Standard Terra Calendar 980.M41, Segmentum Tempestus, Parish of St. Casparon, Cardinal World St. Casparon
As a cardinal world, hustle and bustle was originally considered a crime in Saint Casperon, but since the terrifying aliens began to invade the territory of the God Emperor, the air here has become anxious, but the anxious atmosphere has not affected the environment here.
, it still has forest gardens, azure oceans, majestic snow-capped mountains and vast grasslands like a garden world.
"The planet is beautiful, but with such a weak defense, if it weren't for being on the edge of the galaxy, a random group of Dark Eldar plunderers could turn it into a living hell."
In the Stormbird's cabin, Soshyan stared at the natural planet below that was almost unpolluted by industry. If it hadn't been for a series of bad news, he would have been in a good mood at this time.
But unfortunately, things are always so bad in the Empire.
What's worse is not only the external threats, but what makes him even more angry are the various robbers and thieves within mankind.
At this time, Talos walked up to him.
"How can this place be better than hell? What are you going to do about that?"
"When we get to the ground, could you please take a trip and deal with those people? I'll go meet them personally and put the matter aside for the time being."
As the Storm Bird gradually approached the ground, the majestic Holy City of the State Religion appeared in Soshyan's field of vision.
As the promised land appointed by the saint Casperon, this planet was originally named Kassela, and its history can be traced back to the chaotic era after the Apostasy.
At that time, because this area was on the edge of the Light of the Star Torch, although many human colonies had been established very early, due to the chaos caused by the apostasy of the empire's high-level officials, there was no time to take care of this area. What followed was an evil wave.
During the Faithless Disaster, many Chaos sects emerged from cities and mountains. Even the rulers of some planets announced their separation from the Empire and established their own small kingdoms. The Empire was too busy cleaning up the mess in the Sun Star Territory and had no time to deal with those remote places.
At this moment, a mighty fleet arrived at Kassela, which was caught in a warlord melee, bringing unexpected peace to it - this was an expeditionary force of the state religion, composed of the fanaticism of the state religion.
They were driven into military fanaticism by the preaching prophecies of Casparen, the "Eternal Pilgrim". This missionary, who was nearly sixty years old, announced a campaign whose purpose was to save many souls in the Dark Frontier.
In the War of Faith, he claimed that the God-Emperor warned him in a prophecy that this place would become a terrible den of heresy, and in order to prevent this from happening, they must launch an expedition.
This kind of thing sounds a bit unbelievable in the 41st millennium, because the state church has long been deprived of most of its ability to launch military operations. However, before the taming edict was promulgated, this kind of thing was actually very common, and a highly respected missionary could easily organize it.
They have raised a jihadist army of hundreds of millions of people. Their goals are diverse, including aliens, heretics, or what they consider to be heretics. And the jihadi army they organized is not the temporary cannon fodder that was worse than the militia in 41,000 years ago.
It is almost the same as the Astra Militarum. It not only has guns, cannons and tanks, but also a powerful fleet, and can even attract the participation of the Astartes.
But Casperon didn't know it at the time, but he was actually driving a "last train" because after he spent decades finally launching his dream holy war expedition, Terra issued a taming edict and ended the state religion.
The road to mastering the armed forces, but fortunately at that time, the jihadist army had already arrived at the border of the empire and did not know what was happening in the core center.
Casparen is a person who has some records in the history of the state religion. He was born in the Maelstrom area, and later went to a famous seminary in the Storm Star Territory near the Sun Star Territory. After graduation, he did not return to his hometown.
He continued to serve as a missionary in the Storm Star Territory. It is said that he traveled to more than fifty worlds in his life, bringing a purer light of the God Emperor to many worlds that were still in the "barbaric" world at that time. As he grew older,
The leader seemed unwilling to just preach. He began to preach his prophecies everywhere. Using his prestige and connections for many years, and after much lobbying, he organized a huge expedition fleet and plunged into the Light of the Star Torch.
The bleakest dark frontier of the empire.
After arriving in Kassela, Casperon inspired the faith of the people here with incomparable fanaticism. At the same time, the powerful jihadist forces swept away the dark forces on the planet and quickly eliminated the wave of apostasy.
Taking this planet as the starting point, a grand war of faith began. This arduous war lasted for nearly 40 years. When it ended, fully one-fifth of the population of the sector had been killed, and there were countless others.
People become slaves, disabled or servitors.
Even Casparen, who was revered as the "Father of Salvation" during this period, was assassinated by hostile forces and died in his meditation room. Of course, there are also rumors that the assassin came from some force at the top of the empire in order to weaken this power.
The state religion force had a strong armed force. Later, the jihadist army was taken over by a disciple of Casperon and won the final victory in this battle of faith.
After the victory, the taming edict from the empire was conveyed. Casperon's successors accepted the new pope's request and disarmed them, but they also received in return a territory that was watered with the blood of the followers of the state religion.
It became a large diocese, enjoying special religious exemptions. Administrative power belonged entirely to local priests. Many jihad survivors were also allowed to stay and settle here. Some were disarmed and returned to their fields, while others joined the local defense forces in an organized manner.
Most of the officers were transformed into planetary nobles, and in order to commemorate the "Eternal Pilgrim", the original Cassela was renamed St. Casperon and became the capital of the archdiocese, which is the cardinal world.
The subsequent consolidation and reconstruction operations lasted for centuries, and St. Casperon was soon built into a beautiful world. There was no so-called nest here, only the Cathedral of the Holy War, five major seminaries and three major monasteries.
The huge settlement areas formed, as well as hundreds of small settlements, are different from the imperial nests. The buildings are all brick and stone structures, and they are dotted with natural landscapes such as lakes, rivers, and even forests. The priests are not too familiar with it.
He likes noisy giant machines, so the planet's environment is relatively "original", including the cities that are more classical.
The most charming and magnificent among them is the Holy War Cathedral and its entire area with a population of more than three million. The cathedral is built on the highest mountain range on the planet. It is also the place where Casperon first set foot on the planet.
The place where he prayed to the emperor for the first time after coming to this world was regarded as the holy place of the archdiocese. A huge group of churches with a length of more than thirty kilometers was built. In the center of the group of churches is a huge group of shining spiers.
That is the Holy War Cathedral. From there, a neat residential area extends along the mountains and is built all the way down. From the outside, it almost looks like a small hive, but the sky here is not shrouded in polluted smog, and there is no pollution between the streets.
The roar of the factory was replaced by the sweet sound of wind chimes carried by the wind, the small waterfall that kept flowing in the garden, and the friendly debates of the priests.
The architectural planning of the entire city was built under the guidance of the artistic ideas passed down by the state religion for thousands of years, emphasizing the integration of the soul and the environment. When a believer sets foot on this sacred land, he will realize how spectacular it is.
No less than any of the most bizarre fantasies that had befallen their dreams.
Every road here is paved with carefully carved bricks and stones, with symbols representing purity on them, huge arches connecting different blocks. If you look closely, you will find that the material is not wood or stone, or even precious metal, but fine fabric.