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	The ruling caste on Caliban were those who knew the secrets of how to construct and build the great walled fortresses. The secret knowledge was born from hidden STC's that they jealously guarded.		The ruling caste on Caliban were those who knew the secrets of how to construct and build the great walled fortresses. The secret knowledge was born from hidden STC's that they jealously guarded.

	What people didn't know was the planet's proximity (in a galactic sense) to the [[Eye of Terror]] had left the planet Warp-tainted, resulting in various [[Chaos]] [[mutant]]s known as [[Dwarf Fortress\|"Great Beasts"]]. And thanks to Battlefleet Gothic Armada 2, we now also have some better idea of just how close Caliban actually was to the Eye of Terror, with the answer being disturbingly close indeed; insofar as the term can be applied to galactic distances, the Caliban and [[Eye of Terror\|Eidolan]] systems are practically next door neighbors, which is like having a leprous pedophile Joseph Stalin one apartment down from yours. Certainly goes a long way to explaining the infusion of warp and/or chaos [and the distinction is an important one] taint on the world, which always seemed to act as if a chemical pollutant or harmful radiation flowing downstream and contaminating the wildlife. The Great Beasts of Caliban were chimerical monsters, combining the worst aspects of several different species of animal into one foul body. Each great beast of Caliban was as different from its fellows as a sword is different from a lance. Each creature represented the only example of its kind, a species of one. Their diversity was extraordinary. An individual beast might appear to be modeled after a reptile, or a mammal, or an insect, or else combine the features of all of them taken together in chaotic collaboration. One might attack with tooth and claw, another with beak and tentacle, another using horns and hooves, while yet another might spit corrosive poison or bleed acid in place of blood. If they had one dominant feature, it was that every one of them appeared to be crafted directly from the stuff of nightmares.		What people didn't know was the planet's proximity (in a galactic sense) to the [[Eye of Terror]] had left the planet Warp-tainted, resulting in various [[Chaos]] [[mutant]]s known as [[Dwarf Fortress\|"Great Beasts"]]. And thanks to Battlefleet Gothic Armada 2, we now also have some better idea of just how close Caliban actually was to the Eye of Terror, with the answer being disturbingly close indeed; insofar as the term can be applied to galactic distances, the Caliban and [[Eye of Terror\|Eidolan]] systems are practically next door neighbors, which is like having a leprous pedophile Joseph Stalin one apartment down from yours. Certainly goes a long way to explaining the infusion of warp and/or chaos [and the distinction is an important one] taint on the world, which always seemed to act as if a chemical pollutant or harmful radiation flowing downstream and contaminating the wildlife. The Great Beasts of Caliban were chimerical monsters, combining the worst aspects of several different species of animal into one foul body. Each great beast of Caliban was as different from its fellows as a sword is different from a lance. Each creature represented the only example of its kind, a species of one. Their diversity was extraordinary. An individual beast might appear to be modeled after a reptile, or a mammal, or an insect, or else combine the features of all of them taken together in chaotic collaboration. One might attack with tooth and claw, another with beak and tentacle, another using horns and hooves, while yet another might spit corrosive poison or bleed acid in place of blood. If they had one dominant feature, it was that every one of them appeared to be crafted directly from the stuff of nightmares.

1d4chan>Kirbanzo: /* A Second Caliban? */

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A Second Caliban?

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	Of course, leaving his lackeys behind to force mass interrogations bought the Arkifane enough time to study his loot and use his techno-sorcery to reassemble the planet from its remaining bits and pieces, turning it into the Daemon World '''Wyrmwood'''. As it turns out, the planet was manufactured by the Old Ones and was made to build and expand the Webway (confirmed theory, bitches!) and now it's under Vashtorr's control.		Of course, leaving his lackeys behind to force mass interrogations bought the Arkifane enough time to study his loot and use his techno-sorcery to reassemble the planet from its remaining bits and pieces, turning it into the Daemon World '''Wyrmwood'''. As it turns out, the planet was manufactured by the Old Ones and was made to build and expand the Webway (confirmed theory, bitches!) and now it's under Vashtorr's control.

	Needless to say, the Dark Angels are less than pleased by this act of desecration.		Needless to say, the Dark Angels are less than pleased by this act of desecration, so now Vashtorr is trying to run like a pussy through the Webway with his prize, hopefully to find a vault that he can use to complete his plans for godhood.

