Description

Basic Out of Game Character Skeleton-
Name: Dale Crawford
Age: 17
Height: 5'10"
Weight: 130 lbs.
Appearance:
Personality: Funny
Occupation: Student
Background Information/History: Dale was born in a small suburb of Chicago to a family of bar owners. Parents are dead, and he only has his older brother remaining.

Basic In Game Character Skeleton:

Name- Ibram Gaunt
Age- 43
Race- Human
Height- 6' 2"
Weight- 170 lbs
Appearance-
Personality- "Leave no man behind", Loyal, Caring, occasionally Gung-ho
Occupation- Colonel-Commisar of the Imperial Guards' Tanith First and Only Regiment
Equipment- Power Sword, twin bolt pistols, silver knife, grenades
Background Information/History- see below

Equipment

The 3 Guardsmen with Gaunt:

Oan Mkoll:
Name- Oan Mkoll
Age- N/A
Race- Human
Height- 6'
Weight- 150 lbs
Appearance-
Personality- Wound up to outsiders, Oan cares about those he knows and trusts.
Occupation- Scout-Sergeant in Tanith First and Only
equipment- Las-rifle, grenades, Tanith Silver knife, camo-cloak, las pistol
history- Scout-Sergeant Oan Mkoll, usually known simply as Mkoll is the chief Scout in the Tanith 1st Regiment. A Tanith born, he is one of the most experienced and trusted men in the regiment, which tracking and stealthing abilities second to none. Mkoll's talent has seen him personally kill at least one Etogaur and outclass a Dark Eldar Mandrake. He is one of the regiment's oldest frontline serving soldiers, and puts his scouting abilities down to his life in the moving forests of Tanith before he joined the regiment. Mkoll is referred to as Sidthe, which simply means Ghost, by Eszrah in the old tongue of the Nihtgane. He was one of the Gereon 12.

Ezrah ap Niht:
Name- Eszrah Ap Niht (Ezrah Night for short)
Age-N/A
Race-Nightgane (humans adapted to the swamps of Gereon)
Height- 6' 1"
Weight- 145 lbs
Appearance-
Personality- Mysterious, silent
Occupation- Bodyguard to Ibram Gaunt, Aide in Tanith First and Only
Equipment- Partisan Wode, Reynbow (longbow with lethally poisoned arrows)
History- Eszrah ap Niht is Gaunt's personal bodyguard and aide in the Tanith 1st Regiment. He is technically owned by his commanding officer after being 'given' to him by Eszrah's father and Nihtgane chieftain, Cynhed ap Niht, as a token of gratitude on Gereon. Eszrah, dubbed Ezrah Night by a number of his comrades, has since been 'domesticated' following his intergration into the Imperial Guard, including learning low Gothic and the ability to read. He still uses the partisan Wode and his reynbow weapon, however. He has personally saved Gaunt's life on no less than 9 occasions, and has accompanied him into battle on every field since coming into his possession. Eszrah and Mkoll discovered Gaunt during their daeda waeg against the Blood Pact on Jago.

'Try Again' Bragg
name- Bragg
Age- N/A
Race- Human
Height- 8'
Weight- 200 lbs
Appearance-
Personality- Warm, childlike demeanor, humorous
Occupation- Heavy Weapons Specialist in the Tanith First and Only
Equipment- Heavy Bolter, Tanith Silver Knife, las pistol
History-Trooper 'Try Again' Bragg was a heavy weapons specialist in Corbec's 2nd Platoon of the Tanith 1st regiment. Born on Tanith, Bragg was by some distance the largest soldier in the regiment and posessed inhuman strength that could see him carry normally mounted weapons or kill a man with a punch. Bragg was a highly popular member of the regiment not only for his battlefield value but also for his almost childlike friendly demeanour, sense of humour and his ability to brew top range home made Sacra. Despite only being a trooper, Bragg was on a few occasions given greater responsibilites and vindicated them with a good sense of tactics and logic that many would not credit to him. His nickname, 'Try Again', came as a result of his terrible aim.

