Ashkhar
Anvil of War
Classification (multiple allowed)
Death World
Sector / Segmentum
Segmentum Pacificus
Description
Ashkhar is a death world marked by daily ash storms and volcanic eruptions that regularly foul the rare breathable surface. Sunlight is filtered by ash particles into a gloomy half-dark that cuts visibility to a few hundred metres.
Home world of: The Ember Devourers (chapter).
Home world of: The Ember Devourers (chapter).
Fauna & Flora
Hardly any life. Ash-runners, knee-high gatherers with leathery hide, feed on sulphur crusts at the fissures; on still-warm basalt grow lichens that start anew after every storm.
Population & Society
A few thousand people in bunker settlements beneath the ash fields. Those who go out wear a cloth over the face and a line at the belt, so that the way back can be found in the half-dark. The settlements count time not in years but in ash storms; the Ember Devourers recruit from among them.