Condemned to a deathless state of decay, the Death Guard would spread their pestilent diseases the length and breadth of the galaxy for the greater glory of Chaos. I dont think they would take it well if Morty came back and their primarch didnt. He is posed wielding his massive scythe - Silence - on a bulkhead within a ship. Horus went from the greatest, to a cry baby demigod who couldn't handle his job. He recently returned to Imperial space for the first time in ten thousand standard years when he led the forces of the Plague God in the invasion of the Realm of Ultramar during the Plague Wars. Over time Mortarion shaped the creed and practice of the Death Guard, his beliefs in many ways forming a natural extension of their own, beliefs and doctrine becoming ever more refined and extreme. With communications severed and relief forces cut off by fresh Warp Storms, the defenders were hard-pressed in a hundred locations across Ultramar. [1][6b], When the confrontation came, it was mercifully short. Rated: Fiction T - English - Adventure/Sci-Fi - Space Marines, Primarch/s - Chapters: 16 - Words: 345,044 . https://www.reddit.com/r/40kLore/comments/qt3zwm/book_excerpt_warhawkjaghatai_khan_is_as_deadly/. For a moment he considered killing the child, but he realised that no human should be able to breath at this height, let alone cry out. A shame, the setting has a lack of human factions that hate both chaos and the imperium, i dont like how renegade space marines are doomed to fall to chaos for example. Mortarion with his Deathshroud during the Horus Heresy. Warhammer 40K: The Emperor Awakens! - Bell of Lost Souls This was Mortarion's great project. As fresh intakes of new Space Marines came in from Barbarus, the surviving core of Terran blood in the XIV Legion became a minority as the Great Crusade burned on across the stars, the Death Guard at the forefront of the fighting in the most hellish war-zones imaginable. Seeking to understand its horrors, two noble primarchs have come to Galaspar, summoning their brother to account for his actions. . Warriors of both sides soon fell, their bodies caked in the thickness of blood and dust, but the dispute raged on, bitter and unyielding. The most important thing about the Emperor telling Mortarion this from the Emperor's perspective probably isn't the fact that it may or may not be possible, but rather the fact that the Emperor could be sowing more seeds of resentment and defiance in Mortarion. The confrontation was brief. The Lord of Death appeared aboard the Vengeful Spirit, his putrid stench sending all but Horus, Abaddon, and Tormageddon into convulsions. In an instant, the Death Lord and his retinue were snatched away, sucked into the vortex of the Warp. Mortarion declared he would turn Garro into an undead puppet to serve him for eternity, summoning a great host of flies to convert him into a Nurgle abomination. Two accompany him at all times and are never more than forty-nine paces from his side. Mortarion would later live among the farmers in the valleys, and taught them warfare too after he fended off an enemy warlord with a scythe. The only way to save themselves was to swear allegiance to Nurgle. All around him were strewn the bodies of the dead and dying for miles in all directions. Where they were gaunt and pale skinned, the stranger had bronzed flesh and a perfect physique. But when asked by a reporter how he would handle the war in Ukraine as President and Commander-in Chief, the far-right Republican was suddenly unable to offer [] He said something similar to Konrad Kurze via meat scarecrow. 1 . Upon Typhon's advice, Mortarion would make the journey inside the Terminus Est as opposed to the Endurance. Eventually, Mortarion could suffer no more and gave himself over to Chaos to stop the pain. Garro rejected his fathers offer to return to the Death Guard and instead challenged Mortarion to a duel, buying time for Euphrati Keeler to escape. He wanted to know why his brothers Lorgar and Fulgrim willingly trafficked with the creature's kind. . Yet, only one soul could see the Warp as it truly was, and that was Magnus the Red, the only one of his brothers that Jaghatai had ever truly trusted. Mortarion knew that he was now surrounded by the damned. [19a] Mortarion next met with Magnus in order to discuss an attack on the Colossi Gate, revealing to his brother that he hated his current Daemonic visage and was in constant pain. [4], After Roboute Guilliman was resurrected in the closing days of the 41st Millennium, Mortarion sensed his brother's rebirth. Mortarion led his forces, in an ordered formation, back to the Eye of Terror. True to his oath, Mortarion bent his knee to his new-found father as soon as he was sufficiently recovered to do so, although his final act of defiance on Barbarus would leave scars upon him both physical and mental that would never fully heal. Solar decades of endless battle changed the Death Guard, and over time the Terran influences on the Legion became less and less apparent, with the panoply and traditions of the Dusk Raiders and the Officio Militaris erased in favour of Barbarus' bleak creed of war. They carry their own Manreapers, copies of the primarch's weapon proportionate for their hands.