History Characters / GauntsGhosts

* GoodLookingPrivates: Described as having "regally black" skin and a statuesque countenance.

* GoodLookingPrivates: Yes he's a captain, but is described as young, tall and handsome several times.

* GoodLookingPrivates: So much so that it ends up causing Rawne to be DistractedByTheSexy. They eventually start a relationship.

* GoodLookingPrivates: Considered by many to be the most beautiful woman among the Ghosts.

* GoodLookingPrivates: Gaunt is quite the ladies' man.

* {{Wide-Eyed Idealist}}

* WeHardlyKnewYe: [[spoiler: Killed by Sirkle early on in ''Salvation's Reach'' (with the dubious honor of being [[BlackDudeDiesFirst the first named character to die in that book]]. At least he put up a decent fight...]]

* HeroicSacrifice: Gets shot in the head after rescuing Tona Criid in Guns of Tanith. He survives, but loses all of his memories and most of his personality.

** Khorne's arch-rival in the Chaos pantheon is Slaanesh (martial prowess and blood-spilling versus sadistic hedonism and prolonged torture). While none of Chaos gods can stand each other, their followers, if not diametrically opposed to one another, will on rare occasions team up to battle a common foe. So it's possible, but certainly not the norm.

* DoctorsOrder: Has been known to lock horns with Gaunt over his patients

* TheLeader: Because the three Astartes all practice different styles of combat, was given direct command.

[[AC: Brother-Sergeant Eadwine, of the Silver Guard.]]

* KarmaHoudini: Nearly brought to justice in Guns of Tanith when evidence implicates him in a murder-rape. [[NiceJobBreakingItHero Then Gaunt steps in and gets him off]]. He also nearly gets brought to justice in Straight Silver, but again escapes.
** As an interesting side-note, Abnett stated in the introduction to the Omnibus edition that he believes one of the main reasons Straight Silver is often considered the weakest book in the series is because of this. After the events of Guns Of Tanith, everyone wanted Cuu dead.

* [[spoiler:IGotBetter: Regains his mind during Sabbat Martyr, courtesy of the Saint herself.]]

* SunglassesAtNight

* CorruptTheCutie: When he joined the Ghosts he was a fresh-faced and confident young man, earning the rank of corporal and even compliments from Colonel Corbec. Unfortunately, he gravitated to Major Rawne's negative influence and started to style himself as Rawne's protege. After Rawne leaves for Gereon, Meryn started trying to assert himself as essentially the new Rawne (even managing to start a relationship with Jessi Banda, Rawne's main squeeze), but he lacked Rawne's scruples and skill as a leader

* BlatantLies: When they were kids in schola, he told Gaunt that his father was a Space Marine, which is patently ridiculous--Space Marines are sterile and usually [[{{Asexuality}} asexual]].

* ContinuityNod: His chapter is eponymous to another novel Abnett wrote, which remains his ''only'' novel about Space Marines.

* LastOfHisKind: Even more so than the other Tanith Ghosts. He is the last of the Nalsheen, an ancient order of warriors who dwelt in the nalwood forests. They overthew the tyrannical rulers of Tanith in the ancient past, and kept a watch on the government even until the 41st millenium. MkVenner himself never truly considered himself Nalsheen because he never finished his training.