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We asked the voice of Eisenhorn, Gaunt, and Garro in Warhammer 40k who his favorite character to play is
Toby Longworth, the prolific Warhammer 40,000 audiobook narrator behind Eisenhorn, Gaunt and Nathaniel Garro, has named Ibram Gaunt as his favourite character to perform. He said Gaunt’s long-running story gave him the greatest opportunity to develop the role, highlighting the appeal of sustained character work in the Black Library series.
Longworth initially singled out Garro for the character’s distinctive, smoothly delivered voice, while also describing Eisenhorn as enjoyable to play. He has narrated the 15-book Gaunt’s Ghosts series, which follows an Imperial Guard commissar and the surviving Tanith regiment; Longworth is also providing voices for Space Marines in Dawn of War 4.
In short
- Toby Longworth chose Ibram Gaunt as his favourite Warhammer role.
- Garro’s distinctive voice was his early favourite.
- Gaunt’s Ghosts spans 15 books.
Explained simply
Warhammer 40,000 is a science-fiction setting created by Games Workshop, set in a distant future where human civilisation is locked in near-constant war. Black Library, the publisher’s fiction arm, tells stories set in this universe, including long-running audiobook series.
Ibram Gaunt is a human officer known as a commissar, responsible for discipline among the Imperial Guard, the armies that fight for humanity. Gaunt’s Ghosts follows him and the Tanith regiment, a small force whose home world has been destroyed; Nathaniel Garro is a Space Marine, while Gregor Eisenhorn is an Imperial investigator.
Toby Longworth narrates many Warhammer 40,000 audiobooks, voicing characters across several series. A role that continues over many books can give a performer more time to shape a character, which is why the length of Gaunt’s story matters to his comments.