Komus - the Tyrant Star

The Tyrant Star (sometimes called Komus by those in the 'know') is apparently a wandering stellar phenomenon, a spectral apparition that takes the form of a dark sun (or an eclipse - or both - the stories are confusing and contradictory). When it appears there is always planetwide madness and widespread destruction.

Since the creation of the Calixis sector in early M39, the Tyrant Star has appeared a number of times. Legends hint that Komus was at work in the Calyx Expanse long before the Angevin Crusade. Neighboring regions, like the Koronus Expanse and the Screaming Vortex, also have their share of stories about the Tyrant Star.

Among certain Inquisitors and heretics, there is talk of a Propheticum Hereticus Tenebrae - the Prophecy of the Shadow Heresy - which tells that the Tyrant Star is merely the reflection of something far darker and more powerful. Komus is the Herald of this Doom. And it will come soon, at the turning of the world, to devour everything (which is taken to mean anything from the Calixis Sector to the entire galaxy).

Many, from Dark Eldar Warp-seers to the Sorcerer-Prophets of Q'Sal to Imperial Inquisitors, have tried to learn the true nature of the Tyrant Star, but all have failed. Perhaps it is in the nature of Komus to be unknowable? The wise recognize their follow and turn their attentions elsewhere. The foolish press on, seeing not how the path they follow leads to madness and death.

Some say the Tyrant Star was the reason the Prophet of Light turned his back on Calixis. He alone had the foresight required to understand Komus. And what he saw made him understand that it was future to waste more time of Calyx, that old Chalice of Evil.