Wallach IX

Star System: Laoujin
Moons: Three
Habitable: Class IV
Noble House: None (under Bene Gesserit control)
Primary Export: Bene Gesserit training and knowledge
Population: Heavily populated cities and no one living outside of them.
Languages: Galach and other secretive Bene Gesserit means of communication
Locations of Interest: Cliff Walls, the Mother School

OVERVIEW

Also called the Chapterhouse, Wallach IX is home to the Bene Gesserit and serves as their greatest training facility.

HISTORY

The history of Wallach IX is tied to a hatred of humanity. Millennia ago, Yorek Thurr ruled the planet in service to Omnius. Thurr, even ascending as a ruler, worked as a traitor inside the League of Nobles for the thinking machines in hopes of gaining more power and position.

He left human space to rule Wallach IX and undergo the life-extending procedure. Upon gaining dominance of the planet, Thurr focused on the eradication of all human life. One of the many diabolic atrocities Thurr masterminded was the Omnius Scourge, a deadly airborne virus. Thurr escaped Wallach IX before the League of Nobles initiated the Great Purge on the planet. The devastated planet was taken over by the cymeks, who ruled it until their destruction.

Wallach IX became the homeworld centuries ago to its current rulers, the Bene Gesserit. The Sisterhood is critical to the continued existence of Wallach IX, as the planet would collapse economically without them. The few exports are tied to their training and schools, reinforcing their importance, and increasing their numbers with each passing day. Every Sister has stepped on Wallach IX at least once, always for training on the Chapterhouse, and later potentially for a meeting with the Mother Superior or to receive special assignments.

The importance of Wallach IX cannot be understated, and no vessel is allowed entry onto the planet or to reside in space around it without prior approval.

CULTURE

Wallach IX’s culture is one of obedience and community. The Chapterhouse is ruled by the Mother Superior who reinforces the Bene Gesserit beliefs and the mission of the creation of the Kwisatz Haderach. Over 90% of the population are Bene Gesserit either in training or graduated. Anyone else is either a worker, a guest, or a prisoner.

ENVIRONMENT

Wallach IX is a forest ecosystem with cities carved out over the planet. Each city is a near-identical copy of each other down to parks, street names, and numbering. Visiting one city feels like being in any other city, granting a level of familiarity and a disconcerting feeling of having been someplace before but uncertain.

POINTS OF INTEREST

The Chapterhouse Mother School is the ideal of every Bene Gesserit to attend, and provides education for many daughters of Major Houses, sent there for training if not to join the Sisterhood. The mammoth complex is at an undisclosed location to accept those the need to know and protect the school.

The Wallach IX Archives are the most sacred and secured location on all of Wallach IX. Deep in the bowels of the archives, under hundreds of meters of rock, steel, and reinforced plastics, are the records of the Kwisatz Haderach manipulation.

The Three Moons have orbited the planet since the time of the cymeks and are believed to be natural.