Mataras System

"I shall crush my enemies, drive them before me, and hear the lamination of their slaves. All this I do in thy name, oh Great Gods of Blood and Night"

—Maratan Oath^[src]

The Mataras System is a Chaos controlled star system in the Cellebos Warzone, part of the Acheros Salient in the Jericho Reach, Ultima Segmentum. It originally had four Agri Worlds, called the Mataras Sisters, but after the Exterminatus of Mataras IV, the three remaining inhabited planets became known as The Blood Trinity.^[1][2]

Known Planets

• Mataras III - Word Bearers present at several battles on the planet^[3a]
• Mataras IV - Dead World^[1]

Known Forces

• Mataras 9th Lacerators - A warband of The Stigmartus^[3b]

Trivia

The following information is not to be regarded as officially sanctioned and/ or is not written from an in-universe point of view. A detailed explanation of the term "Trivia" as used in the Lexicanum can be found here.

• Presumably the "Maratan Oath" quoted in the Deathwatch Core Rulebook refers to "lamentation of their slaves", not the slaves' "lamination".^[1]

Sources

• 1: Deathwatch Core Rulebook, pgs. 39-40
• 2: Deathwatch: The Jericho Reach, pg. 39
• 3: Deathwatch: The Achilus Assault
  • 3a: pg. 79
  • 3b: pg. 69