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[[Image:Chapeters.jpg|thumb|right|Uriel Ventris from the cover of ''[[The Chapter's Due (Novel)|The Chapter's Due]]''}}]]
'''Uriel Ventris''' is the current [[Space Marine Captain|Captain]] of the [[4th Company (Ultramarines)|Ultramarines 4th Company]]. He is descended from [[1st Company (Ultramarines)|1st Company]] [[Veteran Sergeant]] [[Lucian Ventris]], who died in [[Macragge]]'s northern Polar Fortress during the [[Battle for Macragge]].{{Fn|4b}}
During a boarding action of the [[space hulk]] ''[[Death of Virtue]]'', Ventris and the Fourth were attacked by hordes of [[genestealers]]. [[Astropaths]] aboard the [[Strike Cruiser]] ''[[Vae Victus]]'' detected psychic disturbances from a [[Tyranid]] [[Hive Fleet]] (a tendril of [[Leviathan]]) moving towards [[Tarsis Ultra]].{{Fn|3}}{{Fn|4a}}
Sworn to honour an ancient oath pledged by [[Roboute Guilliman]], to defend the people of Tarsis Ultra, Ventris, on Lord Calgar's orders, enlisted the aid of a [[Space Marine Company|Company]] from the [[Mortifactors]] [[chapter]], led by [[Chaplain]] [[Astador]].{{Fn|4a}}
Upon arriving on the planet, the Space Marines were further supported by the [[10th Logres]] [[regiment]] led by [[Colonel]] [[Octavius Rabelaq]], the 933rd [[Death Korps of Krieg]] led by Colonel [[Trymon Stagler]], and the [[Planetary Defence Forces|PDF]] Regiments headed by [[Major]] [[Aries Satria]]. [[Lord Inquisitor]] [[Kryptman]] was also present to impart his extensive knowledge of the Tyranids to help the war effort, along with a [[Deathwatch]] [[Kill-team]] led by Captain [[Bannon]].{{Fn|4x}}
When the Tyranids arrived in the system and consumed the planet [[Barbarus Prime]], the Imperials launched an attack in space. Despite an initial victory in destroying a [[Hive Ship]], Inquisitor Kryptman wished to invoke [[Exterminatus]] upon the next world in the Tyranids' path, [[Chordelis]], to prevent it from being devoured and swelling the Tyranids' numbers, as planetary evacuation was too slow. Ventris was vehemently against this decision , and supported an alternative solution proposed by [[Lord Admiral]] [[Lazlo Tiberius]], to slow down the Tyranids by exploding a hydrogen-plasma refinery in space to destroy another Hive Ship. However, Kryptman had lied to Ventris and, with the assistance of the Mortifactors, invoked Exterminatus in spite of the Ultramarines' plan succeeding. The Imperials attempted the same trick again with a second space refinery to destroy another Hiveship. However, the Tyranids adapted to this ploy and the plan backfired horribly on the Imperials, crippling their fleet and forcing the survivors to flee; Tarsis Ultra was left unprotected from space, which allowed the Tyranids to launch their long-dreaded planetary invasion.{{Fn|4x}}
During the Tyranid attacks on Tarsis Ultra, Ventris still found himself haunted by his experiences with the [[C'tan]], the [[Night Bringer]]; he managed to move on following spiritual advice from Sister [[Joaniel]] of the [[Orders Hospitaller]] during prayer in the medicae chapel.{{Fn|4x}}
Ventris assisted Captain Bannon and his team in capturing a [[Lictor]]; this proved pivotal during the war, as Kryptman's [[Magos Biologis]] aide, [[Vianco Locard]], was able to concoct venom from the Lictor's genetic structure that would send an early generation Tyranid into hyper-evolution, killing the creature. Unfortunately, the only way to utilize this venom effectively was to board the last remaining Hive Ship in orbit and infect the Tyranids' [[Norn-Queen]].{{Fn|4x}}
Out of respect for Captain Bannon, who had died in an earlier mission in destroying another Hiveship, Ventris assumed command of the Deathwatch team before its boarding mission. This was in breach of the [[Codex Astartes]], when Ventris ceded command of his men on the planet to his senior [[Space Marine Sergeant|Sergeant]], [[Learchus Abantes]].{{Fn|4x}}
