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By the time of the Battle of Calth, Ventanus was Company Captain of the 4th Company. When [[Warmaster]] [[Horus|Horus Lupercal]] ordered the Ultramarines to join the [[Word Bearers]] in fighting the [[Ghaslakh]] [[Ork]]s,{{Fn|1a}} Ventanus was placed as head of the [[Erud]] Muster, which Ventanus assumed was part of [[Primarch]] [[Roboute Guilliman]] teaching him a lesson in transhuman responsibility; Ventanus considered himself best suited for combat, and part of him resented being assigned to administrative tasks.{{Fn|1b}} When the Muster began to receive shortfall{{Fn|1c}}, Ventanus and [[Space Marine Sergeant|Sergeant]] [[Kiuz Selaton]] went to speak with the Seneschals from [[Numinus City]]. At the [[Holophusikon]], they met with [[Tetrach]] [[Eikos Lamiad]], who introduced them to the Seneschals.{{Fn|1d}}
Ventanus and Selaton were at the Numinus Space Port when the fleet tender ''[[Campanile]]'' crashed into [[Calth Veridian Anchor]]. Ventanus and Selaton recognized the blink from the electromagnetic explosion and Ventanus covered Seneschal [[Arbute]], accidentally injuring her in the process.{{Fn|1e}} Taking her to a shelter, the two Ultramarines managed to make contact with [[Amant]] and the squads of 7th on guard duty at the port, but were cut off from First Chapter and Legion Command. Arbute asked what happened, and Selaton insisted it was an accident, but Ventanus was skeptical, pointing out that he couldn't do this much damage if he tried. They were heading for the old listening port which had powerful vox-casters when the ''[[AndtrodamicusAndrodamicus]]'' fell on [[Kalkas Fortalice]], causing shockwaves.{{Fn|1f}} Ventanus, Selaton, Amant's squad, and the Seneschals resumed their way toward to the listening post when the Word Bearers attacked them, killing Amant and Arbute, forcing Ventanus and Selaton to jump out the tower.{{fn|1g}} Landing hard on the ground, Ventanus and Selaton discovered the corpses of an honour guard, and Ventanus insisted on taking their [[Space Marine Standards|standard]].{{Fn|1h}} Ventanus and Selaton found a group of the [[Kaul Mandari]] [[Chaos Cult]] and were attempting to steal a [[Land Speeder]] when the Word Bearers [[Terminator]] [[Zorator]] attacked them. Despite Zorator's Cataphracti-pattern armour, Ventanus was able to kill him and steal the Land Speeder.{{Fn|1i}}
Ventanus and Selaton were increasingly losing escape routes from Numinus when they finally managed to link up with [[Skitarii]] forces under [[Magos]] [[Meer Edv Tawren]] and [[Master of Skitarii]] [[Arook Serotid]]. Establishing contact with Captain [[Lyros Sydance]] at [[Erud Station]] through the Skitarii manifold, Ventanus and Serotid coordinated moving the 4th (now totaling at seven hundred men) to [[Leptius Numinus]], which Tawren identified as having a cogitator potentially clean of [[scrapcode]]. To insure reliability of communication, Ventanus told Sydance to only trust messages from those who knew the number of the painted [[Eldar]], refering to the assault on [[Craftworld]] [[Jeilthwa]] when Sydance killed a dozen [[Harlequin]]s.{{fn|1j}} En route to Leptius Numinus, they managed to make contact with other Skitarii and XIII Legion forces under Captain [[Teus Sullus]] of the 39th Company.{{Fn|1k}} Word Bearers forces soon found them, forcing them to engage in a defense of the place while Tawren brought the cogitator online. Ventanus quickly recognized that Sullus was growing despondent and potentially unstable as a result of the Word Bearers treachery.{{Fn|1l}} As the Word Bearers looked to overwhelm the Ultramarines and Skitarii, the rest of the 4th Company arrived to augment them. Meeting with Sullus and Sydance after the battle,{{fn|1m}} Ventanus managed to make contact with [[Chapter Master|First Master]] [[Marius Gage]] on the ''[[Macragge's Honour]]'', flagship of the Ultramarines, to get a better theoretical on what was happening. Selaton then informed Ventanus that there was something he needed to see: [[Morpal Cxir]], [[Force Commander]] of the Word Bearers Host which had assaulted Leptius Numinus has surrendered. He offered terms of surrender to the Ultramarines, which Ventanus rejected. Cxir then began to goad the Ultramarines, insisting that Roboute Guilliman had died begging for mercy, enraging Sullus to the point that he stabbed Cxir. This was a ploy on the part on Cxir, allowing his corpse to serve as a host for the [[Daemon]] [[Samus]].{{Fn|1n}}
