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===The Battle of Calth===
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 [[TetrachTetrarch]] [[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 ''[[Androdamicus]]'' 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 [[Space Marine Honour Guard Squad|honour guard]], killed while waiting to board a ship, proving to Ventanus and Selaton that the Word Bearers had deliberately staged the attack. 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}}
