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'''Brin Milo''' was a member of the [[Tanith First and Only]], a.k.a. ''Gaunt's Ghosts''.{{Fn|1}}{{Fn|2}}


==Biography==
===Early Life===
Before the events that led him to join the Ghosts, Milo served the household of the [[Planetary Governor|Elector of Tanith]] as an attendant and a musician.{{Fn|3d}}

During the [[Sabbat Worlds Crusade]], the [[Imperial]] world of [[Tanith]] was called on to raise its first [[Imperial Guard Regiment|regiments]] to serve in the [[Astra Militarum]]. The overall commanding officer for these regiments was to be [[Colonel-Commissar]] [[Ibram Gaunt]], who came to oversee the regiments' founding some time after the [[Battle of Balhaut]]. When Gaunt arrived on Tanith, the Elector appointed Milo to serve as a guide and attendant.{{Fn|2}}{{Fn|3a}} Tanith was later attacked and destroyed by [[Chaos]] raiders; Milo was the only civilian amongst the survivors evacuated from the planet - notably he was rescued by Gaunt himself after Milo had saved Gaunt in turn from a number of [[Chaos Cultists]].{{Fn|1}}{{Fn|3a}}{{Fn|3d}}

Although he had not enlisted with the regiment, Milo was left little choice but to join them but, as he was not of age at the time, he was officially made Gaunt's [[adjutant]]. He also served as both the regimental [[Tanith Pipes|musician]] and, unofficially, as the regiment's "mascot"{{Fn|1}}{{Fn|3d}} (though he disliked being considered as a lucky charm).{{Fn|5a}} Milo proved a most able aide for Gaunt, due to his impeccable intuition when it came to anticipating Gaunt's needs in the field.{{Fn|1}}{{Fn|2}}{{Fn|3c}} His ability was such that some suspected him of being a [[psyker]].{{Fn|3d}}

Despite not being an enlisted Guardsman at this point, he tended to follow Colonel-Commissar Gaunt and so, due to Gaunt's habit of leading in the field, Milo nonetheless found himself facing the enemy on a number of occasions. The first notable time this happened was in the [[Caligula (Hive World)|Caligula]] campaign; Milo and Gaunt were on a [[troop-ship]] which was brought down by a [[Psyker|psychic storm]] over [[Nero Hive]]. Thanks to Gaunt's leadership, the survivors of the crash managed to make it off Caligula alive and reunite with the rest of the Crusade.{{Fn|3b}}

===Formal Enlistment===
Milo eventually came of age during the [[Monthax]] campaign, receiving the brevet-rank of [[Trooper]].{{Fn|3c}}{{Fn|3e}} Gaunt was initially going to have him accompany [[Colonel]] [[Colm Corbec|Corbec]] in the field{{Fn|3c}} but just before commencing a major action against the [[Chaos Cultists]] advancing through the jungles on Monthax Gaunt instead assigned him to shadow [[Major]] [[Elim Rawne]] and [[Imperial Guard Platoon|Third Platoon]] under the pretext of urging them on and bolstering them with his pipes.{{Fn|3e}} Following the deployment on Monthax, Milo continued to serve as a Trooper{{Fn|4a}}, although he still kept his Tanith pipes on him if his comrades needed the music.{{Fn|4c}}

On [[Verghast]], he was part of the Tanith force that contributed to the defence of the [[Veyveyr Gate]] against the [[Siege of Vervunhive|Second Storm]] of the hive by the [[Ferrozoica]]ns, where he noted that his association with Gaunt resulted in some Troopers treating him with a natural authority despite his age and rank.{{Fn|4b}} After Trooper [[Baffels]] was promoted to [[Sergeant (Imperial Guard)|Sergeant]], Baffels asked Milo to be his unofficial second, as Baffels believed that his men would rally behind Milo.{{Fn|4c}}

