Rykad Minoris was an Imperial Civilised World of the Koronus Expanse in the Rykad System of the Segmentum Obscurus that was the capital world of that system, long a part of the trade empire controlled by the Rogue Trader House Winterscale.
In 531.M41, the world was lost to an uprising by a Chaos Cult instigated by agents of the Word Bearers Traitor Legion and its star system's sun was stolen by the Drukhari, forcing the newly-raised Rogue Trader of House von Valancius, who had been present seeking aid for their flagship after losing their Navigator to a Warp incursion, to abandon the dying world.
History[]
In the Koronus Expanse in 531.M41, a heretical Chaos Cult emerged in the Rykad System, part of the sphere of influence ruled by the Rogue Trader House Winterscale, led by a "prophet" named Aurora who foretold of an event called the "Final Dawn." Amidst a planet-wide uprising unleashed by the cult on the system's capital world of Rykad Minoris, Aurora led an attack on the Electrodynamic Cenobium, a temple of the Adeptus Mechanicus housing an archeotech plasma reactor, which she attempted to overload.
Aurora was seemingly killed by a strike team led by the Rogue Trader dynasty's recently installed Lord Captain and the rebellion crushed; however, during a triumph thrown in the new Rogue Trader's honour, the planet's sun suddenly went dark, taken by Drukhari warships.
Seeing this as a signal, the Final Dawn cult mounted a final attack on the capital city as the veil between realspace and the Immaterium thinned. The Rogue Trader and their retinue fought their way to Rykad Minoris' starport, to be confronted on the landing pad by a Word Bearer Chaos Champion who stated it was he who had really been "Aurora" all along. After a pitched battle, the Rogue Trader slew "Aurora," but was forced to flee the dying star system in their flagship.
Sources[]
- Warhammer 40,000: Rogue Trader (PC Game)