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Telion has served under three successive [[Chapter Master]]s, and personally trained four of the current [[Ultramarines]] [[Space Marine Captain|Captain]]s. Despite having earned a position in the [[Honour Guard]] many times over, Telion has elected to remain with the [[Scout]]s of 10th Company, training the future warriors of the [[Chapter]]<supid="fn_1a_back">[[#fn_1a|[1a]]]</sup>.

Over three hundred years of service to the Ultramarines, Telion has become a master of all aspects of war. A superlative hand-to-hand combatant, Telion can defend himself from almost any attacker, while few opponents can defend themselves from his precise and controlled blows<supid="fn_1a_back">[[#fn_1a|[1a]]]</sup>.

Yet Telion is best known for his uncanny marksmanship, which is almost unmatched in the entirety of the Chapter's history. Using [[Bolter]] or [[Sniper rifle]], he can deliver a killing shot far beyond the official range of either weapon. His most well-known exploit came during the Siege of Pallia, where Telion eliminated both the Commander and the [[Ethereal]] of the [[Tau]] invasion force with only two well-placed [[bolter]] shots, at extreme range<supid="fn_1a_back">[[#fn_1a|[1a]]]</sup>.

Much of Telion's skill is an innate gift, a quirky fusion between his latent ability and his [[geneseed]], yet he is such a fine instructor that many raw recruits under his tutelage have become as skilled as the most experienced Captain. Thanks in large measure to him, the [[Ultramarines]] have a well-deserved reputation for fielding the finest marksmen of any Space Marine Chapter. Indeed, so famous is Telion that he has been frequently seconded to other [[Chapters]] with close ties to the Ultramarines, in order to pass on his teachings for the wider benefit of the Emperor's cause<supid="fn_1a_back">[[#fn_1a|[1a]]]</sup>.

Telion answered cries of help from the people of [[Calth]] when [[Old One Eye]], a unique [[Tyranid]] [[Carnifex]], was released from its frozen slumber in the ice and went on to slaughter its way across the planet. Telion tracked down Old One Eye, but found it difficult to pierce its armoured flanks. As Telion's warriors were cut to pieces by the beast, Telion made a one-in-a-million shot that hit the creature's ruined eye-socket, the same wound which had stopped its first rampage on Calth. Old One Eye was overcome with pain and stumbled into a cavernous ravine. Telion led a search for the body, but Old One Eye was never found.<supid="fn_2_back">[[#fn_2|[2]]]</sup>.

Telion has been awarded at least forty battlefield commendations during his long career, including the [[Space Marine Honour Badges#The Iron Skull|Iron Skull]], the [[Space Marine Honour Badges#Imperial Laurel|Imperial Laurel]], and a dozen [[Space Marine Honour Badges#The Marksman's Honour|Marksman's Honour]] badges (two of which were earned during the same campaign against the Tau at Pallia)<supid="fn_1a_back">[[#fn_1a|[1a]]]</sup>.

Telion commonly carries a ''Stalker''-pattern [[Boltgun]], equipped with a targeting scope and loaded with [[Boltgun#Ammunition types|silenced shells]].<supid="fn_1a_back">[[#fn_1a|[1a]]]</sup>.

*"''Forget all your preconceptions of war, of battle-lines clashing in the churned ground. Your mission is to attack before the foe even realises that the war has begun, to strike hard at those vital weaknesses that all armies possess, but that no commander will admit to. Under my tutelage you will learn how to seek out such fragilities and smite them with every weapon at your disposal. Master these duties and I will have nothing more to teach, and you will truly be a Space Marine.''"<supid="fn_1b_back">[[#fn_1b|[1b]]]</sup>

**<sup>a</supspan id="fn_1a">[[#fn_1a_back|1a]]: p. 88**^{b</supspan id="fn_1b">[[#fn_1b_back|1b]]: p. 75*<supspan id="fn_2">[[#fn_2_back|2}]]: [[Codex: Tyranids (5th Edition)]], p.57