Cryptus

Cryptus is a cemetery world in the Drusus Marches of the Calixis Sector.
==Unique Equipment==
Cryptus Shotgun Shells
On the world of Cryptus, the Templum of The Sacred Lights
of the God-Emperor was renowned for being constructed
entirely of glass. Its foundations were laid on the day the planet
was reclaimed by the Imperium during the Angevin Crusade. In
702.M39, the cathedral was unexpectedly attacked by a hitherto
unknown renegade cult calling themselves the Light-burners.
During the fighting, as the cathedral’s Frateris Militia rallied and
drove back the assault, several cultists broke through the militia’s
lines, reached the towering
gates of the cathedral, and
sacrificed themselves to
summon forth five towering
daemons wreathed in black
flames. At the moment the
daemons set foot within
the cathedral, a sonorous
bell was heard and moments
later the glass shattered and
the cathedral exploded into a
stream of white fire. The fires that swept out of the cathedral
extended for almost a mile and burned for over a month. When
the fires finally died out, nothing was left of the great edifice but
thousands of white glass shards covering the ground.
Experiments by members of the Holy Ordos revealed that
the glass was naturally resistant to the Warp and caused great
pain and harm to the foul denizens of the immaterium. Over
time, the Ordos Malleus ended up with nominal control over
the ruined site, grudgingly accepted by the Ministorum save for
the hundreds of pilgrims who regularly process to the blasted
wasteland on the anniversary of its destruction. The glass, when
used in a shotgun shell, causes the weapon’s attack to be treated as
Sanctified which has certain effects on Daemons and some Warp
creatures (as will be noted in their description). Furthermore, any
Daemonic or Warp creature struck at short range by a shotgun
loaded with Cryptus shotgun shells must make a Challenging
(+0) Toughness Test or be blinded for 1d5 rounds.
Cost 50ea, Rare
Category:Calixis Sector
Category:Cemetery Worlds
Category:Planets
Category:Drusus Marches