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===The Second War for Armageddon===
In his youth, Yarrick had learned the Ork language from a captured raider, and became an expert in the way the Ork mind worked. Before the [[Second War for Armageddon]] began, in 941.[[M41]], he had already served in a dozen campaigns as a [[commissar]] with [[Armageddon]]'s [[Planetary Defence Forces]] and gained a reputation for unswerving loyalty to the [[Emperor of Mankind|Emperor]]. In fact, he was already of advanced age at the time of the War and was scheduled to retire on the day the Orks landed.{{Cite ThisMarker End}}
When the first warnings of the Ork landing came, Yarrick was on Armageddon to assist in the founding of the [[4th Armageddon Regiment]].{{Fn|1b}} Yarrick swiftly observed that Ghazghkull was a more cunning and tenacious warlord than previously encountered among Orks, and Yarrick ordered the planet's [[astropath]]s to send a call for help. [[Herman von Strab]], the inept Overlord of Armageddon, insisted that Armageddon could deal with the Ork threat on its own, and banished Yarrick to [[Hades Hive]] as punishment for circumventing von Strab's authority.{{Cite ThisMarker End}}
Von Strab was grievously mistaken. Under his incompetent leadership, the planet fell bit by bit until the Orks reached Hades Hive. Here, Commissar Yarrick commanded the defending forces, inspiring them to a fanatical degree of bravery and resolve. Not a single soldier was executed for cowardice during the fighting at Hades Hive, even in the face of the overwhelming Ork numbers. Yarrick himself was always on the front lines during the fighting, receiving many battle wounds.{{Fn|1a}}
===The Third War for Armageddon===
The [[Third War for Armageddon]] would prove to be a much harder battle than the Second. Yarrick arrived back on the planet two weeks before the invasion began. By overwhelming vote, he was offered supreme command of all Imperial forces on the planet, and he accepted.{{Cite ThisMarker End}}
Before the war commenced, Yarrick had the remains of the ''Fortress of Arrogance'' [[Operation Thunderstorm|salvaged from Golgotha]] and repaired, to serve as his personal command vehicle.{{Fn|2}}
**{{Endn|1b}}: pg. 24
**{{Endn|1c}}: pg. 19
*{{Endn|2}}: [[Gunheads (Novel)]] {{Cite thisMarker End}}
*{{Endn|3}}: [[Helsreach (Novel)]] — [[Armageddon (Anthology)]], Chapter II
*{{Endn|4}}: [[Waaagh! Ghazghkull - A Codex: Orks Supplement (7th Edition)]] {{Cite thisMarker End}}
*{{Endn|5}}: [[White Dwarf 191 (UK)]], pg. 51
*{{Endn|6}}: [[Old Bale Eye (Episode)]] — [[Hammer and Bolter (Anthology Series)]]
