Editing Victorum Sector (section)

==A History of the Sector==
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| '''Pre-History:'''
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:The [[Eldar]] establish the outpost of Da'gathon within the [[Webway]]. It grows in power and wealth, becoming the principal nexus within the region.
:The '''Hydera System''' goes supernova.
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| '''The Dark Age of Technology:'''
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:The region is colonized by mankind. It is known by many names: The Dacian Reach, Camolann, and The Dragon's Pearls.
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| '''The Age of Strife:'''
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:The [[Dark Eldar]] colonize the ruins of Da'gathon and rename it '''Curghanact, The Hounding Place.''' 
:A faction of human survivors combines ancient nanotechnology, arcane sorceries, and [[Imperial Knight|Knight Engines]] to forge the '''Falx Gladocracy.''' Other human successor states wage wars of survival against the expansionist Gladocracy, including the '''Star-Lords of Poseidon''' and the '''Archons of Babylum'''.
:The '''Mechanicum''' of '''Mars''' sends several expeditions to see if rumors of a technological empire in the galactic South are true; after falling afoul of the Falxians, the ragged survivors of the last such attempt establish the forge world of '''Nilumanen''' and its attendant <span style="font-variant:small-caps">''[[Victorum Sector#Legio Delendum|Legio Delendum]]''</span> within the galactic dust cloud called '''The Cliffs of Roland'''. Faced with an arcane and technological foe, the magi of ''"The Lightless Forge"'' begin to pursue the forbidden doctrine of innovation, beginning with the study of enemy war materiel.
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| '''The Great Crusade:''' 
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:The '''''117th Expeditionary Fleet''''' fights a decade-long campaign against the Falx Gladocracy with the assistance of local powers that are absorbed, to greater and lesser degrees, into the budding Imperium. Such powers include the Star-Lords of Poseidon, the Archons of Babylum, and the '''Cydonian Republic'''.
:Nilumanen becomes an ally of the Crusade forces, though endemic tech-heresy causes conflict with more puritanical Martian forces attached to the fleet. 
:Political infighting and doctrinal conflict between the [[Salamanders]], [[Night Lords]], and [[Death Guard]] detachments assigned to the fleet weakens their effectiveness, and the Crusade suffers a mortal defeat on the ruined tech-world of '''Ixlamad'''. 
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| '''The Horus Heresy:'''
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:The forces of the Imperium desert the region as the events of '''The Horus Heresy''' erupt far to the galactic north. Thinly-held star systems are left vulnerable and native allies are forced to retrench as Imperial Army and Adeptus Astartes units abandon the faltering campaign.
:The Gladocracy, more reliant than ever on their sorcerous technology, attempts to exploit the chaos to regain lost territories. As warp storms consume the Immaterium, however, their efforts are hopeless. Isolated and scattered enclaves become independent tribal states, plunging the Dacian Reach into ever more war and conflict.
:Survivors of the '''Battle of Ixlamad''' defeat the remnants of the Falxians on their world and begin rebuilding. Ixlamad establishes a dualistic government, with power shared between a secular Imperial Governor and an Mechanicum Fabricator. 
:The region is ignored by the Heresy and the wars which follow, though legends speak of the return of the Night Lords and the scattering of Imperial Army forces across the region. War stalks the stars as the remnants of the old empires struggle to regain their lost holdings, and what few space-faring vessels remain become the preserve of legendarily bloodthirsty raider-kings.
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| '''The Time of Rebirth:''' 
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:<span style="font-variant:small-caps">'''Saint Rosella Castor'''</span> rises to power on Babylum. Inspired by legends of the Great Crusade, she defeats the warlords and Falx bloodletters preying on her homeworld and takes to the stars, swearing to free the stars from their bloody tyranny. 
:'''''The Seventh Tempestus Crusade''''' is able to exploit Saint Castor's victories and advance into the Dacian Reach. Several worlds, like Poseidon and Nilumanen, are found to have remained loyal to the Imperium in isolation and are swiftly reincorporated. 
:Saint Castor eventually assumes command of the Crusade forces and conquers the worlds of the ''Grand Trunk Warp Routes'', bringing them into the fold of the Imperium. Survivors flee into the '''Mylas Cloud''' and Cliffs of Roland, never to be seen again.
:The Saint departs, leading the crusade deeper into the frontiers of Segmentum Tempestus. Her blessed remains are returned two centuries later, having conquered more than five hundred stars in the name of the Imperium.