[2]. For too long, he had been used by all sides in the great conflict. Mortarion saluted the Khan mockingly, and spears of hard-edged light lanced down from above, bursting through the cloud cover and crashing through the heart of the ruined Tizca pyramid they had been fighting within. It therefore made a great impact upon the opinion of the Emperor, and drove Magnus to defend the use of psychic abilities with more drive and passion than he had originally intended. Jaghatai realised that his brother had come to persuade him to join the Traitors' cause. Daemon Primarch Mortarion leads the Forces of Chaos against the Grey Knights. [1][6b], The warlord tested how high the child could survive in the poisonous atmosphere of Barbarus and then erected a massive wall of black iron. The daemon was the first to see a fragment of what Mortarion would eventually become in later centuries. Typhon had seen to it that the fleet's Navigators were killed to a man (claiming their loyalty was still to the Emperor), but reassured Mortarion that the Warp-gift he possessed would see them through their journey in the Empyrean safe enough. Choose between the Classic and Contrast Methods, then bring your miniatures to life. He had seen what had happened. Though Mortarion ultimately escaped, it would be many long Terran years before he could enter the mortal realm once more. In Mortarion's opinion it should have been cordoned off, put away, forgotten about forever by Mankind. Cheryl: Living Saint of the Adepta Sororitas "The emperor speaks to me from the Throne and he tells me everything must burn !!! Once the Astartes who remained loyal to the Emperor were purged, the Death Guard then fought alongside their Traitor brethren during the Drop Site Massacre on Istvaan V. Mortarion, the Death Lord, during the Horus Heresy. Mortarion simultaneously experienced himself before the Emperor after his failure to kill his father, and finally snapped. Sure no one likes Mortarion but this Noiratrom guy seems ok. Might be one last fight against chaos and being Horus'd, might actually be redemption - but both would mean moving the setting forward and I think we'll be waiting quite a while for that, besides the disdain community has for some implications of it. Followers of chaos can fall to other gods of chaos so why couldn't one fall to the god of order/hope/duty/ what ever He eventually becomes. The Death Guard Space Marines' once gleaming grey armour was corroded and shattered, barely containing their bloated, pustule-riddled bodies. It transformed them into bloated mutants, yet none could die, their own body being their undoing. He realised that the prey that the warlords fought over was his own people, and with this came a sense of hatred and he vowed to give them justice over their oppressors. An ancient Remembrancer sketch from Carpinius' Speculum Historiale of the Primarch Mortarion during the Great Crusade. Harris's voice will be heard for a while."Los Angeles Times "A pleasurable sense of dread."The Wall Street Journal "Enormously satisfying . He had come home.[1][16][25]. It is said that the next attack that descended from the mountains above was repulsed quickly and Mortarion, leading his Death Guard, as they had become known, followed them into the fog above, massacring the remaining forces and killing the warlord. Mortarion, also known as the "Pale King," the "Death Lord" or the "Prince of Decay" after he turned to Chaos, was one of the original twenty Imperial primarchs created by the Emperor of Mankind. Either way, the troubled Death Guard Primarch saw a worthy leader in Horus, whereas in the Emperor he saw only a self-serving and pompous pretender who had stolen Mortarion's hard-won kingship in a single day while engaging in hypocrisy concerning his own use of the Warp. r/40kLore - [Excerpt: Godblight] The controversial scene everyone's "So be it," he thought to himself. I do not wallow in this corruption. So close did Mortarion and Horus become that the ever watchful Roboute Guilliman of the Ultramarines and Corax of the Raven Guard approached the Emperor with concerns as to where Mortarion's loyalties lay. The foremost Chaplain of the Word Bearers, Erebus, inducted Typhon into the secrets of the Seven Pillared Lodge, one of the Warrior Lodges that had begun to spread throughout the Space Marine Legions in the later days of the Great Crusade. They leered in delight, bile and maggots slopping down their festering chins. Mortarion stood over the crushed heap of broken flesh, breathing heavily. >> Anonymous 02/28/23 . Mortarion's resistance to the use of bloodstock other than that of Barbarus wavered only because of the need to keep his Legion's strength battleworthy in his eyes. [1][6b], Mortarion then recruited the strongest and most resilient of warriors from the villages he went to. He enlisted the aid of blacksmiths, craftsmen and artificers to create suits of armour that would allow men to travel through the poisonous fog. Their weapons and armour were powered by the energies of Chaos and they became known as the Plague Marines, although they would still use the name Death Guard[7]. !" . 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. It fits that out of all the traitor primarchs Mortarion would be the only one whose soul still resists and thus be more suitable for salvation (which sounds way cheaper than launching crusades at random until you come across a loyalist primarch). The last thing he saw was the overlord walking towards him to fulfill the promise he had made years before. And I dont think the Emperor means there will be a true redemption for any of the chaos Primarchs where they all fight the good fight and it's all sunshine, rainbows, and brotherhood 4 eva. Without these lynchpins to hold the material dimension sacrosanct, the Materium could take no more, and a titanic Warp rift tore across the galaxy, spreading from the Eye of Terror to the Hadex Anomaly on the Eastern Fringe. Drive them out, and rule would pass to the uncorrupted, the healthy, those untouched by the Warp. This was a war to be fought without mercy or limit, without restraint or relenting. As Mortarion at last swore his soul to the eternal service of the Plague God in return for an end to the ceaseless agony, Nurgle responded with his usual generosity. However, the Emperor's slaying of the Primarch's adoptive father -- the Emperor's denial of his final vengeance, of the proof that he was worthy -- became a grudge Mortarion forever after held against