Chaos Pact Lore

[Festerruman Sachiel]

OUT OF CHARACTER INFORMATION

• Intent: To create a homeworld for the Chaos Pact which will be central to major plotlines regarding this army.
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• Canon: N/A
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GENERAL INFORMATION

• Planet Name: Herodor
• Demonym: Herodorian
• Region: Outer Rim Territories
• System Name: Adam's Reach
• System Features: [ Here you may list suns, moons, other planets, important asteroid belts, spatial anomalies, or other features of the star system. You may also include orbital position, rotational period (length of day), and orbital period (days in a year) in this section. if you have submitted Astronomical Objects for this system, you may link them here, and if you would like to expand on the system in more detail, you may use that template to do it at your leisure. ]
• Location: [ This can be a screenshot of the hex from the map with a marker, or you can say that it is located "in X planet's hex" and give a general description of positioning. If you intend to add this planet to the Chaos Map please review the rules thoroughly.]
• Major Imports:
  • Durasteel
  • Foodstuff
• Major Exports:
  • Soldiers
  • Vehicles of War for both ground, air, and void
  • Ammunition
  • Weapons
  • Labor
  • Bodies
• Unexploited Resources: [ Does this planet have resources that are not yet utilized by the population? Common materials and ores should just be listed (Ex. Durasteel ore), while anything special or rare should be linked. ]

GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION

• Gravity: Standard
• Climate: Polluted
• Primary Terrain: blasted toxic-filled wasteland and lifeless mountains.
• Atmosphere: Type III

LOCATION INFORMATION

• Capital City: The Bastion of Babel
• Planetary Features: [ What are interesting artificial features of the planet? Ruins, interconnected cities, floating urban platforms. This field is used to sketch out artificial features, adding RP opportunities, but without the need for specific details like in the major locations field. You can also include if the planet is primarily Wild, Rural, Suburban, Urban, or a Mix. ]
• Major Locations: [ What are the major locations on your world? Include an explanation on each. ]
• Force Nexus (Optional): [ If you wish to add a Force nexus (light, neutral, or dark), you are required to justify it through your submission and history. ]
• Intent: [ Provide the reasoning and motive for this force nexus. A request for a force nexus may be denied on this premise alone. ]
• Nexus Name: [ Name of the nexus if applicable. ]
• Nexus Alignment: [ Light, Dark, Neutral, Other (explain). ]
• Size: [ Small (A small location on a world much like a grove or oasis. Ex. Dark Grove), Medium (A moderately sized area, large compounds, lake, etc Ex. Great Temple), Large (A location that spans a large area, a valley, mountain ranges, etc. Ex. Valley of the Jedi). Planetary (Influences everything on the planet. Ex. Byss). ]
• Strength: [ How strong is the Nexus? How much influence does it exert on those near it? Weaker nexus are easier to overlook, while stronger ones are impossible to miss. Stronger Nexus will be more closely scrutinized for balance and fairness during judging. Choose one: Weak (A weak influence on the area and the people on it. A fragile nexus that can potentially be altered by people or events, i.e. a lightside nexus could be corrupted by atrocity or a dark side nexus cleansed by the actions of a mass of Jedi.), Moderate (A moderate influence on the area and the people on it. Could be altered with a great enough event.), Strong (A strong influence on the area and the people on it. Powerful enough to be renewed in the event of a great cataclysm, and unlikely to be altered.) ]
• Accessibility: [ For Small, Medium, or Large Nexus only. Describe logistical information on how easy it is to find/access this location. Is it hidden? Is it isolated from society or is it in the middle of civilization? Is it guarded? Open to the public or private access only? Keep in mind that the Strength of the Nexus above must be reflected in this field. ]
• Effects: [ What sort of effects does this Nexus confer? An aura of fear? Reinvigorating those on the world? Perhaps it induced tricks of the mind, to test the visitors. These effects can be positive, neutral, or negative, and should reflect the nature and history of the Nexus. ]

