Stonetooth Harker

Gunnery Sergeant Harker, nicknamed "Stonetooth" Harker by his fellows, is one of the most renowed men hailing from Catachan to ever serve in the Imperial Guard. He is so exceptionally resilient that all who have served with him believe that the creature who can kill him simply doesn't exist yet! Harker serves in Colonel "Iron Hand" Straken's 2nd Regiment of Catachan Jungle Fighters, the equally renown 'Catachan Devils' who have a reputation for getting the job done, whatever the odds against them. Harker is the most senior Sergeant of the regiment, and leads his hand-picked team of veterans with the patience and cunning of the most dangerous of predators. In addition to being his squad's leader, Harker doubles up as the heavy weapon specialist, wielding his trusted Heavy Bolter 'Payback' like other men would wield their Lasgun.

History
All Catachans have a reputation for being tough bastards. Indeed, the Death World of Catachan is renowed for being one of the most hellish places in the Galaxy, where humans have to learn to shoot before they can walk to survive, and every native living form can be deadly to the unwary. Imperial Guard soldiers hailing from Catachan have a well-deserved reputation for being tough, cunning, hard to kill and survivalists.

"Stonetooth" Harker is renowed for being recognised as the "toughest grox-lovin' fragger that has ever lived" by his fellow Catachan soldiers, which means that to a baseline human, he appears like a force of nature rather than a mere man. Rumours and stories of his exploits abound, one of the most outlandish claims being that he chews shards of glass instead of tobacco and laughs it off. While this particular rumor might be an exaggeration, he has been known to place his hands into the fire and ignore it, and easily shrug off blade cuts or gunshot wounds. To Harker, pain and bleeding are concerns for weedier soldiers, he simply hasn't got the time for it!

Sergeant Harker is a giant of a man, even by Catachan standards, his gigantic frame covered with slabs of muscle and sinew. His strength is such that he carries his Heavy Bolter 'Payback', as easily as a normal man might carry a rifle, without even breaking a sweat.

Harker is a long-serving veteran, and there is not a single aspect of warfare that he has not mastered. From rescue missions to assassination, from reconnassiance to demolitions, whatever the job, Harker will get it done. His hand-picked squad members are exceptional even among their fellow Catachans, composed of the regiment's bravest veterans. Their speciality is to conduct long-range penetration raids deep behind enemy lines, raising major havoc and bearing the brunt of the enemy's response when battle is finally joined.

The most famous example of his bravery was during a battle against Tyranids on the twilight world of Jorn V, where his squad was assaulted by a pack of Raveners bursting from beneath the black soil. Within seconds, his ammunition loader was torn apart by monstrous claws while the rest of his squad were trying their best to stay alive. Without missing a beat, Harker leapt onto the back of the closest beast and caught it in a bear hug, crushing the bioform's spine between his monstrous biceps despite the beast's frenzied efforts to throw him off. Harker then smoothly grabbed up 'Payback' again and opened up on the rest of the pack at point-blank range, exploding alien bodies apart in a shower of ichor. Having eliminated the threat, and seeing that all his comrades were dead, he stalked off to find the rest of the company.