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'''Talassar''' is an Imperial [[ocean world]] in the [[Ultramarines]] empire of [[Ultramar]] in the [[Ultima Segmentum]].<sup>1, 2</sup>
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It is a planet of stormy seas and islands of rock. It has a single continent named '''Glaudor''', which was the site of a major battle between the Ultramarines and [[Ork]] invaders just after the [[Horus Heresy]].
The Ultramarines' Second Company [[Space Marine Captain|Captain]], [[Cato Sicarius]], [[Master of the Watch]], was born to Talassari nobility, and was trained in the arts of war from a young age. His [[power sword]], the [[Talassarian Tempest Blade]], takes its name from his homeworld's frequent storms. Captain Sicarius is also, among his many honorific titles, Grand Duke of Talassar.<sup>1</sup>
== Notable Places ==
*[[Castra Tanaga]]: an ancient fortress in a valley on Glaudor, the site of the ancient battle between the Orks and the Ultramarines. During the battle, an enormous hole was breached in the walls, but [[Roboute Guilliman]] refused to have it repaired, decreeing that the fortress stand in its battered condition as a monument to those who died during the battle. All [[Neophyte]] Ultramarines are required to make a pilgrimage to the fortress after their induction into the Ultramarines<sup>3a</sup>.
==See Also==
*<sup>1</sup>:[[Codex: Ultramarines]], by Rick Priestley, p. 14
*<sup>2</sup>:[[Warhammer 40,000 4th Edition Rulebook]], p. 91
*<sup>3</sup>:[[The Chapter's Due (Novel)]] by [[Graham McNeill]];
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