Cordania Prime

An ancient pict-file of Cordania Prime, taken from one the ships of the explorator fleet during its rediscovery by the Imperium.

## Planet

### Class

Civilised/Agri-World
(Capital World)

### Affiliation

Imperium of Man, The Adeptus Astartes, And Forge World Manis

### Ruler

Mostly run by the System Council, Current Planetary Governor is Governor Glenn Sheard

## Location

### System

Cordanian System

"*As we entered the system... I was amazed by the planet's beauty. When we liberated them from the foul xenos. I can not help but be amazed as I was by the surviving human habitats. Not just how long they were fighting this xeno race... but they are pure in both spirit and body.*"
— An unknown Astartes
**Cordania Prime** or **Cordania** is a vitally important Imperial civilised/agri-world located in the Cordanian System within the Segmentum Solar.

## Brief Summary:

Cordania, known officially as Cordania Prime by the Imperium. It is classified as a Civilised/ Argi-world of which also hold the main governing body of its system. The world itself is governed by a mostly democracy like a system of which not a single person can hold true power and its decision are mostly decided by the people. It main tariffs to the Imperium, are their productions of food even the wealthy of the Imperium's elite love to have.

The planet gets its recruits from all over the system, and they are well trained and well equipped military forces which are added to lists of some of the best imperial guard forces. Being among the list alongside with Cadia, Krieg, and Armageddon. The Finest and oldest surviving regiments are the 182nd Light Shock Troops, the 111th Heavy Infantry Troopers, the 412th Light Drop Assault Troops, and finally, the 501st Mechanised Infantry Regiment. With each of these regiment hold on to the emblems of the Legion that they had served under during the great crusade and the Horus Heresy. Each holding great honor and respect of their history, and will greatly aid in any of the First Founding Space Marine Chapters that they once served under.

The location of the system is in Segmentum Solar in the Honesta Exercitus Sector. The sector itself borders Segmentum Tempestus and Ultima. Which they are one of the main benefactors to protect the borders of Solar from any threats. Such as the events of the War of the Beast, when the Orks launched a massive war against the Imperium of Man that nearly saw its downfall.

## Classification:

There was a manner of debate by many that how to truly classify the plant. But it could be Classified as a Civilized World for some of its large cities it has around the planet. But this could be Classified as a Garden World as large pieces of true beautiful lands near of its own equator. But some like to call it a Fortress world as the planet has Four very large and major Militarum fortresses around the planets, and a large percentage of its own population is in service of the Astra Militarum but as mentioned earlier that could be higher. The military fortresses themselves are as large as Hive Cities but these are largely used for recruitment, research & development, construction shipyards, and Planetary Defense & Security. None of the less, officially it was classified as a Civilized Agri-World. A fitting classification for one of rarest gems of the Milky Way Galaxy and to the Imperium.

## The Planets Description:

The planet itself is 4 times larger than Terra, its oceans cover 45% of the planet. Even though the Imperium officially classified it as a Civilized Agri-world, it does not have a low population like other Agri-Worlds as it has a rough estimate of 10 - 15 Billion of the total population. But the number could be higher as they tightly kept their military numbers well guarded to most and they draw from the whole system for recruits. It has one large moon that orbits the planet and its currently being used as a large Militrum base of operations. Which it trains soldiers, Helps communications with the rest of the system& outside of it, and serving as the first line of defense to any who dare to come into the system uninvited. Even having a ground to void weapon platform which it is powerful enough to go through Imperial Battleships.

## People:

The people of the planet are very diverse as they have a good amount of cultures and tradition in its many regions. It has been noted that people are well built than most from other planets, but it has been noted that the males are a bit taller than most and a bit stocky. Even having darker shades of hair colors. They are very strong and honorable people. The main things that its people hold up above all less are Honor, loyalty, equality, justice, character, and freedom above all else. The people at a very strong dislike to any type of corruption as they see it as the huge reason as the fall of humanity's fall from their golden age of technology and the fall of the old world. It was the reason why the Unitatis League was made to look over any who even thinks about doing so. They also live by a code of laws of the individual called the Cordanian Code. It is a concept that most of the population of the planet lived by during the Age of Strife and later on during its rediscovery by the rest of the Imperium. This also extends to its own military forces and even the Adeptus Mechanicus, both on the planet and the forge world of Manis as well.

