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|Segmentum=[[Ultima Segmentum]]
|Sector=[[Jericho Reach]]
|Subsector=[[Acheros Salient]], [[Cellebos Warzone]]{{Fn|21}}|System=[[Mataras System]]{{Fn|21}}
|Population=Unknown
|Affiliation=Unknown, former [[Imperium]]
'''Mataras IV''' is a [[Dead World]] in the [[Mataras System]] of the [[Jericho Reach]].{{Fn|1}}{{Fn|2}}
Mataras IV was originally a verdant paradise-like [[Agri World]]. Together with the other three planets in the [[Mataras System]], collectively known as the Mataras Sisters, it served as a breadbasket for the [[Jericho Sector]] core planets.{{Fn|1}} During the [[Age of Shadows]], which began in [[M37]],{{Fn|2}} the entire system's human populations slowly descended into worship of [[Chaos]], following promises that they would be protected from off-world slavers and xenos.{{Fn|1}} In 920.[[M37]], Mataras IV was subjected to the final sanction of [[Exterminatus]] that was carried out by the [[Deathwatch]], to prevent further contamination by a parasite-colony of the horrific [[Hadrus Skin-Weaver]] [[xenos|xenoform]] from spreading to neighbouring worlds. {{Fn|1}}{{Fn|2}} The Hadrus is a species only previously encountered in the southwestern extremes of the [[Segmentum Tempestus]], and its presence on Mataras IV is a mystery of dire import that remains unsolved.{{Fn|12}}
==See also==
==Sources==
*{{Endn|1}}: [[Deathwatch: Know No FearCore Rulebook]], pg. 739*{{Endn|2}}: [[Deathwatch: The Jericho ReachKnow No Fear]], pg. 397
[[Category:Agri Worlds]]
[[Category:Dead Worlds]]
[[Category:Ultima Segmentum]]
