Volg

Volg Hive is arguably the most wretched hive on Fenksworld, a hiveworld in the Josian Reach of the Calixis Sector.^[1]

Located atop an acidic salt-fen, Volg is unusual for a hive-city due to its horizontal rather than vertical growth. Grim-encrusted phosphor-lit domes, corroded gantries, vast moisture-traps, reprocessing plants, waste-biomass recycling reservoirs, and clusters of stilt-supported shantytowns sprawl for hundreds of square kilometers across the surface of Fenksworld like the symptoms of some malignant disease. Ironically, it provides the majority of fresh water and protein nourishment to the rest of Fenksworld.^[1]

Originally founded as a place to exile the Josian Reach's vilest criminals, it has since swelled to tens of millions as generations have come and gone despite the foul conditions. While people are still exiled to Volg ("clean meat," as the locals call new inmates), the freeborn descendants of exiles are free to leave, but simply surviving is a daily struggle, let alone escape (assuming they could ever afford it). Life in Volg is nasty, brutal and short. For Volgites, mutation is common and violence is the only rule of law. Few death worlds breed hardier or more ruthless fighters those who survive Volg.^[1]

Sources

• 1: Dark Heresy: The Inquisitor's Handbook, pg. 119