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Nathaniel Garro was originally the battle-captain of the Death Guard Legion's 7th Great Company and later became the commander or Agentia Primus of a band of Space Marines gathered from all the Legions known as the Knights-Errant who remained loyal to the Emperor of Mankind and were directed on missions chosen by Malcador the Sigillite, the Regent of Terra.
Kyril Sindermann would later claim that Garro became the first true martyr of the Church of the God-Emperor.
Garro was also the leader of "The Seventy," the 70 surviving Loyalist Astartes who alone of the Death Guard Legion escaped the massacre of Loyalists at Isstvan III aboard the frigate Eisenstein to bring word of the Warmaster Horus' betrayal of the Emperor to Terra.
Garro held to the original tenets of his Legion when many of his battle-brothers chose to follow Horus, their traitorous Primarch Mortarion, and First Captain Calas Typhon's decision to serve Chaos and overthrow the Emperor, installing Horus as the new emperor to rule over the Imperium of Man.
After his arrival at Terra, Garro would be tasked by the Emperor's regent, the psyker Malcador the Sigillite, with gathering other Loyalist Astartes from all of the Legions, Traitor and Loyalist alike, who would wear the heraldry of the Sigillite himself.
Several of these Astartes, the Sigillite's "Knights-Errant," would become the core leadership of a new Imperial institution composed of Astartes and Imperial nobles of "an inquisitive nature" that would serve as the precursor of the Inquisition and the first Grand Masters of the secret Grey Knights Chapter of Space Marines.
Origins
Like so many of the Astartes of the Traitor Legions who remained loyal to the Emperor at the start of the Horus Heresy, Nathaniel Garro was born on Terra, in the small, techno-barbarian state of Albia on the continent of Europa. Garro was one of the few remaining Terran Astartes of the XIVth Legion when it had still been named the Dusk Raiders, so known because of their signature tactic of attacking a foe at nightfall. Garro had joined the XIVth Legion before anyone had even known the name of Barbarus, the future homeworld of Mortarion and the Death Guard. In those early years of the Great Crusade, the XIVth Legion had no primarch but the Emperor Himself. The Dusk Raiders had worn armour without the green trim of the later Legion. It was the dull white of old marble, their right arm and shoulders coloured in a deep, glistening crimson. The symbology of the armour showed their foes who they truly were -- the Emperor's red right hand, relentless and unstoppable. Many enemies had thrown down their weapons the moment the sun dipped beneath the horizon, rather than dare to fight them. But that too had changed. When the Emperor's sons, the great primarchs, had been sundered from His side and scattered across the galaxy, the Dusk Raiders joined their brother Space Marine Legions and the Master of Mankind in the Great Crusade that began the Age of the Imperium. Garro had been there as the Emperor crossed the galaxy in search of His lost sons -- Sanguinius, Ferrus Manus, Roboute Guilliman, Magnus the Red and all the rest. With each reunion, the Master of Mankind gave His sons the command of the Astartes forces that had been created in their image. When at last the Emperor came to Barbarus and discovered the gaunt warrior foundling named Mortarion who led its oppressed people, He knew He had located the primarch of the XIVth Legion. On the day of Mortarion's coronation as primarch, a good majority of the XIVth Legion had been of Garro's stock, warriors born on Terra or within the confines of the Sol System, but slowly that number had dwindled, and as new recruits joined the Death Guard's fold they came only from Barbarus. By the last days of the Great Crusade in the early 31st Millennium, only a comparative handful of Terrans remained in the Legion. In his darkest moments, Garro imagined a time when there would be none of his kinsmen left amongst the XIVth, and with their deaths the traditions of the old Dusk Raiders would finally fade away. He feared that moment, for when it came to pass he knew that something of the Legion's noble character would die as well. His refusal to relinquish these old Terran traditions and "high-handed" leadership caused a rift between himself and some of the Barbarus-born captains of the Legion, who often referred to the staunch and reserved battle-captain as "Straight-Arrow Garro." Garro further compounded this rift by his refusal to recognise the growing fraternity of the warrior lodges within the Legions, despite being offered membership on multiple occasions. Many of the newer Astartes inducted from Barbarus felt that before their primarch had brought new blood to their Legion, there were many rituals and habits that served only to hold the Death Guard back. Yet the old ways of the XIVth Legion were fading, and there were few among the senior battle-brothers of the Death Guard who deigned to keep the careworn traditions of the Legion alive. The slow shifting of mood had begun in the solar months following the Emperor's decision to retire to Terra from the Great Crusade after the conclusion of the great offensive against the Orks during the Ullanor Crusade, whereupon He had bestowed the rank of Warmaster upon Horus, the primarch of the Luna Wolves Legion. The Death Guard differed from many of their brother Legions in the manner of their command structure and rank system. Tradition had it that the XIVth Legion should never number more than 7 Great Companies, although those divisions held far more warriors than those of other Astartes cohorts like the Space Wolves or the Blood Angels. Whilst many Legions had the tradition of giving the honorific of "first captain" to the commanding officer of the elite 1st Company, the Death Guard also held two more privileged titles, to be bestowed upon the leaders of the 2nd and 7th Great Companies, respectively. Thus, although they held no actual seniority over one another, Captain Ignatius Grulgor of the 2nd Great Company could carry the rank of "commander" if he so wished, just as Garro, as captain of the 7th Great Company, was known as "battle-captain." Garro's particular honorific dated back to the Wars of Unification, to a moment when the mark of distinction had been handed to a XIVth Legion officer of the 7th Great Company by the Emperor Himself. Garro was proud to bear the same honourific several standard centuries later.
