Aurora

Aurora is a snow and ice planet in the Kaeli system in the Segmentum Ultima. The planet of Aurora was chosen to be the homeworld of the Sisters of the Order of the Dawn, due to its geographical position in the Kaeli Sector and its climate. Under the frozen layers of ice, it was believed that sprawling tunnels were filled with lost relics. This is where the convent of **Premiere Lueur** was built and the Sisters of the Order of the Dawn called this convent home.

The planet was plunged in darkness for years and on the day of the arrival of the Sisters, who came to this world to settle and build their convent, it was the first day of Dawn. it was believed that the Sisters brought with them the Emperor's light. The order's name became the Order of the Dawn. Festivals were celebrated by the people for the Emperor's light had finally dawned on their homes. Over the years, the inhabitants of the planet, including the Sisters, developed cold resistance and something akin to night vision as the light never went past the thin rays of Dawn. Even though the light of Dawn reached the planet with the arrival orf theis Pronatus order, the planet is still plunged in complete darkness for over half the year. During the periods of darkness, snow storms are more prevalent. When the light of dawn returns, layers of snow and ice melt, revealing lost relics and artefacts. This leads the people to believe that the planet used to be closer to the suns of the Kaeli system and that, for some unknown reason, it has moved away from the light of the sun.

## History

Aurora has always been a planet which had lower than average population. The people always believed in the divinity of the God Emperor and worshipped him but, for a time, a series of unexplained torment and murder took place. The people became more and more volatile and angry and so the crime rate escalated dramatically. The reason for this was that a Tzeentchian sorcerer and her psyker friends had decided to make Aurora their home and they started manipulating the people and turn them against each other. When the Sisters of the order of the Dawn arrived, the crime rate dropped almost immediately. The sorcerer had gone underground.

Imperial guard regiments were formed. Opposite Aurora is a planet called Sundown which receives sunlight most of the year and never experiences darkness.

## Climate and Geography

Aurora is an ice planet in the Kaeli Sector of Segmentum Ultima. The planet is covered and snow and mountain ranges. Half of the year, Aurora is plunged in darkness and when the sun reaches the planet, it is but the faint light of Dawn. Because of this, the population sees better in the dark than most humans and have developed cold resistance. When the faint rays of sunshine reach the planet, the people rejoice and send prayers of thanks to the Emperor of Mankind. The snow does not melt away completely at any point but it does melt enough to reveal certain relics. Under the surface are many tunnels traveled by friend and foe.

## Adepta Sororitas

The Sisters from the **Order of the Dawn** are a minor order Pronatus. Although they are a non militant order, they are called upon for interrogation of heretics, witches and xenos. They have a deep respect for relics and want to learn more about chaos relics in order to further the knowledge of the Imperium. Quite skilled at interrogation and getting to the truth, they are rarely duped by their subjects. They were chosen to fill the ranks of the Order of the Dawn due to their curiosity, thirst for knowledge, unwavering faith to the Imperium and they believe that, with the right questions, answers can further the order's knowledge of chaos, chaos relics and worshipers.

The Sisters of the Dawn are a fairly young order that has been created because Kaeli Sector needed their skills to further the knowledge of the church. Seeing the mystery of many relics of Sanctus proper, that have been collected by the Red Crusaders and other Space Marines near the Sector, they were sent to investigate and find answers as to how the relics, such as the Holy Grail and Nurgle crystals, work and document that information.

## The Siege of Aurora

Aurora is a frozen world where temperatures are normally bearable but not on this day. As the Sisters of the Order of the Dawn were preparing to go to the aid of a nearby planet, Sondown, that had fallen to chaos that very morning, the Sisters became aware of the temperatures plummeting uncontrollably. Soon, a giant snow beast rose from a snow pile and started destroying buildings and killing people who were running for shelter in the streets. The Imperial guard arrived to try to contain and or destroy the the beast while the sisters tried to determine the source of the unnatural freeze. The surface of the planet cracked from the pounding of the beast on the solid ground and guardsmen and civilians fell into the crevasses. The canoness realised that what had happened to Sondown, was happening to Aurora. She ordered that fires be lit around the city to try to warm the soldiers because they were dying of cold. The sisters grabbed their flamers and tried to melt the beast. This is when Canoness Nadja was informed that the vaults and tunnels were under attack also. More Sisters were sent to protect the tunnels and the canoness sent out a transmission for help.

A company of Red Crusaders arrived, simultaneously, the task force that had been created to purge the Sisters of the Night also turned back in order to protect their homeworld. Moments before their arrival, Tzeentchian Space Marines and part of the Slaaneshi warband, were reported to be supporting the attack on Aurora. The battle was now on two fronts. Most of the Red Crusaders were sent to the surface to fight with what was left of the guard and the sisters of the order of the Dawn. The Sisters Repentia, sister Bethany and Grail Knight Mathael Drakvard were sent to the tunnels. As the small army moved through the tunnels toward the cave, they fought some thousand sons, some witches and some Slaaneshi sisters. When they arrived at the cave, they were face to face with the source of the freeze and the giant monster, sorcerer Pallas. After fighting two powerful psykers, Bethany and Drakvard approached the sorcerer. Pallas attacked them with memories of their most vile transgressions and shared them to both of them, trying to turn them against each other but they broke free of the spell. Soon, the Red crusader Librairian, Verus, arrived to help them against the Tzeentchian sorcerer and her minions. When the duo were about to fall on the sorcerer and purge her, she was pushed into a portal by one of her minion. Her servant jumped in with her but the others were killed. On the surface, when the temperature started getting back to normal, the heretics thought Pallas was dead so the ones that could get away fled, the others died in battle. Aurora was saved but the sorcerer was still at large.