Karkason

Karkason is the capital world of Karka's Sun in the Alenic Belt.

Named by Ybram Karka himself, Karkason is thought to be named as a backbiting lament by the rogue trader, whose illegitimacy to the Bruder trade patriarchy restricted his rights to have a true son.

The world is now the capital of the system, lording over its vassal worlds with such ironclad control that its name is a frequent byword for the star itself, and often used interchangeably with it on star maps (much to the chagrin of astrocartographers, Munitorum adepts, and Navigators new to the sector).

Karkason is a bustling hive world, its towering hives separated by swamplands. Gloom-storms brew around the upper spires of its cities and heavy fogs saturate its lower atmosphere.

Mechanicus presence on the world is heavy, and the only thing that prevents its inclusion as a pure forgeworld is the treaty formed at the end of the Karkason Trade Wars, which split mining rights evenly between the Mechanicus and the local Karkan trade consortium.

Karkason's sole moon has been terraformed, and is given over totally to agrarian work, feeding its swollen parent-world. In local dialect, its moon is referred to as "Gunderson," meaning "grandson".

Exports and Tithes

 * Regolith minerals
 * Noctilith deposits
 * Astra Militarum tithe: Karkason Swampers (light infantry regiments), Karkason Gloom Wardens (armored regiments)