This website is devoted to the Avernus Subsector, a 40K sandbox for campaign play for the Adventurers' Academy in both role-playing and wargames play. By having a shared environment, this increases community involvement and raises the stakes of official episodes.

The subsector of Avernus is one of the most northeast subsectors of the Segmentum Ultima just short of the Ghoul Stars. It lies at the very edge of the reach of the Emperor's light of the Astronomican. Many of these systems have been neglected or ignored for decades by the Imperium, inviting incursions by xenos such as the Alderi, Orks, and Tau.

Mercogos Reach will soon be a haven only for the dead, as the titanic conflict will spare none in its fury. Empty barren wastelands will ring hollow with the echoing laughter of thirsting gods, and the surviving citizens will weep and pray that they can see through to the end of the conflict. But it is a bitter hope. Their lot is not to know peace, for in the grim darkness of the far future, there is only war.

• The Imperial Guard has been deployed to deal with encroachment from the Greater Good
• The Necrons are beginning to wake…. The Custodes have been sent to handle the situation
• The horde armies are running towards civilization, can the Marine's best slow them down?
• Chaos meets the Knights
• The Eldar assault the forces of Chaos
• Unfortunately one unit of Tau arrived to the party late. While looking for guardsmen to shoot, the snot-nids appeared

The following inhabited planets of disparate star systems are located in the Avernus Subsector.

• Apiary - Hive World
• Brone 86 - Death World
• Echaris - Shrine World
• Mercogos Reach - Crusade Underway!
• Metagig - Desert World
• Nekkyar - Fallen World (Chaos)
• Ozitan - Forge World
• Ubgaim 229 - Hive / Mining World
• Verdan - Jungle World

These specific factions have a footprint within the Avernus Subsector.

• The 13th HellDivers
• 2/3 Battalion
• 777th Marathon Trooper Legion
• 91st Legion of forge world Metalica
• Angel Corps
• Artium Cultores
• Order of the Angelic Tide
• Grumble Beez
• Da Greenest Tide
• Draigo's Razor
• Golden Mekhmoi
• Hands of Oruu
• Hammers of Titan
• Hive Fleet Laos
• Knights of Retribution
• The Knights of Armin
• The Lions Claws
• The Masters Revenant
• Mahiyr Tzayid
• NIGHTFISH
• Nightmare's Flock
• Sekht'meris Dynasty
• Snazzgob's Bandwaaagh
• Tanith First Regiment

The Avernus Subsector is a setting for several adventures and campaigns hosted at the Adventurers' Academy.

In this six-episode Wrath and Glory mini campaign, players portrayed the crew of a voidship who operates outside the stellar and legal boundaries of the Imperium seeking fame and fortune through luck, cunning, and sheer force of will.

The Rogue Trader Zacchaeus has recruited his elite “away force” to help him in his quest across Avernus, one of the farthest northeast subsectors of Segmentum Ultima. It lies just short of the Ghoul Stars. Here at the verge of the reach of the Emperor's light of the Astronomican, the Rogue Trader of House Arioch leads his void clipper the “Diamond in the Rough” to collect long overdue tithes from Imperial citizens at the fringes of civilized space.

Zacchaeus' “away force” made sure to keep the Rogue Trader safe as he collected taxes throughout the Avernus Subsector. The list of player characters for this campaign is included below.

• Althea
• Shas'ui Bor'Kan Arru Ar'tor
• Candles
• Sergeant Favadol
• Jagger
• Sigma-Four-Epsilon-Zero-Zeta (Σ4ε0ζ) aka Mamon
• Pig aka "Choppy"
• Snazzgit

• Session 1 - Ozitan
• Session 2 - Brone 86
• Session 3 - Nekkyar
• Session 4 - Upgaim 229
• Session 5 - Verdan
• Session 6 - Echaris