Classification: Feral World
Segmentum: Obscurus
Sector: Calixis
Sub-sector: Drusus Marches
System: Tygress System
Planetary Context
Tygress V is one of five planets orbiting the sun of the distant Tygress System, situated at the rimward edge of the Drusus Marches. The system includes two terraformed frontier worlds (Tygress I & II), one ancient dead world (IV), and two terraformed feral worlds—Tygress III and Tygress V.
Despite its current classification as a feral world, several ecologists and rogue scholars have noted signs of an ancient terraforming project, dating back to the Dark Age of Technology. The presence of genetically manipulated pre-Imperial plant strains and human-settlement compatible biomes suggests that this world was once part of a more structured colonization initiative. No archeotech remains have been found—only hints of intention now obscured by millennia of regression and isolation.
Inhabitants & Society
The surface of Tygress V is sparsely populated by nomadic human tribes that follow the slow, cyclical patterns of rainfall across the planet’s arid basins and desert highlands. They live by hunting, foraging, and bartering along seasonal migration routes, guided by oral traditions and celestial lore passed down for generations. Some practice low-level metallurgy, while others retain only stone and bone tools.
Their settlements are temporary and clan-based, lacking written records or formal governance. Tribal loyalty and land-based rituals govern daily life. Despite their technological stagnation, these humans have followed the Imperial Creed since visitation of Saint Drusus, preserving ancient litanies and hymns through memory, not script.
Ecology & Cultural Notes
Tygress V is a harsh but hauntingly beautiful world, dominated by dry plains, high mesas, scattered canyons, and two large shallow inland seas. These seas are noted for their algal blooms and enormous coral reefs, both remnants of the planet’s partially terraformed biosphere. Rainfall is sparse and irregular, but predictable in its path. Tribal nomads follow cloud patterns—“cloud gazing”—from horizon to horizon.
Among the more remarkable natural features is a massive cathedral-like stone formation, rising alone in a dust-choked basin. Around it, a semi-permanent tent camp forms and disperses with the ebb of passing pilgrims on the “Footsteps of Drusus” pilgrimage route. These devout wanderers pause to pray, offer penance, or sometimes simply vanish into the wilds. Many religious zealots who attempt to stay behind are later found as sun-bleached skeletons clutching prayer scrolls.
Strategic Importance
Although lacking formal infrastructure, Tygress V is prized by the Imperial Guard as a recruitment ground for tenacious, desert-hardened warriors. The local population is small, so it cannot sustain a regiment of its own, but war-parties are sometimes pressed into service during crusades or desert campaigns, where their loyalty, endurance, and faith have earned quiet distinction.
Imperial Presence
There is no permanent Imperial infrastructure on Tygress V. The terrain is inhospitable, the population scattered, and the pilgrim trade too meager to justify the cost of establishing a spaceport. Still, the Ecclesiarchy maintains record of the site, and some wandering confessors or missionaries may arrive, depending how harshly they are sentenced for their failures at home.
Ignis Aeternus WH 40K campaign notes 