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|quote = '''''"You are Astartes indeed, and that will never alter. But you are a Death Guard no longer. You are a ghost, a figure that stands between light and dark, trapped amid the grey. And I have need of such a man."'''''<br>- ''[[Malcador the Sigillite|Malcador]] to Nathaniel Garro''{{Fn|8}}

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'''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|4}}

Born on [[Terra]], in the region of that world known as [[Albia]], Garro enlisted in the [[Dusk Raiders]] [[Space Marine Legion|Legion]], as the [[Death Guard]] was known before its reunion with its [[Primarch]], [[Mortarion]], and its relocation to its new base on [[Barbarus]].{{fn|1d}} By the time of the [[Horus Heresy]], Garro was one of the few originally Terran Marines still serving in the Legion, which caused a rift between him and his fellow Captains, who often called him "Straight-Arrow Garro."{{fn|1c}}

As Captain of the 7th Great Company, Garro was entitled to the honorific title "[[Battle-Captain]]", a tradition of the Legion dating back to the [[Unification Wars]] on Terra, when an officer of the XIV Legion distinguished himself in front of the [[Emperor]], who bestowed the title on him as reward. Garro was proud to bear the title and approved of upholding the traditions of the legion, including the use of a housecarl, [[Kaleb Arin]], to act as his [[equerry]].{{fn|1a}} Despite the pride at he took in bearing these honours and occasionally having the favour of his [[Primarch]] [[Mortarion]], Garro did not believe in looking for glory or further honour in battle, and did not go out of his way to impress. He believed above all in simply doing his duty to the Emperor.{{fn|1b}}

[[Image:GarroArt1.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Garro on [[Terra]]{{Fn|10}}]]

The 7th Great Company were part of the taskforce assigned to secure [[Isstvan Extremis]], the outermost world of the Isstvan system, ahead of the [[Isstvan III]] massacre. During this battle, Garro was wounded by the enemy leader and lost most of his right leg, necessitating an [[bionic|augmetic]] replacement. The wound might have killed him, especially when his own company's [[Apothecary]], [[Meric Voyen]], was too far away, but Garro's life was saved by Apothecary [[Fabius Bile|Fabius]] of the [[Emperor's Children]].{{fn|1e}}

The wound meant that Garro could not be declared fit for combat duty, and he was instead posted to the Death Guard [[frigate]] ''[[Eisenstein]]'' alongside Commander [[Ignatius Grulgor]]. It came to pass that Garro was in command when [[Saul Tarvitz]] made his desperate attempt to reach the surface of Isstvan III and warn the legions there of Horus' betrayal. Garro aided his honour-brother in reaching the surface and so learned of the beginning of the [[Horus Heresy]].{{fn|1f}}

Attempting to flee the system and warn the Emperor of Horus' betrayal, the ''Eisenstein'' was crippled by the Death Guard [[battleship]] ''[[Terminus Est]]'' and barely made the jump into the [[Warp]].{{fn|1h}} Once there, she attracted the predations of the [[Chaos]] God [[Nurgle]]. The Chaos power resurrected Grulgor, his dead Marines and the ship's crew who had sided with him, creating some of the first [[Plague Marine]]s. The ensuing battle between infected Warp creatures and Loyalist Marines resulted in the death of the ship's navigator and forced the ''Eisenstein'' to make an emergency exit from the Warp.{{fn|1i}} Stranded hundreds of light years from inhabited space, Garro ordered the ''Eisenstein''s captain to overload her warp engines and jettison them into space. The ensuing explosion echoed across the warp and acted as a beacon for [[Rogal Dorn]] and the [[Imperial Fists]]' fleet, which had been becalmed by [[Warp Storms]].{{fn|1j}} Dorn rescued Garro and his men and took him back to [[Luna]] aboard the ''[[Phalanx]]''.{{fn|1k}} Even upon reaching Luna, and with the news of the betrayal delivered, Garro was still not safe, as one of his marines, [[Solun Decius]], had become infected with [[Nurgle's Rot]] and fell to Chaos. Garro was forced to battle him throughout a Sister of Silence keep and out onto the surface of Luna itself. He eventually bested the daemonic ruin of his comrade and banished the entity he had become.{{fn|1l}}

[[Image:Oath-of-moment.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Nathaniel Garro, [[Knights-Errant|Knight-Errant]], on [[Calth]]{{Fn|8}}]]

Afterwards, Garro, Qruze and Amendera Kendel were approached by [[Malcador the Sigillite]] and told that they would be needed to form the beginnings of an [[Inquisition|organisation]] which would utilise "men and women of inquisitive nature, hunters who might seek the witch, the traitor, the mutant, the xenos".{{Fn|1m}} Garro was infuriated to be kept on Luna, a virtual prisoner, while the greater war was raging throughout the galaxy, accepting a new role as Agentia Primus to Malcador the Sigillite. His first mission was to gather [[Knights-Errant|a group of Astartes warriors]] from across the galaxy and bring them to Terra, for un unspecified future purpose.{{fn|4a}}

The last warrior Garro was ordered to recruit was [[Garviel Loken]] of the [[Luna Wolves]], who was still alive on the surface of [[Isstvan III]]. Although Loken had been driven nearly mad by the horrors of the massacre, Garro managed to bring him back to himself, and returned with his other brothers to Terra to learn Malcador's true purpose in gathering them together.{{fn|4i}}

