Known Xenos of the Prosperitas Sector

There are many alien threats to the Imperium in the Prosperitas Sector. Though much of the fighting of the Crusade occurs along the borders of the Tenebris Subsector, there are a great many expeditions into the Rimward Marches and the Nemean Gulf, where several alien cultures continue to thrive. Occasionally, these races will pose a threat to the Imperium, either mounting raids and attacks upon the worlds of the Prosperitas Sector, or often acting as corsairs and mercenaries within armies fighting against the Crusade.

The untamed regions of the Nemean Gulf have posed a challenge for the Imperium ever since their arrival to the Prosperitas Sector. This spinward region of untamed sector space is home to many humans and Xenos worlds, including the nomadic Shavasti. They also contain many human-populated worlds, including the planet Finisterra which served as the site of the Crusade’s greatest humiliation in recent years.

Shavasti

The Shavasti are a race unique to the Prosperitas Sector, and these humanoid creatures are insidious in their threat to the Imperium. Few Imperials have ever seen their faces, for the Shavasti wear enclosed helmets and bodyshape-masking robes. In the native slang of Prosperitas they are called Fimir and have long plagued the sector. A nomadic race, their hatred for the Imperium was born from the destruction of their home world in a war lost to Imperial records – one kept bitterly alive in their hearts over millennia until the Imperium returned. The race is known for a unique trait that appears to disrupt Psykers and shields them and those around them from psychic abilities. It is thankful then that they are loners – rarely are even two found in the same place – but in recent years it appears the Shavasti have joined the Rising Flame en-mass, and are often found supporting these terrorists and traitors.

Eldar

Eldar are another ancient foe of the Imperium. Slender, pointy-eared humanoids, they have never been present in great number in the Sector – but are embedded in local myths as a fae race known for stealing isolated individuals into deep dark caves, or as vicious pirates that haunt the routes through Sector Space. Actual encounters with such creatures are rare but when they do strike they leave tales of suffering and woe in their wake.

Orks

Orks are amongst the oldest foes of the Imperium, but years of Imperial propaganda have made many citizens complacent about them. The Ork is presented to citizens as a savage unintelligent animal – an almost comedic threat – but any who have seen one knows the lie. The true Ork is a predator, a monstrous creature turned entirely to making war. Prosperitas was once naïve to their threat until Waaagh! Gazbag suddenly tore into the Sector in 563.M41 were it not for the ability of the Persephonian people to hold the Orks at Persephon IV, then the Orks might well have torn a path all the way to Duroverum. The Ork tide was blunted and recently all but vanished from the surface of Persephon IV under mysterious means - scattered bands of such creatures are still sometimes encountered and even a single Ork is a nightmare for a human settlement - but they are no longer encountered in great numbers within the sector.

Other Threats

These are the most common xenos threats, but there are rumours of other alien filth out their in the dark abyss of space. There are legends about of giant arachnid-like Weavers, and the mysterious floating creatures known as the Cascade – as well rumours of a newly-encountered race of lizard-like creatures in the deep forests of Helaerus III.