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'''Calth''' is part of [[Ultramar]], the Realm of the [[Ultramarines]]. It is an airless world, and its surface is uninhabitable due to the deadly light of its blue sun. Despite this barren appearance, it is one of the most productive worlds in Ultramar: its population inhabits massive underground cavern-cities, and its orbital shipyards are renowned throughout the Imperium.{{Fn|1}}
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'''Calth''' is part of [[Ultramar]], the Realm of the [[Ultramarines]]. It is an airless world, and its surface is uninhabitable due to the deadly light of [[Veridia|its blue sun]]. Despite this barren appearance, it is one of the most productive worlds in Ultramar; its population inhabits massive underground cavern-cities, and its orbital shipyards are renowned throughout the Imperium.{{Fn|1}}
  
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The planet is also the birthplace of Ultramarines 4th Company [[Space Marine Captain|Captain]] [[Uriel Ventris]] and his best friend, [[Space Marine Sergeant|Sergeant]] [[Pasanius Lysane]].{{Fn|3}}
 
  
 
==History==
 
==History==
 
===Pre-Heresy===
 
===Pre-Heresy===
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The world of Calth had maintained contact with its neighboring systems, including [[Macragge]], allowing it to largely survived the chaos of the Age of Strife.{{Fn|9}} Early in the rise of [[Roboute Guilliman]], Calth became part of the new [[Ultramar]] empire. When Guilliman met the [[Emperor]], Calth became part of the greater [[Imperium]]. By the end of the [[Great Crusade]], Calth had become one of the three most important worlds of Ultramar alongside Macragge and [[Armatura]].{{Fn|10}}
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The world of Calth had maintained contact with its neighbouring [[system]]s, including [[Macragge System|Macragge]], allowing it to survive the chaos of the [[Age of Strife]] largely intact.{{Fn|9}}
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Early in the rise of [[Roboute Guilliman]], Calth became part of the new [[Ultramar]] empire. When Guilliman met the [[Emperor of Mankind]], Calth became part of the greater [[Imperium]].{{Fn|10}}
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By the end of the [[Great Crusade]], Calth had become one of the most important worlds of Ultramar alongside [[Macragge]], [[Saramanth]], [[Konor]], [[Occluda]], [[Iax]] and [[Armatura]].{{Fn|6a}}{{Fn|10}} It was believed that Calth would soon control its own fiefdom of Ultramar, with its own [[Tetrarch of Ultramar|Tetrarch]] ruling the planet.{{Fn|6c}} There were even plans to install a [[superorbital plate]] above the planet.{{Fn|6a}}
  
 
===The Horus Heresy===
 
===The Horus Heresy===
 
{{main|Battle of Calth}}
 
{{main|Battle of Calth}}
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During the [[Horus Heresy]], Calth was used by [[Roboute Guilliman]] as a staging point for his supposed assault on the Veridian System. [[Horus]] had ordered the Ultramarines there to divert them from the [[Siege of Terra]]. It was there that they were attacked by a force of the [[Word Bearers]] legion.{{Fn|6}} Eventually the Ultramarines and other Loyalist forces emerged victorious, but millions of civilians died in the Word Bearers' cataclysmic attack, which permanently stripped away Calth's atmosphere and poisoned the Veridian sun's radiation, making it impossible for any life to survive above ground without shelter. Thereafter, Calth's entire population occupied the vast cavern cities, with the exception of a few heavily shielded starports and surface cities.{{Fn|5b}}
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Some time after the [[primarch]] [[Horus]] was named [[Warmaster]] of the Great Crusade by the Emperor of Mankind, he ordered [[Roboute Guilliman]] and [[Lorgar Aurelian]] to prepare their [[Space Marine Legion|Legions]] (the [[Ultramarines]] and [[Word Bearers]], respectively) for [[Ghaslakh Crusade|a planned campaign]] against the [[ork]]s of the [[Ghaslakh xenohold]]. Calth was chosen as the mustering world for the crusade, due to its extensive orbital docking network.{{Fn|6a}}
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However, this was a ruse on Horus' part, done in preparation for his great rebellion against the [[Imperium]]. In one of the first actions of the [[Horus Heresy]], the Word Bearers (who, having fallen to [[Chaos]], had joined Horus' [[Traitor Legions]]), launched an ambush against the Loyalist Imperial forces on Calth, hoping to cripple the Ultramarines so they would not be able to stop Horus.{{Fn|6x}} Eventually the Ultramarines and other Loyalist forces emerged victorious, but millions of civilians died in the Word Bearers' cataclysmic attack, which permanently stripped away Calth's atmosphere and poisoned the [[Veridia|Veridian sun's]] radiation, making it impossible for any life to survive above ground without shelter. Thereafter, Calth's entire population occupied the vast cavern cities, with the exception of a few heavily shielded starports and surface cities.{{Fn|5b}}
  
