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'''Torias Telion''' is a [[Space Marine Sergeant|Sergeant]] in the [[Ultramarines]] [[10th Company (Ultramarines)|10th Company]] (the [[Space Marine Scout|Scout]] [[Space Marine Company|Company]]) Company, and a peerless trainer of recruits.

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 [[Ultramarines Honour Guard|Honour Guard]] many times over, Telion has elected to remain with the [[Scout]]s of 10th Company, training the future warriors of the [[Chapter]] {{Fn|1a}}.

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{{Fn|1a}}.

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{{Fn|1a}}.

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{{Fn|1a}}.

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{{Fn|2a}}.

=== Black Reach ===Telion was seconded to Captain [[Cato Sicarius|Cato Sicarius's]]'s [[2nd Company (Ultramarines)|Second Company ]] during its deployment to [[Black Reach]] in 855.[[M41]].{{Fn|1c}}{{Fn|3}}. After the initial liberation of [[Ghospora Hive ]] from the [[Ork]]s of [[Waaagh! Zanzag]], Telion was instrumental in tracking down the [[Warboss|Warboss's]]'s hidden submarine base in an underwater cavern, where Sicarius launched the final assault of the campaign.{{Fn|3}}.

=== Quintarn ===During the [[Bloodborn|Bloodborn's]]'s [[Invasion of Ultramar]] in 854999.[[M41]]{{Fn|1c}}, Telion led a force of sixty scouts from the 10th Company to [[Quintarn]], where the [[5th Company (Ultramarines)|5th]] and [[6th Company (Ultramarines)|6th Companies ]] under Captains [[Galenus]] and [[Epathus]]{{Fn|4}}{{Fn|5a}} were battling against the forces of the [[Dark Mechanicus]] Adept [[Votheer Tark]]. Although Galenus demanded that Telion and his Scouts attach themselves to the main order of battle, Telion refused these demands, and [[Chaplain]] [[Ortan Cassius|Cassius]] eventually convinced Galenus to let the Scouts go.{{Fn|4}}{{Fn|5b}}

Telion faded into the desert with his men, invisibly watching over the Marines and striking without warning at the [[Chaos]] forces.{{Fn|4}}. 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 [[Maidens of Nestor]]. Without his manufacturing capability, Tark's forces were swiftly routed and destroyed by the superior tactics and training of the Ultramarines.{{Fn|5c}}{{Fn|5d}}

During the [[Plague Wars]] that stainedUltramar, Telion was forced to lead theentire Scout Company to hold off a [[Death Guard]] attack upon the Chapter’s trainingacademy. To the selfless Telion it was justanother action born of duty, but the taleof his victory has become well known toevery battle-brother of the Ultramarines.{{Fn|7}}

=== Other Notable Actions ===

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) .{{Fn|1a}}.

Telion.jpg|Torias Telion{{Fn|5d5e}}

*{{Endn|1}}: [[Codex: Space Marines (5th Edition)]]:

*{{Endn|3}}: [[Assault on Black Reach (Novel)]] by [[Nick Kyme]]{{Cite this}}*{{Endn|4}}: [[The Chapter's Due (Novel)]] by [[Graham McNeill]], Chapter Thirteen, pgs. 137–138*{{Endn|5}}: [[Eye of Vengeance (Audio Book)]] by '''Graham McNeill'''

**{{Endn|5c}}: Tracks Track 9-**{{Endn|5d}}: Track 10**{{Endn|5d5e}}: ''Cover art by [[Hardy Fowler]]Art''*{{Endn|6}}: [[The Beast of Calth (Short Story)]] by '''Graham McNeill'''*{{Endn|7}}: [[Codex Supplement: Ultramarines (8th Edition)]] , pg.45