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|Article= [[Legion VII|The Deathwalkers]]
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Falash VII is the Homeworld of the [[Legion VII|The Deathwalkers]] Legion

==Pre Compliance==

It is theorised that Nemea was once a thriving Terran agri colony during the Dark Ages but at some point it was rocked by a psychic apocalypse which collapsed society to a mostly feudal level and radically destabilised the Ecosystem. its is theorised that a [[OBSIDIAN CLEARANCE REQUIRED]] which in turn means the planet may owe its very existence to the strange beasts.

Its the years before the Primarch petty kings ruled Nemea, roving their territories in crude vehicle convoys between the various farms and basic factorums they considered their "Turf". The Ancient city of Thundara stood apart, home to unknowable terrors as well as potential fortunes in Archeotech for those lucky few to return from expeditions but utterly untameable by the hand of man.

Much of Nemea is barren, hardy scrubs, burnt out scrap and bones are the only thing to be found there. However some areas are more habitable than others, particularly areas called Growing zones which by some artifice of the ancients are hyper fertile and provide huge crop yields. These vary greatly in size from a single field to vast savannahs and are hotly contested by the warlords, though they are too valuable to risk in direct conflict and so it is the towns that always grow up nearby that saw most warfare.

===Thundara and the Gargoyle Order===

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|Title= The Castes of the Gargoyle Order
|Text= As mentioned the Gargoyle order was divided into three Castes; The Sentinels, The Servants and the Seekers:
===Sentinels===
The largest Caste, their duties were largely keeping the creatures of Thundara contained, marking stasis zones and rescuing the odd foolhardy treasure seeker. They were often well armed but tended to forgo the vehicles of the Warlords in order to maintain some stealth inside the city. Long polearms were common and whatever firearms they could muster. Watched over by their fellows for signs of instability it was a rare Sentinel who lived to retirement but all knew the important work they did.

===Servants===
The name is actually misleading as this Caste were not actually servants per sec and were arguably the most powerful and organised caste politically. They were charged with keeping the others armed and fed, whilst making sure the warlords continued to make tributes of both men and goods. Some amongst them were farmers but growing zones were rare close to Thundara and so they were rarely self sufficient themselves, thus the servants deals and wrangling was likely the main reason for the orders continued wellbeing.

===Seekers===
It was well known on Thundara that the witch kind had caused the planets downfall and it was the Seekers job to stop that happening again. Often accompanied by a companion Lion in order to aid in their destruction the Seekers travelled amongst the various warlords fiefs to do what must be done, often serving as a visible reminder of the role of the Gargoyles in keeping them all safe and encouraging more distant warlords to remember them come harvest time.
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|Text= Gargoyle Seeker looking back at Thundara
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The ancient city of Thundara was the home of the first colonists and the source of the theorised [[OBSIDIAN CLEARANCE REQUIRED]] which brought down the original civilisation of Nemea during old night. Its spires still stand in this modern era due to the STC miracles wrought during its construction and the odd stasis which affects large parts of the city.

Before the Primarchs rise it was a warp haunted ruin, still strewn with marvels of another age but the nightmarish denizens, time dilations and threat of suddenly activating ancient systems making it preposterously dangerous for the techno barbarians of the planet to plunder. Not that many desperate individuals did not try before the rise of the Gargoyles, with them warding the perimeter attempts slowed but never entirely stopped.

The creatures which infested the ruin were a menagerie of Warp xenos known to Imperium like Psychneuein, Wemics and the odd Shrike alongside numerous other unknowable beasts and nighthaunts. The presence of these Xenos likely also accounts for the odd temporal fluxes that plagued the city, time becoming frozen over broad stretches of the city or long dead devices suddenly leaping back into life with seemingly malicious intent.

Thundara was watched over by an order of guardians known as the Gargoyles for their unstinting watch over the city. They were formed of three castes, the Sentinels who guarded the city itself, the Servants who acted as a logistical arm and the Seekers who moved amongst the other peoples of the planet. All castes often wore elaborate masks to hide their faces in the thought that this helped keep the monsters from knowing their souls though this was most prominent amongst the Sentinel caste or particularly dramatic Seekers.

==Post Compliance==

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|Text= Legion Servant carves the Names of the fallen
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With Thundara purged of malign warp xenos it has largely been turned to the use of the Star Lions, not exactly a fortress their many holdings are dispersed around the city between the Gargoyle wall (Raised by the Order) and the Lion wall (Raised by the Primarch). Inside the Lion Wall there are various memorials to the Primarch, Order and Legion whilst the Sisters of Silence maintain a small nunnery over the site of the [[OBSIDIAN CLEARANCE REQUIRED]] just in case and to help manage their business in the Sector.

Much of Nemea remains the same as it was under the Warlords save that they now pledge allegiance to Linnaeus and the Imperium. A Program of improvement instituted by the Order/Legion Servants has sent roads and later magrails across the plains however and with a central authority designing things the settlements, growing zones and factorums are now considerably more efficient.

With a growing population and a Legion to support plans are afoot for a series of arcologies to house workers and give more land over to both Agriculture and manufacture. In particular the Mechanicum has been very interested in the potential of the growing zones and has been granted several smaller outlying examples to experiment with. Initial results are promising with Magi confident they may be able to expand these zones greatly in the next century or so.

Currently the planet is not fortified, the presence of a Space Marine Legion being considered by [[Linnaeus]] to be more than sufficient deterrent to would be invaders, he already liberated Nemea from a dark age and has said his focus is on the planet's prosperity, he would rather Nemea be jewel than a fist. There are those amongst the Servant and Sentinel castes who make frequent appeals to change this state of affairs, though the natural predators and conditions on the surface do present a not inconsiderable barrier to would be invaders by themselves. In particular the presence of so many Nemean Lions on the surface makes scrying and other Psy powers dangerously unpredictable.

The Gargoyle order has been largely absorbed by the Legion, already expanded by [[Linnaeus]]' reforms the Servant caste encompasses most of the planets population and is often used in general to refer to Non-astartes Nemeans. The Sentinels have become the Nemean PDF and are a well drilled modern fighting force equivalent to a regular Imperial army regiment though with the cream of their potential troops inducted to the Legion they are rated as second line troops. Units of the Nemean sentinels often accompany III Legion expeditionary fleets as support troops. The Seeker and (Short lived) Lion castes have both been fully absorbed by the Legion though Seekers do still roam the Nemean plains in much the same way their human predecessors once did the majority of them are off world with the Crusade.

==Nemean Lions==
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|Text= Male Nemean Lion in the Wild
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The Lions of Nemea are a Feliform native to the planet with unusual abilities relating to [[OBSIDIAN CLEARANCE REQUIRED]] these remarkable beasts.

It is unknown how this unique mutation occurred or whether it may have been deliberate, the ancient settlers of Nemea were certainly skilled in gene modification. No current Mechanicum Magi have been able to discern how it may have been done or replicate the results though and Nemean Lions born elsewhere are much less potent in their abilities if any manifest at all. With their close relation and significance to the Legion experimentation has been somewhat limited though.

Seekers of the old Gargoyle order long ago learned how to bond with Nemean Lion cubs and passed this down through the millenia. It is a procedure shrouded in mystery and not without risk but having a Nemean Lion as a companion is no small reward! The practice is continued in the Legion with Gargoyles and officers often undertaking the bond trials and returning with a Lion companion of their own.

Many of these Lions see active combat alongside their Partners and often bear the scars and bionics to show it, indeed some ancient beasts are more machine than lion at this point but as long as it lives it will continue to serve alongside its master.

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Falash VII - Revision history

James at 21:31, 23 April 2018

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