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[[Image:EnduranceShip.jpg|thumb|right|220px|The ''Endurance''{{Fn|2}}]]The '''''Endurance''''' was an [[Imperium|Imperial]] [[Battleship]] that served as the flagship of [[Mortarion]] during the [[Great Crusade]] and subsequent [[Horus Heresy]].{{Fn|Note 1}}

The ''Endurance'' could detach a war-barge from its main body known as the ''[[Greenheart]]''. This vessel could be used for a variety of roles, from close-range bombardment with an array of [[Volkite Weapon]]s and Displacer Guns to directly entering the atmosphere of a world and landing upon its surface as a massive landing craft. The ''Greenheart'' was also capable of attaching itself to other Death Guard Battleships such as the ''[[Terminus Est]]''.{{Fn|7a}}

==History==The ''Endurance'' led Death Guard operations at the [[Battle of Isstvan III]] and the [[Drop Site Massacre]].{{Fn|1}}{{Fn|2}} It later engaged the [[White Scars]] above [[Prospero]]{{Fn|4}} and [[Battle of Catallus|Catallus]].{{Fn|5}} During the Heresy, the vessel was commanded by [[Ulfar]].{{Fn|5}} The ''Endurance'' was not used as Mortarion's flagship during the journey to take part in the [[Siege of Terra]], with Mortarion instead choosing [[Calas Typhon|Calas Typhon's]]'s ''[[Terminus Est]]'' at the [[First Captain|First Captain's]]'s own request. The ''Endurance'' was placed under the command of [[Gremus Kalgaro]], and was subsequently corrupted by the powers of [[Nurgle]] along with the rest of the Death Guard fleet.{{Fn|7}}

The ''Endurance '' would survive the Heresy and in the subsequent millennia, it became heavily corrupted by the power of [[Nurgle]] and even became home to a piece of the [[Chaos God|Chaos God's]]'s [[Garden of Nurgle|Garden]]. After the [[Thirteenth 13th Black Crusade]], the Battleship once again became Mortarion's flagship, when the [[Daemon Primarch]] [[Plague Wars|invaded]] the [[Realm of Ultramar]].{{Fn|6}}

*{{Endn|Note 1}}: According to another source, the [[Battle Barge]] ''[[Reaper's Scythe]]'' served as Mortarion's flagship, though this is stated to only have been the case "often".{{Fn|3}} ==Related Articles==*[[Known Vessels of the Death Guard]]

*{{Endn|5}}: [[The Path of Heaven (Novel)]] , Chapter 21*{{Endn|6}}: [[Dark Imperium (Novel)]] by [[Guy Haley]], Chapter 19*{{Endn|7}}: [[The Buried Dagger (Novel)]]{{Cite this}}