## Early History:

There are artifacts from humanity during the Dark Age of Technology that give an insight into the way of life before the Age of Strife. Some of the artifacts are of clothing, old journals, old detailed documents, old records, but the most interesting artifact of all of them is a very old preserved flag that was found in the old vaults of the ruins of the old world. Which were many believed that this was a flag of the United Federation government during the Dark Age of Technology, but further research tells that it was simply one of many flags of the nations under the Federation. But the old world flag will soon become the inspiration for one of the region flag and Cordania's Imperial Guard Regiments.

But a lot of history has been lost of Cordania's Origins and its discovery by humanity during the Dark Age of Technology. But it theorized that it was a lifeless world when it was discovered when humanity was at its peak of technology advancement. That they have terraformed the planet, giving it life to the world and massive amounts its rainwater from the process made its massive oceans. But Most of the citizens and its Imperium accepted that the Planet was already lush of life when it was first founded but they can not explain the reasoning of why all it continents, plant life, and wildlife are so similar to that of Pre-Imperium of Earth. But any case there are some Xeno's artifacts that gave some insight into the history of the planet and the ancient ruins that predate before humanity. But the records and history of these found ruins have been locked off from the public from the Inquisition. More specific, by the Ordo Originatus and the Ordo Xenos.

But what records that are allowed, that in the events near the end of the golden age of technology after the Men of Iron nearly ended humanity on its a large-scale civil war against their own war machines. And during the time period, a lot of psykers started to become very rampant around the Federation. But the psykers that Cordania Prime has to deal with, are becoming crazy serial killers all around their planet. Killing innocents in such brutal ways. This did not help that the federation governor himself gave all of the psykers of the planet democratic immunity from their crimes. This cause the inter-planet in an uproar and riots started all around the planet. This was when society began to break down around the planet. This was recorded as one of the darkest days of the Planet's earliest history. This is when federation governor ordered a full material law around the planet and making his own secret police force. He orders to take and force people out there homes for simply speaking out on him. This was a large planetary civil war of which 50% of the population were killed by the many years of war. It ended when most of the civilians and military personnel manage successfully to bring down his regime and to finally repair the damage from this and the war with the men of iron. But they soon discovered that he was a psyker himself. It took a dozen of them to subdue him and cutting off his hands to able to bring him to justice. Before that put him to death by public hanging. He shouts out these words:

> "Do you think that this the end?! Ha... this is only the beginning, they will soon come. And all of you will be on your knees to them!!!"
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Then this is when the planet was put into full planetary wide witch hunt and purge of all psykers of the system and loyal personal of the governor.

### The Beginning of the Age of Strife:

When things started to settle down rebuilding was in order, the age of Strife begun. Then this was the final nail in the coffin for the united federation government body and the beginning of the fall of the old world society. Much of the records have been fully lost or unrecorded during the 25th and 30th Millennium, do to the sheer chaos of the age of darkness that was made in that time period. The only known history during this time period found in the old world ruins from many different sources of information around the planet. However... most of this history is under the regulation from the Inquisition of the Ordo Originatus. But information that is known and allowed is that during this time period that the planet was in total chaos. the last remaining military forces have finally put order back into place, it was bloody at first. But one voice of a great general that is very respected and loved by population, manage to put remaining of the Cordania's people to work together and rebuild the only things that they have left during this age. They now beginning to make a reform of democracy without the federation regulations and start making new rules but keeping the very values that the Cordania's people hold most dear. They also made rules to make sure that they will not make the same mistakes that Terra did. Sadly his name and face were lost in the annals of time… but his legacy still lives on in the hearts of the Cordanian people and the code that he made.

