Abydos System

History

While the Abydos System has become a constant battle ground between many different factions, it was originally a set of 3 Gorgeus Worlds, tended to by the Eldar of Bachramshedannan, but after the Daemon Sha'eillarstill corrupted the World Soul and was imprisoned in a Blade, the system was abandoned by all remaining Aeldari. Humanity would later settle worlds of Osiris and Sofia III, but Bachramshedannan was always off limits, at first because of the dangerous flora and fauna that had grown there, but later by Inquisitorial Audit as they discovered the monster that dwelled withing. Osiris would drain it’s gorgeous oceans, shipping the water to other worlds including Sofia, as a massive series of Hive Complexes emerged. Sofia III would become a Paradise World, renown for the Spectacle of Sounds and Taste it offered visitors, before a freak meteor shower caused the planet to undergoing several centuries worth of tectonic movement and volcanic eruptions, which continue to this day. Meanwhile the Gas Giant of Kayaköy would become the systems dirty little secret, much of their riches would be from the discreet mining operations of the Xenos known as the Demiurge, who would share 33% of the resources from the planet and its satellites with the Imperials. These riches would attract the eyes of the Administratum, who would turn Osiris’ moon Byblos into a Archival World, where Munitions for future conflicts and records of the past would be stored. Many centuries would pass, with the occasional Ork Waaagh or Tyranid Incursion requiring the aid of the Imperium, but it was truly a mostly uneventful time. Then, Several Forces all at once moved on the System, but surprisingly most ignored the Hive World. While some Tyranid’s arrived, most seemed to be rushing the Bachramshedannan. The foul Traitors of the Angel’s Arisen under the command of the Master of Possessions Arioch had gotten word of a Daemon of their Dark Patron being bound there, one of untold power, and sought to seize the Relic Blade for their own. Meanwhile, the Bloated Crusader’s Warband under the Death Guard Lord Takar sought to bring the Daemon back to Mortarion in Chain, having left the war for Ultramar early in favor of hunting for his prize. The Custodes Shield Host Draken had gotten word of these foul traitors of the Imperium, and moved to find the foul blade and destroy the Daemon once and for all. Meanwhile the Kabal of the Aetherwave invaded the world, both to find treasures to sell and hunt down Takar, an old enemy of their Archon, just as the immortal Phalanx of the Vahhasün Dynasty arrived to excavate the remains of Necrons buried since the War in Heavan, as well as work on a secret project the prized Cryptek of the Dynasties Phaeron had planned. Finally, Inquisitor Lynhart Smiling would follow Tyranid Hive Fleet Ceto to the planets surface, wondering if the fleet merely predicted planetary Disaster or caused them.
The war between the factions would be long, and bloody, but ultimately Phaeron Vassen would lead his Phalanx to battle against the Wraith-Constructs meant to guard the Daemon. It was a brutal battle, and in desperation, the Eldar Seer would take up the cursed blade before being struck down by the Immortal Tyrant. Fresh Eldar Blood and Soul entering the Blade awoke the monster within, allowing Sha'eillarstill to truly break free with the powers she stole all those millenia ago. Daemonic Incursions spread throughout the the planet. No one was spared, as the hive Fleet Fled, leaving countless Bioforms behind, the Archon abandoned his revenge scheme and much of his Kabal, the Necrons forcibly teleported back to their ships, and Custodes fought to the final man. Takar’s Warband was temporarily shattered in the fighting, and Arioch warped into a Spawn, his failures to reach the Daemon before the Necrons displeasing Slaanesh. Inquisitor Smiling would later alert members of the Ordo Malleus to what had happened, as Sha'eillarstill unleashed a powerful Warpstorm on the System, trapping any and all who tried to enter as she warped the planet into a Daemon World. The Abydos Crusade had begun.
The Inquisition was very displeased on how such a profitable system was now under complete existential threat, and sent several forces to put down the Daemonic Uprising. When they arrived however, the Grey Knights under Brother-Captain Fork, the Sisters of the Scarlet Thorn, the Sons of Dorn known as the Stewards of Steel and Several Guard Regiments nigh immediately turned on one another, the warp storm sowing panic and confusion amongst their ranks. Meanwhile Shas’o Kri’ket lead her Fire Warriors in an attempt to claim the system for the greater good, the Necron overlord Nectarehk saw the opening of a Tomb World on Sofia III and went to claim it the Ekmedos Dynasty, Takar reorginzed the blgihted Crusader into the Grim Contaminators, bent on crushing the System and Daemon beneath his heels, Druhkari under the orders of Lady Malys raiding all parties, the Bloodthirster Ka’jagga’nathh saw the corruption of his rival, and made sure Khorne would prevail over the Dark Prince, and Warboss Purplewheelz’s Tree Droppa Boyz Arrived to make sure deez gits could fite riht and proppa-like.
Many campaigns and battles would occur in the war, but in the end, the 5 worlds would each have a Ruler, locked into a nigh eternal stalemate. The Blood Tithe would be Banished by Fork, yet his own forces to depleted to continue, allowed to return to titan by Inquisitor Pin of the ordo Malleus, the Stewards of Steel would be deemed as Traitors for their repeated assaults on Imperial forces, and attempt to flee to the Maledictum while being Pursues bu the remaining Guard Regiments under the banner of Inquisitor Vega, having been reinstating into the imperium after excommunication by Pin under his banner. Despite her Incredible Success through all stages of the the campaign, Shas’O Kri’ket would order a retreat after a failure to protect the Ethereal accompanying her, and a desire to not get her forces into a war of attrition with the Imperial defenders. The remaining 5 worlds would each be claimed by a different faction. The Imperium would hold onto Osiris, with the Sisters of the Scarlet Thorn taking control of the remaining forces and purging disloyal members of the populace. The Orks of Waaaaaagh Purplewheelz would seize Byblos, turning the Munitions Depot into Da Dakka Moon, and Ork Warground where their meks would make bigger and better machines for them, Takar would solidify control over Kayaköy, setting back up the Demiurges productions with plague Zombies and cultist and bringing more and more Death Guard Warriors via the reasources mined from it, Nectarehk would seize Sofia III for the Flory of the Ekmedos Dynsaty, and Sha'eillarstill would maintain her hold on Bachramshedannan, preparing for the day she can finally consume the entire system in Slaaneshi Corruption.

Sector
Juriah

Type

Solar System

Notable Worlds

Bachramshedanna: A Daemon World of Slaanesh, currently launching raids on the other Worlds
Kayaköy: A Gas Giant with a series of Mining Stations, Corrupted by Nurgle and ruled by Lord Takar of the Grim Contaiminators 
Osiris: Lead by Governor Menes of the Imperium, currently has the Sisters of the Scarlet Thorn defending it
Byblos: Former Administratum Storage Facility, not an Orkish Paradise
Sofia III: Volcanic World, necron Tombs have recently opened upon it.