Tor Garadon
 Tor Garadon[6] | |
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| Title(s) | The Indomitable |
| Born | c. M41, Callisto[1c] |
| Active Period | M41 — Present |
| Species | Human Astartes |
| Gender | Male |
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| Preceded by | Julius Vogen (as 3rd Company Captain)[1d] |
Tor Garadon is the Captain of the Imperial Fists 3rd Company. He is currently the longest-serving of the Chapter's Battle Company Captains.[6]
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Biography
Early Career
Recruited into the Chapter from the orbitals of Callisto, his wealthy family were glad to see him depart, for fate had cursed him with a stubborn and straightforward nature. During his first decade of service, Garadon earned high amounts of commendations but was not offered any promotions. Garadon earned a name for himself during the Nosfer Planetstrike, when the 3rd Company became stranded behind Necron lines under Lord Zangeneb. There, Garadon was forced to take command after his Captain, Opara, was killed and led 6 surviving Battle Brothers in rear assaults.[1c]
When Captain Julius Vogen took command of the 3rd Company, he thought there was more to Garadon than others let themselves see, and decided to personally help Garadon unlock his potential. By the time Garadon was in the 1st Company as a Veteran Sergeant he had an unbreakable friendship with Vogen, and returned to the 3rd Company without hesitation.[1c]
Taladorn
In 969.M41[1a] Garadon took part in the Invasion of Taladorn. During the battle Garadon served as second in command for Julius Vogen. after landing via drop pod 3rd Company made its way into the fortress following the trail of destruction left by Lysander. As they wen through the fortress a running battle broke out between them and the Iron Warriors, during which a Daemon engine attacked them, and killed Vogen, leaving Garadon in command. After killing the Daemon engine the Iron Warriors retreated and Garadon had 3rd company press on. After entering the pinnacle of the command spire he had 3rd Company head towards the fight 5th company, 1st company, and Lysander were in the middle of. After Garadon had the company form a defensive circle a Heldrake damaged an Imperial Fist stormraven, causing it to crash right through 3rd Company's position, after which they were decimated by nearby enemies. During the fighting Garadon's right arm was shattered by an autocannon shell. When Cato Sicarius offered assistance for the second time in the battle, and Lysander refused again, Garadon turned on his comm and formally accepted their assistance. He then ignored Lysander screaming on the comm, turned on his teleport homer, and was surrounded by 30 Ultramarine terminators. The battle turned in their favour but Garadon took little part in the scouring of the world later, as the Apothecaries said he was unfit for battle.[1d]
In the aftermath of the battle, Garadon became disillusioned with Darnath Lysander's reckless leadership which caused unnecessary casualties.[1c] Garadon tried talking to Lysander three times on the voyage home from Taladorn to see if he had any remorse for what happened in the battle - each time Garadon was angrily dismissed and the last time Lysander threatened to strip Garadon of his rank. Garadon requested a private meeting with Chapter Master Vladimir Pugh and told him exactly what happened on Taladorn; Pugh commended Garadon for speaking on the matter. When a chapter council was convened to judge Lysander, Garadon stood in the space set aside for the 3rd company captain, though he had no vote as an acting captain. He was then called as a witness and calmly explained what had happened on Taladorn. When Pugh assigned Lysander as captain of the third company to rebuild it, as a punishment that would not divide the chapter captains, Garadon was disappointed that he wasn't taking permanent command of the company, and angry that the man who almost destroyed it was now in charge of it.[1e]
Rebuilding
While rebuilding the company, Garadon was surprised that Lysander consulted him on which battle brothers to promote to sergeant, though their conversations were awkward due to their mutual dislike. Garadon started to gain a grudging respect for Lysander due to his professionalism in his new duties, as well as the apology he offered for threatening to demote Garadon.[1f]
In 994.M41 Garadon responded to a request for aid from Cato Sicarius of the Ultramarines to defend the shrine world Victorix from the remnants of Hive Fleet Kraken. Upon arrival Garadon realised that these Tyranids were from the same strain that Shon'tu unleashed during the Infestation on Drashin. During the battle, known as the Triumph at Victorix, both companies were able to defend the planet and the artefact was kept safe.[1a]
In 997.M41 Garadon and the Third Company were requested by Darnath Lysander for the Defence of Miral II against the Tyranids. During the battle Garadon had tactical and devastator squads shoot upon the Tyranids. A tacticae predicted that they would last 6 days, they ended up lasting 7 and killed all of the Tyranids.[1a]
Second Company Captain
