Editing Icelus (section)

==The Gilliflower==
The sweet Mother-of-the-evening rises from the sun-parched earth in small patches where the harsh pollutants of Icelus are sparse. Her soft graces are coveted by young aspirants; lives are taken in her name, fortunes spent for the sake of her delicate beauty. As sought after as the position she represents with the Emperor's Nightmare, the softly mottled purple-and-white flower holds young men in thrall, a thing of singular beauty amongst desolation and monotonous wastes.

Though she is the heart and soul of Icelus and its warriors, she is from Terra. Like her protectors, she is a conqueror, as sensual and frail as they are devoted and fierce. She is the Emperor's justice, unbearably beautiful, righteous and radiant, visited on the galaxy; where she grows, the Imperium flourishes. Adit Aurora Alata Ardens, fair Nightmother. Stand sentinel, sleepless, 'til the blazing sun.