Editing Merrick (section)

==Why Merrick is badass==
Merrick is voiced by [[Scott McNeil]] (mighty is he), which automatically makes him awesome, but no, it does not stop there, he's a prime example of what balls-of-CERAMITE Guardsmen are all about. Merrick is a total badass because he is virtually unkillable, surviving numerous battles during the Aurelian crusades. During the Tyranid invasion, he fought at Angel Gate, facing down Tyranids, Orks, and even Eldar without taking a scratch, before joining the suicide mission to poison the Hive Mind. After that, he and his men withstood the [[Black Legion]]'s incursion in the sector, followed by another decade of non-stop combat with [[Chaos]], [[Tyranid]], [[Ork]], and [[Eldar]] forces, leading to the events of Retribution.

In Retribution, he gets killed in the first Tyranid mission by the Hive Lord, but we all know that the Tyranid ending can't possibly be canon (due to it leading to the consumption of the entire Aurelian Sector and giving birth to a massive new hive fleet), so it's no loss. More likely the first Tyranid mission happens just before the Imperial Guard mission starts. So the Hive Lord didn't finish him off, he just left him there to be picked up by Castor, and together they get payback on the Hive Lord. The mere fact he survives getting 2 bone scythes shoved through him only getting knocked out just adds to his undying awesomeness.

He is also a snarky bugger, muttering under his breath about how much he'd like to shoot his superiors. Merrick is altogether frank with his commanders, particularly to Inquisitor [[Adrastia]], but Castor is not immune to his criticism either. One of the most badass things he does [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lT5Gy079OWw is call out Castor on his shit, beat the man to the ground, and stand defiant while LORD Commissar Bernn is HOLDING A GUN TO HIS HEAD!] At the end of the IG campaign, he gives a backhanded compliment to Castor, saying he would've shot his boss for incompetence if there was any, which Castor seems to hear - ''and has no problem with such a guy under his command''. [[Colonel-Commissar Ibram Gaunt|Gaunt]] is impressed.

Merrick, despite seeing more [[grimdark]] and combat than most Guardsmen would see in their short services, cares a lot for his men. He cries manly tears after Typhon is subjected to Exterminatus, where thousands of Imperial Guardsmen were obliterated by the Inquisitorial Fleet. This led to him to giving [[Castor]] a shot to the gut while going emotionally awesome on him.

Merrick is also incredibly strong, being able to carry an entire heavy weapons setup on his back at a full run (though he does grumble about it). It is theorized that his own balls-of-CERAMITE generate their own gravity (akin to some [[Eldar|Spess Elves]] weaponry, but powered by pure [[awesome]]), ergo, allowing him to carry autocannons and heavy bolters on his own with him only putting as much effort as lifting a lasgun.

Merrick may also be a latent Psyker - both he and Adrastia can hear Kyras talking inside their minds on Typhon, and her comments to him at the end of the campaign present more questions than they answer...