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Unusually for Agri Worlds, the Three Planets are largely desert, but feature hundreds of dome-enclosed cities, with vast water traps, capturing moisture from the atmosphere and storing it underground.{{Fn|1}} These cities support arable land and hydroponic cultivation that make Quintarn one of the most productive Agri Worlds in the [[Imperium]], supplying foodstuffs to the rest of Ultramar, and many other planets beyond.{{Fn|3a}}
During the [[War of the Beast]] in [[M32]], Quintarn was invaded by [[Orks]]{{Fn|5}}. The Three Planets were captured by [[Ork]] scavengers just after the battle against [[Hive Fleet Behemoth]] in 745.[[M41]]. [[Marneus Calgar]] led the forces of the [[Ultramarines]] to reconquer them{{Cite ThisMarker End}}.
During the [[Invasion of Ultramar]] in 854999.[[M41]], by the [[Chaos]] warband known as the [[Bloodborn]], Quintarn was invaded by the forces of the [[Dark Mechanicus]] Priest [[Votheer Tark]]{{Fn|4}}{{Fn|3a}}.
==Sources==
*{{Endn|1}}: [[Codex: Space Marines (5th Edition)]], pg. 15
*{{Endn|2}}: [[Codex: Ultramarines (2nd Edition)]], {{Cite ThisMarker End}}
*3: [[Eye of Vengeance (Audio Book)]]
**{{Endn|3a}}: Track 1