Great Crusade
Battle-Captain Garro was a seasoned Astartes Veteran of multiple campaigns of Imperial Compliance who had fought besides the Astartes of several other Legions and formed bonds with a select few amongst them. He knew Captain Garviel Loken of the Luna Wolves from when the Death Guard fought alongside them during the Krypt Campaign against the Orks. Garro was also close friends with Captain Saul Tarvitz of the Emperor's Children. The two Astartes shared a close bond as "honour brothers." There were few individuals outside the Death Guard that Garro would ever have given the distinction of being called "brother," but Tarvitz was one of them. Tarvitz had earned Garro's friendship during the Preaixor Campaign and proven to him that for all the reputation of Fulgrim's Astartes as overconfident peacocks, there were warriors amongst the ranks of the Emperor's Children that embodied the ideals of the Imperium. In recognition of their bond, the two Astartes had a small eagle carved into their power armour's ceramite by knifepoint, a sign of the battle debt they owed one another. When the two clasped each other's wrists their vambraces would form the sign of the Imperial Aquila. Towards the end of the Great Crusade, Battle-Captain Garro earned high accolades during the Jorgall Persecution, for his actions against those psychically powerful xenos when he fought alongside a cadre from the Sisters of Silence. He was singled out by his Primarch Mortarion, who offered Garro the rare opportunity to share a celebratory drink with him. It was said that there was no toxin too strong, no poison so powerful and no contagion of such lethality that a Death Guard could not resist it. The Death Guard were known to harden themselves through stringent training regimens as neophyte Astartes, willingly exposing themselves to chemical agents, contaminants, deadly viral strains and venoms of a thousand different shades. They could resist them all. From a set of bowls was mixed and poured dark liquids into a pair of ornate goblets. The senses of the chosen Astartes often rebelled against the odour of the toxins, their implanted Neuroglottis and Preomnor organs rebelling at the mere smell of the poisonous brew; but to refuse the cup would be seen as weakness. The poured distillate often contained a potent mixture of agent magenta nerve bane, some variety of sword beetle venom, and other, less identifiable compounds. The cups were Mortarion's, and in each battle where the Death Lord took the field in person, he would select a warrior in the aftermath and share with that man a draught of poison. They would drink and they would live, cementing the unbreakable strength of the Legion they embodied. Mortarion knew Garro frowned upon such traditions as the cups, but he explained to him that honours and citations were sometimes necessary. Warriors must know that they are valued. Praise from one's peers must be given when the moment is right. Without it, even the most steadfast warrior will eventually feel unvalued. Mortarion talked to Garro privately after their drink, trying to gauge the battle-captain and figure out where his loyalties truly lay. The primarch wanted to ensure that Garro would be loyal to him and the cause of the Traitors when the Warmaster Horus launched his campaign to usurp the Emperor and topple the corrupt Imperium. Mortarion also wanted to know why the battle-captain eschewed membership in the warrior lodge that had been established within their Legion, a custom that had spread from the Luna Wolves to many of the other Astartes formations. Garro felt that as Astartes, they had been set on a path by the Master of Mankind, tasked to regather the lost fragments of Humanity into the fold of the Imperium, to illuminate the lost, castigate the fallen and the invader. They could only do so if they possessed truth on their side. If they did not do this openly then he had doubt that the XIVth Legion would eventually expunge the fallacies of gods and deities, for they could not bring the secular Imperial Truth to bear if any of it was hidden, even in the smallest part. Only the Emperor could show the way forward. Garro felt that these lodges, though they had their worth, were ultimately predicated upon secrecy and the act of concealment, and he would take no part in it. Though disappointed by Garro's point of view, Mortarion still hoped to turn Garro to the Traitors' cause. He appointed the battle-captain as his equerry, taking him to an important conclave aboard the Warmaster's flagship, the Vengeful Spirit, to discuss the upcoming campaign in the Isstvan System. The primarch still hoped to sway Garro's loyalty towards the Warmaster's cause -- a cause now his own.
