40K Hobby Weekend + Apocalypse Table + background writing competition

I was not sure the right place to type this but decided here. Hopefully you will enjoy Part 1 of my write-up!

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Planet Name:     Corvinus Secundus

City Name:          Port Somber

Segmentum:       Segmentum Tempestus

Sector:               Caradryad

Subsector:           Caradryad Minior

System:                Shadownook

Population:        Unknown, estimated to be in the hundreds of millions.

Affiliation:           Imperium

Class:                  Civilised, Knight World, Shrine World (Pre-Noctus Aeterna), Fortress World (Present)

Tithe Grade:       Exactus Tertias (Reduced from Exactis Extremist at request of Lord Commander Roboute Guilliman of the Imerium, Avenging Son of Terra, Primarch of the Ultrmarines and Praised be the Son of the Mighty God-Emperor of Mankind.

A Brief History of Corvinus Secundus

Long Night:                        Uninhabited, ‘Garden World’ in all but name.

Great Crusade:                  Knight Household set up, civilized and established as an Agri-World

Horus Heresy:                   Cut off from the Imperium due to Warp Tides. Knight Household defended it staunchly from a Death Guard invasion.

Age of the Imperium:      Established as a Shrine World. Over time the Ecclesiarchy establish an Adeptus Sororitas Order on the planet. ‘Order of the Emerald Rose’.

Noctis Aeterna:                 Order of the Emerald Rose repels a Death Guard invasion along with Freeblades native to the planet. It is pyrrihc victory, as the Order of the Emerald Rose is wiped out completely by the Death Guard in the process

Indomitus Crusade:         Cut off from the Imperium and with no working communications, the remaining PDF and nights hurriedly prepare for a last stand when ships descent from the atmosphere. In the early dawn light they recognize them as allied Imperial ships. The planet is granted relief.

Present:                              Lord Commander Guilliman personally visits the capital city of Port Somber. Within two months the remaining cities are fortified to a Primarch’s exacting standards. Guilliman is praised as a savior when he consigns a force of Imperial Fists Greyshields to protect the star system, creating the Primaris Chapter, the ‘Emerald Knights’, in honour of the fallen Battle Sisters.