Ck'aaen

Departmento Cartographicae pict-file of Ck'aaen

"*Long ago the Emperors Angels let loose fanged beasts upon this world, they tame them when they become too savage and ride them back to Dornblade to be used as weapons.*"
— Unknown Ck'aanish Human Citizen
**Ck'aaen** sits within the Vindis System in the Calix Sector of the Segmentum Obscurus, The majority of the Human peoples who live on Ck'aaen are heavily zealous, living in the woodland outskirts of DornBlade Fortress, The planetary spanning fortress-monastery of the Consuls Exemplar Adeptus Astartes Chapter, These people crafted a great city within the woodlands from scraps of metal and technology that they would occasionally acquire on expeditions to abandoned areas of the fortress and thusly maintain a Society with an Imperial Planetary Governance that is separate to that of the Astartes in Dornblade Fortress.

## Background

C'kaaen has only one singular Continent named C'Korr (pronounced Sea-core) which is in turn split into two separately governed domains , one lead by the native Human populace's elected governor and one Lead by Chapter Master Regis Thrane of the Consuls Exemplar, the two live in relative harmony and rarely interfere with one and other's affairs.

The first of these domains is the vast Fortress Monastery of DornBlade Fortress which was once an ancient Terran ruin that was sought out as refuge by members of the 3rd Company Imperial fists Chapter of the Adeptus Astartes , here they aimed to escape a conflict with the Dark Plague Powers of Nurgle on the neighboring world of Invictus prime, unbeknown to the Astartes this occurrence would ultimately lead to the formation of a new Astartes Successor Chapter, The Consuls Exemplar. The consuls and various Tech Priests sworn to the consuls would spend thousands of Terran years constructing this world to be a home for themselves , generation after generation of man power would rise to the occasion until their home spanned the only continent that the world had, leaving only the woodland outskirts for the ranks of the native Human populace.

The Second Domain is that of the Dornblade woodland outskirts, a place in which the Native human population have gradually been forced to settle, being the only place untouched by the Holy Dornblade Fortress. These Humans are extremely zealous in their worship of the Emperor of Mankind due to constant contact with The Space Marines that inhabit the world alongside them , with some of their ancestors even helping to build the walls of the impressive Chapter Fortress. Because of this fanatical outlook on the Astartes and their Creator, the people of C'korr accepted and have learned to adapt to the circumstances of their lodgings, believing that their ancestors forfeit their lands freely to the Astartes as an offering to the Angel like beings which left them forever in the favour of the most Holy God Emperor, though of course this was just an elaborate lie crafted by Imperial fists 3rd Company Captain Dax Sullion , The soon to be first Chapter Master of the Consuls Exemplar, In reality the majority of the Human populace not being used for labor were in fact massacred by the newly founded Astartes Chapter in a paranoid attempt to clear the world of any lurking Chaos taints, Chapter Master Sullion, in his new seat of power and shell shocked from his experiences facing the servants of Nurgle , ordered this of his new Chapter in a series of events that would later become known as the Ck'aaen Crusades.

The Ck'aaen Crusades shaped the society of the world , initially making the place a world filled with Human remnants of an exterminated population, under heavy subjugation from the newly formed Astartes. The remaining men were used to build the walls of Dornblade Fortress, while the women were placed within a small Chapel, where they could learn of the God Emperor, away from the men, this was an attempt by the Consuls to prevent population rise and further decrease the possibility of chaos taking a hold on the world. Eventually as the millennia moved on, the Humans upon Ck'aaen became used to their conditions , the generations molding them into Zealous, subservient people to their Astartes superiors.

## Wildlife & Fauna

Ck'aaen is host to many different forms of wildlife and fauna which is listed here:

## Wildlife

**Ck'aaenish Wuulf -** The Ck'aaenish Wuulf is a much slimmer sub-species of Fenrisian Wolf, introduced into the wild by the first Beast Master of the Consuls Exemplar. These Wolves hunt in packs of two or more and stand as tall as a man on all four feet, Originally released into the wilds of Ck'aaen as Fenrisian Wolves, the ancestors of this sub-species tore through the predatory chain of Ck'aeen leaving little to oppose it, over a period of three thousand terran years the Ck'aanish Wuulf's physical traits adapted to the planet's environment, causing it to become much more slender with areas of rugged locks , hairless flesh with a loss of the initial brown in its pigmentation. Traditionally these wolves live within woodland burrows or cave formations but have also been known to reside in abandoned areas of Dornblade Fortress. These wolves are also known to be loyal and fierce companions to Consuls Exemplar Wolf Riders, as the name suggests, these are elite Space Marines that are tasked with catching and taming one of these wolves from the wild and training it for war.

**Slakonda -**The Slakonda is a giant hair covered snake with features that somehow also resembles the ancient Terran Sloth, hence it's name.The Slakonda can reach a maximum length of approximatley 30 feet in length and unlike the Sloth a Slakonda is able to lunge at a relatively fast speed, yet chooses to move around slowly to get the upper hand on unsuspecting prey. The Slakonda survives on a diet of native rodents such as , the Culmus. *(a native rodent species mentioned below)*

**Culmus -** The Culmus can only be described as the size of a raccoon with the features of a mouse, a medium sized rodent that survives on a diet of mushrooms that grown on the bases of trees in the Dawnblade woodland outskirts, it's tail is an evolutionary trait designed to be camouflage when it's scouring for food.