Tanith First and Only, Gaunts Ghosts

In tribute to the Tanith First and Only, Gaunts Ghosts.
Audio is "Knight's March" by Hans Zimmer.
Credit to all the artists who made these great pictures.

Claimed Artwork Credentials:
Dukeleto - Deviantart
Jeenhong - Deviantart

Tanith First and Only:

Specialty: Stealth

Battle Cry: "For Tanith!, For the Emperor!"

Overview/History
The Tanith First and Only are also known as Gaunt's Ghosts, as nicknamed by Hlaine "Mad Larkin" Larkin, the Tanith Master Sniper. This nickname originally came about as a result of the name of their commanding officer, Colonel-Commissar Ibram Gaunt, and the disenfranchised status of the original Tanith soldiers after their homeworld was destroyed. It has proved to be a nickname of some further application, as the Verghastite personnel influx into the regiment also considered themselves 'ghosts' due to the destruction of their home city, and the regiment as a whole is noted for its stealth and reconnaissance abilities being almost uncanny in nature.

Originally, there were three Tanith regiments raised for the Imperial Guard: the Tanith 1st, 2nd and 3rd - 6,000 men and a small number of vehicles and artillery pieces. When Colonel-Commissar Ibram Gaunt is sent to Tanith to oversee the founding of these regiments, he is not impressed by the appearance of the men, initially describing them as "a scrawny, scruffy mob of soft-voiced woodsmen". His opinion of them changes quickly after seeing them in combat. He impatiently orders the regiments to begin boarding the carriers that will take them to the troop ships waiting to ferry them to their first warzones - a fortunate move which gets enough men off-world before the Chaos fleet strikes Tanith the same night. He confirms after leaving Tanith that this salvages three and a half thousand men and the majority of their equipment. It is unclear which regiments actually were saved from the fires of Tanith, but the remaining men are formed into the Tanith First, which is soon named the "Tanith First-and-Only". On the regiment's first battlefield on Blackshard, Hlaine Larkin coins the nickname "Gaunt's Ghosts". The term Ghosts has two meanings: the first is that Corbec tells Gaunt that his decision to abandon Tanith "made ghosts of them, hollow echoes". The second is that because of their exceptional stealth and scouting skills, they are ghost-like on the battlefield. The Tanith First excels at recon work as the Tanith never get lost, and using camo-cloaks they can move quickly and stealthily through terrain.

The Ghosts' eventually garnered a strong reputation after a number of actions, in particular the defences of Vervunhive, the Beati's Shrine on Hagia and her apparent person on Herodor. Unfortunately, this success did not come without its drawbacks and the Ghosts suffered heavy casualties on a number of occasions. However, two large personnel intakes during the regiment's history (one from the citizenry of Vervunhive, the other from the folding in of the 81st Belladon Recon regiment) managed to offset these losses.

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[darkjester53]

Fury of Belladon!

Remember Vervunhive!

For Tanith!

FOR THE EMPEROR!

[1IbramGaunt]

I think Dan Abnett is really the God Emperor of mankind in an extremely good disguise.

[Hopfolk]

0:23 SHOGGY!

[Hopfolk]

@borecek999 Looks like it - and 1:40 too :-) Mad Larks ftw

[granto350]

@INSANESUICIDE i must know wich quote

[nightcorps]

1:04 BROSTIN! :D

say hello to mr. yellow.

[SinDawg030]

Only in Death does Duty end but for the Ghosts, by the Emperor I hope they get to found New Tanith. Then they can name the first city after Gaunt and the first Tavern after Bragg. Feth knows, they've more than earned it.

Fury of Belladon!

Remember Vervunhive!

For Tanith!

For the Emperor!

For Mighty Ibram!

[INSANESUICIDE]

Just finished Blood Pact, right now i'm at the ending of Salvations reach, I have all the books out for the Gaunts Ghosts series and HIGHLY recommend them to anyone, even if you're not a sci fi fan.

Also recommend the Ciaphas Cain Series wich is expertly written, in it's just as good as Gaunts Ghosts.

Ps. books about Gideon Ravernor is also recommended, have one of his quotes tattoed on to my arm :)

[Yes4HumanRace]

They will come to us and we will give them death!



[kocogokboti]

for tanith!for verghast!for belladon!

[borecek999]

0:43 is crazy Larkin?