Nour
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The following paragraphs contain spoilers for: | The Guns of Tanith (Novel) |
Nour was a Verghastite[1b] Guardsman of the Tanith First and Only regiment.[1a] He fought as part of Sergeant Kolea's platoon.[1d]
Biography
When the Tanith First fought in the retaking of Cirenholm on the planet Phantine, Nour sustained a burn from a las weapon. He attempted to conceal his injury after the battle in the hopes of keeping it as an honour scar, but Chief Medic Dorden spotted the burn and was able to treat it before it became septic.[1b]
Nour was later one of sixteen Tanith First Guardsmen selected personally by the regiment's commander, Colonel-Commissar Ibram Gaunt, to take part in Operation Larisel, the mission to infiltrate the city of Ouranberg and assassinate the leader of the Blood Pact force that had conquered Phantine.[1c] He was assigned to team Larisel 4 under Scout-Sergeant Mkoll alongside Cocoer, Rilke and the Skyborne Specialist Babbist.[1e]
Unfortunately, during the approach to Ouranberg, Larisel 4's Marauder was shot down by the city's air defences with all hands lost[1e][1f] (save Mkoll, who managed to save himself with his grav-chute).[1g]
