History Characters / GauntsGhosts

* HeroOfAnotherStory. Without Macaroth's leadership after Balhaut, the entire Crusade would have failed, making all of the Ghosts' sacrifices pointless, and without his relentless attacks, the Sabbat World Crusade would have lasted hundreds of years instead of decades. We never hear, at all, about the battles Macaroth led and won such as Morland: a Chaos held fortress world that saw more bloodshed than all of the battles the Ghosts were involved in ''combined''.

!!Sergeant Tona Criid

* ComicBookFantasyCasting: An amusing recursive example. In the books the descriptions of him are pretty blatantly meant to make readers think of Sean Bean, the actor who portrayed {{Sharpe}}. The cover art, on the other hand, depicts him with darker hair and generally looking like Sharpe was described as in his own books.

* AmnesiacDissonance

* GeneralRipper: Is regarded as this {{In-universe}}, with his disregard for the lives of the soldiers under his command winning him few friends. This is at least part of the reason he was sidelined by Macaroth, and passed over for consideration as Warmaster-apparent by Slaydo.

* TouchedByVorlons: [[spoiler: Lampshaded mildly in Sabbat Martyr. Gol is seemingly healed by the Beati of his brain damage but Ana Curth's examinations reveal the same thing each time : the only healing that has occured is scar tissue on the parts that were already damaged, not the full blown regeneration of the damaged tissue itself. Gol simply shouldn't be responding the way he is, at all. Both are a little creeped out by it being a miracle, even an Emperor driven one.]]

* {{Cyborg}}
* LargeAndInCharge

** Warmaster Slaydo even promised Gaunt the right to have the first planet that he conquered, and Gaunt promised to share that world with the Tanith... but since the Tanith First barely has two thousand men, it's highly unlikely that the Tanith will ever be able conquer a planet on their own.

* FourStarBadass: [[spoiler: after some complicated politics, Gaunt is promoted not once, but twice; first to Lord Millitant and then to First Lord Executor, effectively becoming second in command of the entire Sabbatt Crusade.]]

* FourStarBadass: [[spoiler: after some complicated politics, Gaunt is promoted not once, but twice ; first to Lord Millitant and then to First Lord Executor, effectively becoming second in command of the entire Sabbatt Crusade.]]

* HonestAdvisor: His willingness to tell Macaroth about the plot to replace him (instead of joining the plot or simply avoiding the subject like many others) earns him enough respect that Macaroth makes Gaunt his second-in-command and chosen successor.

* HumanoidAbomination: Take a good long look at his picture, just look.

* AnOfficerAndAGentleman: Noted to be fair and rule-abiding. [[spoiler: Which is why Rawne and co. try to convince him to join in on their scamming of Zolunder's gambling den, because no one would ever suspect him of participating in such activities.]]

* AnOfficerAndAGentleman: An actual gentleman, which is rare in 40k. But...

* BadassCape: In many a picture.

* GeneralFailure: How Macaroth ''appears'' to Gaunt. Whilst Macaroth is not incompetent ''per se'', the preface quotes before each book underlining the status of the Crusade always mention how he constantly overstretches his forces and leaves massive gaps in his space fleet's defensive lines, allowing Chaos forces to slip through and pillage retaken worlds, and [[DoomedHometown Tanith]].
** Turns out that while Warmaster Macaroth is cunning in his maneuvering, he's also obvious to the thought of [[spoiler:the Chaos forces [[ItCanThink attempting their own headshot strategy]]]]. If not for Gaunt's action in ''The Warmaster'', the entire crusade could've collapsed right then and there.
* HeroOfAnotherStory. Without Macaroth's leadership after Balhaut, the entire Crusade would have failed, making all of the Ghosts' sacrifices pointless, and without his relentless attacks, the Sabbat World Crusade would have lasted hundreds of years instead of decades. We never hear, at all, about the battles Macaroth led and won such as Morland: a Chaos held fortress world that saw more blood shed than all of the battles the Ghosts were involved in ''combined''.

* TheMentor: Acts as this to Merrt, assisting him in overcoming his inability to shoot straight. Also shows the closest thing to respect to the Guard, regarding both Ezra and Mkoll as great scouts, and is impressed by [[spoiler: Dorden's lack of fear regarding his fatal cancer.]]

!!Colonel-Commissar [[spoiler: now Lord Militant Commander]] Ibram Gaunt