Harbingers (1st Plague Company)
The Harbingers are the First Plague Company of the Death Guard.[1a]
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| Origin: | Death Guard[1a] | ||
| Leader: | Typhus the Traveler[1a] | ||
| Chaos Dedication: | Nurgle[1a] | ||
They are commanded by Typhus the Traveler and their ranks are infested with hundreds of strains of the zombie plague, including Shamblerot, the Groaning and Biter's Pox.[1a]
History
The First Plague Company is known to constantly move from one galactic war front to the next, spreading disease and decay wherever they go. Thus the Harbingers conflicts are characterized by swarms of luckless creatures they leave in their wake such as Poxwalkers and Plague Zombies. In subsequent wars, the 1st Plague Company will call upon these shambling hordes to overwhelmn their foes through sheer numbers.[6]
After the Fall of Cadia, Typhus and the 1st Plague Company appeared around the shattered Cadian Gate more than once, continuing to infect worlds and turning the population of entire planets into Poxwalkers.[5]
Known Battles
- War of the Spider - 4 Vectoriums[1b]
- Charadon Campaign - 8 vectoriums[2]
Known Forces
- Death Guard[1a]
- Witnesses to Despair - Three Deathshroud Bodyguards[3]
- Witnesses to Glory - Three Blightlord Terminators[3]
- Squad Kraal - Ten Plague Marines[3]
- Squad Prox - Ten Plague Marines[3]
- Tithe Uaimh Forester Guard Traitor Guard Regiments[3]
- Plague Zombie Hordes[3]
- Mouldering Claw[6]
Known Members
- Typhus the Traveler - Commander[1a]
- Ulant Khur - Daemon Prince[3]
- Gorvhan Pell - Lord of Contagion[3]
- Armok Shran - Lord of Virulence[3]
- Alax - Malignant Plaguecaster[4]
- Kelys Mawr - Malignant Plaguecaster[3]
- Tavham Bultar - Biologus Putrifier[3]
- Quintus Noll - Biologus Putrifier[4]
- Tamaks - Plague Surgeon[3]
- Mordris - Icon Bearer[4]
- Thrax - Icon Bearer[3]
- Marik Shrull - Foul Blightspawn[3]
- Kemek Ul-Koorlund - Noxious Blightbringer[3]
- Crucis Vhor - Tallyman[3]
- Enox the Scaphist - Helbrute[4]
- Ulastis the Anchorite - Helbrute[3]
- Haelgrunn Vordt - Traitor Guard commander of the Harbingers' Tithe Uaimh Forester Guard Regiments[3]
Relics
Sources
- 1: Psychic Awakening: War of the Spider
- 2: War Zone Charadon - Act I: The Book of Rust, pgs. 40-41
- 3: White Dwarf 495, pg. 75 — A Tale of Four Warlords
- 4: White Dwarf 497, pg. 95 — A Tale of Four Warlords
- 5: Conquest 09, pg. 8, Notable Outbreaks
- 6: Codex: Death Guard (10th Edition), pgs. 17-19
