Hive World Nevis

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## The Founding

Nevis is the crown Jewel of the Rykore system for it is located at the center of the system. First discovered during the Imperium's exploration into the Ketamo Deep under the inquisitorial supervision of Master Inquisitor Elizabeth Rykore during her expedition dubbed The Ketamo Crusade. As the Imperium explored the deep they encountered a planet, which would soon be called Nevis, it was green and bountiful with water. As Imperial forces landed on the planet they were shocked to see humans living on it perfectly fine. Under investigation the planet had been lost to the Imperium since the Age of Strife, but somehow humans managed to survive for ages.

Nevis political structure seemed to always change for what the locals tell the Imperium, for at first it was in a state of anarchy, which lead to a dictatorship that engulfed a third of the planet in war and as time went on  the dictatorship was overthrown and a new form of dictatorship took place the Nevis Monarchy under the rule of the Nevis family. The locals referred to the head of the monarchy as the King; there had been four kings; however when the Monarchy started to corrupt was with King Claud Nevis, an unsettling individual who focused on his own lust over ruling his people. As time went on Claud was removed by his cousin Gaia Nevis, a man who cared for the people and had the support of the local people of Nevis and in one night the leadership of Nevis had changed and Gaia was the new king of the monarchy.

## ***Gaias Betrayal***

As Gaia reign was bountiful to the Nevis people he delved into what the locals called the **Madman's Language** where he would have ceremonies dedicated to a deatie called Gakzan the one who controlled fate. The ceremonies were a spectacle to be seen with food and drinks and entertainment, but they always needed something in return, a sacrifice of something important from a family picked at random, for if the sacrifice was not fulfilled darkness would reign endlessly on Nevis according to Gaia the conduit for Gakzan.

 Every family gave up something important, except Gaia's family he never seemed to give up anything for he was never chosen at random, yet Gaia would proclaim Gakzan would use him as a conduit to choose and that he would give a small part of his soul in the process for that was his sacrifice, the people accepted Gaias answer  for they knew in time Gaia would meet the worst fate his own end. This however did not make his followers feel at ease for when Gaia passed who was willing to give up their souls to Gakzan and continue what he had started.

As much as the ceremonies were fantastic, the amount of attendees grew less and less every time. For even though the ceremonies would happen every 9 months it was sometimes too much for people to handle. The people who attended the ceremonies gave up a wide variety of things: Money, Livestock, materials, family heirlooms, Family members. So people would decline invites to just keep what they had and soon it was no longer an invitation Gaia had decreed that everyone would have to come to the event and if they hadn’t they would be sacrificed to Gakzan. As the ceremonies went on no one knew what was planned for Gaia would become more harmful than good to the people of Nevis.

### ***The final Ceremony***

As people gathered there was no entertainment, no bountiful food or drinks. It was pure silence and anxiety because rumors went around that this would be the final ceremony and for this Ceremony the 18th ceremony Gakzan would gift those who truly followed him. As the event took place Gaia announced that there would be not one sacrifice would take place but everyone who did not believe in the word of Gakzan would be sacrificed and so the ritual began as people were encircled by men in purple robes and masks of gold with blue steele daggers that crackled with energy and so Gaia proceeded to chant to Gakzan and the followers of Gaia began to slaughter those who tried to escape for Gaia announced that Gakzan would reveal himself with the consumption of 999 souls and so the Gaia betrayal had began and blood was spilled from 900 souls and the last 99 where doing everything they could to prevent their demise, and just as luck would have it the Nevis Hawks, the military force on Nevis, arrived under the command of Gerard Nevis , Gaias oldest son, who had who stopped the ritual with weapons of great energy and projectile weapons for Gerard had decapitated his father and had the rest of his fathers followers put under arrest and would stand trial for their crimes. As Gerard investigated his father work he had discovered that Gakzan was not a deatie that should be adored for the damage it had caused to his people for sadly the cult of Gakzan was formed, but thankfully cleansed on what would be known as the 9th night where people would mourn that night for  what the cult did. However what was  not known was Gaia would unleash what was called a Lord of Change who would conquer the world for his God Tzeentch.

## ***The End of The Nevis Monarchy***

As Gerard ruled over the People of Nevis he looked upon his family lineage and decided he would be the last King to rule over Nevis and would let the people of Nevis rule with their own free will, for yes the Nevis family had led the people out of anarchy and out of a dictatorship. However it seemed to have failed for the Nevis Monarchy was becoming the Chaos it destroyed so long ago. So on the night of the 9th Gerard announced after his death the planet would go to the people for the Nevis family time to rule had come to an end, and Gerard took it upon himself to help setup what would be known as the high council that would would be divided into 5 parts: four Chairman and one high Chairman and they would rule Nevis.

