DAEMON WORLD IUNSAN

LOCATION/OWNERSHIP

Upon my few trips within the Eye of Terror upon the mighty vessels of the Ordo Malleus, the daemon world of Iunsan can be found within the Eye of Terror. It is located in the southern sector of the Eye of Terror, using the Cadian Gate as the point of reference and also acting as “north” for when navigating within the Eye.

Lord Arnell, a servant of Khorne currently rules Iunsan, and like any powerful Lord, his daemon world bends to his will, forming the world into whatever form he wants. It is also the location of his horde of Khorne Berserkers; numbering in the hundreds, these warriors are accustomed to Iunsan’s climate and terrain.

CLIMATE/TERRAIN

Iunsan is an arid, dusty world; it’s red sand drift across the deserts of Iunsan in tides driven by the ever-changing winds. Although the terrain is desert-like, there are some parts of Iunsan that are pockmarked by outstanding rocky outcrops, with extensive cave systems that dwell beneath. The reason for these caves is currently unclear. There are a few other features of worthy note. I have also included a number of images taken on Iunsan to illustrate the terrain.

RIVER OF BLOOD

This flows erratically across Iunsan’s surface, splitting the planet into three large landmasses. Whether it is truly blood, we cannot know, but from orbit, the thick viscous liquid flows slowly, also driven by unknown forces. Above the river, there are several arches of rock that have formed rather unnaturally that are thought to act like bridges for the inhabitants.

ARCHITECTURE/STANDING STONES

These are dotted around Iunsan, forming a network upon the surface. It is believed that these are there to inhibit the use of psychic powers to those nearby. When we landed upon Iunsan to make further investigations, we found that use of our psychic powers when around such stones was an impossible. We can only assume that such standing stones draw upon the same technology that the “collars of Khorne” do and have a similar function.

Iunsan has a number of buildings ranging from large rocky spires that erupt from the ground at certain points, to large Shrines to Khorne, often created out of the ground itself.

FLORA/WILDLIFE

Iunsan is sparsely populated by flora that is deadly to those nearby. One such known plant is the Iunsan mantrap. This plant lies beneath the surface in a large pit, waiting for its victims to stray by. When they fall through a hidden trapdoor, the plant then injects the victim with poisonous barbs. Even power armour offers little or no protection from these plants. However, it is only the adult plants, which are capable of enveloping an entire Space Marine whole.

Another plant that is known to thrive on Iunsan is the barbed thistle bush. These strange plants are strike with deadly barbed hooks that shoot out in all directions at those that trigger concealed trip wires that plant grows beneath the surface much like roots.

There are also a number of wild wolves that are said to hunt the wilderness, surviving upon anything they can forage for or kill in their travels. Although these rarely attack the Khorne Berserks, they are known to attack and kill stray Chaos Space Marines that are alone in the wilderness. However, the world is harbours far more deadly things then wolves.

There are a number of wild massive scorpions that also hunt in the wilderness of Iunsan. These scorpions can be anything up to 12 meters in size and come equipped with a tail that is more then capable of piercing power armour.