Troth

Troths (Latin: Homo sapien verdantus) are creatures which appear in Games Workshop’s Warhammer 40,000 universe.

Description
Troths are described by the biologists of the Imperium of Man (an organisation infamous for its xenophobic tendencies) as being an acceptable strain of Abhuman, those sub-species whose existence is tolerated due to their similarities to the human norm, and thus accepted as members of humanity as a whole. Whilst this is certainly the case, the Troth are restricted to a single world in the Imperium, the planet of Verdant, whose ecosystem they are incapable of surviving without, and their actual deviation from “true” human biology is unknown.

Despite this, those few who are aware of the existence of the Troth theorise that they have developed an intimate relationship with the flora of their home world (which by its name is thought to be a planet covered in great expanses of forest or jungle) and cannot survive without the vegetable component of their symbiosis. As with many of the mysteries of the Imperium however, the truth is anybody’s guess.

Whatever the case, the Troths of Verdant are known to pay their share of tithes to the Imperial bureaucracy, and are a great provider of foodstuffs to the systems in their sector. Due to their inability to leave their home world, however, the Troths are exempt from Imperial regulations concerning the raising of Imperial Guard regiments to fight wars in other systems.