Ailinne

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## Ailinne

Departmento Cartograpicae pict-file of Ailinne.

## Planet

### Class

Ice World/Death World, Feudal World, Adeptus Astartes Homeworld

## Location

### System

Brigid System

**Ailinne** is an frigid Death World located in Segmentum Ultima and serves as the Homeworld and primary recruiting world of the Iron Spears Chapter of the Adeptus Astartes. Astrographically, it is relatively close to the Blood Angels homeworld of Baal.

## Climate and Geography

Ailinne is a hyperborean ice planet with a surface consisting mostly of towering snow-covered mountain ranges, artic forests, and expansive frozen wastelands. The planet's climate is extremely cold, with temperatures ranging from -30 °C during the summer and -50 °C in the winter. Howling blizzards are quite common. The planet's surface is around is 50% water in the form of large frigid oceans.

Ailinne is a very dangerous and unforgiving planet; from it's incredibly hostile environment to the large ferocious beasts that inhabit it.

## Culture and Government

Ailinnean culture is considered to be highly reminiscent of the Celtic culture found on ancient Terra. Two-thirds of the Ailinnean population inhabit feudal city-states across the planet. Each city-states consists of a large fortresses-city and numerous small "fief-towns" beyond the city walls. These city-states act as semi-independent nations, but all clans swear fealty to the "High King". Since the creation of the Iron Spears Chapter, the Chapter Master has served as the High King of Ailinne.

Beyond the city-states are nomadic tribes that inhabit the frozen wastes of 'Outer Ailinne'. These tribes sometimes raid the "fief-towns" that lay outside of the protection of city walls. These tribes make up the only one-third of the Ailinnean population.

## Religion

The native religion is a some-what different version of the Imperial Cult. A major variation is that it is almost completely centered worship of Sanguinius, Primarch of the residing Iron Spears Chapter. Ailinnean religion refers to Sanguinius as "Sanghuíneos" or '*Fuil-Móraingeal*' ("Great Blood Angel") and depicts him as being sent forth by the All-Father (Emperor of Mankind) to be the spiritual protector of Ailinne. The Ailinneans venerate the Blood Angels successor chapters as the "Heralds of Fuil-Móraingeal", with the Iron Spears being sent by Sanghuíneos himself to defend Ailinne in his name.

## Dunbairrche

The Iron Spears Fortress-Monastery of Dunbairrche is built on a large snow-plain surrounded almost entirely by a ring of mountains called the Black Mountains, creating a natural protective barrier that is used to keep out the tribal populace. The only opening in the Black Mountains is the narrow Blackstair Pass. The Chapter takes great pride in the artful decoration of their Monastery; statues of their Primarch and Chapter heroes grace the halls, mighty tapestries hang from the ceilings, and great murals line the walls and floors. In the deepest reaches of the Fortress-Monastery lies the *Dubsacrair,* the Dark Sanctum. It is here that those Battle-Brothers suffering the Black Rage are locked away until they are called upon to fight in the name of Sanguinius. The Dubsacrair usually contains 100 or more Death Company Marines at any given time.

## Satellite

Ailinne is orbited by a single satellite, Ibrickane. Ibrickane is a feral moon with a warmer environment than the planet it orbits. Ibrikckane is covered in tundras, boreal forests, and large misty lakes. The Humans of Ibrickane serve as a secondary source of recruits for the Iron Spears Chapter.