 
===War of the Beast===
 
===War of the Beast===
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===Hive Fleet Behemoth===
 
===Hive Fleet Behemoth===
 
{{main|Battle for Macragge}}
 
{{main|Battle for Macragge}}
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[[Hive Fleet]] [[Behemoth|Behemoth's]] invasion of Calth was spearheaded by [[Old One Eye]], a unique [[Carnifex]] with the ability to heal from mortal wounds. Its rampage was finally stopped when a forgotten hero of the [[Imperium]] fired a [[Plasma Pistol]] through its eye and into its brain. Decades after Behemoth had been driven from Calth, a band of smugglers stumbled across Old One Eye's body frozen intact in the ice-packs of Calth. They thawed it out hoping to get a bounty for the corpse, but Old One Eye's grievous wounds instantly began to heal. It soon awoke and slaughtered the smugglers. A series of Tyranid raids followed. Land conveys were destroyed, hab-domes smashed and entire populations massacred. Lesser Tyranid creatures such as [[Termagant]]s and [[Genestealer]]s, also left behind from Behemoth's invasion, were drawn to Old One Eye's presence as a dominant leader. The people of Calth cried out for aid, and they were answered by Scout Sergeant [[Telion]] of the [[Ultramarines]]. Telion tracked down Old One Eye, but found it difficult to pierce its armoured flanks. As Telion's warriors were cut to pieces by the beast, Telion made a one-in-a-million shot that hit its ruined eye-socket. Old One Eye was overcome with pain and stumbled into a cavernous ravine. Telion led a search for the body, but Old One Eye was never found. There have since been several reports of Carnifexes matching its description causing havoc across Ultramar and beyond.{{Fn|2}}
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[[Hive Fleet]] [[Behemoth|Behemoth's]] invasion of Calth was spearheaded by [[Old One Eye]], a unique [[Carnifex]] with the ability to heal from mortal wounds. Its rampage was finally stopped when a forgotten hero of the [[Imperium]] fired a [[Plasma Pistol]] through its eye and into its brain. Decades after Behemoth had been driven from Calth, a band of smugglers stumbled across Old One Eye's body frozen intact in the ice-packs of Calth. They thawed it out hoping to get a bounty for the corpse, but Old One Eye's grievous wounds instantly began to heal. It soon awoke and slaughtered the smugglers. A series of Tyranid raids followed. Land conveys were destroyed, hab-domes smashed and entire populations massacred. Lesser Tyranid creatures such as [[Termagant]]s and [[Genestealer]]s, also left behind from Behemoth's invasion, were drawn to Old One Eye's presence as a dominant leader. The people of Calth cried out for aid, and they were answered by [[Scout Sergeant]] [[Telion]] of the [[Ultramarines]]. Telion tracked down Old One Eye, but found it difficult to pierce its armoured flanks. As Telion's warriors were cut to pieces by the beast, Telion made a one-in-a-million shot that hit its ruined eye-socket. Old One Eye was overcome with pain and stumbled into a cavernous ravine. Telion led a search for the body, but Old One Eye was never found. There have since been several reports of Carnifexes matching its description causing havoc across Ultramar and beyond.{{Fn|2}}
  
 
===Invasion of Ultramar===
 
===Invasion of Ultramar===
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Calth was the location of some of the fiercest fighting of the [[Invasion of Ultramar]] by the [[Chaos]] warband known as the [[Bloodborn]]. The planet was attacked by a [[Grand Company]] of the [[Iron Warriors]] and a host of other mercenaries, led in person by [[Warsmith]] [[Honsou]]. Honsou had been "ordered" by the [[Daemon Prince]] [[M'kar]] to find and destroy the tomb of [[Remus Ventanus]], who had led the defense of Calth during the Heresy. Entombed with Ventanus was the [[Shard of Erebus]], a strange ancient weapon that had the power to destroy M'kar. Honsou's attack failed, but Captain Ventris retrieved the weapon and took it to [[Talassar]], where M'kar was destroyed permanently.{{Fn|5x}}
 
Calth was the location of some of the fiercest fighting of the [[Invasion of Ultramar]] by the [[Chaos]] warband known as the [[Bloodborn]]. The planet was attacked by a [[Grand Company]] of the [[Iron Warriors]] and a host of other mercenaries, led in person by [[Warsmith]] [[Honsou]]. Honsou had been "ordered" by the [[Daemon Prince]] [[M'kar]] to find and destroy the tomb of [[Remus Ventanus]], who had led the defense of Calth during the Heresy. Entombed with Ventanus was the [[Shard of Erebus]], a strange ancient weapon that had the power to destroy M'kar. Honsou's attack failed, but Captain Ventris retrieved the weapon and took it to [[Talassar]], where M'kar was destroyed permanently.{{Fn|5x}}
  
