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Originally a standard [[Guardsman]], Colm Corbec was promoted directly to the rank Colonel after the Fall of [[Tanith]] by [[Colonel-Commissar]] [[Ibram Gaunt]]. He quickly formed a bond with Gaunt, and the two eventually became firm friends - Gaunt once in fact described him as a "brother" - although Corbec remained just as close to his comrades in the ranks, particularly [[Hlaine Larkin]], the famed [[Sniper]] and [[Tolin Dorden]], regimental [[Medic|Chief Medical Officer]]. Corbec had actually been delivered by Dorden when the doctor was the County Pryze practitioner, and also felt that he owed Dorden his friendship due to the fact that Dorden saved the life of his mother, Landa. Despite initially entertaining doubts about his ability to command - particularly in his ability to issue orders that may have lead to the deaths of his soldiers - Corbec proved to be a charismatic, straight-talking and somewhat unconventional officer who appeared to be universally liked by his entire regiment, if not by everyone he happened to meet; Corbec and Colonel Gilbear of the [[Volpone Bluebloods]] came to serious blows on one occasion.
Corbec was a big man, bigger than most Tanith, but not as tall as the notably lanky Ibram Gaunt. He was pale, blue of eye and dark of hair, like most Tanith. A hirsute person, he and always sported a bushy beard that was just slightly greater than regulation length. His arms were thickly muscled, and tattooed with blue spirals. He was a A regular smoker, showing a preference for liquorice-flavoured cigars after trying some given to him by a [[Basilisk]] commander from the [[Ketzok ‘Serpents’]]. , Corbec was missing the little finger from his left hand, which had been chopped off in combat. He preferred to sleep outside in the open air, if possible. He and had several hobbies, including wood-whittling and carving, birdwatching and of course, drinking with his men.
Normally found leading the Ghost's 2nd Platoon, during the [[Caligula]] Liberation, Colonel Corbec was forced to lead the entire Tanith regiment without the aid of Colonel-Commissar Gaunt, including devising a strategy to deal with a [[Daemon|daemonic entity]]. This experience finally gave Corbec the courage and self-belief to fully embrace the responsibilities of command.
Corbec was a truly heroic man, who regularly appeared to perfor perform feats of daring, recklessness, bravery and skill in combat. For example, he held the gate of the [[Nacedon]] field hospital by himself, armed with his [[lasgun|lasrifle]] and a [[flamer]], against hordes of [[Chaos Cults|cultists]]; he took a pig-tooth from the yard after this event to act as his lucky charm.
Corbec wasn’t scared of much, but he did have a phobia about space-travel that lasted for several years. He carried bad memories of the time he was captured by [[Pater Sin]] and forced to watch the cruel murder of Trooper Yael; however, Colonel Corbec avenged Yael by killing Pater Sin on [[Herodor]].