Isstvan III
Garro's 7th Company fought in concert with the Emperor's Children's elite 1st Company against traitorous forces on Isstvan Extremis, the outermost planet within the Isstvan System. Whilst fighting against a powerful Slaaneshi psyker known as a Warsinger, Garro sustained serious injuries; crushing damage to his torso, his arm, and the loss of his right leg from the mid-thigh down. He was only saved from certain death under the assault of the Warsinger's psychic scream by the timely ministrations of an Apothecary from the Emperor's Children Legion -- their chief apothecary, Fabius. Garro's leg was eventually replaced with a bionic prosthesis of excellent quality. Garro was livid, feeling his anger surge each time the new leg made him limp. The minute gyroscopic mechanisms in the limb would take time to learn the motions and kinetics of his body movement, and until they did, he would be forced to walk as if lame. The Legion's Apothecaries had not declared him fully healed and therefore Garro was deemed unfit for battlefield operations. His command also remained on limited duty until their commander was fit to reenter combat. As a result, Garro and his company would not be going down to unleash the final assault upon Isstvan III. Those orders came directly from the Death Guard's first captain, Calas Typhon. Garro was to be stationed instead aboard the frigate Eisenstein during the assault on Isstvan III, while Commander Ignatius Grulgor of the 2nd Company kept a close eye on the Terran-born officer. They were both to be assigned to duty stations with their Command Squads aboard the Imperial warship, where they would supervise its operations. The rest of their Great Companies would remain in reserve. During the assault on Isstvan III and the Choral City, they would provide standby tactical support for the Drop Pod deployment operation, and remain on alert to perform rapid-reaction interdict duties. Before the mission began, First Captain Typhon pulled Commander Grulgor aside and spoke to him of their primarch's desire to bring Garro to the Warmaster's banner over the Emperor's, but they both knew that Garro would never betray the Master of Mankind. He was too much the Emperor's dutiful warrior. Realising the first captain's intent, Grulgor deduced that the time for the Traitors to act against the Imperium had arrived, as he saw Horus' intention emerging in the unusual pattern of mission assignments on Isstvan III granted to specific units from the Legions, instead of complete companies. Grulgor realised that the Warmaster sought to isolate those elements of the soon-to-be Traitor Legions that did not share his convictions. When the turning point arrived, Typhon informed Grulgor that there were certain duties that Horus would want him to perform. The commander relished his part in this conspiracy against Garro, whom he had long found insufferable.
Garro possessed a patrician aspect, its roots dating back to the warrior dynasties of ancient Terra. He was pale-skinned, but without the pallidity of his brother Astartes who hailed from the Death Guard's cold and lethal homeworld of Barbarus.
He had old eyes in a face that, despite its oft weary countenance, seemed too young for them; his head was hairless and patterned with pale scars.
In combat as a Death Guard, the battle-captain wore Mark IV Imperius Maximus power armour. On the chest of Garro's power armour was a brass cuirass that rested there. This was a ceremonial piece that Garro wore only in combat or upon formal occasions.
In tandem with the honour-rank of battle-captain, the decorative over-sheath sported an eagle, wings spread and beak arched, sculpted from brass as if about to take flight from the chest plate.
Similarly, the rear of the cuirass had a second eagle as a head-guard that emerged from the shoulders when worn over the backpack of Astartes armour. What made this piece unique was that its eagles differed from the Emperor's Aquila.
While the symbol of the Imperium of Man had two heads, one blinded to look at the past, one sighted to see to the future, the battle-captain's eagles were singular.
