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Unusually for Agri Worlds, the Three Planets are largely desert, but feature several dome-enclosed cities, with vast water traps, capturing moisture from the atmosphere and storing it underground.{{Fn|1a}}{{Cite This}} These cities support arable land and hydroponic cultivation that make Quintarn one of the most productive Agri Worlds in the [[Imperium]], supplying foodstuffs to the rest of Ultramar, and many other planets beyond.{{Fn|3a}}
The Three Planets were captured by [[Ork]] scavangers just after the battle against [[Hive Fleet Behemoth]] in 745.[[M41]]. [[Marneus Calgar]] led the forces of the [[Ultramarines]] to reconquer them{{Cite This}}. During the Orkish occupation, a thousand priestesses of the [[Imperial Cult]] chose to hurl themselves to their death from Quintarn's highest mountain, rather than be taken prisoner by the greenskins. In commemoration of their sacrifice, the mountaintop was razed by an [[orbital bombardment]], and the resulting rock formations were sculpted into a thousand effigies of the priestesses. This monument became known as the '''Maidens of Nestor'''{{Fn|3b}}.
During the [[Invasion of Ultramar]] in 854999.[[M41]], by the [[Chaos]] warband known as the [[Bloodborn]], Quintarn was invaded by the forces of the [[Dark Mechanicus]] Priest [[Votheer Tark]]{{Fn|4a4}}{{Fn|3a}}.
==See Also==
==Sources==
*{{Endn|1}}: [[Codex: Space Marines (5th Edition)]]
**{{Endn|1a}}: ppg. 15
*{{Endn|2}}: [[Codex: Ultramarines (2nd Edition)]]
*{{Endn|3}}: [[Eye of Vengeance (Audio Book)]]:
**{{Endn|3a}}: Track 1
**{{Endn|3b}}: Track 7
*{{Endn|4}}: [[The Chapter's Due (Novel)]]:**{{Endn|4a}}: Chapter Thirteen, pppgs. 137-138
[[Category:Agri Worlds]]
