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Ghazhkull Ghazghkull opened the conflict by obliterating Hades Hive from orbit, effectively throwing down the gauntlet to his old adversary.{{Fn|1b}} Fortunately, Yarrick had foreseen this attack; where another commander might have diverted resources and men to protecting the city he had so ferociously defended before, Yarrick acted out of cold military logic and without a trace of sentimentality. Seeing that Hades Hive could not be defended, he had it evacuated before the Orks attacked, and concentrated his forces elsewhere.{{Fn|4}}
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[[File:IG5EYarrick.jpg|right|thumb|Yarrick holding a decapitated [[Ork]] head aloft with his [[Power Klaw]].{{Fn|1a}}]]
The Imperial defence of Hades Hive was so implacable that eventually Ghazghkull himself joined the attack, leading his forces from the front. He tried to take the Hive by every strategy he could imagine, but Yarrick countered them all. Eventually, Hades Hive became a personal battle between the two warriors. When Ghazghkull fell upon the hive, Yarrick realised they could not hold their position. In a series of daring shuttle runs, the remaining forces managed to escape. Yarrick himself received a near-fatal wound in combat with GhazgkullGhazghkull, and hovered near death during the final stage of the evacuation{{Fn|1b}}.
Eventually, the war ended with the arrival of Commander [[Dante]] of the [[Blood Angels]], whom the defenders of Armageddon turned to for leadership. Although the [[Space Marines]]' offensive pushed the Orks off the planet, Yarrick's defence of Hades Hive was recognized as the turning point of the war, and he was hailed as the Saviour of Armageddon.{{Fn|1b}}
Before the war commenced, Yarrick had the remains of the ''Fortress of Arrogance'' [[Operation Thunderstorm|salvaged from Golgotha]] and repaired, to serve as his personal command vehicle.{{Fn|2}}
His first order was to send all remaining Imperial aircraft to destroy as many of the Orks as possible before they could touch the ground. Eventually, the Orks landed their [[Rok]]s, providing them with prebuilt fortresses. Yarrick personally led the assault on one of these with a force of [[Cadian Shock Troopers]]. Eventually the Third War for Armageddon degenerated into a gruelling war of attrition, thwarting Ghazghkull's hopes for a clear victory{{Fn|1b}}. When Ghazghkull fled Armageddon and the [[Black Templars]] prepared to give chase, Yarrick petitioned High Marshal [[Helbrecht]] to allow him to join their quest; Helbrecht agreed, and Yarrick immediately set off, determined to rid the galaxy of Ghazghkull for good{{Fn|1a}}.