In 997.M41[1a], after being made Captain of the 2nd Company, Garadon cultivated alliances and ties with many famous Space Marines such as Cato Sicarius of the Ultramarines, Colvane Brasch of the Invaders, Erasmus Tycho of the Blood Angels, and Draco of the Black Templars.[6]
In 999.M41 after the Siege of Hydra Cordatus, the 3rd Company was slain to a man. Garadon received permission to leave the 2nd Company and rebuild the 3rd. Many veterans of the Crusade of Thunder arrived to be transferred into the rebuilt formation under Garadon.[1a]
13th Black Crusade
Garadon was left on the Phalanx to rebuild the company while Lysander and Vorn Hagen left with 5 Companies for a Crusade, and 3 others were deployed to the Segmentum Obscurus, leaving 30 members of the First Company and the brand new Third Company on the Phalanx. When the 13th Black Crusade started, Warsmith Shon'tu and Daemon Prince Be'lakor assaulted the Phalanx, entering it via a warp. Garadon took command, rallying the crew and his battle brothers. When the ship was infected with corruption he withdrew his forces from those sections and ordered the Phalanx's weapons to shoot those sections. Once the infected sections were gone and the machine virus no longer had a hold on the ship, Garadon set it on a blind heading into the Immaterium. This made the Daemons that had invaded stronger, so Garadon gathered the remainder of his forces in the Chamber of Storms to make a stand. When Be'lakor joined the fight, the Legion of the Damned arrived to help the Imperial Fists, and Be'lakor was forced to retreat with his forces in the middle of a fight with Garadon. When the Legion didn't leave after the battle Garadon thought there was still something for the Phalanx to do before returning to Terra. As soon as they set their course for Terra the Librarians received a distress hymnal from Cadia. Garadon overruled Trevaux's and Furan's objections to them responding and had the Phalanx set out for Cadia.[2a]
Upon arrival in the system Garadon had the Phalanx immediately engage the Black Fleet, seeing it as retribution.[2b] Ignoring all warnings about incoming ships, Garadon had them go straight after the Blackstone Fortress Will of Eternity. Seeing part of its shields go out in a section Garadon had the main batteries open fire. He ignored warnings of hull breaches and concerns from his crew, continuing to engage. The Will of Eternity's core was soon split and the fortress broke apart. He then had the Phalanx withdraw to Cadia[2c] beyond the Equator.[2d]
On the planet Garadon would then join the strike force under Korahael's command.[2e] His Imperial Fists would fight alongside Amalrich's Black Templars on the southern lines of the Elysion Fields.[2f] During the fighting they'd both plant their respective banners in the path of the Black Legion.[2g] When the invaders started to evacuate Garadon rallied what remained of third company, and at that point the only survivor of first company was Furan, the irony wasn't lost on Garadon.[2h]
During the evacuation Garadon and the Phalanx took the lead of the retreating imperial ships. When the ship Pride of St Cerephos's plasma drives failed Garadon took aboard what transport craft they could, but reluctantly ordered that the Pride be left behind due to the enemies following after them. To avoid unnecessary losses Garadon had the Phalanx slow down to not stress the other ships as much, and brought the least spaceworthy aboard. The evacuation fleet eventually started to enter the warp and leave the system, Garadon let out a heartfelt curse before the Phalanx left as well.[2i]
Age of the Dark Imperium
When the Age of the Dark Imperium began, Tor Garadon led the Phalanx to Terra, where he deployed a Company of Imperial Fists to help establish calm on the Throneworld following the Sack of the Lion's Gate. While on Terra he worked closely with Custodes under Valerian against Chaos Cults on Terra and later helped battle the Minotaurs following their participation in the Hexarchy's coup.[7]
He later crossed the Rubicon Primaris and become a Primaris Space Marine.[3] Alongside Lysander he is now one of the last surviving Fists from before the formation of the Great Rift. Since the Indomitus Crusade began he nearly came to blows with Iron Hands Master of the Forge Feirros during the Battle of Xalladin.[4]
During the Fourth Tyrannic War, Tor Garadon led a Solblade against Tyranid forces within the Bastior Sub-sector.[8]
Wargear
Before becoming a Primaris Space Marine, Garadon wielded the relic Bolt Pistol known as the Spartean.[1b] As a Primaris Space Marine, he wields the Power Fist known as Hand of Defiance and an armour-mounted Grav-Gun.[5]
Images
Tor Garadon as a Primaris Space Marine[3]
See also
Sources
- 1: Sentinels of Terra - A Codex: Space Marines Supplement (6th Edition):
- 2: Gathering Storm: Fall of Cadia:
- 3: Warhammer Community: Fists and Fire – New Miniatures Revealed (posted 09/09/2019) (last accessed 18 September 2019)
- 4: Codex Supplement: Raven Guard (8th Edition), pg. 34
- 5: Warhammer Community: Pre-order Today: Imperial Fists, Salamanders and More! (posted 19/10/2019) (last accessed 19 October 2019)
- 6: Codex Supplement: Imperial Fists (8th Edition), pgs. 32-33 — Tor Garadon: The Bastion of Defiance
- 7: Watchers of the Throne: The Regent's Shadow (Novel), Chapter 23
- 8: Leviathan (Box) Rulebook, pg. 247 - Sanctum Defiant
- 9: Joytoy: Tor Garadon (last accessed 21 July 2024)
