Mataras IV
| Map | Basic Data | Planetary Image | |
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Name: | Mataras IV | 
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| Segmentum: | Ultima Segmentum | ||
| Sector: | Jericho Reach | ||
| Subsector: | Acheros Salient, Cellebos Warzone[1] | ||
| System: | Mataras System[1] | ||
| Population: | Unknown | ||
| Affiliation: | Unknown, former Imperium | ||
| Class: | Dead World | ||
| Tithe Grade: | Unknown | ||
Mataras IV is a Dead World in the Mataras System of the Jericho Reach.[1][2]
Mataras IV was originally a verdant paradise-like Agri World. Together with the other three planets in the Mataras System, collectively known as the Mataras Sisters, it served as a breadbasket for the Jericho Sector core planets.[1]
During the Age of Shadows, which began in M37,[2] the entire system's human populations slowly descended into worship of Chaos, following promises that they would be protected from off-world slavers and xenos.[1]
In 920.M37, Mataras IV was subjected to the final sanction of Exterminatus that was carried out by the Deathwatch, to prevent further contamination by a parasite-colony of the horrific Hadrus Skin-Weaver xenoform from spreading to neighbouring worlds.[1][2] The Hadrus is a species only previously encountered in the southwestern extremes of the Segmentum Tempestus, and its presence on Mataras IV is a mystery of dire import that remains unsolved.[2]
See also
Sources
- 1: Deathwatch Core Rulebook, pg. 39
- 2: Deathwatch: Know No Fear, pg. 7
