Valhalla
This was once a temperate planet, a paradise covered in green fliage and huge equatorial oceans. 10,000 years ago the planet was struck by a massive comet, which wiped out 99% of all life and set in a freezing ice-climate. However the surviving population struggled though, establishing vast underground cities and surviving on algae grown in massive vats.
Then a masive ork fleet was blown off course and wrecked on the planet, and a titanic struggle for survival began. After intense fighting, and with their backs to the wall in the ice caverns, the valhallans finally overcame the Orks, by using their ice tunnellers to collapse the ground underneath their enemies.
Valhallans are famous throughout the galaxy for the stubborn and relentless attitude and grim determination. (Ref: Codex Imperial Guard, 2nd ed; Page 12) |