:'''Guanyu''' is founded as the principal forgeworld of the Adeptus Mechanicus in the region, the <span style="font-variant:small-caps">''Legio Evincer''</span> being established as its sword and shield. Nilumanen once more bows to Mars, but are left largely alone to avoid a Mechanicus civil war. Ixlamad survives the reformation of the Adeptus Mechanicus and derives its independence from its deep knowledge of archaic and lost tech-patterns.
:An Enslaver infestation claims the entirety of the proto-hive Rabban upon the world of Geidiheim. After six months of bloodshed and growing psychic turbulence, the Legio Evincer is convinced to Walk upon the hiveworld’s soil and utterly obliterates the tainted city. 12 million souls are sent to the God-Emperor’s side in a single day of fire.
:More than three hundred ships are lost as ruinous tides sweep the Aquillian Way, prompting mass rerouting of shipping routes through the Poseidon Run and Saint’s Way. As a result, the long-neglected hives of Poseidon experience a renaissance and its noble lords begin the reclamation of long-lost holdings throughout the Spinward reaches.
:Saint Castor’s death in the far reaches of the Helicine Trail is the cause of much sorrow. A war of words and assassins is fought between factions of believers, with some of her most precious relics lost amongst the war-wracked worlds of her crusade. It is only when the Archons of Babylum, long-converted to the God-Emperor’s faith, sign the Steel Writ of Allegiance with the Homeodidactic Congress of Guanyu and the warlord princes of the Collar of Castor that the crusaders agree to return the honoured saint’s remains to her birthworld, rather than risk the blockade of crucial supplies of men and materiel.
:The Nilumanen Protectorate, a cluster of minor mining and agri-worlds ruled by the Lightless Forge, is brought to agreement and signs the Steel Writ under the wary gunsights of the Castorite warfleets. 
:The twin-world of Jarlmere is the site of a much-acclaimed visitation by Saint Castor. Under the auspices of the Archon’s Steel Writ, the mining world of Xirang is colonized solely to provide marble, granite, limestone, and other finely-dressed stonework to the newly renamed world of Champion’s Rest.
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| '''The Forging:'''
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:The Rogue Trader Delios Hoslow discovered the mysterious Tenebrous Gates and unlocks a tenuous warp route through the Cliffs of Roland. The Hoslow Dynasty becomes the first to explore and disappear amongst the Abnobian Reaches beyond.
:A combined fleet of Archonate, Castorite, and Nilumanean warships defeats an Ork Waagh of unprecedented size preying upon the fledgling colonies of Poseidon. The Steel Writ’s united forces lay the foundation for the future Battlefleet Victorum.
:The last embers of Saint Castor’s crusade gutter out, and the attentions of mankind turn to consolidating and governing the salient of civilization she claimed amidst the stars of the Segmentum Tempestus.
:Much mauled by the Ork Waaghs sweeping the Imperium, the Sons of the Dragon seek succour with the lords of the Steel Writ. In exchange for pacts of supply and blood, the Sons are enthroned upon the feudal world of Ultima Praxes. Utilizing their extensive knowledge of siegecraft, they fortify the spinward worlds and forge strong bonds with the local defence forces.
:The worlds of the Steel Writ, yet deemed the Victorum Reach, are designated the Victorum Sector by the High Lords of Terra in an Imperium-wide reorganization. Though yet confined to the Avalonus, Babylum, Collar of Castor, and Poseidon Sub-Sectors, it is recognized as a strong and secure outpost of the Imperium in a turbulent frontier. The capital of the new sector is established on Avalonus, a flourishing hive world with strong ties to the many Imperial Adepta. Babylum, which had led the worlds of the Steel Writ, is deprecated as its religious hierarchs are often at odds with those of the Temple of the Saviour Emperor.
:Battlefleet Victorum is officially founded by merging the assets and officers of the various powers of the Steel Writ, thereby defanging the Archons of Babylum and Nilumanen’s ruling Hierarchy of Variances, both of which were regarded as potentially destabilising elements by the ruling powers of the Imperium. However, desperate to avoid a costly civil war, the founding charters retain several prerogatives and perquisites unique to the regional warfleets and sets the pattern for future expansion and integration.
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| '''The Nova Terra Interregnum:'''
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:Exploration beyond the boundaries of the sector lead to the Sons of the Dragon relocating to the mega-continental world of Valotair and forging strong ties with the isolated feral worlds of Moloch Tetrax and Moloch Quintox. Their influence upon the Mylas March is strong and, together with the archaic forgeworld of Ixlamad, they secure the frontier against the continual predation of orks, eldar, and heretics.