### First Contact with the Outside:

Before being discovered by the Imperium they made first made contact with a surviving element of a Mechanicus explorator fleet from Mars as they headed within the system as they were given coordinates of the great potential of the system, but they are mainly there due to the planet of Manis which was documented that it held great technological advancement and industry. But when they entered the system, they did not expect that the human habitats survived in the system or that they still had the Ground-to-Void planetary weapons still operational. They wade there intentions and where they are from, seeing that they have to give them what they demand, seeing that much of the fleet had been lost due to the unstable warp jump and there many are severely damaged. But also see some good potential of a relationship with the surviving inhabitant of the planet.  After messages have been sent over to the people below. Telling them off their intentions and where they were from. There was a disbelief of this, but after opening communications to the main leading Mechanicus ship. After some diplomatic talks with the Mechanicus. They let them in with open arms as if they were old neighbors before. They had negotiations with the Mechanicus as they are aloud build to some small bases around Cordania. But what really shocked them was that they can build a Forge World on Manis and establish a connection with them if they are any Survivors on the planet.

But according to Records of that time, that when the Mechanicus and Cordanian elements went on the planet's surface... they only found that planet's population had largely died off or just simply disappeared off the face of the planet. There are theorized that the Drukhari or another xenos race was the most likely cause of the of those who disappeared off the planet and its cities. But those who have died off, it's most likely that during the warp storms that cut off the most of the system and the galaxy. The planet fell into chaos which killed off most of the planet's occupants. But most of the forges and factory faculties are mostly intact and they found a lot of valuable STC constructs for them to rebuild what's lost from the Golden Age of Tech. But after many years later, even though the relations with the Mechanicus wanted to keep at length with them. It was going on them of the concept of the Cordanian Code on them and there were gradually becoming little more humane. But then... system came under siege by the Drukhari, the documentation of this time period says that this siege war lasted close to 70 years before its rediscovery and system liberation. This time period was called 'The Long War' by Cordanian Historians.

### Its Rediscovery by the Imperium of Man:

Now the Age of Strife has finally ended and the Great Crusade has begun. During these early years of this era, the planet was finally rediscovered by the rest of the Imperium of Man by the Legio Astartes of the Blood Angels, Raven Guard, and the Salamanders. As they can see from orbit, they can see a beautiful Blue and Green gem of a planet, they also see that the humans had survived the many millennia during the Age of Strife. They also see that one the Mechanicus scouting fleets survived their exploration to the system and are working alongside with the Cordanians at Manis where they see that the world trying to rebuild their civilization from the dark age of technology on the planet.

But they also see that a hostile Xeno race of Drukhari was at war with the Cordanians but the humans greatly resisted them. And they manage to hold off the majority of the Dark Elder for a very long time. And they have gotten very good at fighting them, counter-attacking their ambushes and got very good at killing them. But there is so much they could do to fight a much more powerful enemy and only manage to hold them off for so long. But after the of the arrival of Legio Astartes and the Imperial Army, they manage to liberate the system from the vile Dark Eldar. But not before the legions stated their intentions, where they are from, and their great mission. When Cordanian People were liberated... greatly vowed to serve Imperium of Man, But not before they asked that they must speak with the Emperor himself. So the Legio Astartes let them speak to the Emperor himself. The discussions that went on in the Cordania's House of System Representatives are a mystery as to this day. As to what went on those 5 days of discussions, was not allowed to be publicly documented and later censored completely from everyone by the order of the Inquisition or the highest authority of the system are allowed to know.

But what is allowed to be known is that the Cordania's Treaties and Vows were signed then stamped by the Emperor himself. Most of these Treaties and Vows are still in effect to this day in the 41st millennium. Even if this came into conflict later after the Horus Heresy from the Inquisition and the Ecclesiarchy. The Treaties and Vows that are signed say that the people of the Cordanian System are allowed to keep their system of government and to keep the values of freedom of speech and choice above all else. In an exchange that the must get rid of all religions (Except the Cult Mechanicus on Manis and the system) and must learn and follow the Imperial Truth. They are also will able to maintain and manage their own capital planet as they see fit. As the Cordania's people well like to keep most of the planet's natural beauty as it was of Earth before the age of Strife. But they also have to give a quarter of the materials of the System to the Imperium and vow that their men & women at arms must be put into the Imperial Army. Later rename and reorganized into the Imperial Guard and the Imperial Navy after the Horus Heresy.

