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| Primarch: | Mortarion |
| Homeworld (pre-Heresy): | Barbarus |
| Homeworld (current): | Plague Planet in the Eye of Terror |
The Death Guard are one of the Space Marine legions who betrayed the Emperor during the Horus Heresy, becoming Chaos Space Marines. They worship the Chaos god Nurgle and in return he infests their armour with pestilence and disease. The primarch of the Death Guard is Mortarion, who has been promoted to Daemon Prince status and their home-world in the Materium, Barbarus, has been destroyed.
History
The Death Guard were one of the First-founding Legions of Space Marines.
During the Horus Heresy, one of the Death Guard's greatest captains, named Typhon (now known has Typhus), killed the Navigator of their capitol ship. Pretending that they were still loyal to the Emperor, Typhon led his followers into the warp instead of going to holy Terra to defend the Imperium. Typhon detonated several Virus Bombs inside the ships, craving salvation the Death Guard called upon Nurgle to help them. Nurgle corrupted them beyond messure, transforming them into the grotesque warriors they are now. Typhon was the only one who was not affected by this plauge, he had already sacrificed his soul to Nurgle, it is said that he was covered in the plauge flys. The Flys entered into Typhon and thus Typhus herald and champion of Nurgle was born.
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