4,830
edits
Changes
From Warhammer 40k - Lexicanum
→Fall of the Death Guard
After these campaigns, Mortarion received orders from Horus to make for Terra. Mortarion rejoined the primary Death Guard fleet under [[Calas Typhon]], who was battled the [[Dark Angels]] fleet in a campaign of misdirection in the aftermath of the [[Battle of Perditus]].{{Fn|12}} On [[Ynyx]] Mortarion and Typhon reunited, and their whole fleet set course of [[Terra]] for the [[Siege of Terra|coming battle]]. Upon Typhon's advice, Mortarion would make the journey inside the ''[[Terminus Est]]'' as opposed to the ''[[Endurance]]''. However, Mortarion found his once-beloved brother Typhon changed, and once their vessels were inside the [[Warp]] the First Captain framed all of the fleet's [[Navigator]]s. Accusing them of agents of [[Malcador (Character)|Malcador]], Typhon had his [[Grave Warden]]s execute all of the Navigators but assured Mortarion that he and his [[Librarian|trained specialists]] could navigate the Warp to Terra. Mortarion's distrust of Typhon intensified as the Death Guard became afflicted with the [[Destroyer Hive]]. This plague transformed the Death Guard into bloated mutants, unable to die by any means. No cure was found, and it seemed the Death Guard was doomed to something as petty as disease. After Mortarion himself became infected, he confronted Typhon aboard the Navigator's station on the ''Terminus Est''.{{Fn|17b}}
Mortarion accused Typhon of treachery, and the First Captain replied that he had indeed lied to his Primarch but for a greater purpose he would come to appreciate. Enraged, Mortarion engaged Typhon in a duel, with the First Captain's psychic abilities allowing 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 Hive, 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. With no more options and overcome by the Destroyer Plague, Mortarion began to hallucinate that he was back on Barbarus attempting to endure the toxins of the mountains to reach his father's fortress. He heard the voice of [[Nurgle]], stating that without his submission that he and the Death Guard would be doomed to this torture for all eternity. However, with submission would come new unparalleled endurance and power. Mortarion simultaneously experienced himself before the Emperor after his failure to kill his father, and finally snapped. He pledged himself to Nurgle and the torture ceased.{{Fn|17b}} According to a Daemon known as [[The Remnant]], Mortarion had allowed Typhus to corrupt the Death Guard as he saw no other path for the survival of his sons.{{Fn|23a}}
====Terra====