POPULATION

• Native Species: Humans
• Immigrated Species:
• Population: Crowded - 100 Billion
• Demographics: [ Please describe the population assortment found on this planet. Is it primarily human inhabitants with only a small percentage of aliens? Or perhaps the other way around? Is this a place open to all kinds of races or is there a strong theme of racism and xenophobia? Specific race percentages are welcome but not required. ]
• Primary Languages: Herodian, Basic
• Culture:
  
  Herodor is a planet of organized insanity, of endless war-enforced peace, of hypocrisy, and contradiction. The population in its entirety has been brainwashed over centuries to worship Khaos, an apocalyptic death cult that seeks to spread so much death and destruction throughout the Galaxy that reality eventually breaks so that their twisted God can enter real space. Fanatical does not even begin to describe the lengths the average Herodorian is willing to go. They work themselves to death with glee as they breathe in the toxic fumes of the great Cathedral-Factorums or willingly throw themselves into the firing slits of enemy bunkers because even though the suffering they experience in life is unimaginable, it is nothing compared to the paradise that Khaos will grant to His followers in Paradise.
  
  There are no luxury or consumer goods on Herodor, there is no need for such and thing.

GOVERNMENT & ECONOMY

• Government: Theocratic Dictatorsip
• Affiliation: The Sith Order
• Wealth: Wealthy. Describe, briefly, why. ]
• Stability: High. Are there major issues causing unrest? Is this a planet of chaos or one of peaceful law-abiding citizens? Is it dangerous for travellers to visit or are you safe as an outsider? Describe the general feel and theme of any overarching government or rulers/leaders in this city. ]
• Freedom & Oppression: [ Describe the atmosphere of freedom on this planet. Are the people fairly free or is oppression of society and commerce heavy? Does it have a dictatorial ruler? Is fear of the ruling body prevalent? Relaxed and open? Is anything unusual illegal or permitted? ]

MILITARY & TECHNOLOGY

• Military: Herodor is not a planet with an army. It is an army with a planet. Every single soul and industry has been thrown into the furnace of war to forge an army quite unlike anything the Galaxy has seen for a long while. An estimated
  
  
  
  
• Technology: [ A description of how technologically advanced the planet is relative to the galaxy. If there is nothing of note, simply put 'Galactic Standard'. ]

HISTORICAL INFORMATION

As a result of the sudden and unexpected severing from all of the surrounding worlds, Herodor fell into anarchy the moment the supply ships stopped coming in. A once vibrant and technologically advanced society turned on each other as resources began to run dry. First panic and general disorder gripped the population then food then riots, resource hoarding, and finally complete anarchy. The planet-wide unified government shattered into tribalistic factions that battled each other over what little was left. Wars raged and resulted in the massive use of biological, chemical, and thermonuclear weapons of mass destruction that killed billions and forever scarred the sacred landscape of the proud world. Gone were the massive cities that covered sub-continents, left only moldering ruins, testaments to how great Herodor had once been. Gone were the massive seas, most dried up by the starving population or so forever radiated that all life had died. Gone was the memory of their Empire, forever.

They had turned their entire world into a post-apocalyptic wasteland, a living hell for all still left alive. The only fortunate ones were the dead.

After the initial resource wars had ended after four hundred years of constant war, fought by descendants that could barely comprehend why they were fighting it in the first place, the planet fell into relative peace. Not because everyone had come to their senses and decided that the entire thing was pointless, but rather because the factions left simply did not have the strength to wage large-scale wars. A population that had once been in the tens of billions had been reduced to only a few hundred million, forever wandering the desolate waste of Herodor.

Wars still raged across the planet, led by nomadic feudal tribes that wandered the irradiated wastelands. Petty empires rose and disintegrated; tribes formed, were destroyed, and re-formed as diminishing, brutalized shadows of lost glories and forgotten triumphs.

Until Warmaster Festerruman Sachiel appeared, a shepherd boy turned great tribal chieftain, with his Thirteen Twelve Apostles. This Warmaster proclaimed himself the prophet of the God of Herodor, Khaos, and began a century-long brutal conquest of Herodor in a time that would become known as the Unification Crusade. Sachiel waged a terrible Holy War that engulfed the entire planet with a great host called The Chaos Pact. Battles that would have shaken the Galaxy, with hundreds of millions of soldiers on both sides, became commonplace.