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During the [[Bloodborn]]'s [[Invasion of Ultramar]], M'Kar commanded Honsou to destroy the Tomb of Ventanus and his wargear.{{fn|2d}} Finding the tomb had suffered only minimal damage since then, Honsou investigated Ventanus's sarcophagus and discovered the Shard of Erebus, and realized that M'kar was afraid of it.{{Fn|2b}} Ventris's Ultramarines and Honsou's Iron Warriors would have a reckoning in the tomb, and Ventris discovered that Honsou had destroyed Ventanus's remains. But while Space Marines hold that "Only in death does duty end", both loyalist and traitor Marine alike discovered that even death had not stopped Ventanus, as his ghost and what appeared to be the [[Legion of the Damned]] soon arrived and turned the tide against the Iron Warriors. The specter of Ventanus himself would save Ventris from Honsou, then press the Shard of Erebus into Ventris's hand, and told him M'Kar's [[true name]]: Maloq Kartho. Upon accepting both the Shard and the knowledge, Ventris felt a potent sense discharged from specter, and when Ventris next looked, Remus Ventanus had disappeared, his duty finally completed. {{fn|2c}} Using the knowledge, Ventris was able to save [[Chapter Master]] [[Marneus Augustus Calgar]] from being killed by M'Kar, and tossed the Shard to his Chapter Master, allowing Calgar to finish what Ventanus had started ten thousand years ago and finally kill Maloq Kartho in a [[True Death]].{{Fn|2a}}
== Canon Conflicts ==
In the opening chapter of [[The Chapter's Due]], Ventanus is referred to as "Ventanus of the lost 6th [[Chapter]]"{{Fn|2e}}, while in [[Know No Fear]], Ventanus commands the 4th Company, which appears to be part of the 1st Chapter under [[Marius Gage]].{{Fn|1w}}
==Sources==
**{{Endn|1u}}: Ruin//Storm, Part 5
**{{Endn|1v}}: Epilogue
**{{Endn|1w}}: Dramatis Personae
* {{Endn|2}} [[The Chapter's Due (Novel)]], by [[Graham McNeill]]
** {{Endn|2a}}: Chapter 24
** {{Endn|2c}}: Chapter 20
** {{Endn|2d}}: Chapter 8
** {{Endn|2e}}: Chapter 1* {{Endn|3}}: [[Rules of Engagement (Short Story)]]: by [[Age of Darkness (Anthology)Graham McNeill]]
* {{Endn|4}}: [[Horus Heresy: Collected Visions]], pg. 153