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==Notable Locations==
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==Geography==
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===Notable Locations===
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*[[Barrtor]]{{Fn|6b}}
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*[[Boros River]]{{Fn|6a}}
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*[[Caren Province]]{{Fn|6b}}
 
*[[Dera Caren Lowlands]] — Devastated during the [[Battle of Calth]].{{Fn|13}}
 
*[[Dera Caren Lowlands]] — Devastated during the [[Battle of Calth]].{{Fn|13}}
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*[[Erud Province]]{{Fn|6b}}
 
*[[Guilliman's Gate]].{{Fn|5a}}
 
*[[Guilliman's Gate]].{{Fn|5a}}
 
*'''Ithraca'''.{{Fn|7}}
 
*'''Ithraca'''.{{Fn|7}}
 
*[[Lanshear]] — City-sized starport. Devastated during the [[Battle of Calth]].{{Fn|12}}
 
*[[Lanshear]] — City-sized starport. Devastated during the [[Battle of Calth]].{{Fn|12}}
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*[[Leptius Numinus]].{{Fn|6b}}
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*[[Leptius Numinus]].{{Fn|6d}}
 
*[[Mercius]] — Devastated during the [[Battle of Calth]].{{Fn|13}}
 
*[[Mercius]] — Devastated during the [[Battle of Calth]].{{Fn|13}}
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*[[Neride]]{{Fn|6b}}
 
*[[Numinus City]] — Devastated during the [[Battle of Calth]].{{Fn|13}}
 
*[[Numinus City]] — Devastated during the [[Battle of Calth]].{{Fn|13}}
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*[[Ourosene Hills]]{{Fn|6b}}
 
*[[Persephone Gate]].{{Fn|4}}
 
*[[Persephone Gate]].{{Fn|4}}
 
*[[Ultimus Prime]] — Also known as '''Highside City'''.{{Fn|5b}}
 
*[[Ultimus Prime]] — Also known as '''Highside City'''.{{Fn|5b}}
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*[[Vollard Meadows]] - Agri-region.{{Fn|13}}
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*[[Vollard Meadows]] — Agri-region.{{Fn|13}}
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===Native Wildlife===
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*[[Swartgrass]]{{Fn|6b}}
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==Notable Scions of Calth==
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*[[Uriel Ventris]], [[Space Marine Captain]] of the [[4th Company (Ultramarines)|Ultramarines 4th Company]].{{Fn|3}}
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*[[Pasanius Lysane]], [[Space Marine Sergeant]] of the [[4th Company (Ultramarines)|Ultramarines 4th Company]].{{Fn|3}}
  
  
 
==See also==
 
==See also==
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===Related Articles===
 
 
*[[Planets (List)]]
 
*[[Planets (List)]]
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*[[Mark of Calth]]
  
 
==Sources==
 
==Sources==
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**{{Endn|5b}}: Chapter Eight, pgs. 107–110
 
**{{Endn|5b}}: Chapter Eight, pgs. 107–110
 
**{{Endn|5x}}: {{Cite This}}
 
**{{Endn|5x}}: {{Cite This}}
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*{{Endn|6}}: [[Know No Fear (Novel)]]
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*6: [[Know No Fear (Novel)]]
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**{{Endn|6a}}: ''Target//Acquisition'', Chapter One, pg. 19
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**{{Endn|6a}}: ''Target//Acquisition'', Chapter 2
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**{{Endn|6b}}: ''Target//Engagement'', Chapter Three, pg. 236
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**{{Endn|6b}}: ''Target//Acquisition'', Chapter 3
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**{{Endn|6c}}: ''Target//Acquisition'', Chapter 5
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**{{Endn|6d}}: ''Target//Engagement'', Chapter 3
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**{{Endn|6x}}: {{Cite this}}
 
*{{Endn|7}}: [[Honour to the Dead (Audio Drama)]], Track 1
 
*{{Endn|7}}: [[Honour to the Dead (Audio Drama)]], Track 1
 
*{{Endn|8}}: [[Echoes of the Long War (Novel)]], Chapter 3
 
*{{Endn|8}}: [[Echoes of the Long War (Novel)]], Chapter 3
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[[de:Calth]]
 
[[de:Calth]]
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[[fr:Calth]]

Latest revision as of 18:50, 18 May 2023

GalaxyportalImage.jpg Galaxy Portal
Planets
Ultramarines Symbol.png Space Marines Portal
Ultramarines
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Small cross.pngCalth
 Name: Calth CalthImage.jpg
Segmentum: Ultima Segmentum[11]
Sector: Ultima Sector[11]
Subsector: Ultramar[11]
System: Veridia System[11]
Population: Unknown
Affiliation: Imperium
Class: Civilised World
Tithe Grade: Unknown

