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In 901.[[M41]], during the [[Battle of Kornovin]], Mortarion killed [[Geronitan]], Supreme Grand Master of the [[Grey Knights]]. Geronitan's subordinate, [[Kaldor Draigo]], assaulted the Daemon Primarch and spoke the [[true name]] that the [[Emperor]] had originally intended for him{{Fn|8}}. His physical form devastated and his spirit sent to the [[Immaterium]], Draigo carved his forebear's name into the Daemon's heart, an insult Mortarion has never forgotten.{{Fn|4}}
After [[Roboute Guilliman]] was resurrected in the closing days of the [[41st Millennium]], Mortarion sensed his brothers rebirth. Guilliman's return sparked Mortarion's interest in material affairs once more, and for the first time in 10,000 years he decided to lead the whole of the Death Guard in a renewed campaign.{{Fn|16}} In anticipation he created 7 new diseases with the [[Hand of Darkness]], one of which was a blindness-inducing plague that swept through [[Ultramar]]. Only Guilliman's presence could cure the sickness.{{Fn|14}} Later, Mortarion personally led a massive invasion of Ultramar in what became known as the [[Plague Wars]]. Mortarion massacred the population of entire worlds in an attempt to goad Guilliman to battle.{{Fn|15}} During that campaign, Mortarion appeared during the [[Invasion of Konor]] where he led the Death Guard in an attempt to break through to [[Macragge]] itself. On [[Iax]] Guilliman and Mortarion finally came to blows, fighting one another to stalemate before the The Daemon Primarch withdrew under cover of [[Virus Bomb]] for his own mysterious reasons.{{Fn|15}} He later aided [[Typhus]] and [[Ku'Gath]] in their trap against Guilliman on [[Parmenio]] but was foiled by a mysterious young girl who may have been a [[Living Saint]].{{Fn|20}} On [[Iax]] Guilliman and Mortarion finally came to blows, fighting one another to stalemate before the Daemon Primarch withdrew under cover of [[Virus Bomb]] for his own mysterious reasons.{{Fn|15}}
Sometime after the formation of the Great Rift, Mortarion battled his brother [[Perturabo]] in the [[War of Rust and Ruin]].
[[Image:Mortarions_Heart.jpg|thumb|450px|right|Mortarion faces the [[Grey Knights]] at the [[Battle of Kornovin]].]]
==Appearance and Wargear==
During the height of his powers as a servant of the Emperor, Mortarion was described as having an ashen, hairless face. He was extremely tall and thin and wore a heavy collar around his throat that constantly emitted wisps of poisonous air. He wore a grey cloak over his personalised suit of brass and bare steel [[power armour]] known as ''[[The Barbaran Plate]]''. He carried a huge, hand-crafted Shenlongi energy pistol at his side called "the [[Lantern]]." He also wore a string of globe-shaped brass censers which contain poisonous gases from his homeworld which were utilized as [[Phosphex Bomb]]s. His signature weapon was the [[Manreaper]] ''[[Silence (Death Guard)|Silence]]'', a battle scythe a foot taller than him.{{Fn|2}}
