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During the [[Horus Heresy]], the planet was assaulted by the [[Word Bearers]] as part of the [[Shadow Crusade]].{{Fn|4}} Thrown into unrest by the Shadow Crusade, Talassar [[Carrion Realms|was subsequently conquered]] by a [[Night Lords]] warband led by [[Mawdrym Llansahai]]. The Night Lords managed to convince parts of the local garrison to defect to their side,{{Fn|7a}} and they plundered the local [[Ultramarines]] [[gene-seed]] stockpiles to create [[Inductii]] to bolster their numbers.{{Fn|7b}} In 010.[[M31]], a [[Blood Angels]] and [[Solar Auxilia]] strike force raided Talassar to recover the remaining gene-seed; this operation succeeded and greatly weakened the Night Lords presence, but the loyalists withdrew.{{Fn|7a}}{{Fn|7c}} For months after the raid, Talassar fell into complete anarchy as various factions (including the surviving Night Lords) fought for control until the planet was later retaken by the Ultramarines.{{Fn|7c}}
After the Horus Heresy, in the period known as the [[Age of Rebirth]], the great horde of [[Orks]] descended on the main continent of Talassar, [[Glaudor]], threatening to destroy cities there. Following the protocols of the newly approved [[Codex Astartes]], the [[Ultramarines]] made a series of rapid strikes and defeated the greenskins.{{Fn|6b}}{{Fn|8}}
The Ultramarines' [[2nd Company (Ultramarines)|Second Company]] [[Space Marine Captain|Captain]], [[Cato Sicarius]], [[Master of the Watch]], was born to Talassari nobility, and was trained in the arts of war from a young age. His [[power sword]], the [[Talassarian Tempest Blade]], takes its name from his homeworld's frequent storms. Captain Sicarius is also, among his many honorific titles, Grand Duke of Talassar.{{Fn|1}}
**{{Endn|7b}}: pg. 5
**{{Endn|7c}}: pg. 7
* {{Endn|8}}: [[Codex Supplement: Ultramarines (8th Edition)]], pg. 36 - ''Chronicles of the Ultramarines''
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