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{{cite}}{{incomplete}}[[Image:SM-Telion.jpg|right|thumbnail|Scout Sgt Telion{{Fn|1d}}]]

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]] <sup id="fn_1a_back">[[#fn_1a{{Fn|[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<sup id="fn_1a_back">[[#fn_1a{{Fn|[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<sup id="fn_1a_back">[[#fn_1a{{Fn|[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<sup id="fn_1a_back">[[#fn_1a{{Fn|[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<sup id="fn_2a_back">[[#fn_2a{{Fn|[2a]]]</sup>}}.

Telion was seconded to Captain [[Cato Sicarius]]'s Second Company during its deployment to [[Black Reach]] in 855.[[M41]]<sup id="fn_1c_back">[[#fn_1c{{Fn|[1c]]]</sup>}},<sup id="fn_3_back">[[#fn_3{{Fn|[3]]]</sup>}}. After the initial liberation of Ghospora Hive from the [[Ork]]s of [[Waaagh!]] [[Zanzag]], Telion was instrumental in tracking down the [[Warboss]]'s hidden submarine base in an underwater cavern, where Sicarius launched the final assault of the campaign<sup id="fn_3_back">[[#fn_3{{Fn|[3]]]</sup>}}.

During the [[Bloodborn]]'s invasion of [[Invasion of Ultramar]] in 854999.[[M41]]<sup id="fn_1c_back">[[#fn_1c{{Fn|[1c]]]</sup>}}, Telion and the majority of the 10th Company was deployed to [[Quintarn]], where the 5th and 6th Companies under Captains [[Galenus]] and [[Epathus]]<sup id="fn_4a_back">[[#fn_4a{{Fn|[4a]]]</sup><sup id="fn_5_back">[[#fn_5}}{{Fn|[5]]]</sup> 5a}} were battling against the forces of the [[Dark Mechanicus]] Adept [[Votheer Tark]]. Although some of the Companies' officers Galenus demanded that Telion and his Scouts attach themselves to the main order of battle, Telion ignored refused these demands , and [[Chaplain]] [[Ortan Cassius|Cassius]] eventually convinced Galenus to let the Scouts go.{{Fn|4a}}{{Fn|5b}} Telion faded into the forests desert with his men, invisibly watching over the Marines and striking without warning at the [[Chaos]] forces<sup id="fn_4_back">{{Fn|4a}}. Telion shrewdly perceived that Tark's single advantage as a warlord was his ability to manufacture war machines at an alarming rate, and replace his battlefield losses with impunity. Therefore, Telion led his Scouts on a series of missions to infiltrate and destroy Tark's Dark Mechanicus forges, including the largest and most important located atop the [[#fn_4|[4Maidens of Nestor]]]</sup>. Without his manufacturing capability, Tark's forces were swiftly routed and destroyed by the superior tactics and training of the Ultramarines.{{Fn|5c}}

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

Telion commonly carries a ''Stalker''-pattern [[Boltgun]], equipped with a targeting scope and loaded with [[Boltgun#Ammunition types|silenced shells]]<sup id="fn_1a_back">[[#fn_1a{{Fn|[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.''"<sup id="fn_1b_back">[[#fn_1b{{Fn|[1b]]]</sup>}}*"''A new [[Hive Tyrant|Tyrant]] joined the fray and, in an eyeblink, the whole character of the swarm changed. The ravening berserker-spirit that had driven the [[Tyranid]]s onto the ridge was gone as if it had never existed. Left in its place was something cannier and infinitely more worrisome. It was then that I knew the battle to be lost.''" - on the [[Battle for Macragge]]<sup id="fn_2a_back">[[#fn_2a{{Fn|[2a]]]</sup>}}

*^{{Endn|1}}: [[Codex: Space Marines (5th Edition)]]:**<span id="fn_1a">[[#fn_1a_back{{Endn|1a]]}}: p. 88**<span id="fn_1b">[[#fn_1b_back{{Endn|1b]]}}: p. 75**<span id="fn_1c">[[#fn_1c_back{{Endn|1c]]}}: p. 40*^{*{{Endn|1d}}: p. 118*{{Endn|2}}}: [[Codex: Tyranids (5th Edition)]]**<span id="fn_2a">[[#fn_2a_back{{Endn|2a]]}}: p. 13**<span id="fn_2b">[[#fn_2b_back{{Endn|2b]]}}: p. 57*<span id="fn_3">[[#fn_3_back{{Endn|3]]}}: [[Assault on Black Reach (Novel)]] by [[Nick Kyme]]*<span id="fn_4">[[#fn_4_back{{Endn|4]]}}: [[The Chapter's Due (Novel)]] by [[Graham McNeill]]**<span id="fn_4a">[[#fn_4a_back{{Endn|4a]]}}: {{Cite This}}, pp. 137-138*<span id="fn_5">[[#fn_5_back{{Endn|5]]}}: [[Eye of Vengeance (Audio Book)]] by [[Graham McNeill]]**{{Endn|5a}}: Track 2**{{Endn|5b}}: Track 3**{{Endn|5c}}: Tracks 9-10