On Gerards final day the people celebrated his rule with a parade and proclaimed  Kings day where the one true king did what he thought was best for his people. It was an extraordinary  parade, one of pure happiness for the people of Nevis felt as if they had finally earned their independence once and for all, and so after the 9th night the people of Nevis would celebrate Kings day, a day where a Monarchy toppled from within.

### ***Imperiums presence on Nevis***

As the Imperium gathered data on the planet they met with the high council and demanded that they would join the imperium or perish. After seeing the might of the Imperium the High Council of Nevis had decided to comply with the Imperium, and so the establishment of Nevis had begun.

As Elizabeth made her way to the planet she made her way to meet the high council to talk about what the people of Nevis were in store for and what was expected of them. Through the meeting with the high council Elizabeth learned a lot about Nevis and the history of its work with the ruinous powers of the warp so Elizabeth had began an investigation for it felt as if there is something bigger at work on Nevis so she began to do what any good inquisitor would do and investigate for there is no way just two times the ruinous powers would try and take this planet and fail. Elizabeth felt a bigger plan was at work.

As days passed The Imperium established ground very quickly on Nevis cutting trees down and making way for Imperial structures. Along with Elizabeth's investigations and upon poking around the social network of Nevis she had finally found something a shrine dedicated to the one they called Gakzan the controller of fate and where she found it was truly disturbing, for it was under the council building. So she pondered if the High Council knew about this shrine or if they were leading it. So Elizabeth executed her own plan and acquired help from a Callidius Assassin who disguised herself as a citizen of Nevis trying to make their way in what Elizabeth suspected was a chaos cult known as “Gakzans Fate”.

### ***The Slaughter of the 9th night***

As Elizabeth Investigations went on for months and what felt like a lifetime for Elizabeth, The Callidius Assassin had finally implanted herself in the Cult and it was what Elizabeth had suspected it was the return of the Gakzans Fate the Cult  Gaia formed so long ago; and to make things even more interesting was it was only one high council member leading the others however supported it since the Imperiums arrival of Nevis. The assassin also revealed that they would start the ritual that Gaia had failed so long ago on the ninth month on the ninth day during the ninth hour and sacrifice 999 innocent souls to bring Gakzan into the materium. Elizabeth had two days to develop a plan and so she laid the groundwork to deal with the Cult of Gakzans Fate.

The ninth night had been struck. Elizabeth ordered guardsmen to keep a curfew enforced for the citizens to prevent the sacrifice from happening. Elizabeth had the Callidius Assassin to get close to the leader and had several strike teams placed on the entrances and exits of the High Council building. Elizabeth herself was present for the ambush for she would be the one to put an end to the horrid schemes of the Cult of Gakzans Fate and would bring order to Nevis. As the ritual began to set breaching charges and waited for Elizabeths word.

As the high council member began to thank everyone for coming and bringing a sacrifice he began to speak the cantings of the ritual and Gakzans arrival. Once the first words were released from the high council member Elizabeth ordered the attack and the decapitation of the Council member and so the fighting began. Explosions were set off and guns began to fire along with blood being spilt. As fighting broke out Elizabeth made her way into the chamber dealing with cultists with ease and saw the council member try to escape and ordered a team after the council member for even though the ritual was stopped the head of it all would be crushed. As the fighting went on the Callidius Assassin had dealt with the other High Council members and made her way to finish the job. As Elizabeth chased the man with two inquisitorial stormtroopers and two Nevis hawks warriors only to be met with violent cultist dressed in Nevis Hawks armor  who had killed the stormtroopers by slitting their throats, Elizabeth prused on with the two cultist behind her however she made sure they met their demise by setting a trap of her own. As the High Council member met a dead end he began to worry would Elizabeth be the end of him or did the cultist take of her. As he heard footsteps around the corner he saw a Nevis Hawk who wondered if he was safe he assured the Cultist he was fine and wanted to escape, but before he could finish speaking the High council men was met with a blade cutting his throat having his head hit the floor and the Cultist shred their disguise to reveal they were the Callidius Assassin with Elizabeth behind her being pleased with the outcome.

After all was said and done the ritual had been stopped one would look at the floor of the ritual site and could only see bodies of cultist and innocent people who were stained in red by the pools of blood on the tile floor.

### ***Nevis' New Beginning***

After the night of the ninth an “election” had to be held for new High Council members so Elizabeth had selected candidates run, Who were imperial citizens or members before Nevis, So that the people who could have a sense of normal again, and so as time went on the greenery of Nevis began to fade and Hive blocks sprawled above and below the surface. Also a Celuxs Temple had been put at the core of Nevis to be recruited by the Imperium for even though Nevis produces psykers it has had a few times where Rogue psykers would try and do what Gaia started so long ago.

As time passed the amount of rogue psykers diminished for master inquisitor Elizabeth had a tight grip on Nevis, but still feels as if the grip tightens less as time goes on.