•Artificer Armour - Garro originally wore a suit of Mark IV Imperius Maximus Pattern power armour in Death Guard Legion colours. Garro's power armour bore an ornate cuirass etched in brass and gold. This was a ceremonial piece that Garro wore only in combat or upon formal occasions. This decorative over-sheath sported an eagle, wings spread and beak arched, sculpted from brass as if about to take flight from the chest plate. After he fled Isstvan III and was charged by Malcador the Sigillite with a new purpose as Agentia Primus of the Knights-Errant, he was outfitted with Mark VI Corvus Pattern Power Armour, the most advanced wargear yet created at that point in the Heresy for the Astartes. Besides still bearing the ornate cuirass and the eagle behind his helm, there was absence of all other detail. His armour was a uniform stone grey from helm to boot, bereft of all iconography. Sigils of echelon or honour of a Space Marine Legion or other fealty were absent, save for a hidden rune upon his shoulder plates; a stylized High Gothic letter "I" etched into the metal of the ceramite, the mark of the Sigillite, the Regent of Terra and Adjutant to the Emperor. In later times, this rune would be recognised as the infamous rosette of the Inquisition.
•Aquila Imperator - Similarly to the ceremonial eagle worn on Garro's armour's chestplate, the rear of the cuirass had a second eagle as a head-guard that emerged from the shoulders when worn over the backpack. This was known as the Aquila Imperator, an archaic device that protected Garro similarly in function to an Iron Halo. This device emitted a very strong conversion field around its wearer, which made his armour even harder to pierce with enemy weapons. In addition, it also provided its wearer with immense resilience to even the most potent weapons on the battlefield.
•Falsehood - The Knights-Errant were gifted by the highest offices of the Mechanicum with many technological artifices, one of the most wondrous and guileful of which was known simply as "Falsehood." Such devices took many different forms and had varying effects, but that used by the Knights-Errant in open battle projected a psycho-luminal sphere about them that distorted their appearance, allowing them to infiltrate the battlefield unseen and, even once detected, made it all but impossible for a foe to draw a bead upon them.
•Libertas - In battle, Garro bore the ancient Power Sword Libertas. There were no visible imperfections visible in the crystalline matrix of its monosteel blade. It is said that this masterfully wrought broadsword was constructed from remnants of a far older device, a weapon so ancient it predates the fall of Mankind and the coming of Old Night. Whatever the truth, Garro wielded it against countless xenos foes throughout his service in the Great Crusade and, tragically, must now use it to spill the blood of his erstwhile brother Legiones Astartes.
•Paragon Bolter - The Knights-Errant of Malcador were outfitted with the finest crafted panoply of arms and armour that the Sigillite's household could procure, the plain grey heraldry belying the peerless quality of the underlying workmanship. This master-crafted bolter was able to fire at much higher rate than a standard weapon of its type.
•Master-Crafted Bolt Pistol
•Kaleb Arin – Kaleb was Battle-Captain Garro's equerry and housecarl. Kaleb was a former aspirant of the XIVth Legion who had failed the series of trials required for those who wished to become full battle-brothers of the Death Guard. Those aspirants that failed largely chose to accept the Emperor's Peace over a return in dishonour to their clans o...
In the various Black Library audiobooks, Nathanial Garro is voiced by Toby Longwirth.
•Index Astartes III, "The Lost and the Damned - The Death Guard Space Marine Legion"
•Flight of the Eisenstein (Novel) by James Swallow
•Garro: Oath of Moment (Audio Book) by James Swallow
•Garro: Legion of One (Audio Book) by James Swallow
•Garro: Sword of Truth (Audio Book) by James Swallow
•Garro: Shield of Lies (Audio Book) by James Swallow
As a proud Successor to the Ultramarines Legion, the Marines Errant follow the dictates of the Codex Astartes as closely as possible. Their primary adaptations from its doctrines are all intended to grant them additional flexibility in keeping with their duties as constant crusaders.
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10 apr 2024 · When Nathaniel Garro, Battle-Captain of the Death Guard Legion, escaped to Terra aboard the Eisenstein after refusing to follow his brothers' treason, Malcador called an audience with him and two of his companions, Iacton Qruze of the Luna Wolves and Amendera Kendel of the Sisters of Silence.
13 mag 2023 · The Knights-Errant teleported aboard the Herald, taking the Nemean Reaver - their originally intended recruit - with them. [3a] The last warrior Garro was ordered to recruit was Garviel Loken of the Luna Wolves , who was still alive on the surface of Isstvan III .
The Knights-Errant were a mysterious body of Space Marine warriors that was formed at the express order of Malcador the Sigillite, the acting Regent of Terra, following the betrayal at Isstvan III during the opening days of the Horus Heresy in the early years of the 31 st Millennium.