:Civil war engulfs the hiveworld of Durandum as multiple Rogue Trader dynasties become embroiled in conflict over the governance of the Aquillian Way. The infamy of the Inquisition is publicly established by the war’s bloody end, when the crucified dynasts are scourged, flayed, and exsanguinated before a multitude of the sector’s great and powerful assembled at the apex of the First Sword of Avalonus.
:As the Nova Terra Interregnum enters its fifth century, Victorum becomes renowned for its strong faith and growing might. The Durandum and Geidi sub-sectors are established to better manage the riches extracted from their worlds, and previously independent defence forces and privateer fleets are integrated into the Imperial Guard and Navy. Much division and bloodshed follow.
:Babylum officially bows to the Temple of the Saviour Emperor, and while some unique aspects of governance and worship are preserved, much of its hierarchy is suborned by Holy Terra. In doing so, the Archons are spared the devastation visited upon other heterodox cults during the Cataclysm of Souls.

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| '''The Reign of Blood:'''
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:The Victorum Sector remains largely loyal to <span style="font-variant:small-caps">'''[[Goge Vandire]]'''</span>, though sporadic and growing rebellions break out across the sector as the millenium passes on. Dark Eldar take advantage of the chaos to begin a fruitful harvest, known as '''The Starlit Reap.'''
:The <span style="font-variant:small-caps">''Gareox Prerogative''</span> and its allies come into conflict with <span style="font-variant:small-caps">''Battlefleet Bakka''</span> and the ''"Big Gun"'' school of Imperial tacticians over control of Imperial Navy procurement plans, shipyards, and naval appointments. Civil war erupts across the Segmentum Tempestus. <span style="font-variant:small-caps">''Battlefleet Victorum''</span> is at the forefront of the conflict, hoping to break Bakka's influence over the Segmentum.
:<span style="font-variant:small-caps">''The Sons of the Dragon''</span> [[Chapter]] of [[Space Marines]] forswear their oaths to the sector's rulers and withdraw in isolation to '''Valotair''', disgusted by the excesses of the sector's Vandiran masters.
:Emboldened, the ruling ketzals of '''Moloch''' declare open allegiance to the <span style="font-variant:small-caps">''[[Sebastian Thor|Confederation of Light]]''</span> and begin a new civil war the engulfs the rim- and spin-ward reaches of the sector. 
:Frateris fleets are destroyed over Valotair and Moloch, taking the greater mass of Gareox-aligned officers down with them. The surviving officers either abandon the Imperium or reconcile with the naval orthodoxy, and defy orders to bombard rebelling worlds.
:Several years after the defeat of Goge Vandire, with communication with Terra still sporadic, the '''Seventh Battle of Avalonus''' sees the Vandiran loyalists overthrown. 
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| '''The Plague of Unbelief:'''
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:The sector's new rulers are barely enthroned when further rebellions break out across the coreward systems. The heretic <span style="font-variant:small-caps">''Cardinal Bucephalus''</span>' influence causes the rebellion of the entire Babylum Sub-Sector, its Ecclesiarchal rulers unwilling to abandon their temporal power.
:The Babylum sub suffers heavily in the '''Thorian Purge''' that follows, leaving dead and forbidden worlds in its wake.
:Forces of <span style="font-variant:small-caps">''Battlefleet Victorum''</span> make their first major excursion in force beyond the Sector since the war of the Gareox Prerogative, aiding the Imperium in reconquering rebellious territories throughout the Galactic South. Their presence is little more than token, however, and much is made from the relatively small contributions of their escort and light cruiser forces.
:''Port Fury'' is established in a stable orbit around the twin-worlds of '''Moloch Tetrax and Moloch Quintox'''. Moloch's rulers are rewarded for their faith with governorship of the newly-established Moloch Sub-Sector.
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| '''Circa 800.M38:'''
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:The <span style="font-variant:small-caps">''Order of the Radiant Spear''</span> is founded. Dedicated to Saint Castor, it serves as protection for the sector's relics, with a special focus on finding and recovering them.
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| '''Circa 380.M39:'''
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:'''The Siege of The Tenebrous Gate''' sees the combined forces of the Imperium, including the sector's preeminent Titan Legions, defeated by a multi-faction Eldar force on the haunted night-world. This defeat leads to the scouring of all life along the worlds of ''Roland's Breach'' and ends exploitation of the systems beyond the Cliffs of Roland for more than a thousand years.
