Kreghstat

Kreghstat is a Hive World colonized during the Late Great Crusade in the area of the Milky Way which is now known as Segmentum Ultima. When it was first discovered, Kreghstat was a barren Death World, however, due to the large amounts of open space scattered across this desolate planet, the Imperium considered it an excellent place for the creation of a Hive City, the large flat lands of this world were perfect to construct a gargantuan hive city. Quickly Kreghstat became a bustling world inhabited by many billions and soon became ruled by the Highborn Tiberius family. Kreghstat has one natural satellite: its moon: the mining world of Ursidia. The entirety of Kreghstat outside of the Hive City is cloaked in eternal night and massive blizzards. It is currently ruled by Planetary Governor Valerian Tiberius The II. Kreghstat is also the home of the Astra Militarum legion known as The Kreghstat Guard. 
==History==
Kreghstat was discovered during the Great Crusade by the Imperium of Man in the Ragnar system, out of all of the planets in the Ragnar System. At first though it was viewed as a Death World imperfect for Human Habitation: a large barren wasteland covered in ice and inhabited by the predatory and unadvanced race of xenos known as the 'Ised', the planet was continuously trapped in an eternal night. However, due to the massive amounts of flat open space on Kreghstat it was decided that the planet could become home to a Hive City. A massive war erupted between humanity and the native Ised, which resulted in humanity driving the unadvanced but plentiful xenos into the deepest caves of the world. Soon Kreghstat would become a bustling Hive World. When the Horus Heresy begun, Kreghstat would provide thousands of its citizens to help fight against the heretics, thus forming the Kreghstat Guard, a unit skilled in fighting on planets with low light levels and freezing temperatures.
===Present Day===
Kreghstat remains a bustling hive city and remains fiercely loyal to the Imperium Of Mankind. Currently it is ruled by Planetary Governor Valerian Tiberius who is known for his unyielding loyalty to the Imperium. After over 10,000 years however, the Ised have begun returning to the surface of Kreghstat, though they are unable to penetrate the defenses of the Hive City, their constant presence on the planet is a threat to humanity due to their massive numbers they serve as a constant nuisance to humanity and at times get brave enough to attempt to assault the Hive City. Outside of the Ised threat, the people of Kreghstat would continue their normal lives, just like the lives of citizens of any other Hive World. Kreghstat is also a nest for many Death Cults who operate within the Hive City's corridors. Kreghstat is also home to a Cell of the Inquisition who operate throughout the Ragnar System discerning and quelling any heresy that they might find.
==Military==
The Kreghstat Guard are an Astra Militarum legion native to Kreghstat. This regiment has adapted to battling in low-light level environments and operate in freezing cold weather. Their uniform consists of long coats and helmets designed to protect their faces from the harsh winds of their homeworld. The guard are known for the fact that their flesh has largely turned pale and very photosensitive, from spending months and even years training in the cold wastes of Kreghstat and battling on other planets covered in eternal night. The Kreghstat Guard also operate on their own homeworld, exterminating Ised that got to close to the Hive City. These brave men and women have completely given their lives to the service of the Imperium. Due to the harsh nature of their world, the Kreghstat Guard are known to be extremely resilient and loyal, but also fatalistic, seeing life as just nothing more than battles, these people have completely adapted to the thought that they will spend their entire lives fighting, and that death is inevitable. 
==Geography==
Kreghstat is a large barren world constantly blanketed in eternal night. The surface of the world is primarily flat with very few mountains. Most of Kreghstat is frozen and cold covered in blizzards. An extensive system of caves exists below the planets surface. Said cave systems are primarily devoid of minerals and are home to the native hostile Xenos species known as the 'Ised'. The planet is devoid of any sort of oceans or bodies of water, due to the extreme cold temperatures of the world water freezes instantly when not located inside. The soil of Kreghstat is made up of Permafrost and is completely unfertile and thus useless for planting any sort of crops. However, very few people venture out of the Hive City and into the frozen and barren wasteland of Kreghstat. The few mountains on Kreghstat remain completely unexplored as they are always whipped by cruel blizzards, plus, due to the mineral poor nature of the world, there is no reason to waste manpower conquering useless peaks which have no true use to the Imperium. There is no flora at all on this world, as due to the cruel winds and extreme cold, no flora can hope to survive on Kreghstat. 
===The Ised===
A native species of non-humanoid reptiles, the Ised are only found on Kreghstat. They are highly primitive and territorial and are known to exist in a hivemind state of sorts. The Ised are carnivores and feed on the smaller inhabitants of Kreghstat, mainly the rodent-like creatures who have adapted to living on the icy surface, though they are also capable of eating humans. The Ised do not pose an actual threat to the Hive City but will attack anything that wanders the wastelands that they call home. The Ised travel in massive packs which will maul anything in their path. Imperial biologists have discovered that the anatomy of an Ised is rather basic and not complex, the only truly unique thing in their anatomy, is a large organ full of a jelly-like substance that has been discovered to be very oxygen rich. Through a long tube, this jelly is fed into the lungs of the Ised, allowing them to survive for long periods of time when no other oxygen is present.
==Notable Places==
*The Hive City: The primary location of Kreghstat is its massive hive city, the home of the entire human population of this backwater (but surprisingly populous for such a far of planet) world. Very few people have the unluck to leave the hive city into the frozen dead wasteland of eternal cold that composes the entire planet. It serves as the only true landmark on this corpse of a world and is a literal beacon of safety for its inhabitants. The rest of the world is very poorly explored, as the Imperium does not see fit to waste countless resources on further exploring this world where humanity has already settled successfully.
==Notable Citizens==
* Planetary Governor Valerian Tiberius The II: The current governor of Kreghstat and one of it's most skilled and prominent governors. He is known to genuinely want the best for his citizens, and also for his fierce loyalty to the Imperium. He is surprisingly young for someone of such a high position. He shares his name with his uncle Valerian Tiberius The I.
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