## The New Golden Age for the Planet

Not long after the treaties were signs, great trade started to flow in Cordania System from many parts from the Imperium even to have real resources to truly rebuild from ruins of the old world and to finally spread across the system, even bring old Knights and ships back to life from there long slumber. Even forge world of Manis was getting a good share as they now can able to produce ships and now Titans which was lost to them. Even though there were regions of the planet that resisted this great change and no longer allowed to follow a religion. They were shiftily crushed by those sworn to the Imperium and Their Imperial Army allies. Back in the Gold Age of the planet... there were no true regulations of making Legions of soldiers, of which one legion can have about everything in their disposal, such as the 501st or the 412th which they are legions of men and women within these armies. They quickly got into fame for there help in the campaigns across the Honesta Exercitus Sector and beyond. Soon being the personal Army regiments for the Astartes Legions. This Gold age lasted over a century before it came to a quick end when the Horus Heresy started.

## The Events of the Horus Heresy and Aftermath

During the Horus Heresy, some Cordanians later on during the civil war. Had Joined Horus's cause and almost made a successful coup happen on Cordania Prime. But thanks to some of the Surviving Raven Guard Legion that was in the system and the returning armies. They manage to contain it and put down the coup before it could take hold of the system. However they were quickly crushed, they had destroyed plenty of records and STCs. Even stealing a great deal of them as well. They even sabotage the factories and forges on Manis and crippled a few knights that were about to be finished on the assembly line.

After the Battle of Terra and the end the Horus Heresy. The Cordanians felt responsible for some of their own people played a part in the Civil War. So they want to make the redemption by donating there inter Military to help and bring the Imperium back into order with the aid of the Ultramarines in this. After 7 long years, putting order back into the Imperium, Guilliman of the Ultramarines wrote the Codex Astartes which splits up the Space Marine Legions into Chapters. And to separate the Imperial Army into the Imperial Guard and the Imperial Navy. It also dictates that no chapter should have complete command or have personal regiments of the Imperial Guard or the Imperial Navy. Even the Regimental Legions were to be cut down and to that they one regiment must not have a jack of all trades within them. Such as that a regiment that mostly deals in troops, can not have a massive amount of Heavy armor or artillery.

## The Age of Apostasy:

During the early years of the Reign of Blood, when the tensions between the Ecclesiarchy and the High Senatorum Imperialis were growing high. When the Ecclesiarchy was rapidly spreading their influence and power across the Imperium. But Cordania Prime was lucky that it was left out of most of this conflict as it will be real too troublesome for them to even control or gain from them, this is due to the planet's own income and is one of the most important planetary systems in Segmentum Solar. Which is due military strength and source of great STCs for the Imperial Guard. What news and knowledge from other parts of Imperium that are deemed not worthy of being known or it will simple will cause problems with its civilian population and to keep churches being civil. Even if they have signed the treaties for not to treat the Emperor as a god, they later will keep small churches after the Horus Heresy. They need to have a new beacon of hope after the dark times of civil war which did help greatly for the some of the civilian population. But have been an only minor fraction of the population of the system and has never gotten a government seat among the council. They also kept teaching the Imperial truth but they can excuse of these teachings if they wish to so they can keep minor parts of the populations happy.

