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[[Image:GarroArt.jpg|thumb|right|Nathaniel Garro]]
'''Nathaniel Garro''' was the [[Space Marine Captain|Captain]] of the 7th Great Company of the [[Death Guard]] [[Space Marine Legion]]. A veteran Space Marine warrior who would remain loyal to the [[Emperor]] at the outset of the [[Horus Heresy]], Garro is most notable for commanding the frigate ''[[Eisenstein]]'' through several perils in a successful attempt to escape the Isstvan system and bring warning of the Great Betrayal to [[Terra]].{{fn|2}} He became the first true martyr of the [[Imperial Creed|Church of the God-Emperor]].{{fn|9}}
Garro wore [[Mark IV]] [[Power Armour]],{{fn|1a}} his position as Battle-Captain entitling him to wear the Aquila Imperator{{fn|3}}, a ceremonial cuirass with a brass eagle spreading its wings as if to take flight across the breatplate and another rising from the backplate as a headguard. Unlike the eagle-heads of the [[Aquila]] both eagles on the cuirass were sighted, giving rise to a rumour among the more superstitious helots and servants of the Death Guard that they gave the wearer foresight, or acted as a charm against oncoming dangers.{{fn|1a}}
As his primary weapon, Garro carried a [[Power Weapon|power sword]] called ''[[Libertas]]'' fashioned in the style of a broadsword with a heavy monosteel blade. An old Terran weapon, elements of it existed before the birth of its wielder and even predated [[Old Night]].{{Fn|3}}
After entering Malcador's service, Garro was given a suit of [[Mark VI]] power armour{{fn|4h}} (retaining the Aquila Imperator) and a [[Paragon Bolter]] — a master-crafted [[Boltgun|bolter]] with an increased rate of fire. He was also equipped with a variant of a [[Falsehood]] that projected a psycho-luminal sphere around him that distorted his appearance, allowing Garro to infiltrate the battlefield unseen and, even once detected, made it difficult for an enemy to target him.{{Fn|3}}
**{{Endn|1m}}: Chapter Seventeen
*{{Endn|2}}: [[Index Astartes III]], ''The Lost and the Damned: The Death Guard Space Marine Legion''
*{{Endn|3}}: [[The Horus Heresy Book Six - Retribution]], pgs. 208-209208–209**{{Endn|3a}}: pgs. 88-9188–91
*{{Endn|4}}: [[Garro (Novel)]], Epilogue
**{{Endn|4a}}: Chapter One
