Editing Ghoul Stars (section)

===Overview===
The Ghoul Stars are a far-flung region of space in [[Warhammer 40,000]], located on the northeast fringes of the galaxy, beyond the Ultima Segmentum. The Stars are so far out, in fact, that the light of the Astronomican barely reaches them, meaning that Warp travel in the region is dangerous at best and suicidal at worst. It is also one of the most fucked up places in the galaxy, even by 40k standards. Before the Age of Strife, the Ghoul Stars were home to many human-populated worlds, but some unknown catastrophe (possibly the [[Khrave]]) appears to have scoured all these planets of life, leaving behind an unusually large number of Dead Worlds. [[Slaugth|Many]] [[Khrave|horrendous]] [[xenos]] species inhabit the Ghoul Stars, including creatures with powers that defy even the already bent rules of reality that 40k operates under. The Imperium at large considers the region to be such a dangerous place that it has an [[Death Spectres|entire chapter of Space Marines]] ''and'' a [[Deathwatch]] garrison dedicated solely to guarding the border between them and the rest of the galaxy. This is entirely justified, as the Ghoul Stars have produced several major threats to the Imperium over the millennia. Something called the '''Pale Wasting''' (most likely related to the aforementioned ugly Xenos) emerged from the Stars during the [[Nova Terra Interregnum]] of the 34th Millennium and destroyed entire sectors and ''ELEVEN'' [[Space Marine Chapter|Space Marine Chapters]] before being defeated. The [[Novamarines]] participated in this campaign, but their histories make no mention of it. Let that sink in. An [[Ultramarines]] SUCCESSOR chapter fought here, and there are no Matt Wardian celebratory slaps on the back for the Novamarines. That's how brutal it was. In 977.M41, a [[Tyranid]] splinter fleet, horribly warped by its passage through the Ghoul Stars, attacked the Sentinel World Orask and were only beaten back by a stubborn defense, shored up by a company of [[Red Talons]] and a [[Titan (Warhammer 40,000)|Titan]] maniple from the Legio Magna. Just before the Third War for [[Armageddon]] in 998.M41, the [[Black Templars]] declared a crusade against the xenos species known as the Cythor Fiends, and were able to nearly exterminate the xenos entirely. However, when they reached the Fiends' homeworld, they found it completely deserted. Before they could investigate further, they were called to Armageddon to help in the battle against [[Ghazghkull Mag Uruk Thraka]]. In M42 the Black Templars Oparian Crusade disappeared into the Ghoul Stars, though many believe they still continue fighting onward.