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==Biography==
{{spoiler|source=The Flight of the Eisenstein (Novel)}}
===Beginnings===
[[File:TyphonHuman.jpg|thumb|right|220px|Calas Typhon before the [[Horus Heresy]] ]]
===Beginnings===Typhus was born '''Calas Typhon''' on the Death Guard's eventual homeworld of [[Barbarus]]. Typhon was a half-breed, the result of one of the [[Overlord (Xenos)|Overlords]] of Barbarus taking a liking to his human mother. For this, his mother's fellow villagers drowned her.{{Fn|19b}} As a child upon the toxic planet of Barbarus, Calas Typhon was troubled by nightly phenomena over which he believed he had no control. Objects would shudder and smash around him whenever he was frightened or angered, and plants would wither and die under his gaze. These phantom powers troubled him greatly, but he resolved to turn them to his advantage. By the time Typhon reached maturity, he had learned to master the psychic energies that resonated within him each night; a feat of will that impressed his elders mightily. With this act, Typhon became stronger in his resolve to succeed than any of his peers. When [[Mortarion]] defected from the Overlords after witnessing their atrocities, Typhon was the first person the Primarch encountered and the young child helped lead him to safety.{{Fn|19a}}  During his early adulthood, Typhus was a champion of Mortarion's early Death Guard in his war against the [[Warlord of Barbarus]].{{Fn|18}} When the [[Emperor]] reclaimed his lost son Mortarion from the poisonous mists of Barbarus, and reunited him with the superhuman warriors born from his [[gene-seed]], Typhon was amongst those chosen to join their ranks. As he joined the legion, his psychic potential was suppressed through training due to the anti-[[psyker]] sentiment of his Primarch. Nonetheless through his rugged talent, Typhon was eventually able to rise to the prestigious position of [[First Captain]].{{Fn|12a}} He shared a strong bond with Mortarion, the two being close comrades due in part to their shared origin as outsiders even among Barbarus.{{Fn|17b}}
During the [[Great Crusade]] Typhon often proved his ability to shrug off wounds and effects of hostile actions alike, becoming a legend amongst his warriors. On the planet of [[Rothric IX]] during the eponymic [[Tribeswar of Rothric IX]] he managed to withstand a hard blow to the side of his head and though this blow would have easily killed a lesser man, Typhon was merely driven into a cold rage, and taking up a short iron bar he killed every tribal warrior around him. In another episode Typhon saved a squad of [[Sisters of Silence]] on the planet of [[Madrighoul]] by throwing himself onto a malfunctioning [[Krak grenade]]. After less than a week in the [[Apothecarion]] he had already healed and discharged himself as fit for active duty.{{Fn|12a}}
 
During the [[Conquest of Galaspar]], Typhon, then a [[Space Marine Sergeant|Sergeant]], was caught in a landslide that killed all the warriors with him including [[First Captain]] [[Antavus Barrazin]]. As he climbed from the debris he encountered a [[Psyker]] scavenger that prophetically hinted at his future heresy. However while taken aback, Typhon refused to heed the message and continued to express a disgust towards sorcery.{{Fn|29}}
According to Typhon himself, he was secretly converted to worship of the [[Gods of Chaos]] during the [[Zaramund Campaign]], receiving revelation at the touch of the hand of an old woman.{{Fn|19d}} Typhon's allegiance to Chaos predated that of his own Primarch, or of [[Horus]] himself.{{Fn|2a}} With the help of his new gods, Typhon became [[First Captain]] of the Death Guard and commander of the battleship ''[[Terminus Est]]''.{{Fn|1}} Typhon was not particularly loyal to Mortarion, and always wished to travel the Galaxy and forge his own destiny in the name of the Ruinous Powers.{{Fn|1}}
*{{Endn|27}}: [[The End and the Death: Volume III (Novel)]] - 10:xv
*{{Endn|28}}: [[Liber Hereticus (3rd Edition)]], pg. 206
*{{Endn|29}}: [[Mortarion: The Pale King (Novel)]] - Chapter 9
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