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1d4chan>Kirbanzo: /* A Second Caliban? */

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A Second Caliban?

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	More recently, [[Vashtorr]] raided the Rock with his legions of tech-cultists as part of his [[Ark of Omen\|Arks of Omen]] operation, all searching for some key. The moment he did find the key, he immediately fell back and left his goons to dry.		More recently, [[Vashtorr]] raided the Rock with his legions of tech-cultists as part of his [[Ark of Omen\|Arks of Omen]] operation, all searching for some key. The moment he did find the key, he immediately fell back and left his goons to dry.

	Of course, leaving his lackeys behind to force mass interrogations bought the Arkifane enough time to study his loot and use his techno-sorcery to reassemble the planet from its remaining bits and pieces, turning it into the Daemon World '''Wyrmwood'''. As it turns out, the planet was manufactured by the Old Ones and was made to build and expand the Webway and now it's under Vashtorr's control.		Of course, leaving his lackeys behind to force mass interrogations bought the Arkifane enough time to study his loot and use his techno-sorcery to reassemble the planet from its remaining bits and pieces, turning it into the Daemon World '''Wyrmwood'''. As it turns out, the planet was manufactured by the Old Ones and was made to build and expand the Webway (confirmed theory, bitches!) and now it's under Vashtorr's control.

	Needless to say, the Dark Angels are less than pleased by this act of desecration.		Needless to say, the Dark Angels are less than pleased by this act of desecration.

2A02:1810:4E2C:A900:3D6C:5C98:46F7:4F7D at 22:07, 1 June 2023

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1d4chan>Newerfag: /* A Second Caliban? */

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A Second Caliban?

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	More recently, [[Vashtorr]] raided the Rock with his legions of tech-cultists as part of his [[Ark of Omen\|Arks of Omen]] operation, all searching for some key. The moment he did find the key, he immediately fell back and left his goons to dry.		More recently, [[Vashtorr]] raided the Rock with his legions of tech-cultists as part of his [[Ark of Omen\|Arks of Omen]] operation, all searching for some key. The moment he did find the key, he immediately fell back and left his goons to dry.

	Of course, leaving his lackeys behind to force mass interrogations bought the Arkifane enough time to study his loot and use his techno-sorcery to reassemble the planet from its remaining bits and pieces, turning it into the Daemon World '''Wyrmwood'''. As it turns out, the planet was manufactured by the Old Ones and was made to build and expand the Webway.		Of course, leaving his lackeys behind to force mass interrogations bought the Arkifane enough time to study his loot and use his techno-sorcery to reassemble the planet from its remaining bits and pieces, turning it into the Daemon World '''Wyrmwood'''. As it turns out, the planet was manufactured by the Old Ones and was made to build and expand the Webway and now it's under Vashtorr's control.

	Needless to say, the Dark Angels are less than pleased by this act of desecration.		Needless to say, the Dark Angels are less than pleased by this act of desecration.

1d4chan>Newerfag: /* A Second Caliban? */

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A Second Caliban?

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	More recently, [[Vashtorr]] raided the Rock with his legions of tech-cultists as part of his [[Ark of Omen\|Arks of Omen]] operation, all searching for some key. The moment he did find the key, he immediately fell back and left his goons to dry.		More recently, [[Vashtorr]] raided the Rock with his legions of tech-cultists as part of his [[Ark of Omen\|Arks of Omen]] operation, all searching for some key. The moment he did find the key, he immediately fell back and left his goons to dry.

	Of course, leaving his lackeys behind to force mass interrogations bought the Arkifane enough time to study his loot and use his techno-sorcery to reassemble the planet from its remaining bits and pieces, turning it into the Daemon World '''Wyrmwood'''. As it turns out, the planet was manufactured by the Old Ones ~~for some purpose!~~		Of course, leaving his lackeys behind to force mass interrogations bought the Arkifane enough time to study his loot and use his techno-sorcery to reassemble the planet from its remaining bits and pieces, turning it into the Daemon World '''Wyrmwood'''. As it turns out, the planet was manufactured by the Old Ones and was made to build and expand the Webway.

	Needless to say, the Dark Angels are less than pleased by this act of desecration.		Needless to say, the Dark Angels are less than pleased by this act of desecration.

