Charon Hive

Charon Hive

The Kildin Sami Tundra is a vast waste of ice and rocks, blasted by the raging winds that whip across the empty landscape.  For hundreds of miles, there is nothing to slow the wind, except the mile high towers of Charon Hive that are continually buffeted by the gales.  Indeed, there is no obvious reason why Charon Hive should be located in this bleak wilderness, until one goes deep underground and finds the vast amounts of promethium that are found there.  

It is no surprise that the folk of Charon are something of a individual lot.  Unlike the other Hives, the Charon Hive are ruled by a hereditary governor selected from House Charon, the last of the great founding families of Orion 89-Zeta, to still retain the original warrant from the Adeptus Ministratum.

The isolated nature of Charon Hive has led to something of a siege mentality, not entirely unwarranted given the repeated intrusions on the North Sedna Fields, by units of TAPs.  The High Lords of Charon began arming for expected war against the TAPs almost a decade ago, and began expanding their household guard into a force that could take the field.  Their fears became almost fanatical following the vast and unexplained explosion in the Central Deserts.  

This Household Guard would prove critical in strengthening the Hive forces in the war that came in 939M40.