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Enraged at the trap he had led them into, Mortarion himself confronted his former friend aboard the ''Terminus Est''. Typhon expressed his desire for Mortarion to accept Nurgle's embrace, but instead the Primarch attacked the First Captain. Typhon's psychic abilities allowed him to hold off the Primarch's attacks for a time, however Mortarion eventually prevailed and struck down Typhon with his scythe. Due to the Destroyer Plague, Typhon quickly came back to life. Mortarion then revealed his trump card: unleashing the deformed [[Ignatius Grulgor]] from his confines. Grulgor strangled Typhon to death, fulfilling his oath to Mortarion to kill the First Captain. However Typhon quickly came back to life, and both the First Captain and Daemon laughed as Mortarion realized he had been betrayed. As a reward for his service to Nurgle, Grulgor dissolved and merged with Typhon's body.{{Fn|17c}} His body became home to the flies of Nurgle, his armour a hive of pestilence. He then became '''Typhus, Herald of Nurgle''' and the Host of the Destroyer Hive{{Fn|1}}. Fully corrupted by Chaos, Typhon and the rest of the Death Guard went on to fight for Horus in the [[Siege of Terra]].{{Fn|12c}}
During the Siege, Typhus worked with [[Perturabo]], [[Abaddon]], and [[Zardu Layak]] to summon the influence of [[Cor’bax Utterblight]] into the [[Imperial Palace]] in order to subvert the Imperial defenses there.{{Fn|20}} He next took part in the assault on the [[Colossi Gate]] against forces led by [[Jaghatai Khan]], [[Constantin Valdor]], and [[Raldoron]].{{Fn|21}} Later in the Siege Mortarion informed Typhus that his old foe [[Corswain]] had landed a force of [[Dark Angels]] which had captured the [[Astronomican]] and dispatched the First Captain to take it back.{{Fn|25a}} After [[Jaghatai Khan]] led a massive attack on the [[Lion's Gate Spaceport]] and banished Mortarion into the Warp, Typhus reappeared and took command of the Legion after rallying key leaders such as [[Caipha Morarg]] and [[Zadal Crosius]].{{Fn|25b}} Typhus subsequently rallied the Death Guard to retake the [[Astronomican]] before it could be reactivated and lead [[Roboute Guilliman]] and his reinforcements to Terra. He attempted to tempt the [[Fallen Angel]] [[Librarian]]s such as [[Zahariel]] inside to join Horus' cause, but to no avail.{{Fn|26a}} Typhus then launched a full-scale assault on the Astronomican.{{Fn|26b}}
===Recent History===
**{{Endn|25a}}: Chapter 6
**{{Endn|25b}}: Chapter 27
*{{Endn|26}}: [[The End and the Death: Volume I (Novel)]]
**{{Endn|26a}}: 3:xi
**{{Endn|26b}}: 3:xxiii
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