Ar Rija

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	Name:	Ar Rija
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	Affiliation:	Unknown,[1] formerly Imperium[1]
	Class:	Unknown,[1] former Linchpin Planet[1], former Industrial World[1], former Civilised World[1]
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Ar Rija was once an Imperial world that was brought into Compliance during the Great Crusade. It was ravaged by the Age of Strife and so its population welcomed the Imperium's enthusiastically. Soon its old industrial industry was rebuilt and it began handsomely contributing to the Crusade's war efforts. Many of its Imperial Army Regiments would also go on to earn widespread fame on the Imperium's battlefields. By the time of the Triumph of Ullanor, Ar Rija was considered a Linchpin Planet and the Space Marine Legions, particularly the Imperial Fists, began to recruit Aspirants from the world. However it never became a major recruiting world, as the Legions considered Ar Rija's population to be too civilised to produce the brutal attributes they generally wanted.^[1]

This changed, however, when the Horus Heresy began. Because Ar Rija was far from the Heresy's front lines, it became a safe haven and was greatly reinforced by the Imperium, including the world's Naval yards. Its past as a Aspirant recruitment world for the Space Marine Legions also led Ar Rija to become a major training site for new Legionaries. Each of the Loyalist Legions would begin recruiting from there, and the Aspirant recruitment process from Ar Rija's population was increased and their training expedited. However this severely escalated the number of Aspirant deaths and failed to raise the recruitment rates as swiftly as the Imperium had hoped. The world's successful Aspirants also suffered from suboptimal training by the time they were recruited by the Legions. Eventually, though, Ar Rija was invaded by the traitor forces of Warmaster Horus, which overwhelmed the world. While its remaining Aspirants were safely evacuated, Ar Rija fell to the invasion and its current fate is unknown.^[1]

The White Scars' Jangsai Khan was born on Ar Rija and was among the last Aspirants that escaped before the world fell.^[1]

See also

• Planets (List)

Sources

• 1: Warhawk (Novel), Chapter 1