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 and the so-called Redd Worldz from which the Ork hordes of Waagh! Gazbag! originated. 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.

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 out of the Ork colonies on the Red Worldz in 563.M41. The Imperium had known of Ork life on the surface of those worlds, but had underestimated the threat of what it saw as simple savages – were it not for fate’s miraculous intervention and 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.

Orks in the Prosperitas sector are smaller than their kin in the wider galaxy, but are smarter on average. More uniquely, the Orks of Waagh! Gazbag are notable in their employment of hordes of human xenocultists called ‘Konskripts’, and for the fanatical devotion of both orks and humans to their enigmatic leader-beast Gazbag, Prophet of the Twin Sunz.

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.

Undine

Undine are a disgusting threat. These small insectoids were once thought of as parasitic animals, but it was soon discovered that a swarm of them could burrow into the flesh of a victim and turn them into a flesh-puppet ‘hive’ under their control. Horrifyingly, the resultant flesh-hive appears sentient, and very much willing to aid heretics and traitors. Undine march forth alongside enemies of the Imperium n the Rimward Marches wearing all sorts of mutated flesh as their skin. The Imperium is cautious in any engagement with them, however, and screening is employed to ensure no parasites leave the fight in the bodies of Imperial troops.

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 avian-like headhunters who have proven terrifyingly effective accompanying hostile powers to battle.