Brephotrophium 511

Brephotrophoum 511 was a special orphanage of the Schola Progenium. Unlike most Imperial orphanages, which were maintained by the Ecclesiarchy for the purpose of raising the children of deceased Imperial personnel, 511 Brephotrophium was a secret installation run by the Inqusition. Instead of the offspring of Imperial Guardsmen killed in battle or administrative officials lost on a far away colony, this orphanage contained those whose parents had been disgraced in some way or committed treason. Many sons of Guardsmen who went rogue, nobles that were suspected of membership in a Chaos cult, rebellious planetary leaders, or overly incompetent Navy officers ended up in Brephotrophium 511.

Located in the lower depths of the minor Hive World of Mandinoria, the orphanage was run by the Inquisition for psychological experimentation on the children of traitors and criminals. The goal was to create perfect agents and soldiers for the Imperium through various psychological "realignment" techniques. This included brainwashing to completely erase the subject's previous identity and attachments, giving each child a new name and essentially making them incapable of feeling many emotions. Brephotrophium 511 was run in a particularly brutal and savage way, even by Schola Progenium standards. It was known that some subjects were killed during their stay, either as part of the experiments or due to excessive disciplinary problems.

Upon reaching adulthood, the sons of the scum of the Imperium were sent off to serve in various branches of the military or services of the Adeptus Administratum. Although their upbringing was brutal it was effective in education and training, making most of its alumni very capable individuals. However, an incident that occurred there resulted in Brephotrophium 511 being completely destroyed during the last century of the 41st Millennium. In the aftermath the Inquisition shut down the site and placed a strict gag order on everything related to the orphanage.