But in the Early 36th millennium, the Cordanian system came under threat by the Ecclesiarchy under the Leadership of Goge Vandire, as he came to planet in order to further spread their beliefs of the Emperor and order them that every citizen must follow the dictates of the *Lectitio Divinitatus* and that not a single citizen has a choice of rather they liked it or not now. They also must completely stop the use of the Imperial Truth and the Treaties and Vows that were signed 6 millennia ago and must be destroyed and forgotten. These Greatly angered the Cordanians as they hold on a great honor and freedoms of choice for their citizens, individual values, and their signed treaties greatly. Later Vandire begins to threaten the system to issue the act of heresy and he will bring the might of the Imperium upon them. He has even threatened to issue *Exterminatus* for their heresy, this put the Cordanians in disbelief that they will go so far as to destroy one of the most valuable planets of the Imperium. That's when Vandire ordered his fleet to be ready for orbital bombardment on the planet. This Forces the System Representatives to dishonor their word and give in the demands of the high lords demands. This greatly angered the Cordania's citizens and blame their system of government for allowing this to happen taking way their choice if they wanted to follow the Lectitio Divinitatus or not. None of the less, they have put a full planetary martial law into their own citizens for the first time after the Horus Heresy.

In later years, now most of the population came to accept the dictates of the God-Emperor of Mankind. But Goge Vandire Felt that they have not been fully given in to his demands that he wanted so many years ago. He also greatly feared that the Cordanian System will soon revolt against him as many have already. So he sent one of this most royal of his Ecclesiarch representatives to the system, also bodyguards of the Brides of the Emperor to protect him, and their own enforcement of secret police to the planet. This greatly angered the Cordanian system for going against the treaties that were signed and their honor. They were forcing their citizens out of their homes for being accused of being heretics. Going so far as to doing public execution and burning down buildings. But what finally broke the camel's back, was when Ecclesiarch representative ordered the killing of protesters while on a live pic feed that was able to be seen across the system... those who survive were just simply burned alive. This was when the system had enough and started to revolt against Goge Vandire rule. By starting at fighting against the secret police of their own system. Then eventually, capturing the Ecclesiarch representative to be publicly beaten, tortured, then slowly burned alive in the process. He even begged for his life yelled and for the emperor to save, but he never gets his pleas answered as he died screaming in pain. As people see that he needed an eye for an eye for what for what has done to their people. However, this brought fear to the system as they just revolt against the Imperium and one of the High Lords of Terra and he will soon bring the might of the Imperium for this, but it never came. Instead, they were contacted by several fleets of Sebastian Thor's rebels and several chapters of Adeptus Astartes. They were told about the situation and that they are also rebelling against Vandire rule. The System greatly vowed to help bring down Vandire rule and bring him to justice for what he is doing to the Imperium. This interstellar civil war finally ends with the death Goge Vandire by the hand of one of his own personal bodyguard and leader of the Brides of the Emperor (Alicia Dominica) by beheading him then brought his head forth in front of everyone, finally ending the Reign of Blood. But not before saying his infamous last words "I don't have time to die... I'm too busy!" before he was beheaded by her power sword. Even though that his regime has finally ended, The damage was already been done. Now the Imperial Truth that the Emperor himself made has all been truly gone and forgotten and that now very imperial citizen is now under the doctrine of the Lectitio Divinitatus. As this was maybe Vandire's vision for the Imperium of Man. To this day... the Cordanians never truly forgiven the Ecclesiarch for allowing a manic to take so much control of the imperial government and to dishonor and humiliate them as he did. Then to kill and subjugate so many of the civilians of their system. This even goes for the Daughters of the Emperor as they caused the most deadly on there home system. But later on, in the long years after the Age of Apostasy, some of the regiments that are fighting alongside the Sister of Battle are becoming really close allies with and greatly value them.

## The Great Corruption

Near the end of the Indomitus Crusade, Planetary Governor Sturm Isiminger had seized power, after being elected as Planetary Governor of Cordania prime through very questionable means. Not long after the election, he enacted powers and orders through minor and major lode wholes through Cordanian policies and treaties. Right passed the Cordanain Council unable to act against despite there efforts of trying. The Governor had many of the council in his pocket and even having traitors in the once thought incorruptible Unitatis League. He started to enact that they must build more factorums across the planet... even it must be built upon very sensitive lands and farming. this greatly affected the environment and the local wildlife. which many birds had to go where they can find more food which they started to eat what farms lands in areas where they can find food. In doing so... they left many towns and cities without food and the drinking water was heavily contaminated due to the low standards of factorum's safety hazards.

