Victorum Sector

Sector Cartograph, ca. 760.m41

“///Catalogue item AX-82: Powerblade with extruded hilt and guard, dimensions 1.933 by .34 meters, weight 36.66 kilograms. An example of pre-Imperial weaponcraft forged by the Empire of Blades. Experimental tests have shown the blade to possess a propensity to ‘sing’ when put to use, like others of its kind. Tests have necessitated the replacement of two (2) archive-servitors and seven (7) menials. Should other recovered artifacts prove to be as well-preserved, I anticipate a marked downturn in the local underhive population.///”

-Extract from inventory catalog of House Leonine Explorator detachment prior to liquidation by [CENSORED].

Located in a distant corner of the Segmentum Tempestus, along the southern edge of the galaxy, the Victorum Sector is a shining beacon of Imperial civilization and the triumph of the God-Emperor in a region widely held to be a dangerous frontier ever at risk of falling to xenos invasion and recidivism. For more than six millennia, it has been the heart of Imperial rule in the southernmost fringes of the Segmentum Tempestus, a vital link to several hundred distant frontiers. Beneath this display of strength, however, lurks the constant threat of ancient heresies, dark machinations and xenos invasions.

Sector Overview

A History of the Sector

The Dark Age of Technology: The region is colonized by Mankind.

The Age of Strife: A faction of human survivors utilizes forbidden nanotechnology and the power of Knights to forge the Empire of Blades. The Mechanicus of Mars sends several expeditions to see if rumors of a technological empire in the galactic South are true; the only survivors found the forge world of Nilumanen. Other survivors wage wars of survival against the expansionist Empire, including the Sea-Lords of Poseidon and the Archons of Babylum.

The Great Crusade: The 117th Expeditionary Fleet fights a decade-long campaign against the Empire of Blades with the assistance of friendly local powers. In-fighting between the Salamanders, Night Lords, and Death Guard assigned to the fleet weakens their effectiveness, and the Fleet suffers a mortal defeat on the ruined tech-world of Ixlamad.

The Horus Heresy: The forces of the Imperium leave the region to the Empire of Blades, allowing it to reassert dominance over the region once more.

The Scouring: Saint Rosella Castor rises to power on Babylum. Turning its populace to the faith of the Saviour Emperor, she leads the first successful counter-attack against the Empire of Blades in thousands of years. An Imperial Crusade then marching into the Segmentum Tempestus exploits her victories to begin recolonizing the region. Saint Castor eventually assumes command of the Crusade forces and conquers the Sector, bringing it into the fold of the Imperium.

Reign of Blood: The Victorum Sector remains loyal to Goge Vandire for much of the period, though sporadic rebellions break out across the sector. The Sons of the Dragon Chapter forswear their oaths to the sector's rulers and withdraw in isolation, disgusted by their excesses. Emboldened, the Ketzals of Moloch declare open allegiance to the Confederation of Light and begin a civil war.

The Plague of Unbelief: Victorum's rulers are scarcely overthrown when further rebellions break out across the coreward systems. The heretic Cardinal Bucephalus' influence causes the rebellion of the entire Babylum sub-sector, its Ecclesiarchal rulers unwilling to admit the heresy of their belief and of Goge Vandire. A swift purge follows, and forces of Battlefleet Victorum aid the Imperium during the subsequent reconquest.