But in being forced to work together, each gradually came to see the other's strengths. At that time, a desire to restore the 3rd Company was the only goal Lysander and Garadon shared. he demoted Lysander to become the 3rd Company's new Captain, with Garadon as his senior Veteran Sergeant. Nonetheless, the wisdom of then-Chapter Master Vladimir Pugh saw them bound together in the Crusade of Thunder. The aftermath saw a change in attitudes between Lysander and Garadon, who had both come to dislike one another intensely Lysander was angered by what he saw as the sergeant's presumption, while Garadon fumed at Lysander's obvious arrogance.

That any survived at all was to Garadon's credit, for he defied Lysander's orders and requested assistance from other Chapters of Adeptus Astartes. Vogen and much of the 3rd Company perished during First Captain Darnath Lysander's disastrous assault on Taladorn. When Captain Julius Vogen took command of the 3rd Company, he judged there to be more to Garadon than meets the eye, and took it upon himself to unlock the potential of his junior Battle-Brother. Despite his deeds, Garadon never sought promotion, nor was it ever offered to him. Tor Garadon is a Captain of the Imperial Fists Chapter and the longest-serving commander of the Imperial Fists 3rd Company, the 'Sentinels of Terra.' During his first solar decade of service, Garadon earned commendation after commendation.

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