

It was only during the middle years of the Great Crusade when the Empire of Mankind finally reached Morana. Warp Storms isolated the planet while still in its sociological infancy, and it was left to develop on its own for the next 9,000 Terran years. However, the history after Morana's discovery and colonisation at this point is unknown. The Uhulis Sector was first discovered by Terran explorers in M21 with Morana being the first of many human-settled worlds that were colonised. Black Guards Shock Troops excel at wars of attrition and defensive combat in particular. Over several centuries, these elite forces have evolved into highly effective siege specialist regiments who willing seek out opportunities to display their iron discipline and self-sacrifice in combat. It is from the first Planetary Defence Force volunteers that Morana raised their first elite 'Black Guard' Shock Troop Regiments. Having developed highly sophisticated hazardous gear and unique patterns of weapons, the elite Black Guard regiments willingly fight in some of the most brutal and deadliest warzones in the galaxy. After centuries of nuclear destruction and bitter trench warfare, Morana was reduced to a scorched, radioactive husk composed of blasted wastelands of choking ash and mud, forcing its surviving people to retreat into underground arcologies in order to survive the toxic planetary environment.įor many generations afterwards, the people of Morana have become a highly independent, self-sustaining and hardy stock.

This was followed by four-hundred years of grinding warfare to purge the presence of deeply entrenched heretical Chaos Cults. The Imperial planet was subjected to a massive orbital bombardment of nucleonic weapons, reducing the surface of the doomed world to ashen wastes and radioactive ruins. In the 39 th Millennium, this once-vibrant and industrious Hive World met a grim and terrible fate when it was attacked by a large Chaos Warband of the terrible Word Bearers Traitor Legion. 7 Notable Guardsmen of the Morana Black GuardĬapital Hive City of Morana before the war with the Word Bearers.