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| '''Circa 500.M40:'''
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:Rogue Trader Ellard von Ragsbeck departs the Victorum Sector, enraged by the taunts of wealthier peers from more storied Houses. Rather than join the feeding frenzy stemming from the exploitation of the systems beyond Gros Pajan, he blazes a path through the then-unpassable Mylas Cloud. In time, he will be canonized as <span style="font-variant:small-caps">'''Saint Ellard the Indignant'''</span>, patron saint of Void Farers, Explorators, and The Lost.
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|'''738.M41-752.M41:'''
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:An '''Inquisition War''' begins as <span style="font-variant:small-caps">'''Lord Inquisitor Qatasoum'''</span> begins moving against Radical inquisitors within the ''Conclave Victorum.'' The war ends only after the last Excommunicate inquisitor is hurled into the plasma fires of '''St. Castor's Fury''', but the distrust and division fatally weaken the conclave. In the shadows of countless worlds, knives are sharpened and vengeance plotted.
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|'''Recent History:'''
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:744.M41: '''The Tech-Suppression of Vellagus X''' sees a once-prosperous agri-world vanish in a burst of arcane energies. Since then, tales circulate of its reappearance throughout The Collar at various times, wailing and forlorn.
:745.M41: '''The First Tyrannic War''' claims one-fifth of Battlefleet Victorum's outsized strength, as many of its active ships are siphoned off to other sectors to make good Imperial Navy losses to [[Hive Fleet Behemoth]]. 
:748.M41: Six capital ships and dozens of escorts are despatched by Battlefleet Victorum to support the Lalladorium Crusade in honour of ancient debts. This further drain on the Navy's strength, particularly of capital ships, leaves the fleet unprepared for the spreading privateer battles and pirate raids that enmesh the Grand Trunks.
:749.M41: The <span style="font-variant:small-caps">'''Kabal of Splintered Lies'''</span> enters the annals of the Victorum Sector, raiding the knight world of '''Zannemann's Seat''' and carrying off a trio of Knight-Engines in chains.
:755.M41: In response to the deteriorating condition of the sector, <span style="font-variant:small-caps">'''Lord-Admiral Tyborius Leo-Khan'''</span> orders the recommissioning of vessels from the reserve fleet. Many surviving designs of the Gareox Prerogative, particularly suitable for anti-piracy and enforcement missions, are slowly restored to functioning condition. The influence of conservative naval leaders is considerably weakened, and tension grows within the ranks of the fleet.
:756.M41: Conflict erupts between the shrineworld of '''Uraniborg''' and the forgeworld of '''Ranatophe''' when <span style="font-variant:small-caps">'''Cardinal Astra Walmark'''</span> denounces <span style="font-variant:small-caps">'''Fabricator Ottomachinus VII'''</span> as a heretic and a traitor. The Tytania Cluster descends into chaos as fanatic zealots assault any tech-priest in sight.
:084759.M41: [[Orks]] attack the star-colonies of '''Canus Line''' in strength not seen in millenia. <span style="font-variant:small-caps">'''Da Mekboss Bork Rad-Eye'''</span> leads multiple Kroozers in a raid of the fragile void habitats and plasma mines, carting off stellar nets, slaves, and the hulks of the Navy squadron guarding them.
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| '''760.M41:'''
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:'''''Present Day'''''
:183760.M41: The Sword-class frigate ''Starflare'' defeats a Dark Eldar raid on a pilgrim convoy transiting through the Moloch Sub-Sector. The kabal's archon, <span style="font-variant:small-caps">'''Ilsierex Star-Eyes'''</span>, is slain by a young lieutenant. Though the remnants flee with hundreds of prisoners, the convoy escapes.
:280760.M41: In response to the increasing xenos incursions of the Moloch Sub, Sector High Command orders a reconnaissance in force of the Mylas Cloud, from whence the Orks came and to where the Dark Eldar seem to have fled. A force of reserve and freshly-raised Guard regiments, and a squadron of newly-reactivated warships, is directed to fortify the world of '''Oxydas 9''' and take the first tentative steps to bringing the region under Imperial dominion. 
:The ''Starflare'' is hastily repaired at Port Fury and leads the first convoy of troopships into '''The Small Worlds''', the fringe of Imperial power adjoining the Mylas Cloud.
:816760.M41: '''The Battle of Oxydas:''' Orks invade the Oxydas system and swiftly overrun the void stations of its lesser worlds. Oxydas 9 is cut off by blockade and psychic disruptions. The Oxydan Defence Force suffers grievous casualties in the weeks afterward.
:848760.M41: The ''Starflare'' convoy enters the Oxydas system.
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