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[[Image:Sly Marbo Art.jpg|thumb|right|Sly Marbo]]
Guardsman Marbo is one of the fearsome '''[[Tempestus Scions#Catachan Devil Squads|"Catachan Devils"]]''', the closest thing the Jungle Fighters have to the elite [[Storm Troopers]] who aid other regiments. A natural born survivor and a veritable one-man army, he's the ultimate soldier and possesses skills that surpass any of the Imperium's highly-trained operatives. As a [[Catachan]] native, the jungle is his element, and he is capable of taking on entire enemy forces through his innate skill at jungle and guerrilla warfare. He strikes from seemingly nowhere and disappears back into the dense jungle. Marbo is famous for his excellent sniping skills and is considered to be one of the deadliest Humans in existence. It is not known whether or not the "Sly" part of his name is an earned name as per Catachan tradition, or a given one.{{Fn|1}}{{Fn|3a}}{{Fn|10}}
Mysterious and aloof, little is known about Marbo's origins and most of what is said remains speculation. Only '''[[Colonel ]] [[Traupman''']], Marbo's original commanding officer, knows the truth of his past. It is said that Marbo was one of ten brothers inducted into the [[Catchan XII ]] Regiment during fighting against [[Waaagh!]] [[Urgok]] on [[Ryza]], where they were all killed. However, tales of a lone Guardsman returning two weeks later with the head of the [[Ork]] [[Warboss]] began to surface.{{Fn|1}}{{Fn|9}}
Marbo gained further renown as one of the few survivors who fought against the [[Dark Eldar]] incursion of [[Galabad]]. The small garrison of Jungle Fighters stationed on the planet were too few in number compared to the xenos hordes, eventually being overrun. Many historians recount the horrific details of long, dark nights of torture, in which the Catachan prisoners were dismembered whilst [[Wyches]] and the [[Mandrakes]] bathed in the blood of their victims. It was Colonel Traupman who led the relief force that eventually found Sly Marbo, standing alone and armed only with a knife, covered from head to toe in alien blood. Marbo was surrounded by destroyed vehicles, piles of alien bodies and the head of the Dark Eldar [[Archon|leader]] impaled on a spike beside him.{{Fn|9}}
The myth of Private Marbo has since become legendary, he has fought his way from one end of the galaxy to the other attached to various Catachan regiments, most notably the famed [[Catachan II]]. Within this regiment, Sly works alone - commanders need only give him the order and he will hunt down and kill enemy leaders, break the back of enemy advances and sabotage the mightiest of war machines. On [[Pardus]], it is said that he destroyed a [[Tau]] armored convoy by booby-trapping an entire ravine, while on [[Sask's World]] he captured a command post single-handed, slaying the alien leader and all of its tentacled bodyguards with just his bare hands and a ration tin. It is said that during the [[Octavius War]] Marbo was deployed to blunt the efforts of [[Hive Fleet Leviathan]], and hunted the chameleonic [[Lictor]]s for sport. Marbo has a collection of medals that would rival an Imperial [[Warmaster]], having been awarded the [[Star of Terra]] multiple times for his legendary exploits.{{Fn|1}}{{Fn|4}}{{Fn|7}}{{Fn|8}}
Both inside and outside of battle Guardsman Marbo is a loner. He has a hard time sympathizing with others, feeling nothing for the suffering of the common people of the Imperium. He prefers to work alone, seeing fellow troopers helping out as needless at best, a liability at worst. He instead sticks to the darkness at all times, even when he is receiving orders from friendly forces. He is utterly silent and acknowledges orders with but a slight nod before vanishing once more to find the enemy. Marbo is a patient hunter, and will wait in an ambush position for as long as it takes. He is the master of blending into his surroundings and covering any trace of his whereabouts so that the enemy has no idea from where the attack is coming. Having slit the throats of his foes he melts back into the shadows and stealthily moves to another vantage point. In this way he throws the enemy army into utter disarray as they frantically try to locate the killer in their midst. In most cases Marbo's actions are not even initially noticed, that is until entire patrols go missing, supply depots are destroyed and command bunkers are discovered filled with corpses. In battle it is said that fighting Marbo is like fighting a shadow. Enemy commanders have sworn that such attacks cannot be the result of a single man and that an entire army must have ambushed them.{{Fn|1}}{{Fn|9}}
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==OriginsTrivia=={{Trivia}}
Sly Marbo is originally based on the protagonist of the movie First Blood, [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Rambo John Rambo], Marbo is in fact the anagram of Rambo and Sly is the nickname of [[wikipedia:Sylvester Stallone|Sylvester Stallone]], the actor who plays Rambo. Colonel Traupman is also a parody of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sam_Trautman Colonel Sam Trautman], Rambo's mentor within the film series.{{Fn|1}}{{Fn|9}}
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