User blog comment:Solomus-BlackWing/A Legacy (Pt. 4)/@comment-2253300-20140510220634

Vilgalan:On Vilgalan the darkest reaches of heresy meets the deepest of purest of faith. Vilgalan is a major Shrine World of the Sector, but at the same time it is stained by the touch of the warp. Long before the Imperium came to the harsh, cold world it was populated by the slaves of the Archenemy. These misguided madmen sought ot bring themselves closer to their gods, and in order to do so they cast a sorcerous ritual. The ritual weakened to border between the Materium and Immaterium, but ultimately it failed. The border between worlds was thinned but not torn, and the ritualend up killing the inhabitants of the planet. despite this for many years after the followers of the Chaos Gods would continue to journey to the befouled place.

Many years later the Imperium came to the world. A crusade meant to pacify nearby space and expand the sector came to Vilgalan, and at its head was Saint Basirov, a Living saint of the Emperor. Saint Basirov cleansed the world of its heretic population, and claimed it for the emperor. However during the fighting the Saint suffered a mortal wound, and it was upon the cold stone of Vilgalan that he finally expired. Thus he was entombed upon the world, and the Ecclesiarchy declared Vilgalan a shrine world in the saint's honor.

However the taint of Chaos stayed. The weakened veil between our world and the Warp meant that the forces of Chaos are ever at work on Vilgalan. Those of weak faith or unsound mind often hear whispers from beyond, driving them towards darkest damnation. There are even some secluded areas of the planet in which the warp leaks out into reality. One would think that such a world would be doomed. That the Imperium would simply declare an exterminatus and leave it to dark memory, but such is not the case. The Sector Synod declared that Vilgalan will always belong to the Emperor, and the faithful have seen fit to enforce this decree.

The people of Vilgalan are a tough breed. The atmosphere of veneration of the Saint and the emperor, in addition to the constant struggle to battle heresy and the predations of the warp have hardened them. Vilgalan fosters blind faith in the Emperor, and fanatical zealotry amongst its people. Both the Inquisition and the Ecclesiarchy are on constant watch for heresy, or the influence of daemons upon the planet. In addition the Imperial Navy often patrols the system, as Chaos worshipping pirate bands commonly hide amongst the moons and asteroid fields of the system. Men live and die by their faith in the Vilgalan system in a constant battle of the soul.