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'''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}}
==Biography==
===Early Life===
Born on [[Calth]] in 876.[[M41]], Uriel Ventris was raised on an underground farm and worked upon the land since the day he was able to walk. At age six, Ventris was recruited by the Ultramarines and trained at the [[Agiselus Barracks]] on Macragge; he graduated in 889.M41 and went on to complete his training at the [[Fortress of Hera]].{{Cite ThisFn|1}}
Nine years later, he became a full-fledged Marine in the [[10th Company (Ultramarines)|Scout Company]], and was finally inducted into the Fourth Company in 909.M41. During his training, he discovered he had a natural talent for war and swore to become the best warrior Macragge had ever seen.{{Fn|4x}}
====Tarsis Ultra====
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[[Image:Chapeters.jpg|thumb|right|Uriel Ventris from the cover of ''[[The Chapter's Due (Novel)|The Chapter's Due]]'']]
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}}
Ventris, Pasanius, and the Deathwatch team managed to finally kill the last Norn-Queen with Kryptman's gene-poison. However, at the last moment Ventris himself was poisoned by the Norn-Queen, causing his entire bloodstream to clot within his body. He would have died but for a full blood transfusion contributed by Pasanius, which kept him alive until they got him medical care on Tarsis Ultra. The remaining Space Marine contingent of both the Ultramarines and Mortifactors were down to sixteen men when the Tyranids started to attack each other, as the link with the [[Hive Mind]] was lost when the last Norn-Queen died. The psychic shockwave of the overmind's death affected the Tyranids into slaughtering each other senselessly, leaving the Imperials alone. The majority froze to death under the harsh conditions of Tarsis Ultra with a minority surviving and taking refuge in warmer surroundings. At the conclusion of the war, Ventris reaffirmed his faith as an Ultramarine to protect the [[Imperium]] from the enemies of [[Mankind]].{{Fn|4x}}
===Exile===
Despite Ventris's sincere belief that his actions had been correct, Learchus reported his and Pasanius's breaches of the Codex to Chapter command. Ventris and Pasanius were both arrested and placed on trial. Based on some discreet advice from Lord Calgar (passed along by [[First Captain]] [[Agemman]]), Ventris and Pasanius waived their rights to defend themselves, so as to prevent their example from being followed by others and causing anarchy in the Ultramarines.{{Fn|6}}
