Editing Hua Yuan (section)

==Religion==
===Imperial Creed===
The Emperor, of course, is the primary object of worship on Hua Yuan though, due to their long period of cultural isolation, the forms this worship can take is often quite exotic. In the mid and lower sections of the hive, natural light is a non-existent commodity and a concept that inspires awe. Spending their entire lives solely under bright and artificial illumination, the concept of soft or natural light became a religious ideal. For this reason, shrines of the Emperor and his "true light" are frequently built in places without artificial light, either remaining dark and solemn or being lit only by candle light.

Every pious underhiver dreams of someday making a pilgrimage to a rare shrine that finds itself high enough to be exposed to natural light, that they may for a moment glimpse a bit of the Emperor's own divinity for themselves.

===Faith and Fear===
The Ecclesiarchy was among the first Imperial organisations to make contact with Hua Yuan following the end of the warp storms which had isolated the planet. Although their names have long been lost to history, it is known that several priests of the Missionaria Galaxia and a number of Sisters of the Order Sabine were among the first surveyor teams and it is believed that they remained on the planet after the main force returned to the greater Imperium to confirm the rediscovery of the world.

A century and a half after the initial contact, the Bohai Crusade, a joint force of Praetorian Imperial Guard and a large contingent of Sisters of the Order of the Sacred Rose, appeared in orbit around Hua Yuan. Although the Inquisition ordered that the official records of what occurred on Hua Yuan’s surface shortly after the Crusade’s arrival, a number of legends survive from that time in folk tales and songs. “The Final Destruction of the Court of the King in Brass and Gold”, “The charge of the ten thousand Yao Guai” and “The Three Daughters of the Lord of Light” have been recorded, with minor variations, at all levels of the hive and describe apocalyptic battles between good and evil. Among the characters featuring prominently is a man known to the wider Imperium as Saint Matthias the Torchbearer and to the Hua Yuanese simply as 聖, or Shèng.

===The Saint===
According official hagiography, Matthias Ricco was born on Espandor, a cardinal world in the realm of Ultramar. Raised in the shadow of a great Cathedral among the learned clerics, he was apparently marked for greatness at an early stage, delivering inspiring sermons from the steps to his local church while just a boy. Granted a vision by the Emperor and Roboute Guilliman of a world, he stowed away aboard a pilgrim ship and, after a number of adventures, attracted a large following. His inspired preaching convinced eventually reached the ears of the Sector’s command, who allowed him to lead a crusade to free a world from sin. 

Historical records to support the legends are patchy at best. They indicate that there was, indeed, a Missionary named Matthias Ricco among the soldiers of the Bohai Crusade, although he was probably a Praetorian rather than an Espandor native. He may well have been the first Ecclesiarch of Hua Yuan and have ordered the construction of the Grand Cathedral, but what few records survive seem to indicate that he ruled a mere five years before dying in somewhat mysterious circumstances. Due to the uncertain nature of the records, Matthias' background could be a ploy by Ultramarine forces to have Yuanese pilgrims travel to Espandor, and vice versa.

===Local Faiths===
Like in all things on Hua Yuan, identity plays a large in religion. The local faith is heavily based around ancestor worship with a belief in reincarnation. Souls of particularly enlightened/important people can remain after death to guide the living for a time, while particularly bad people could come back as the mutant animals of the Hive. However, it was often believed that the really bad people would come back as offworlders. There was a distinct emphasis on purity of thought, and  mindful meditation to fend off any potential sin. Unarmed martial arts were also practiced and taught by some indigenous sects, as it was a much more personal and practical alternative to gunplay in the cramped spaces of Hua Yuan, with greatly decreased chance of harming bystanders. Since contact had been reestablished, native religious orders were allowed to continue so long as they follow Imperial creed and acknowledge Emperor as God. Ancient myths of flaming hand punches were co-opted by missionaries so that Imperial figures like St. Ricco would be more accepted by the local populace, and fit in with the established mythos. This suprrisingly ties quite well in with Imperial creed – The Emperor is taught as the Father of mankind, and the sacrifice keeps him from moving onand being reincarnated. The Sororitas on Hua Yuan are seen as direct “daughters of the Emperor”.

