In its prime, Lum acted as a secondary, smaller trade market to those who were not able to operate out of Olicana Primus.
As Lum was outside of the Administratum's direct line of sight, much of what was sold there was under the table. Trade in narcotics, weapons, information, and even heretical artefacts and writings could be found should one know where to look. For many years Lum operated as the best known source for anything illegal and against the Imperium, it should be no surprise, then, that the city was bombarded by an unknown threat, tearing apart Lum and its sister city Trouphguard.
With buildings in ruins and the cities population cut down, nobody was left to tell the story of Lum's destruction.
New Beginnings
Some say that Lum has become more important in its ruination than it ever was as a market city. Years after its destruction, it was discovered that while the cities population was gone, its goods were not. Scavenger's struck out to recover the abandoned goods within the city in hopes of riches or glory, what they brought back were stories of a city filled with living shades that flitted between the broken buildings, abominations and mutants that stalked its streets, and voices that spoke of nightmares made flesh.
While these stories kept the streets clear for many centuries, the war rekindled the desperate drive to claim enough riches to escape, or some secret weapon to fight back the orks. Those who did not enlist with the PDF or join the ranks of the Tech Priests became scavenger's, and pointed their attentions towards the broken city of Lum. To this day, even with the war coming to a close, dozens are lost each year to the shivered city.
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