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Gaunt's Ghosts
Ibram Gaunt
#1
Blitzer
MA
7
ST
3
AG
3
AV
8
R
51
B
291
P
0
F
0
G
34
Cp
0
In
1
Cs
22
Td
3
Mvp
1
GPP
60
XPP
0
SPP
60
Injuries
n
Skills
Block
Dauntless
Mighty Blow
Stand Firm
Tackle
<br />Colonel-Commissar, Tanith First<br /><br />First platoon, Colonel-Commissar Ibram Gaunt is the commanding officer of the Tanith First-and-Only.<br /><br />Born on Manzipor, his father was second in command to Aldo Dercius in the Jantine regiments. Following his father’s death he studied at the Schola Progenium on Ignatius Cardinal (like almost all Imperial Commissars he to was an orphan). Joining the Imperial Guard as a commissar-cadet where he served under Commissar-General Oktar, gaining full-rank status of Commissar, at Oktar's death-bed. He served as a political officer with the Hyrkan 8th, from the regiment's foundation to their victory on Balhaut, a world reclaimed by the Imperium during the Sabbat Worlds Crusade. After this victory, Gaunt was granted the additional rank of Colonel, along with command of the three new regiments from the world of Tanith.<br /><br />During the founding of the First, Second and Third Tanith Regiments, Tanith fell to a surprise Chaos attack. He ordered the forces of Tanith to retreat, depriving them of the chance to fight and die for their homeworld. The retreat was costly; from three entire regiments there were less than four thousand survivors, and not a single officer of the three regiments made it off Tanith.<br /><br />While waiting for orders, Gaunt was instrumental in the reorganization of the survivors, reorganizing the men into the Tanith First-and-Only, and promoting the non-commissioned officers who had shown initiative and leadership during the retreat and subsequent reorganization to officer positions. The Tanith were ordered to the world of Blackshard, and during their successful first engagement were dubbed "Gaunt's Ghosts", a moniker that would stick with the regiment for the length of its existence.<br /><br />Gaunt is an unconventional but effective leader, slowly winning the devotion and respect of the soldiers who initially hated him for letting their homeworld fall to Chaos without a fight. He is feared among the upper echelons of the Imperium almost as much as he is feared by the forces of Chaos, as he is a model for honor and defiance of corruption in all forms. He is respected by many soldiers and commanders because he leads from the front, attacking the enemy alongside his men.<br /><br />Led the Gereon Mission<br /><br />Gaunt was a key part in rebuilding the resistance on Gereon. His personality has changed a little more closed about his persona and a little more suspicious of everyone and everything, his senses have been heightened after the months of guerilla warfare.<br /><br />While Gaunt is on a Vermillion-level mission (coded EZ for Extremely Hazardous) on Gereon with a hand picked team, the Ghosts are folded into the 81st Belladon Recon to form the 'Eighty-first First' under a Colonel Wilder. After the battle for Sparshad Mons, Gaunt is given 'temporary' command of the regiment in light of Wilder's sacrifice in a heroic rearguard action.
Match performances
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Opponent
Comp
TD
Int
Cas
Mvp
Spp
2005-11-09
-
1
-
2
-
7
2005-11-10
-
-
1
1
-
4
2005-11-16
-
1
-
-
-
3
2005-11-18
-
-
-
1
-
2
2005-11-19
-
-
-
1
-
2
2005-11-19
-
-
-
1
-
2
2005-11-20
-
-
-
1
-
2
2005-11-21
-
-
-
1
-
2
2005-11-22
-
1
-
-
-
3
2005-11-23
-
-
-
1
-
2
2005-11-23
-
-
-
1
-
2
2005-12-01
-
-
-
2
-
4
2005-12-04
-
-
-
2
-
4
2005-12-16
-
-
-
1
-
2
2005-12-18
-
-
-
1
-
2
2005-12-25
-
-
-
1
-
2
2005-12-26
-
-
-
-
1
5
2005-12-29
-
-
-
1
-
2
2005-12-30
-
-
-
4
-
8