Editing Avalonus (section)

===Gergenir===
This vast hive sprawls out in the desert like a beached cetacean, following the path of ancient ruins long-since picked clean by the scavenging Explorators of the Adeptus Mechanicus. Still dominated by the Machine-God's influence, '''Hive Gergenir''' is a bastion of technological lore and arcane science, where human life is little more than fuel for the fires of production. Such a regime is unremarkable when compared to hiveworlds like Necromunda or Armageddon, but here the submission of what would have been a paragon of the Machine-God to secular authorities has added an additional layer of religious complexity and feudal obligation.

The labyrinthine warrens of Hive Gergenir are covered in a stark, bone-white plaster that reflects the rays of the desert sun and reduce the strain on cooling units. Unsuitable for etching or carving, the hive blades of Gergenir feature compact and complex chrome murals along their central axis, reducing the essentials of a given blazon to a single shining band along the height of a blade. The white plaster is also the source of the ubiquitous dust found in Hive Gergenir, created through millennia of weathering by the same powerful winds that drive the hive's numerous windmills and provide it nigh-limitless power. As a result, Gergenirians endure daily dust storms depending on the conditions of the microenvironment about a particular blade or manufactory complex, and eschew the exterior environment in favor of sealed forms of mass transit or a bewildering variety of individual transport vehicles. Due to this, native Gergenirians are universally pale-skinned and pale-haired.

The influence of the Adeptus Mechanicus remains strong on the hive, though it is a far cry from the rigid order and technological supremacy of a true forgeworld. The sprawling manufactories of other hives are here concentrated into monolithic forge-fanes, each walled off from the outside world and dominated by Mechanicus factotums serving the Great Houses of Gergenir. Within, imported hive workers labor under a strict timekeeping regime that follows them throughout their life in the Imperial hive. All aspects of daily life are regulated by the production demands of the factory districts, from when trans-tubes run to when cafeterias start serving food. As a result, every adult Gergenirian carriers a watch, clock, or other timekeeping device with them at all times, and a child's first gift is a timepiece. 

*'''The Saint's Procession:''' This transitway precisely bisects Hive Gergenir, splitting it into a north- and south-hive culture that shapes all relations within the hive. Built upon the ancient route of Saint Castor's first march from the landing fields of Exewain, it is both a vital economic artery and the primary means for pilgrims to reach Hive Exewain. At its eastern terminus lies the great port of Dagon's Landing, where pilgrims alight and depart in vaster numbers than anywhere else on the planet. Partly this is due to the high cost of flying to Exewain directly, but Dagon's Landing also affords a wonderful opportunity for travelers to access the rest of Avalonus. The Saint's Procession is also the primary parade ground of Avalonus proper; it is only fitting that triumphant warriors honor the holy Saint by walking in her footsteps, and despite the jealousy of the nobility of Gildwynn, the tradition has never been challenged.