Quintarn
Quintarn is an Imperial Agri World, one of the nine worlds of Ultramar. Quintarn and its sister planets of Tarentus and Masali are collectively referred to as "The Three Planets."[1a]
| Map | Basic Data | Planetary Image | |
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Name: | Quintarn | 
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| Segmentum: | Ultima Segmentum | ||
| Sector: | Unknown | ||
| Subsector: | Unknown | ||
| System: | Unknown | ||
| Population: | Unknown | ||
| Affiliation: | Imperium | ||
| Class: | Agri World, Desert World | ||
| Tithe Grade: | Unknown | ||
Geography and History
Unusually for an Agri World, Quintarn is largely desert, but it features several dome-enclosed cities, with vast water traps, capturing moisture from the atmosphere and storing it underground.[1a][Needs Citation] These cities support arable land and hydroponic cultivation that make Quintarn one of the most productive Agri Worlds in the Imperium, supplying foodstuffs to the rest of Ultramar, and many other planets beyond.[3a]
The Three Planets were captured by Ork scavangers just after the battle against Hive Fleet Behemoth. Marneus Calgar led the forces of the Ultramarines to reconquer them[Needs Citation]. During the Orkish occupation, a thousand priestesses of the Imperial Cult chose to hurl themselves to their death from Quintarn's highest mountain, rather than be taken prisoner by the greenskins. In commemoration of their sacrifice, the mountaintop was razed by an orbital bombardment, and the resulting rock formations were sculpted into a thousand effigies of the priestesses. This monument became known as the Maidens of Nestor[3b].
During the invasion of the Chaos warband known as the Bloodborn in 854999.M41, Quintarn was invaded by the forces of the Dark Mechanicus Priest Votheer Tark[4a][3a].
See Also
Sources
- 1: Codex: Space Marines (5th Edition)
- 1a: p. 15
- 2: Codex: Ultramarines (2nd Edition)
- 3: Eye of Vengeance (Audio Book):
- 4: The Chapter's Due (Novel):
- 4a: [Needs Citation], pp. 137-138
