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'''Kathur''' was a [[Shrine World]] in the [[Scarus Sector]], neighboring the [[Eye of Terror]].
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'''Kathur''' was a [[Shrine World]] in the [[Scarus Sector]], neighboring the [[Eye of Terror]].
It was inducted into the Imperium during the [[Horus Heresy]] by the [[Raven Guard]], and was named after [[Admiral]] [[Kathur (Saint)|Kathur]] of the [[Imperial Army]], who had defended it from the [[Death Guard]] shortly after the closing of the Heresy. During the [[13th Black Crusade]], it was later source of a massive outbreak of the [[Zombie Plague]], caused by a source independent of [[Ezekyle Abaddon|the Warmaster]] or his forces.{{Fn|1}}
A beacon of faith, Kathur was a memorial to an [[Imperial Saint]] of [[Kathur (Saint)|the same name]]. Hearing of Kathur's fate and unwilling to allow a symbolic defeat, the Imperium pulled back several [[Imperial Guard Regiment|regiment]]s from the front line of the Black Crusade, which had originally been tasked to retake [[Cadia]]. They were assisted by half a [[Space Marine Company|company]] of the [[Raven Guard]] [[Astartes]] (who were there to protect their chapter's legacy) and forces of the [[Inquisition]] (who were investigating the Zombie Plague). This action was known as the [[Kathurite Reclamation]].{{Fn|1}}
{{Spoiler|source=Cadian Blood (Novel)}}
The only survivors of the action were a mere 50 Guardsmen from the [[Cadian 88th Mechanised Infantry]] regiment, who managed to hold out until the main Reclamation fleet arrived five weeks later.{{Fn|1}}
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*[[Planets (List)]]
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*{{Endn|1}}: [[Cadian Blood (Novel)]] by [[Aaron Dembski-Bowden]], {{Cite This}}
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[[Category:Segmentum Obscurus]]
[[Category:Shrine Worlds]]