1d4chan>ThatOneBruvva: /* Fall of Caliban */

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Fall of Caliban

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	As of 8th Edition, it's revealed that a continent-sized chunk of Caliban survived relatively unscathed and escaped the system somehow, and is housing a small legion's worth of Fallen. Though precisely what they're doing on it is anyone's guess.		As of 8th Edition, it's revealed that a continent-sized chunk of Caliban survived relatively unscathed and escaped the system somehow, and is housing a small legion's worth of Fallen. Though precisely what they're doing on it is anyone's guess.

	More recently, [[Vashtorr]] ~~used~~ his techno-sorcery to reassemble the planet from its remaining bits and pieces, turning it into the Daemon World '''Wyrmwood'''. Needless to say, the Dark Angels are less than pleased by this act of desecration.		===A Second Caliban?===
			More recently, [[Vashtorr]] raided the Rock with his legions of tech-cultists as part of his [[Ark of Omen\|Arks of Omen]] operation, all searching for some key. The moment he did find the key, he immediately fell back and left his goons to dry.

			Of course, leaving his lackeys behind to force mass interrogations bought the Arkifane enough time to study his loot and use his techno-sorcery to reassemble the planet from its remaining bits and pieces, turning it into the Daemon World '''Wyrmwood'''. As it turns out, the planet was manufactured by the Old Ones for some purpose!

			Needless to say, the Dark Angels are less than pleased by this act of desecration.

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	The forests of Caliban teemed with predators, not to mention all manner of other hazards. All life that called this world home was capable of killing a man, one way or another. Carnivorous animals, poisonous flowers, venomous insects: the creatures of this world only knew one law and that is "kill or be killed". Even the trees could kill: these iron-hard trees flowed with deadly poison, with sap like acid, and their spear-sharp leaves could slice an unarmored man to ribbons; whilst the brambles, with thorns like knives, wrapped themselves around necks in order to drag men down into the dark mud. There were beasts at the roots of the world, curled fast around its snaggling tendrils in the ancient soil, too massive to move, too bloated to breathe. You could never kill them all, even if you had an eternity to spare. A few must always linger, poisoning the black earth. A tainted world whose corruption ran deep, its unnatural taint pulsed through every living thing, corrupting them like a cancer - a cancer that seethed with awful, otherworldly sentience. Caliban was rotten to its core, but the true extent of this corruption would not truly come to light until much later.		The forests of Caliban teemed with predators, not to mention all manner of other hazards. All life that called this world home was capable of killing a man, one way or another. Carnivorous animals, poisonous flowers, venomous insects: the creatures of this world only knew one law and that is "kill or be killed". Even the trees could kill: these iron-hard trees flowed with deadly poison, with sap like acid, and their spear-sharp leaves could slice an unarmored man to ribbons; whilst the brambles, with thorns like knives, wrapped themselves around necks in order to drag men down into the dark mud. There were beasts at the roots of the world, curled fast around its snaggling tendrils in the ancient soil, too massive to move, too bloated to breathe. You could never kill them all, even if you had an eternity to spare. A few must always linger, poisoning the black earth. A tainted world whose corruption ran deep, its unnatural taint pulsed through every living thing, corrupting them like a cancer - a cancer that seethed with awful, otherworldly sentience. Caliban was rotten to its core, but the true extent of this corruption would not truly come to light until much later.

