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'''Crysos Morturg''' was a member of the [[Death Guard]] during the early days of the [[Horus Heresy]]. A bitter and morbid warrior, he was disliked by his fellow [[Battle-Brother]]s despite his talents as a warrior and command. Born on neither [[Terra]] or [[Barbarus]], he was taken into the legion during an emergency influx of recruits from the induction pool of the 18th [[Expeditionary Fleet]] after the Death Guard suffered near catastrophic losses in the [[Rangda]] Xenocide Campaign. Despite this origin, Morturg soon rose to [[Lieutenant (Space Marine)|Lieutenant]] and manifested his latent [[Psyker]] powers. However this only served to further isolate him, and he had barely begun training as a [[Librarian]] when Mortarion disbanded the [[Librarium]] of his Legion and ordered all 'witchcraft' suppressed.{{Fn|1}}
Reassigned to the Legion's Destroyer Corps, he was frequently assigned Legionaries judged to be fractious or unstable and his units took heavy losses in the worst fighting the Legion endured. He was later marked for death in the [[Battle of Isstvan III]]. However he survived the treachery of his [[Primarch]], rising to become one of the most prominent loyalist commanders in the battle. He managed to escape [[Isstvan III]] with a few scattered remnants of his loyalist troops, swearing revenge against his former brothers.{{Fn|1}}
