Blane
|
This article is about the Tanith Guardsman; for the Inquisitor, see Rychus Blane. |
Blane was a Sergeant of the Tanith First and Only[1a][2], commanding the regiment's seventh platoon.[1b][1c] The regiment's commanding officer, Colonel-Commissar Ibram Gaunt, considered Blane as "...as gifted and loyal an officer as Corbec, Mkoll or Lerod," and as "dependable and solid."[1c]
When the Tanith were deployed on Menazoid Epsilon in the Sabbat Worlds Crusade, Gaunt ordered Blane and the seventh platoon to guard the regiment's rear against a potential attack from the Jantine Patricians, whom Gaunt believed might attack them (due to the Jantines being complicit in a conspiracy led by Lord General Militant Dravere to take over the Crusade).[1c] The Jantine did indeed attack the Tanith rear, and Blane and his platoon did their duty in defending their position despite facing an entire regiment of heavy infantry with armour and artillery support.[1d][1e] The whole platoon was wiped out by the Jantine assault, with Blane killed by Major Brochuss.[1e]
