Ceibhal is a Jungle World and the Chapter homeworld of the Obsidian Jaguars Chapter of Space Marines. Ceibhal is host to the Chapter's towering fortress-monastery, "The Sabre."
Ceibhal is covered in trees called "steelpalms" whose wood is immensely strong.
A verdant planet covered in wild flora and fauna, Ceibhal was defined by its steam-veiled jungles and the mighty, snow-topped peaks that ran over its surface like the scales and spines of some great thunderwyrm. Even from aboard a voidship in orbit, one could see the vast dust clouds kicked up by bovine herds millions strong as they crossed the world's enormous plains in search of sustenance.
Typhoons and tornadoes swept across its continents, and lightning struck in a million places. Truly, Ceibhal was a world whose beauty was matched only by its fury. But nothing stirred the soul like "the Sabre," the Obsidian Jaguars' mighty fortress-monastery, whose walls were of deepest ebon. Never could one see such proud battlements elsewhere in the galaxy, besides those of the Space Wolves' own great fortress on Fenris, The Fang. Every hornwork, talus and glacis of the Sabre was a work of majestic art.
The planet suffers from torrential rains during what is known as the "Season of Downpouring," which can cause greatly increased volume in rivers and streams like the Arrowhead River.
History[]
During the Psychic Awakening, the Sabre came under assault by a vast horde of Orks while most of the Space Marines were off-world on campaign.
The call for them to return was sent out, but until that time Captain Meznan commanded the Chapter's forces in the defence of their homeworld.
Unless the absent battle-brothers returned, however, Ceibhal was likely to fall to the greenskin assault.
In truth, by the time a Space Wolves strike force led by the Wolf Lord Erik Morkai finally arrived, Ceibhal had been claimed by the Orks. The Obsidian Jaguars fleet defending Ceibhal had also been destroyed, but Morkai still hoped to be able to recover the Chapter's gene-seed from their fortress-monastery.
He infiltrated the Sabre with a strike force of his fellow Space Wolves, but it had been desecrated, its walls decorated with the corpses of the Obsidian Jaguars Astartes who had died defending it. Even worse, Morkai's warriors were only able to recover a small portion of the Obsidian Jaguars' gene-seed, as most of it had been destroyed or made unusable by the Orks.
With little more to do, the Wolf Lord's strike force made their way off-world shortly before they activated explosives that destroyed The Sabre.
The fate of the Chapter's survivors is uncertain.
Notable Locations[]
- Plains of Karusal - These plains surrounded the fortress of the Sabre.
- Serpentine Jungle - The Serpentine Jungle lay at the edge of the Plains of Karusal and was comprised of a great forest of steelpalm trees.
- Arrowhead River - The Arrowhead River suffered from a heavy flow during the planet's Season of Downpouring.
Sources[]
- Psychic Awakening: The Saga of the Beast (8th Edition), pp. 8-9
- Psychic Awakening: The Stand of the Sabre (Short Story) by Callum Davis
- War Zone Octarius - Book 1: Rising Tide (9th Edition), pp. 30-32