History

Gaunt was orphaned very early in life, when he was around four years standard, after his father died. His mother had died at birth. He was brought up by family servants such as his cook, Oric, in the family home on the summit of Mount Resyde on Manzipor untill he was old enough to enroll at the Schola Progenium Prime of Ignatius when he was about twelve, where he met Vaynom Blenner. When his father died, he was visited by 'Uncle' Dercius who delivered the news. He was educated and eventually moved onto the Commissariat. At no point during this time were the events regarding the death of his father revealed, and they were marked as classified. As a Cadet Commissar, Gaunt served with the Hyrkans, under the wing of Commissar-General Delane Oktar. During this time he fought on Balhaut, gaining something of a reputation during the war.
On Darendara, Gaunt led a strike force into the Ice Palace, killing the rebels leader and eventually capturing the stronghold.
Gaunt encountered a young female psyker after the victory,.and she revealed a number of events and facts about Gaunt's life that were still to occur, including his association with the Tanith. Driven by curiosity, Gaunt confronts her in interrogation, and she informed him of the nature of his father's death, and that his superior officer, 'Uncle' Dercius had been responsible for his death.

On Folion, Gaunt led a small patrol in the ice woodlands and was ambushed by their Ork foe, incurring 70% losses. Oktar, Gaunt's mentor, spared him any punishment or reprimand, seeing the disaster as simply being a lesson for his future career as a leader of men. Following the jubilant victory and celebrations, Oktar succumbed to Orkish poison and died, though he made sure that Gaunt was made a full Commissar before he passed.

Four years after Oktar's death, Gaunt finally confronted Dercius, Commander of the Jantine Patricians, on Khedd 1173, where he revealed his knowledge of the betrayal, and challenged him to a duel, which Gaunt won at the cost of a massive laceration of the stomach. He recovered from his injury, but was left with the mark as a memento.

At some point during this service he met, be-friended and worked with Fereyd, an independent Imperial operative undercover.

Following his vengeance, Gaunt served as the ranking Commissariat agent for the Hyrkans, and played a crucial part in the battle for Balhaut, where he led his men alongside Slaydo in the centre of the Imperial front, in the mudlakes. In the battle, Gaunt's finest hour, the regiment took on and destroyed the arch-enemy assault carriers. They stormed the Oligarchy Gate, the first unit to do so, and destroyed the Tower of the Plutocrat, ultimately winning the battle and earning the Hyrkans a place in the hall of fame.

During the battle for the Tower of the Plutocrat, Gaunt met and fought alongside a PDF officer named Jaume.

Following the death of the legendary Warmaster Slaydo, Gaunt was given a split role as Imperial Colonel and Commissar, to be given a command of a new unit. The unit in question would be three regiments of the newly founded Tanith Infantry. While planetside on the forest world, Chaos forces slipped through a gap in the navy picket lines and assaulted Tanith. With the planet almost completely undefended, Gaunt had the choice of leading a last stand that would have resulted in a guaranteed defeat, or to salvage as many men from the world as possible before escaping. He chose the latter, a choice that would be later vindicated ten times over, but reviled at the time by the men who had been denied the right to fight for their homes.

This resentment was mainly represented by Elim Rawne, a former Tanith Magna gangster and black marketeer. Rawne and Corbec, along with Brin Milo (who Gaunt personally rescued), were sent by the leaderless army, who now only numbered enough for one regiment, to speak with Gaunt. The original reason for this meeting may have been a mutiny, but Gaunt uses it to make Corbec a Colonel, Rawne a Major, and Milo is personal adjutant. He reasons that since they were sent by their fellow Tanith, they must be seen as leaders among them. Again, this desicion is vindicated.
The new regiment, dubbed the Tanith First and Only, impress Gaunt and fellow commanders with their stealth and scouting abilities, a hallmark of their lives in the moving forests of their now deceased homeworld. 'Mad' Larkin coins the phrase Gaunt's Ghosts for the first time.

For more history of Ibram and the Regiment, go to the Gaunt's Ghosts Wikia: http://gauntsghostspedia.wikia.com/wiki/Gaunt%27s_Ghostspedia_Wiki