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'''Ruhr III''' is an [[Imperium]] world{{Fn|1a}} that contains hundreds of cities and many mining sites for its vast resources{{Fn|1d}}. However, attacks by [[Chaos Cultists]] signaled the beginning of a disaster{{Fn|1a}} that nearly destroyed Ruhr III.{{Fn|1i}}
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'''Ruhr III''' is an [[Imperium]] world{{Fn|1a}} that contains hundreds of cities and many mining sites for its vast resources.{{Fn|1d}} However, attacks by [[Chaos Cultists]] signaled the beginning of a disaster{{Fn|1a}} that nearly destroyed Ruhr III.{{Fn|1i}}
The Cultists attacked in hordes, but Ruhr III's [[PDF]] was able to keep them at bay long enough for a [[Ultramarines]] strike force to arrive. The strike force soon forced the Cultists to fall back{{Fn|1a}} and the Ultramarines were able to locate and attack their leader's base. When the Ultramarines invaded the base however, they discovered the Cult's leader was a [[Word Bearer]] and his death at their hands{{Fn|1b}}, caused the [[Traitor Legion]] to begin a full scale invasion of Ruhr III. The Word Bearers and Cultists emerged from the world's ashen wastes in such numbers{{Fn|1c}}, that they easily outnumbered the Ultramarines{{Fn|1d}}, and they began spreading [[Chaos|corruption]] across the world's surface{{Fn|1e}}. This brought about numerous threats that the Ultramarines were forced to deal with, all while doing what they could to slow down the Word Bearers advance. Chief among, was the capture of a heretical [[Imperial Commander]]{{Fn|1f}} and the arrival of an [[Ordo Malleus]] [[Inquisitor]] who came to investigate the corruption on Ruhr III, but who later needed to be saved, when his convoy was attacked by the Word Bearers{{Fn|1g}}. Eventually the Ultramarines were able to turn the tide, when they found the source of the corruption beneath one of the world's cities; though, it was then necessary to destroy the city and its population, to ensure the corruption's threat to Ruhr III was ended.{{Fn|1h}}
They then received much needed aid in the form of a [[Grey Knight]]s strike force, which arrived to destroy the [[Bloodletters]]s the Word Bearers had begun summoning on the world's surface. The Ultramarines would lend some of its forces to aid the Grey Knights in their task and once a number of the Daemons were destroyed, they agreed to aid in the battle against the Word Bearers{{Fn|1d}}. It was shortly after this, that they discovered the Word Bearers's ultimate goal on Ruhr III was to use the blood spilled during their attacks to summon a [[Bloodthirster]] to the world's surface. The [[Greater Daemon]] was of such power, that if the Word Bearers were successful, it would cause numerous [[Imperial]] [[System]]s to fall to the forces of [[Chaos]]. This brought about the final battles of the invasion, as the Ultramarines and Grey Knights quickly attacked the site{{Fn|1d}i, where a [[Dark Apostle]] was conducting a ritual to summon the Bloodthirster. Despite the numerous foes defending the site, the Ultramarines and Grey Knights were successful and disrupted the ritual just as the Bloodthirster was possessing the Dark Apostle. Though the Greater Daemon was able to materialize on Ruhr III, without the ritual to sustain the Bloodthirster, its body exploded and it was banished back to the [[Warp]]. The summoning's failure dealt a crippling blow to the Word Bearers, that they could not recover from and the forces of Chaos were then purged from Ruhr III's surface{{Fn|1j}}. The world was left devastated though, as millions were killed in the invasion and a hundred cities had been destroyed.{{Fn|1d}}
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==Source==
**{{Endn|1i}}: Mission 14
**{{Endn|1j}}: Mission 15
[[Category:Mining Worlds]]
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