The relic trade on Hua Yuan is quite active, considering the amount differing sects and desires to bring prestige to the family. Regular raids turn up multitudes of diverse relics, ranging from legitimate to borderline heretical: The mummified arms and legs of Imperial Saints, blessed weaponry from historic battles, preserved eyes of local heroes so that they can watch over your family, the knuckle bones of supposed dead (sometimes even living) primarchs, and even skin flakes claimed to come from the Emperor himself.

===The Sisters of Battle and the Greater Imperium===
The Grand Cathedral and Sororitas Abbey are built on the cliffs overlooking the main hive, separated by the Harsh atmosphere, but close enough that operations within Hua Yuan are easily performed. The cliffs are carved out into a gigantic aquilla, symbolizing the Imperium’s domain over the Hive. The exclusion and hostility by the natives, and the protection offered by the Sisters of Battle led to a large Imperial district that grew around it, going down the cliff and the surrounding lands. The Cathedral was designed to almost echo labyrinthian Hive, with seemingly endless mazes of dungeons and mausoleums. Members of the Administratum ordered a very large orbital dock be built to allow easy and Imperium controlled access on and off of the planet. As a result, the Cathedral has become quite iconic, as it is the first and last thing seen on the moon (excluding the [[Defense Laser]] and surface-to-orbit missile batteries). This was designed with a more symbolic intent in mind, showing the Imperium’s dominance and power, acting as a reminder to whom the hive belongs to. This also rendered pre existing docks mostly useless, outside of smuggling and black market deals. 

The Sisters are often thought of as the real power behind the Imperium on Hua Yuan. They’re the source of much tension, but are too useful to be ignored. Their brave defence against a Tyranid attack earned them much acclaim within the hive, especially the current Abbess, whose leg was torn off by a raver she beat to death, despite her distaste for her celebrity. Yuanese keep their distance from the sisters, who are viewed with fear and awe. The Yuanese are aware of their destructive capabilities and extreme measures of dealing with mutants and heretics, leading to their presence seen as a bad omen. They’re seen as outsiders who dress weirdly sombre, represent the Imperium and their dominance over Hua Yuan, an Imperial insult to have women lord over them, flaunt their excellent equipment in the faces of the less fortunate, and use dangerous amounts of fire in their purges, causing anxiety over the flames spreading in their cramped hive. Despite this, no one denies their zeal, they’re selfless defence of hostile strangers, aid of the poor and downtrodden, and important and influential relation to the Imperium, just begging for marriage opportunities

“The Imperial Matchmaker” is a de facto head of Famulous on planet, who is deeply entrenched in a very long political game. It can’t really be said whether the Matchmaker gets his power from the Abbess, or the Abbess from the Matchmaker. He has stored extensive archives of lineages and family histories built up over centuries on Hua Yuan, knowing all of the goings on and secrets of each house, no matter how small. He was on the front line of tracking genestealer cultist infiltration in the nobility. He was a proponent of first born recruitment, as he saw it as a means to get proper genetic screening of large cross section of the population. He was also the driving force behind the eldest daughters being the ones able to join the Abbey.

The Sisters are pushing a long game of political and religious dominance, much more blatantly than the Matchmaker. The Yuanese Ecclesiarchy is divided between local and Imperial dominance, and the Abbess wants to mend this rift as soon as possible, annoyed by how stubborn the Gardeners are. The religious theatre of Hua Yuan is engulfed in utter chaos as different factions push their own agendas and plans, undermining and preventing the schemes of others in the process. This state only got worse following the Tyranid attacks. Nobles began buying land and building “vast” new churches and cathedrals instead of houses or industry in war zones. This caused numerous problems, leaving the sisters and sympathetic clergy now much more overstretched than before trying to man all the new stations. It is not an uncommon sight to have small clusters of Sororitas working in a quiet corner of a much larger repurposed floor, alongside Hospitallers performing genescreening in deephive. 

Because the Cathedrals are sponsored by noble houses, they often house relics and Exterminator trophies inside, displaying them to the public. Some have chambers dedicated to the heroes of the Imperial Guard, having their names and accomplishments carved over the entirety of the walls, with the more notable and directly traceable trophies presented in the center. Banners of the Guard forces adorned with purity seals are a common sight in these cathedrals, often of fallen forces, despite the most common being the banner of the 1st.