Eowia

The fortress world of **Eowia** is one of the bulwarks in the Leman Sector with its fortess facilities who had proven to be able to withstand assaults by the enemy. Enemies who survived the openings of the dams who were built around the surface of Eowia. Alongside the planets history and its unique defence mechanism is the planet known for its Schola Progenium schools, who get their new students from all around of the Sector and neighbouring worlds, who are then trained to be the next generation of Adeptas members.

## History

Settlements date back towards the Great Crusade when Imperial forces conquered the future Segmentum Tempestus. A handful of worlds in the furture Leman Sector was soon chosen to serve as logistical hubs for the every expanding Great Crusade. Eowia was chosen to serve as trainings world for the members of the countless Adeptas and new Imperial Army Regiments. Outpost were surrounded by reeducation camps, training facilities and Schola Progenium academies.

Over time diminished the need for a centralised training world but the need for new Priests, Commissars, Officers, Arbites, Administratum clerks, Adepta Sororitas and Inquisitors. An advantage for the Schola Progenium on Eowia are the different Schola Progenium facilities. Ones who cover the basic and the ones specialised in furture education, meaning that no student has to be shipped off-world for specialised training what saves time and resources.

Though there is a problem than can negate the advantage of the fast training and even turn the situation dire for the Sector if Eowia should ever fall. Eowia is a major target for Xeno and Chaos forces. Attracted by its strategical worth and the promise of a good fight, attack the enemies of Mankind Eowia several times in each millennia. Chaos raids during M36 were noted to have been especially devastating on the planet.

## Politic

Eowia as a Fortress World had needed always a strong Planetary governor to maintain its defensiveness. The power held by the General Governors was always absolute and only the ones with the most talents in warfare and politics can take over such responsibility. However, the General Governeur have always found themself under strict control by the Sector Command thanks to the value of the Schola Progenium academies on Eowia. The directors from those academies have gained over time also a sizable deal of influence over the local politics thanks to their former students and deals with the General Governeurs.

## Culture

Eowians follow strictly the Imperial Creed and the Lex Imperialis for good reasons. Such reasons are the graduates of the Schola Progenium, who occupy the positions of teachers, priests and administrators on every level and influencing the population heavily. A side effect of such influence is that the inhabitants value education even more and local Schola Progenium academies open for the inhabitants strive to produce more students for the planetary need than the ones for off-worlders. Strict military training is common among most levels of society, with only the Nobles and the criminals excluded.

People life in heavily fortified Hive Cities who were constructed to widthstand regular siege tactics and infiltration tactics. The supply of water in the Hives are to the surprise of visitors on average better than on other worlds. Such water quality can be explained with extensive water filter facilities using rare technologies and the water flora and geology of the artificial lakes created by the dams.

### Notable Persons

* **General Governeur Isandra Keppler:** Isandra Keppler was the General Governeur of Eowia during the Invasion of the Red Fire Chaos Space Marine Warband in 555.M37 and lead the successful defence of her home planet. An Academy for Imperial Officers was named after her.
* **Director Abraham Mondesory:** Abraham Mondesory was the founder of the Schola Progenium facility *Saint Avaria Academy* a facility known for its less ordothox methods. The academy is thanks to him able to train high quality absolvents.

## Nature

Most of the fauna and flora lifes on Eowia underwater like the Lynch Sharks who attack their prey in a frenzy similiar to a mob and strangle it with the tentacle growing under their maws. Water Funi are a group of fungi growing underwater nourishing themself with light and nutrients. Amphibians populate the artificial lakes and breed on their shores. Eowias land flora and fauna developed also fascinating species like the Cave digger, giant worms with a lenght of 15 metres, who dig entire cave systems in the ground or the Hill Bachtel. Hill Bachtels are bird-like creatures who built their nesting sites on hills.

Openings of the dams have had always disastrous consequences for nature in the hit areas. Entire biomes can be destroyed and local populations whipped out. Few land creatures can survive such events, while water creatures have higher chances of surviving if they should land in the new bodies of water who form themself after each flooding. With time form the surviving nature new biomes and the land creatures migrate towards the formar barrier lakes to settle down.

## Geography

Eowia is a temperate world laced with giant barrier lakes and mountain chains with an average hight of 2.500 metres. Cragged swaths of land cover the distances between the Hive Cities and the fortresses. The few deserts have a reddish colour which comes from a handful of minerals. Entire regions became in ancient wars barren wastelands often littered with unexploded bombs and mines. Some of the notable locations are;

* **Schola Progenium facility *Saint Avaria Academy:*** The *Saint Avaria Academy* is known for its high quality absolvent and is located in Hive Appalach.
* **Hive Himalala:** Hive Himalala is the centre of tank production on Eowia and the Heavy Tanks produce in its manufactories are famous in the Subsector, A couple of Schola Progenium academies for missionars have their seat in Himalala.
* **Ravenstone Bastion:** Ravenstone Bastion is a military facility constructed in and around the mountain of the same name. Strong walls and shield generators hid trainings facilities for Adeptus Scions companies.

## Economy

The Schola Progenium is not a major economical factor for the world but the numbers of absolvents reduces the Tithe of Eowia thanks to an ancient document signed by the Master of the Administratum. Most of the industry on Eowia is centred around the production of weapons and military hardware. From the simple Lasgun over artillery guns to superheavy tanks are produced by the Hives Manifactories for the Eowian Fortess Guard as well as for the Eowian Fortress Defenders the PDF of Eowia. Military weapons are exported in exchange for food and ressources.

## Defences

The Planetary Defence Force of Eowia is called the Eowian Fortress Defenders and has a strenght of 1.2 million men making it one of the biggest PDFs in the region. Combined Arms Regiments form the core of the Eowian Fortress Defenders who are equipped with quality equippment and more than enough supplies for a years lasting siege. Great fortesses and bastions have been built into the walls of the Hive Cities or stand alone on the surface protected by voidshield generators and natural barriers. Enemy ground forces can also be destroyed or be hampered through the opening of the dams built around on the surface holding each millions of tons of water in artificial lakes.