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{{Character|Portal ={{ImperialFistsPortal}}[[|Name ={{PAGENAME}}|Image: =CambaDiaz.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Camba DiazCaption ={{PAGENAME}}{{Fn|5}}|Title =|Homeworld =|Birth =c. [[M30]]|Active Period =[[M30]] - 014.[[M31]]|Death =014.[[M31]], [[Siege of Terra]]|Cause of Death =Killed by Traitor forces|Species =[[Human]]|Type =[[Astartes]]|Gender =Male|Relatives =[[Rogal Dorn]] <small>("Father" via [[gene-seed]])</small>|Occupation ='' ''*[[Space Marine Captain|Captain]] of the [[Imperial Fists]] 50th Company*[[Castellan (Imperial Fists)|Castellan]] of the [[Imperial Fists]]|Preceded by =|Succeeded by =|Faction ='' ''*[[Imperium of Man]]**[[Imperial Fists]]|Notes =}}
'''Camba Diaz''' was a [[Space Marine Captain|Captain]] of the [[Imperial Fists]] [[Space Marine Legion|Legion]]'s [[50th Company (Imperial Fists Legion)|50th Company]] during the [[Great Crusade]] and the [[Horus Heresy]].{{Fn|1}}{{Fn|6}}
===History===
As the [[Horus Heresy|Heresy]] raged, he was co-commander, along with [[Space Marine Captain|Captain]] [[Sigismund]], of an [[Imperial]] task force that was sent to [[Mars]] when [[Horus]]' influence caused a [[Schism of Mars|civil war]] to erupt on its surface. Diaz and Sigismund were charged by their [[Primarch]] [[Rogal Dorn]], with securing the two main forge-complexes on Mars that supplied the [[Legio Astartes]] weapons and equipment, which were led by [[Magos]] [[Kane]] and [[Lukas Chrom]].{{Fn|1}}
As [[Horus]]'s forces overwhelmed the Sol System, Diaz's fleet near Mars was assailed by the [[Dark Mechanicum]]. These attacks came not only from the Traitor-held [[Forge World]], but also from Dark Mechanicum fleets that were among Horus' forces that invaded the Sol System. The attacks eventually led Diaz to order his fleet to withdraw to Terra, before it could be destroyed{{Fn|3}}. During the subsequent [[Siege of Terra]], he agreed to take command of the [[Eternity Wall Spaceport]]'s defenses, despite his Primarch Dorn judging it to be doomed. When the Spaceport's [[Pons Solar]] bridge was later swarmed by Horus' forces, Diaz was witnessed to be among the Imperials defending it. Their sheer numbers soon began to overwhelm the defenders, but Diaz's skill left him among the last Imperials to be still standing. He never once took a step backwards and when he was eventually killed, Diaz died while still cutting down the invaders.{{Fn|4}}
===Wargear===
Camba Diaz wielded the [[Power Sword]] ''[[Durenda]]'', a relic blade forged by [[Sabik Wayland]] of the [[Iron Hands]].{{Fn|7}}
===Trivia===
{{Trivia}}
*Camba Diaz's sacrificial final stand holding a bridge against an invading army mirrors that of the ancient Roman hero [[Wikipedia: Horatius Cocles|Horatius Cocles]].
===Sources===
*{{Endn|1}}: [[Mechanicum (Novel)]], Chapter 3.03
*{{Endn|2}}: [[Praetorian of Dorn (Novel)]], Part 1, Chapter 4
