games The Calixis Sector (saved archive page, dated 28 October 2012, last accessed 9 July 2024)
- 3: Only War: Core Rulebook, pg. 340
- 4: Only War: Enemies of the Imperium, pg. 108
