Hilderic Prime

Departmento Cartographicae pict-file of the binary worlds of Hilderic Prime and Gilderic.

## Planet

### Class

Feudal Worlds/Adeptus Astartes Chapter Homeworld

## Location

### System

Unrecorded

**Hilderic Prime** is an ancient Imperial feudal world discovered during the Great Crusade and was utilised as a recruitment world and armoury by the Imperial Fists Space Marine Legion. It would later be designated as a Space Marine Chapter Homeworld for the Bolts of Dorn, a Successor Chapter founded from the lineage of Primarch Rogal Dorn.

## Background

The Gilderic System is an ancient system discovered during the Great Crusade by the explorers of the Legiones Astartes. This Rogue Traders, the twin Gilderic and Hilderic, scout the entire Herzavar Sector and report it to the Emperor and his Primarch Rogal Dorn. As the twins at the end of his duty, their ship stumble across a warp storm and after 1 hour passing the cruel phenomenon, the twins and their crew found two planets with a dying star. Gilderic and Hilderic reported back to Primarch Rogal Dorn and to honor their explorations, the twin Rogue Traders are named after the system and its planets. With Hilderic now serve as the Planetary Governor of two planets, Gilderic resume his expedition but presummed killed in action after he approach the Isstvan System at the beginning of the Horus Heresy.

The Gilderic System then serve as the Imperial Fists Legion's armoury and during the course of Horus Heresy, the planet serve as the VII Legion's forward base. But was abandoned following the Traitor Legion's focus on Terra. By the time of the Great Scouring the two planet serve as the Imperial Fists's recruitment planet. Thus, following 1 year after the end of the War of the Beast, the Bolts of Dorn were raised and in charge of the Gilderic System.

The Feudal World of Hilderic Prime is filled with temperate forests, prairies, and mountainous areas with green valleys. This world is filled with clans and petty kingdoms constantly warring one another to earn the respect of the Thunder Giants (Space Marines). Compared to the Hilderic Prime, Hilderic Secundus is near inhospitable Feral World filled with ash, volcanoes, muddy plains,bogs, lava rivers, and boiling sea where the ocean look like a massive hot springs. This planet is filled with Techno Barbarian tribes and clans that constantly wage war among one and another, this time for glory and resources over honoring the Chapter.

The two world serve as the recruiting ground filled with fresh recruits for the Bolts of Dorn Astartes. To ensure the chapter's activity in the area, a small headquarter was built as the mountain tops of both planets. Each headquarter is under watchful eye of the 9th Company and answers directly only to the Chapter's 9th Captain and the Chapter Master.

### Recruitment Process

The Bolts of Dorn recruitment process is divided into two categories for the Hilderic Prime and Secundus. To planet Hilderic Prime, the 10th Company Captain or Chaplain will gather the clan leaders and kings of the planet and scheduled a battle. Each battle is observed by the officers of the chapter and the potential aspirants with the best commandering, initiate grand strategy, leading his soldiers to victor or even the most bloodthirsty and cruelest of them all were picked as the fresh recruits of the chapter.

For Hilderic Secundus, the 10th Company Sergeants observed by Chaplain of the 10th or 9th Company will watch the deeds of the tribals in every battle, duels, and skirmishes. Any sign of good leadership, great tactical mindset, or bloodthirsty combat skills and act of courage will be taken by the Chapter.

The chosen recruits then receive their Space Marine organ and si given the Black Carapace and a Combat Knife with their names, then the recruits will be branded with Chapter's logo on their right chest as a symbolic final initiation to the chapter.