Anann

A Forge-World founded during the conclusion of the Utovian Secession, remade from the ashes of an agri-world. Anann is well known for the high quality of it´s knight weaponry, and the artisans trained on Anann is sought after on many knight worlds in the galaxy.

More than knight armaments, which actually only is a minor part of it´s production, Anann produces both select equipment for the Adeptus Astartes and the Imperial Guard. The Knights of the Iron Keep are one the first chapters supplied, but far from all equipment ends up in their hands. As far as the Imperial Guard equipment goes, a majority supplies the Utovian Armed Forces. All Guard-issue equipment, from helmets to Baneblades, use the Cadia-approved Kantrael- and Agripinaa-patterns.

Beyond being a production facility of some renown, the forge-world is also home to an ancient sacristan known as the Arch-Sacristan, who maintains a knight-lance known as the Blackshield Lance.

History
Having a rather undisturbed history, Anann hasn´t actually seen direct conflict since it´s reformation from the ashes of the agri-world it was before the secession. Since then, Anann has made a name for itself by it´s Articifiers and their knight creations, and by assosciation with the Utovian Forces.

Founding of Anann
As the secession concluded, the remnants of the agriworld that Anann was before was reformed and the forge-world was established. There are rumours that some of the original buildings remain deep below the surface of Anann.

The arrival of the Arch-Sacristan and the Blackshield Lance
One day, Anann´s spaceport was hailed by a damaged transport ship, using old, but still viable, passage codes. When docked, the transport revealed to have a cargo consisting of an old magos sacristan and two Imperial Knight Freeblades, both with their Ion Shields blacked out. The old magos never revealed it´s name, but in cinference with other magi revealed knowledge and phrases that couldn´t be faked. The magos carried much revered knowledge, and was allowed to take up residence on Anann.

The knowledge carried by the Arch-Sacristan, as it came to be known, was an integral part of the early establishment of Anann´s repute as a masterful creator of Knight equipment. As time went on, the Arch-Sacristan came to be an integral part of the stories surrounding Anann, and few even know that the Arch-Sacristan hasn´t always been part of Anann´s priesthood.

Creation Table Results
An x denotes a chosen or otherwise modified roll.

Interpretation of Table Results
Anann was founded in the conclusion of the Utovian Secession, when the secessionists was finally exterminated during the Virus-Bombing of Utov Centrus in 836.M32.

Anann was built on an agriworld that had been heavily damaged during the conflict, to the degree where it´s was deemed untenable to return to it´s former use. It was renamed during this, and it´s former name was struck from all records.

The factoriums is rather diverse and supplies not only the Utovian Armed Forces, but also the Knights of the Iron Keep and House Voskhod. There are close ties between House Voskhod and Anann, since the Knight House´s reformation after the secession attempt, and the Princeps and the court always live under scrutiny of the Fabricator-General. Anann has made a name for itself as renowned masterworkers of Knight weapons and armor.

The priesthood of Anann lives close to the tenets of Mars, and showns no immediate deviations, but much can happen in the bowels of a forge-world without outsiders being any the wiser.

Anann is protected by Legio Rapax Antiqua, a Skitarii legion actually older than Anann itself. The Legion was part of the forces that reclaimed the Utov System. Rapax Antiqua is somewhat larger than is normally expected of a Forge-World of Ananns size, but due to the Legio´s toil in the Quest for Knowledge, the number of available macroclades is in near constant flux.

The Fabricator-General has close ties to the wider Utov System, in part due to it´s role on the Governing Council, and Anann is closely tied the larger war effort of the Utovian Forces.

In an event that is today shrouded in the mists of time, Anann came to hostilities with the Dark Angels Chapter. Although  the event itself is unkown, the grudge is still alive and well so to the degree that there have been no cooperation between the Dark Angels and Anann since the event.