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{{Planet
|Map=Galaxy-Rift-Ultima.jpg
|Cross X=269
|Cross Y=23
|Cross LText=Atargatis{{Fn|3}}
|Planetary Image=Unknown.jpg
|Name=Atargatis Prime{{Fn|3}}
|Segmentum=None{{Fn|3}}
|Sector=None, ''de facto'' [[Ghoul Stars]]{{Fn|1}}
|System=[[Atargatis System]]{{Fn|2a}}
|Population=Unknown
|Affiliation=[[Ashen Claws]]{{Fn|2}}
|Class=[[Adeptus Astartes Homeworld]]{{Fn|1}}{{Fn|3}}
|Tithe Grade=None{{Fn|2}}
}}
'''Atargatis Prime''',{{Fn|2a}} often shortened to just '''Atargatis''', is the [[Adeptus Astartes Homeworld|homeworld]] of the [[Ashen Claws]], and the center of their pocket empire in the [[Ghoul Stars]].{{Fn|1}} The planet lies outside the boundaries of the [[Imperium]]'s [[Ultima Segmentum]].{{Fn|3}}
==Overview==
The [[Atargatis System]] is a desolate location, heavily affected by massive asteroid fields and blasted by radioactive solar winds from its red star. Accordingly, Atargatis Prime has been described as a "bleak and barren" location, its lands dominated by grey tundra, black rocks, and little sunlight. Its surface was once subject to heavy tectonic activity, carving great canyons into the planet. The Ashen Claws' [[Fortress-Monastery]], dubbed the "Lost Eyrie", is hidden in a small mountain on the planet.{{Fn|2a}}
Despite its harsh environment, the planet is home to a substantial human population, split into tribes that are vassals to the Ashen Claws.{{Fn|2b}} These tribes align themselves with different factions within the Ashen Claws, and even influence the Renegade Marines' operations.{{Fn|2b}}{{Fn|2c}}
==History==
After the 18th Chapter of the [[Raven Guard]] [[Space Marine Legion|Legion]] had been exiled by [[Primarch]] [[Corax]], it went [[Renegade Space Marine|renegade]], renamed itself to "Ashen Claws", and carved out an independent pocket empire in the [[Ghoul Stars]].{{Fn|1}} By the late [[Horus Heresy]], the Ashen Claws ruled a substantial realm,{{Fn|3}} with Atargatis serving as its capital world.{{Fn|1}}
By [[M41]], the Ashen Claws had been diminished in power and their culture been changed by ten thousand years of relative isolation beyond the Imperium. Thus, the Space Marines and local humans had begun to intermix to the extent that the local tribes had an influence on the Ashen Claws' decisions, with a human woman ruling Atargatis alongside Ashen Claws [[Chapter Master]] [[Nehat Nev]]. In the 800s.M41, the Ashen Claws agreed to trade 3,000 of their homeworld's young boys as well as limited military assistance to the [[Carcharodons]] in exchange for technologies, weaponry, and fresh [[gene-seed]] of [[Raven Guard]] origin.{{Fn|2b}}
==Related Articles==
*[[Planets (List)]]
==Sources==
*{{Endn|1}}: [[The Horus Heresy Book Six - Retribution]], pgs. 128–146
*{{Endn|2}}: [[Carcharodons: Outer Dark (Novel)]]
**{{Endn|2a}}: Chapter III
**{{Endn|2b}}: Chapter V
**{{Endn|2c}}: Chapter VI
*{{Endn|3}}: [[Campaigns of the Age of Darkness: The Battle of Beta-Garmon]], ''Map inside cover''
[[Category:Adeptus Astartes Homeworlds]]
[[Category:The Horus Heresy]]
{{Planet
|Map=Galaxy-Rift-Ultima.jpg
|Cross X=269
|Cross Y=23
|Cross LText=Atargatis{{Fn|3}}
|Planetary Image=Unknown.jpg
|Name=Atargatis Prime{{Fn|3}}
|Segmentum=None{{Fn|3}}
|Sector=None, ''de facto'' [[Ghoul Stars]]{{Fn|1}}
|System=[[Atargatis System]]{{Fn|2a}}
|Population=Unknown
|Affiliation=[[Ashen Claws]]{{Fn|2}}
|Class=[[Adeptus Astartes Homeworld]]{{Fn|1}}{{Fn|3}}
|Tithe Grade=None{{Fn|2}}
}}
'''Atargatis Prime''',{{Fn|2a}} often shortened to just '''Atargatis''', is the [[Adeptus Astartes Homeworld|homeworld]] of the [[Ashen Claws]], and the center of their pocket empire in the [[Ghoul Stars]].{{Fn|1}} The planet lies outside the boundaries of the [[Imperium]]'s [[Ultima Segmentum]].{{Fn|3}}
==Overview==
The [[Atargatis System]] is a desolate location, heavily affected by massive asteroid fields and blasted by radioactive solar winds from its red star. Accordingly, Atargatis Prime has been described as a "bleak and barren" location, its lands dominated by grey tundra, black rocks, and little sunlight. Its surface was once subject to heavy tectonic activity, carving great canyons into the planet. The Ashen Claws' [[Fortress-Monastery]], dubbed the "Lost Eyrie", is hidden in a small mountain on the planet.{{Fn|2a}}
Despite its harsh environment, the planet is home to a substantial human population, split into tribes that are vassals to the Ashen Claws.{{Fn|2b}} These tribes align themselves with different factions within the Ashen Claws, and even influence the Renegade Marines' operations.{{Fn|2b}}{{Fn|2c}}
==History==
After the 18th Chapter of the [[Raven Guard]] [[Space Marine Legion|Legion]] had been exiled by [[Primarch]] [[Corax]], it went [[Renegade Space Marine|renegade]], renamed itself to "Ashen Claws", and carved out an independent pocket empire in the [[Ghoul Stars]].{{Fn|1}} By the late [[Horus Heresy]], the Ashen Claws ruled a substantial realm,{{Fn|3}} with Atargatis serving as its capital world.{{Fn|1}}
By [[M41]], the Ashen Claws had been diminished in power and their culture been changed by ten thousand years of relative isolation beyond the Imperium. Thus, the Space Marines and local humans had begun to intermix to the extent that the local tribes had an influence on the Ashen Claws' decisions, with a human woman ruling Atargatis alongside Ashen Claws [[Chapter Master]] [[Nehat Nev]]. In the 800s.M41, the Ashen Claws agreed to trade 3,000 of their homeworld's young boys as well as limited military assistance to the [[Carcharodons]] in exchange for technologies, weaponry, and fresh [[gene-seed]] of [[Raven Guard]] origin.{{Fn|2b}}
==Related Articles==
*[[Planets (List)]]
==Sources==
*{{Endn|1}}: [[The Horus Heresy Book Six - Retribution]], pgs. 128–146
*{{Endn|2}}: [[Carcharodons: Outer Dark (Novel)]]
**{{Endn|2a}}: Chapter III
**{{Endn|2b}}: Chapter V
**{{Endn|2c}}: Chapter VI
*{{Endn|3}}: [[Campaigns of the Age of Darkness: The Battle of Beta-Garmon]], ''Map inside cover''
[[Category:Adeptus Astartes Homeworlds]]
[[Category:The Horus Heresy]]
