Changes

Frustrated about defiance of Hive Hades, Ghazghkull sent one of his strongest [[Warboss]]es, [[Ugulhard]], to deal with Yarrick's resistance. As the monstrous Ork and his followers overran the hive's outer defense, the Commissar stepped forward to challenge the warboss.{{Fn|6}} He was grievously wounded in this duel, as Ugulhard severed Yarrick's right arm with a swipe from his [[Power Klaw]]. Such a wound would have killed a lesser man, but Yarrick's iron will allowed him to not only survive, but to decapitate Ugulhard with his [[chainsword]] and then pull the Power Klaw from his corpse and hold it aloft for all to see. The sight caused the Orks to flee in terror, while simultaneously causing the human defenders to charge forward with renewed vigour. Only after the Orks had been routed did Yarrick allow himself the luxury of passing out.{{Fn|1a}}{{Fn|6}}

The Imperial defence of Hades Hive was so implacable that eventually Ghazghkull himself joined the attack, leading his forces from the front. He tried to take the Hive by every strategy he could imagine, but Yarrick countered them all. Eventually, Hades Hive became a personal battle between the two warriors. When Ghazghkull fell upon the hive, Yarrick realised they could not hold their position. In a series of daring shuttle runs, the remaining forces managed to escape. Yarrick himself received a near-fatal wound in combat with Ghazghkull, and hovered near death during the final stage of the evacuation{{Fn|1b}}.

===Other Engagements===

{{Main|Battle of Golgotha}}

In 944.[[M41]], three years after the end of the Second War, Yarrick formally came out of retirement and requested a military expedition to thoroughly cleanse the surrounding worlds of Ork raiders, his particular goal being to hunt down Ghazghkull. One such planet, [[Golgotha]], was to be where this purge would end for the Imperials in a crushing defeat by the Ork defences. Yarrick's personal [[Baneblade]], the ''[[Fortress of Arrogance]]'' was abandoned{{Fn|2}} and Yarrick himself was captured by Ghazghkull. After grueling torture and forced labor with other captured Humans, Yarrick led a [[slave]] revolt aboard Ghazghkull's [[Space Hulk]]. However the uprising failed, and Yarrick once again found himself in Greenskin captivity. Yarrick was then brought before Ghazghkull much more, and much to the Commissar's surprise the Warboss gave him a shuttle and let him go. Ghazghkull stated that good enemies were hard to come by and felt that the Warboss' planned re-invasion of Armageddon would be much more fun with Yarrick on the other side.{{Fn|6}}

Ghazghkull opened the conflict by obliterating Hades Hive from orbit, effectively throwing down the gauntlet to his old adversary.{{Fn|1b}} Fortunately, Yarrick had foreseen this attack; where another commander might have diverted resources and men to protecting the city he had so ferociously defended before, Yarrick acted out of cold military logic and without a trace of sentimentality. Seeing that Hades Hive could not be defended, he had it evacuated before the Orks attacked, and concentrated his forces elsewhere.{{Fn|3}}

His first order was to send all remaining Imperial aircraft to destroy as many of the Orks as possible before they could touch the ground. Eventually, the Orks landed their [[Rok]]s, providing them with prebuilt fortresses. Yarrick personally led the assault on one of these with a force of [[Cadian Shock Troopers]]. Eventually the Third War for Armageddon degenerated into a gruelling war of attrition, thwarting Ghazghkull's hopes for a clear victory{{Fn|1b}}. When Ghazghkull fled Armageddon and the [[Black Templars]] prepared to give chase, Yarrick petitioned High Marshal [[Helbrecht]] to allow him to join their quest; Helbrecht agreed, and Yarrick immediately set off, determined to rid the galaxy of Ghazghkull for good{{Fn|1a}}.

==Images==

===Models===

<center><gallery widths=180 heights=180>

*{{Endn|6}}: [[Old Bale Eye (Episode)]] — [[Hammer and Bolter (Anthology Series)]]{{CME}}

**{{Endn|6a}}:ca. 05:24

*{{Endn|7}}: [https://www.warhammer-community.com/2022/11/15/warhammer-community-investigates-could-commissar-yarrick-actually-be-dead/ Warhammer Community: Warhammer Community Investigates – Could Commissar Yarrick Actually Be Dead? (posted 15/11/2022)] (last accessed 15/11/2022)

*{{Endn|8}}: [[Imperial Creed (Novel)]] — [[Yarrick: The Omnibus]], Chapter 1, Section 1