Between his missions for the Sigillite, Garro would follow rumours of Euphrati Keeler, now hailed as a [[Saint]]. While searching for her on the Riga Orbital Plate, he came across [[Katanoh Tallery]], an Adminstratum scribe who discovered that ships and supplies were quietly siphoned off other projects and covertly sent to [[Titan (Moon)|Titan]] under the code name Othrys. She believed that they represented a Horus-backed plot to undermine the Imperium via the Departmento Munitorum, and Garro was willing to believe her due to her devotion to the Lectito Devinatus.{{fn|4j}} Together, they slipped aboard a derelict ship sent to be used as material to build a fortress monastery on Titan, and they managed to navigate through various construction sites as they discovered esoteric weapons being shipped in and the arrival of the Mertiol wounded arriving. After fighting their way to the top of the newly constructed fortress, they found Malcador awaiting them. Upon discovery, Malcador revealed that it was not a traitorous plot but one that would ensure humanity would be able to fight the growing threat of Chaos after the Horus Heresy came to an end. However, Tallery could not live with the knowledge, and Malcador ordered Garro to execute her. Garro rebelled against the order, and Malcador relented, taking Tallery into confidence and putting her to use in completing the facility as Curator-Adepta Primus.{{fn|4k}}

[[Image:GarroHHFW.jpg|thumb|right|220px|Nathaniel Garro{{Fn|9}}]]

Garro returned to Terra and continued his quest to discover the location of Saint Keeler. He discovered the site of a Church massacre and encountered [[Sigismund]] of the [[Imperial Fists]], who had his own experience of revelation with Keeler, while investigating the site.{{fn|4l}} In the end he tracked Keeler down, saving her from the Chaos-corrupted [[Vindicare Assassin]] [[Eristede Kell]] and the Alpha Legion operative [[Haln]].{{Fn|4m}} Keeler was taken into custody by [[Vardas Ison]], but she told Garro that his hand would set her free when the time came.{{fn|4n}}

Shortly before the [[Siege of Terra]], Garro and his Knights-Errant were busy fighting [[Chaos Cultist]]s and [[Daemon]]ic infestations across the planet. This included a brutal fight against the [[Lord of the Flies]] in which his friend [[Macer Varren]] was killed. However when Malcador chose his nine Titans to form the [[Grey Knights]], Garro was not among them. Malcador stated that Garro's fate was not tied to [[Titan (Moon)|Titan]], but to Terra. Garro was set free by Malcador, absolved of his role as a Knights-Errant. Along with [[Helig Gallor]] and [[Garviel Loken]], Garro stated that they would instead fight Horus when he arrived.{{Fn|6}} During the [[Siege of Terra]] Garro and Loken led kill-squads to ambush the Sons of Horus underneath the [[Saturnine Gate]].{{Fn|7a}} In the ensuing fight, Garro and his team defeated [[Falkus Kibre]] and his [[Justaerin]]. After bisecting Kibre with his sword, Garro expressed pity for the traitor when he saw the [[Daemon]]ic entity that had taken up residence within the former Luna Wolf. He next battled [[Abaddon]] alongside [[Bel Sepatus]] and [[Endryd Haar]]. Though his two brothers were slain, Garro used their deaths for an opening and would have slain Abaddon had he not teleported away in time.{{Fn|7b}}

[[Image:GarrovsMort.jpg|thumb|right|220px|Garro faces Mortarion in his final battle{{Fn|12}}]]

Later in the [[Siege of Terra]], Nathaniel Garro alongside Helig Gallor rendezvoused in Marmax Bastion of the [[Imperial Palace]] with [[Euphrati Keeler]]. However it was then that the Death Guard struck, with Mortarion and Typhus themselves leading the attack. In order to buy enough time for Keeler to escape with Gallor, Garro went before the traitor host and personally parlayed with his fallen father. Garro rejected Mortarion's offer for a drink and to rejoin the Death Guard, and the two engaged in a furious duel. Mortarion initially held back in the hopes of humiliating Garro, but after sporting a wound became enraged and quickly struck the loyalist warrior down. Mortarion then summoned a great host of flies, declaring they would take control of Garro's body and turn his corpse into a puppet to serve Nurgle for eternity as the [[Lord of Flies]].{{Fn|12}}

Garro was spared this fate by Keeler, who empowered him with the Emperor's light. Briefly reinvigorated, Garro furiously fought back Mortarion but was still ultimately no match for the Daemon Primarch. Garro was impaled by Mortarion and ''Libertas'' snapped in two. However with one act of defiance Garro, further drove ''[[Silence (Death Guard)|Silence]]'' into is body, took the broken stub of his sword and stabbed it into Mortarion's neck. Garro inflicted a grievous wound on his gene-father. Moments later Garro died, accompanied by a vision of the Emperor.{{Fn|12}}

[[Kyril Sindermann]] described Garro as the first true martyr of the [[Imperial Creed|Church of the God-Emperor]].{{fn|4}}

Despite his death on Terra's soil, conflicting testimonies claim that Garro variously remained imprisoned with [[the Seventy]] until his death, went on to serve at the Master Apothecariate seeking a cure to [[Nurgle's Rot]] (a path followed by fellow ''Eisenstein'' survivor [[Meric Voyen]]{{fn|1m}}), still lives in command of an elite task force clad in the colours of the pre-Heresy Death Guard (not unlike the Knights-Errant), or became the '''Lord of Flies''' (who was, in fact, [[Solun Decius]]{{fn|1l}}).{{fn|2}}

Nathaniel Garro was completely bald, his head covered with light battle scars. He had a patrician aspect inherited from the warrior dynasties of ancient Terra. His eyes looked older than the rest of his face, and his skin was extremely pale, although not as pallid as some Death Guard complexions could be, due to his Terran origins.{{fn|1a}}

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}}

[[Image:GarroMini.jpg|thumb|center|220px|Garro miniature{{Fn|11}}]]

*1: [[The Flight of the Eisenstein (Novel)]]:

**{{Endn|1a}}: Chapter One