	When the infant Lion landed on Caliban, it was a densely forested [[Death World]] home to several orders of Knights who protected the commoners from the dangers of the forest. These knightly orders were formed among the nobility to create warriors of exemplary skill and ability, armed to the highest standards, and trained to protect human society against the worst predations of these monsters. They were aided in this by the persistence of certain traditions in the making of weapons and armor. Most of their technology had been brought with them to Caliban: the knowledge of how to repair and maintain pistols and explosive bolts, swords with motorized blades, and armor that boosted a warrior’s strength and power had been preserved. Granted, they were relatively primitive versions and they lacked the reliability of the more powerful models later brought to Caliban by the Imperials, but they were effective all the same. They had no motorized vehicles though, so the knights of Caliban rode to war on the backs of destriers – enormous warhorses selectively bred over thousands of years from the equine bloodstock brought to their world by its first settlers; according to 'First of the Fallen' they used to have devices allowing a war horsey to actually "talk". It had previously been traditional for knights to be recruited strictly and solely from among the nobility, but the Order (known simply as "the Order") broke with accepted practice to recruit from all layers of society. So long as an individual could prove by his or her deeds and character that they were worthy of knighthood, then the Order did not care whether they were a noble or a commoner; on Caliban both men and women were expected to pull their own weight, with women being just as likely to be a knight as their male counterparts.		When the infant Lion landed on Caliban, it was a densely forested [[Death World]] home to several orders of Knights who protected the commoners from the dangers of the forest. These knightly orders were formed among the nobility to create warriors of exemplary skill and ability, armed to the highest standards, and trained to protect human society against the worst predations of these monsters. They were aided in this by the persistence of certain traditions in the making of weapons and armor. Most of their technology had been brought with them to Caliban: the knowledge of how to repair and maintain pistols and explosive bolts, swords with motorized blades, and armor that boosted a warrior’s strength and power had been preserved. Granted, they were relatively primitive versions and they lacked the reliability of the more powerful models later brought to Caliban by the Imperials, but they were effective all the same. They had no motorized vehicles though, so the knights of Caliban rode to war on the backs of destriers – enormous warhorses selectively bred over thousands of years from the equine bloodstock brought to their world by its first settlers; according to 'First of the Fallen' they used to have devices allowing a war horsey to actually "talk". It had previously been traditional for knights to be recruited strictly and solely from among the nobility, but the Order (known simply as "the Order") broke with accepted practice to recruit from all layers of society. So long as an individual could prove by his or her deeds and character that they were worthy of knighthood, then the Order did not care whether they were a noble or a commoner; on Caliban both men and women were expected to pull their own weight, with women being just as likely to be a knight as their male counterparts.
	:*"Crusade" and "Luther, first of the Fallen" tell us that those knights that could not become Space Marines for whatever reason were instead given every other sort of bio and tech enhancements available to the Imperium, bringing them almost to the same level as an Astartes. These individuals were put in high positions amongst the non-Astartes elements of the legion, like leading the mortal imperial soldiers attached to the legion. It wouldn't be to hard to use Sisters of Battle models to represent these former female knights on the table top.		:*"Crusade" and "Luther, first of the Fallen" tell us that those knights that could not become Space Marines for whatever reason were instead given every other sort of bio and tech enhancements available to the Imperium, bringing them almost to the same level as an Astartes. These individuals were put in high positions amongst the non-Astartes elements of the legion, like leading the mortal imperial soldiers attached to the legion. It wouldn't be to hard to use Sisters of Battle models to represent these former female knights on the table top.
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	The ruling caste on Caliban were those who knew the secrets of how to construct and build the great walled fortresses. The secret knowledge was born from hidden STC's that they jealously guarded.		The ruling caste on Caliban were those who knew the secrets of how to construct and build the great walled fortresses. The secret knowledge was born from hidden STC's that they jealously guarded.

	What people didn't know was the planet's proximity (in a galactic sense) to the [[Eye of Terror]] had left the planet Warp-tainted, resulting in various [[Chaos]] [[mutant]]s known as [[Dwarf Fortress\|"Great Beasts"]]. And thanks to Battlefleet Gothic Armada 2, we now also have some better idea of just how close Caliban actually was to the Eye of Terror, with the answer being disturbingly close indeed; insofar as the term can be applied to galactic distances, the Caliban and [[Eye of Terror\|Eidolan]] systems are practically next door neighbors, which is like having a leprous pedophile Joseph Stalin one apartment down from yours. Certainly goes a long way to explaining the infusion of warp and/or chaos [and the distinction is an important one] taint on the world, which always seemed to act as if a chemical pollutant or harmful radiation flowing downstream and contaminating the wildlife. The Great Beasts of Caliban were chimerical monsters, combining the worst aspects of several different species of animal into one foul body. Each great beast of Caliban was as different from its fellows as a sword is different from a lance. Each creature represented the only example of its kind, a species of one. Their diversity was extraordinary. An individual beast might appear to be modeled after a reptile, or a mammal, or an insect, or else combine the features of all of them taken together in chaotic collaboration. One might attack with tooth and claw, another with beak and tentacle, another using horns and hooves, while yet another might spit corrosive poison or bleed acid in place of blood. If they had one dominant feature, it was that every one of them appeared to be crafted directly from the stuff of nightmares.		What people didn't know was the planet's proximity (in a galactic sense) to the [[Eye of Terror]] had left the planet Warp-tainted, resulting in various [[Chaos]] [[mutant]]s known as [[Dwarf Fortress\|"Great Beasts"]]. And thanks to Battlefleet Gothic Armada 2, we now also have some better idea of just how close Caliban actually was to the Eye of Terror, with the answer being disturbingly close indeed; insofar as the term can be applied to galactic distances, the Caliban and [[Eye of Terror\|Eidolan]] systems are practically next door neighbors, which is like having a leprous pedophile Joseph Stalin one apartment down from yours. Certainly goes a long way to explaining the infusion of warp and/or chaos [and the distinction is an important one] taint on the world, which always seemed to act as if a chemical pollutant or harmful radiation flowing downstream and contaminating the wildlife. The Great Beasts of Caliban were chimerical monsters, combining the worst aspects of several different species of animal into one foul body. Each great beast of Caliban was as different from its fellows as a sword is different from a lance. Each creature represented the only example of its kind, a species of one. Their diversity was extraordinary. An individual beast might appear to be modeled after a reptile, or a mammal, or an insect, or else combine the features of all of them taken together in chaotic collaboration. One might attack with tooth and claw, another with beak and tentacle, another using horns and hooves, while yet another might spit corrosive poison or bleed acid in place of blood. If they had one dominant feature, it was that every one of them appeared to be crafted directly from the stuff of nightmares.