Calth is part of Ultramar, the Realm of the Ultramarines. It is an airless world, and its surface is uninhabitable due to the deadly light of its blue sun. Despite this barren appearance, it is one of the most productive worlds in Ultramar; its population inhabits massive underground cavern-cities, and its orbital shipyards are renowned throughout the Imperium.[1]


History

Pre-Heresy

The world of Calth had maintained contact with its neighbouring systems, including Macragge, allowing it to survive the chaos of the Age of Strife largely intact.[9]

Early in the rise of Roboute Guilliman, Calth became part of the new Ultramar empire. When Guilliman met the Emperor of Mankind, Calth became part of the greater Imperium.[10]

By the end of the Great Crusade, Calth had become one of the most important worlds of Ultramar alongside Macragge, Saramanth, Konor, Occluda, Iax and Armatura.[6a][10] It was believed that Calth would soon control its own fiefdom of Ultramar, with its own Tetrarch ruling the planet.[6c] There were even plans to install a superorbital plate above the planet.[6a]

The Horus Heresy

Main article: Battle of Calth

Some time after the primarch Horus was named Warmaster of the Great Crusade by the Emperor of Mankind, he ordered Roboute Guilliman and Lorgar Aurelian to prepare their Legions (the Ultramarines and Word Bearers, respectively) for a planned campaign against the orks of the Ghaslakh xenohold. Calth was chosen as the mustering world for the crusade, due to its extensive orbital docking network.[6a]

However, this was a ruse on Horus' part, done in preparation for his great rebellion against the Imperium. In one of the first actions of the Horus Heresy, the Word Bearers (who, having fallen to Chaos, had joined Horus' Traitor Legions), launched an ambush against the Loyalist Imperial forces on Calth, hoping to cripple the Ultramarines so they would not be able to stop Horus.[6x] Eventually the Ultramarines and other Loyalist forces emerged victorious, but millions of civilians died in the Word Bearers' cataclysmic attack, which permanently stripped away Calth's atmosphere and poisoned the Veridian sun's radiation, making it impossible for any life to survive above ground without shelter. Thereafter, Calth's entire population occupied the vast cavern cities, with the exception of a few heavily shielded starports and surface cities.[5b]

War of the Beast

Main article: War of the Beast

1,500 years later during the War of the Beast, Calth was attacked by an Ork Attack Moon, which was ultimately destroyed by the Ultramarines.[8]

Hive Fleet Behemoth

Main article: Battle for Macragge

Hive Fleet Behemoth's invasion of Calth was spearheaded by Old One Eye, a unique Carnifex with the ability to heal from mortal wounds. Its rampage was finally stopped when a forgotten hero of the Imperium fired a Plasma Pistol through its eye and into its brain. Decades after Behemoth had been driven from Calth, a band of smugglers stumbled across Old One Eye's body frozen intact in the ice-packs of Calth. They thawed it out hoping to get a bounty for the corpse, but Old One Eye's grievous wounds instantly began to heal. It soon awoke and slaughtered the smugglers. A series of Tyranid raids followed. Land conveys were destroyed, hab-domes smashed and entire populations massacred. Lesser Tyranid creatures such as Termagants and Genestealers, also left behind from Behemoth's invasion, were drawn to Old One Eye's presence as a dominant leader. The people of Calth cried out for aid, and they were answered by Scout Sergeant Telion of the Ultramarines. Telion tracked down Old One Eye, but found it difficult to pierce its armoured flanks. As Telion's warriors were cut to pieces by the beast, Telion made a one-in-a-million shot that hit its ruined eye-socket. Old One Eye was overcome with pain and stumbled into a cavernous ravine. Telion led a search for the body, but Old One Eye was never found. There have since been several reports of Carnifexes matching its description causing havoc across Ultramar and beyond.[2]

Invasion of Ultramar

Main article: Invasion of Ultramar

Calth was the location of some of the fiercest fighting of the Invasion of Ultramar by the Chaos warband known as the Bloodborn. The planet was attacked by a Grand Company of the Iron Warriors and a host of other mercenaries, led in person by Warsmith Honsou. Honsou had been "ordered" by the Daemon Prince M'kar to find and destroy the tomb of Remus Ventanus, who had led the defense of Calth during the Heresy. Entombed with Ventanus was the Shard of Erebus, a strange ancient weapon that had the power to destroy M'kar. Honsou's attack failed, but Captain Ventris retrieved the weapon and took it to Talassar, where M'kar was destroyed permanently.[5x]

Geography

Notable Locations

Native Wildlife


Notable Scions of Calth


See also

Sources

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