===Following the Saint===
While on [[Hagia]], Milo was part of the honour guard sent to retrieve the remains of [[Saint Sabbat]] from [[Shrinehold of Saint Sabbat|their resting place]] after [[Lord General]] [[Lugo]] ordered the evacuation of the planet in the face of incoming Chaos reinforcements. After the honour guard was ambushed by [[Infardi]] [[Chaos Cultist|cultists]], however, Milo was chosen by [[Commissar]] [[Viktor Hark]] to take one of the convoy's trucks and escort the wounded back to the [[Holy Doctrinopolis]].{{Fn|5b}} After reaching the city, he met up with Colonel Corbec (who had remained behind rather than join the honour guard due to injuries sustained in the fighting to retake the Doctrinopolis). Corbec and a number of other Tanith had been experiencing visions of the Sabbat Martyr and had decided, in defiance of their orders to evacuate Hagia, to take a [[Chimera]] and travel to the Shrinehold themselves. Milo was among the five Troopers who accompanied Colonel Corbec and [[Captain (Imperial Guard)|Captain]] [[Ban Daur|Daur]] on this journey.{{Fn|5c}} Over the course of their journey to the Shrinehold, Milo fell in love with [[Sanian]], a native Hagian [[esholi]] scholar girl whom he convinced to act as their guide. Even after leaving Hagia, Milo often found himself thinking of her.{{Fn|6a}}

Later, in '''771.[[M41]]''' during the [[Phantine (Planet)|Phantine]] campaign, Milo was one of sixteen Tanith selected personally by Colonel-Commissar Gaunt to take part in [[Operation Larisel]].{{Fn|6b}} Milo, [[Doyl]], [[Nessa]] and the [[Phantine Skyborne|Skyborne Specialist]] [[Lex Cardinale|Cardinale]] were assigned to team Larisel 3 under [[Sergeant (Imperial Guard)|Sergeant]] [[Adare]].{{Fn|6c}}{{Fn|6d}}

During the final assault on [[Urdesh]] against the [[Sons of Sek]], Brin Milo met his end during the assault on Pinnacle Spire at Oureppan when heretic forces set off a [[Vortex Weapon]]. Their body was never recovered.{{Fn|8}}

==Appearance==
As with many Tanith, Milo has a tattoo - in his case a blue fish above his right eye.{{Fn|2}}{{Fn|3a}}

==Sources==
*{{Endn|1}}: [[First and Only (Novel)]] — [[The Founding (Omnibus)]], Part Two, Chapter Two
*{{Endn|2}}: [[Of Their Lives in the Ruins of Their Cities (Short Story)]] — [[The Founding (Omnibus)]]
*3: [[Ghostmaker (Novel)]] — [[The Founding (Omnibus)]]
**{{Endn|3a}}: Chapter One
**{{Endn|3b}}: Chapter Four
**{{Endn|3c}}: ''Interstitial between Chapters Nine and Ten'', pgs. 503-504
**{{Endn|3d}}: Chapter Ten
**{{Endn|3e}}: Chapter Eleven
*4: [[Necropolis (Novel)]] — [[The Founding (Omnibus)]]
**{{Endn|4a}}: Chapter Three
**{{Endn|4b}}: Chapter Nine
**{{Endn|4c}}: Chapter Ten
*5: [[Honour Guard (Novel)]] — [[The Saint (Omnibus)]]
**{{Endn|5a}}: Chapter One
**{{Endn|5b}}: Chapter Seven
**{{Endn|5c}}: Chapter Eight
*6: [[The Guns of Tanith (Novel)]] — [[The Saint (Omnibus)]]
**{{Endn|6a}}: ''A Reappraisal of Combat Policy'', Section One
**{{Endn|6b}}: ''A Reappraisal of Combat Policy'', Section Three
**{{Endn|6c}}: ''The Drop''
**{{Endn|6d}}: ''Larisel and Thunderhead'', Section One
*{{Endn|7}}: [[Imperial Guard Collector's Guide]], pg. 8
*{{Endn|8}}: [[The Anarch (Novel)]] - Chapter 22

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