	Apart from the Great Beasts Caliban was also home to many more vile and deadly creatures, among them:		Apart from the Great Beasts Caliban was also home to many more vile and deadly creatures, among them:
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	===Fall of Caliban===		===Fall of Caliban===
	After the Heresy, the Lion and the Dark Angels showed up, after having not heard from Caliban for over a decade and none-the-wiser about what had been happening at home. They were fired upon when their ships entered Caliban orbit, and they quickly determined that Luther and his Dark Angels had fallen to Chaos. The orbiting Dark Angels responded by sending Lion to confront Luther while their ships opened up with an orbital bombardment.		After the Heresy, the Lion and the Dark Angels showed up, after having not heard from Caliban for over a decade and none-the-wiser about what had been happening at home. They were fired upon when their ships entered Caliban orbit, and they quickly determined that Luther and his Dark Angels had fallen to Chaos. The orbiting Dark Angels responded by sending Lion to confront Luther while their ships opened up with an orbital bombardment.

	Either way, the bombardment, compounded by a miniature [[Warp]] storm unleashed due to third-party time-travel shenanigans from the 41st millennium from various factions including the [[Death Guard]], [[Fallen Angels]] and the [[Dark Angels]] themselves caused Caliban to break apart; the largest piece was that which contained the fortress-monastery whose reinforcement meant that it withstood the attack and shielded the surrounding rock, which the Dark Angels re-captured and used as their headquarters, calling it '''[[The Rock]]'''.		Either way, the bombardment, compounded by a miniature [[Warp]] storm unleashed due to third-party time-travel shenanigans from the 41st millennium from various factions including the [[Death Guard]], [[Fallen Angels]] and the [[Dark Angels]] themselves caused Caliban to break apart; the largest piece was that which contained the fortress-monastery whose reinforcement meant that it withstood the attack and shielded the surrounding rock, which the Dark Angels re-captured and used as their headquarters, calling it '''[[The Rock]]'''.
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	More recently, [[Vashtorr]] raided the Rock with his legions of tech-cultists as part of his [[Ark of Omen\|Arks of Omen]] operation, all searching for some key. The moment he did find the key, he immediately fell back and left his goons to dry.		More recently, [[Vashtorr]] raided the Rock with his legions of tech-cultists as part of his [[Ark of Omen\|Arks of Omen]] operation, all searching for some key. The moment he did find the key, he immediately fell back and left his goons to dry.

	Of course, leaving his lackeys behind to force mass interrogations bought the Arkifane enough time to study his loot and use his techno-sorcery to reassemble the planet from its remaining bits and pieces, turning it into the Daemon World '''Wyrmwood'''. As it turns out, the planet was manufactured by the Old Ones and was made to build and expand the Webway and now it's under Vashtorr's control.		Of course, leaving his lackeys behind to force mass interrogations bought the Arkifane enough time to study his loot and use his techno-sorcery to reassemble the planet from its remaining bits and pieces, turning it into the Daemon World '''Wyrmwood'''. As it turns out, the planet was manufactured by the Old Ones and was made to build and expand the Webway and now it's under Vashtorr's control.

	Needless to say, the Dark Angels are less than pleased by this act of desecration.		Needless to say, the Dark Angels are less than pleased by this act of desecration.

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