Karit Tertium

Departmento Cartographicae pict-file of the moon of Karit Terium, Chapter home world of the Ashen Crows.

## Planet

### Class

Feral World/Adeptus Astartes Chapter Home World

## Location

### System

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**Karit Tertium** is an Imperial moon classified as a feral world, and is home to the Ashen Crows Space Marine Chapter.

## Background

Karit Tertium is an Imperial Feral World located in the heart of the Ultima Segmentum. Karit Tertium is the assigned home world of the Ashen Crows Chapter of Space Marines and the capital of the the Brov System. Karit Tertium itself is mostly bleak and rocky, with more than three-quarters of its land mass formed from mountainous upland almost entirely devoid of life. The people of Karit Tertium do not live in this inhospitable region, but the fortress-monastery of the Ashen Crows, Ember's Point, is built here upon a craggy peak surrounded by impenetrable mountains to keep isolation from the native clans of the world.

Karit Tertium is the largest moon of the gas planet of Brov VI, the sixth planet from the system's star. The system of Brov VI comprises of fifteenth moons, only two of which are habitable: Karit Tertium and Karit Septem. The remaining moons are used as listening outpost and orbital defense stations by the chapter.

## Biosphere

Karit Tertium has a biosphere that is divided into a number of biomes, each inhabited by broadly similar plants and animals. The biomes that are most prominent are the large landmasses that spread over much of the moon. These biomes are separated primarily by differences in latitude and height. These biomes comprise of large ice sheets or glacier circles along the north and south poles, large sprawling mountain chains that cover much of the world's landmass, and fruitful bio-diverse valley regions near the equator, where much of the flora and fauna reside.

Karit Tertium only comprises of one main ocean, The Great Ocean. The Great Ocean comprises of an area similar to old Terra's Mediterranean sea, with only two tribes, the Boii and the Remi, processing access to its coast. However, all the great clans are connected to the Great Ocean though the Baio, the largest river system on the planet. The Baio moves southward from the northern polar ice sheets, with several main tributaries that unite the clans in mercantile trade. The Baio provides soot for riverbed farming and provides nutrients to the lush valleys by up-welling nutrients, making the valleys hospitable and diverse in comparison to the rest of the landscape.

## Culture

The world of Karit Tertium is an imperial feral world with a population that lives in a period similar to humanities early stone age. The world itself is comprised of five large clans that live isolated lives in the fruitful valleys of the mountainous terrain. Karit society is dominated by a priestly class. These priest are a political force that influenced the local chieftains and various tribes under each clan. The fundamental unit of Karit politics was the tribe. Each tribe had a council of priest that were hereditary, and each tribe elected the clans king or chief alongside the other tribes that comprised the clan. The King was an periodically-elected magistrate that oversaw the harvest and seasons raiding against other clans, however its powers were held in check by the tribes who acted interdependent of one another.

The tribal groups were united by similar culture, trade, and/or protection from the other clans during the raiding season. The largest clan is the Arverni, which comprises much of the northern valley regions. Like all clans, their culture is similar yet deviations have caused conflict on ethnic and geographical lines.

## Fortress-Monastery

There are only a small handful of monuments and Imperial records outside of their fortress-monastery on their home world of Karit Tertium, the largest moon of the Gas Planet of Brov VI. The Fortress-Monastery of the Chapter is Ember's Point. Much mystery surrounds the inner sanctums and interior of the Monastery just like the Chapter itself. Even imperial representatives have been barred from entering the Monastery Chambers. What is known is that Monastery of Ember's Point is the most secluded region on the planet of Karit Tertium. The location of the Monastery allows the Astartes to exist in complete isolation from the planetary population, which lives in a complete state of barbarism akin to the humanities stone age. Little interaction consist between the Imperium as a whole, only during the recruitment of cycle is when the tribes actively communicate with the Astartes.

The Fortress Monastery of Ember's Point is the seat of the Strike Liege, the overall commander of the Chapter, and the Ashen Circle, the inner grouping of officers. The Fortress Monastery is the traditional home of the Chapter, with each company residing inside its walls inside holds for each clan. Recruitment and Maintenance of the Monastery is handled by the Altansar, who uses the Monastery to dictate policy over the Chapter, while retaining isolation from the native clans.