This greatly ruined relation between national regions and even further pushing the environmental protection policies that were set forth in the regions. He ordered the kill all of the birds and with this act that he sent. Most of the species of birds on the planet were close to being put into the endangered lists and some of them did. But within this act... came even more serious consequences now as now what little food that was able to be made, was only consumed by swarms of bugs and parasites, due to the bird population unable to keep the populations of them down. Worst yet that the Sturm Isiminger and just sees it as a minor stepping stone. Within his version for Cordania and its future. Giving more power to bureaucrats and putting in a policies that they no longer get elected or need to go through proper channels which now they can make orders and changes without consequences, giving more freedoms to the Merchant Leagues to the point that they also can do whatever they want to be set up whatever they want regardless of who they hurt... and what they destroy. With all this... he single-handedly ruining relations between the nations of the planet, ruined relation with other planets in the system, weakening the military more than helping, and even ruining the tiffs that were supposed to be paid for the wider Imperium. Within 2 and half years he nearly put Cordania and the system in near collapse. The System council, the Unitatis League, the Cordanian Departamento of Justice... had truly failed the Cordanain people and the system.

It only to took the intervention of the Inquisition itself, as they looked into the lack of numbers in there tiffs and disturbing reports that were coming in. They were in shock that what they found and finding the system as close to total chaos and a whole system civil war was close. Governor Sturm Isiminger was ignorant as always, even to the Inquisitor as he sees it as necessary progress. I did not take long after there meeting that the Inquisitor enacted his own powers and fully denounce him as Planetary Governor and enacted the Edict of Obliteration to him and all who are loyal to him. Sturm Isiminger then order his personal to kill the Inquisitor by any means. But he had escaped and he did have to do much to get the Cordanain to side with him and to finally repair the damage that was done. Now the Inquisitor now has the army and the people on his side... now enacted a system-wide purge of the Corrupted. Most of the Governor's men and 'royal' friends... were swiftly hunted by all within the system. even though that the Inquisitor had brought most to justice and personally punished those that captured and not trying to kill them. Sturm Isiminger had escaped the system, with a great number of his own personnel. Leaving one last message to Inquisitor, and the Cordanian people.

"*What I was trying to do was to bring forth a new era for our people, we have lived too far in the past and over the past 10 thousand years we had hardly progressed or made new strife for our people. If I can betray my honor... then so be it, it was never good for nothing anyways. If I had to enact policies against the rest of the system to help better progress our selves... then so be it. If I had to build factoruims to increase our output for everything... at the cost of some little farmlands and such or wildlife retaliation which would cause small troubles after on... then so be it. If I have ruin balance between our nations and to make real progress for the Merchant leagues without hurdles or any restrictions... then so be it. But I have now seen that this planet... no... this system... is hopeless beyond measure, Even a Cordanian [Cenored] son of an Inquisitor, which choices to side with such barbarians over a truly civilized person such as myself. I would just take my leave then with all that I deem worthy and create a new System Empire that would appreciate my talents and philosophy of progress. And Then... I will make it better than this cursed system as ever been. Even the Inquisitor himself or any of his followers will not even dare touch me. I will see my way out... I may be a son of the Cordanain system. But really... what is honor worth anyways even the concept of a old code from a long-dead forgotten general... anyways... I am about to miss my flight and will consider this as my official resignation and my final gift to the barbaric people. Later ladies and gentlemen.*"
— Sturm Isiminger Last message to them
With one final insult to the Inquisition and the people, the Inquisitor vowed to them that he will help them rebuild what he had destroyed and he will hunt down and exterminate every last traitor of the Corrupted that he find and bring that head of the Governor on a silver platter, but not before he knows the real meaning of pain. It took some time but he honored his vows to them, even it took years. He and vast armies of the Imperium have found and located the Corrupted Governor, as he established on a feudal world of Ilmoria, which was forcibly taken by him and his forces. But with swift brutal action from both the void of space and the ground the planet. The Cordanian have finally made there wraith known throughout the sub-sector as to never betray the people no matter what.