"Auto vox-beacon 1145EG-BK. Quarantined world, turn back. Auto vox-beacon 1145JH-BK. Quarantined world, turn back. Auto vox-beacon..."
- —Wide-channel voxcast, Bekrin
Bekrin is a Cardinal World, the capital planet of the Ecclesiarchy diocese covering much of what is now the Achilus Crusade's Canis Salient in the Jericho Reach.
Its clergy evacuated the world to escape the approaching Tyranids of Hive Fleet Dagon, and though the Tyranids were turned aside before they could reach Bekrin, the planet has never been resettled.
The Adeptus Ministorum often petitions Lord Commander Sebiascor Ebongrave to reclaim Bekrin and install a new Cardinal to serve as the spiritual leader of the Canis Salient. Ebongrave, for reasons unknown, has bluntly refused at every turn, and has even proclaimed Bekrin a Quarantined World.
No one knows why, though there is no shortage of speculation about what horrible sights might be found among Bekrin's fabled natural beauty and gilded temple-cities.
To some, Bekrin is an example of Ebongrave's paranoia, but others insist that there must be something terribly wrong with the planet. In any case, no official word on Bekrin has been forthcoming in more than forty standard years.
Sources[]
- Deathwatch: Core Rulebook (RPG), pg. 355