Him. But it had all gone wrong. This proved to be a trap however, as the Death Guard were now in the plaguefather's grip. For much of the Great Crusade, the errant White Scars Legion under the command of the Primarch Jaghatai Khan had remained noticeably absent from the current chain of events that were only now beginning to trickle in to their fleet's astropathic choirs. They are marines who are listed as killed in action and then wear a mask for the rest of their lives so that only Mortarion may know their true identity. His meticulously planned seven-part campaign would bring untold ruination to all of Ultramar. Eventually, Mortarion began to move from village to village, teaching along the way and if need be, defend the settlements. Jaghatai told his bodyguard he had felt this new arrival's presence following them for a long time. Only he remained pure, free of the corruption wrought by the Warp. Mortarion would later live among the farmers in . Back on Ullanor, even at the height of their triumph, he had not possessed quite the same heft. The Overlord kept him caged to acclimate to the poison, and taught him the art of war. Mortarion was still human though, and he sought to know of those who dwelled below the layer of fog. [19] During a war council he mocked Perturabo for not fully embracing Chaos but nonetheless allowed Typhus to work with the Iron Warriors Primarch as part of a ritual to weaken the Emperor's psychic shield of the Palace. . In the early editions of 40K Horus is presented as the Emperors greatest generals before the Primarchs and Legions were a thing. Mortarion and Ku'gath both ignored orders from Nurgle himself to move to the Scourge Stars due to the new War in the Rift, with even Typhus abandoning his Primarch to follow the Plague God's will. [Excerpt- The Verdict of the Scythe] Mortarion tries being benevolent, he feels icky. Struggling to contain his anger at the Khan's refusal of his please for alliance, the Death Lord warned Jaghatai that he had come to give his brother a choice -- half of the White Scars Legion had already declared for Horus, and the others would follow wherever the Khagan ordered them. He ruled over a toxic death world of poison, horror and misery, with his own position ironically mirroring the one his monstrous step-father had held on Barbarus. " I am not like you. Hannibal speaks to the imagination, to the feelings, to the passions, to exalted senses and to debased ones. Son of Death (30k Mortarion Quest) | Page 36 | Sufficient Velocity Posted by; Date June 12, 2022; Comments . So neutral. Mortarion may be stronger than Guilliman but I doubt he'd want to fight him and several Custodes at the same time, especially when the Emperor's Sword has the ability to permanently end him. Finding this stranger in conference with the village elders, Mortarion claimed that his people needed no outside help. Mortarion massacred the population of entire worlds in an attempt to goad Guilliman to battle. [9] Following the battle, Mortarion abandoned his pursuit of the White Scars and instead began a spiteful purge of the systems surrounding Prospero. This article needs work on its citations.For help on citation see the citation guidelines. Wherever they travel they spread the joyful, exuberant poxes of Nurgle, gifting those who would know eternal life with the choicest of the Plague God's blessings. None suffered more than Mortarion, for it was like being on the mountain top again on Barbarus, surrendering to the toxins, but this time without the Emperor to save him. [1][6b], His acceptance into the community of humans was not easy. "There is no darkness to be found between the void of stars, nor the deepest pits of the earth that equals the darkness of Mankind's deeds.". An Ordo Sepultura Map of Death Guard Traitor Legion activity across the galaxy after the formation of the Great Rift in 999.M41. Nurgle responded gleefully and took the XIV Legion and Mortarion for his own champions. Jaghatai Khan scolded Mortarion for being weak and giving into the powers of the Warp, while he himself had resisted the temptations of Chaos and remained true to the Emperor. Mortarion himself left his humanity far behind and was transformed into Nurgle's greatest mortal Champion: the Prince of Decay, the very image of death. He then moved his mansion past this to keep it from the child. [22c], Sometime after the formation of the Great Rift, Mortarion battled his brother Perturabo in the War of Rust and Ruin. It was Guilliman's tactical acumen that first stabilised the many war fronts of Ultramar, and his "Spear of Espandor" campaign, a brilliant counterattack, that successfully bought the forces of the Imperium still more time. His words were simple and delivered in a harsh whisper that never the less carried to each and every one: "You are my unbroken blades. [5], In 901.M41, during the Battle of Kornovin, Mortarion killed Geronitan, Supreme Grand Master of the Grey Knights. During the Siege of Terra Mortarion was the last of the traitor Primarch's to appear in the Sol System. The virulent plagues infected the fleet while they drifted aimlessly through the Warp, making a mockery of the Death Guard's legendary resistance to toxins and contagions. Something terrible came out of the Warp Storms as they roiled through the southern reaches of the Ultima Segmentum. The Leonine Heresy Chapter 16: Index Astartes: White Scars, a warhammer Mortarion on Barbarus before the coming of the Emperor.. With the prevailing conditions on Barbarus and the foul beings that more than likely still stalked the planet's fog-shrouded mountains and deep swamps, there were whispers that the human population that remained would have been better off if they had been euthanised or displaced to a "cleaner" world for the sake of the sanity of future generations. By the time he led his Death Guard in the Siege of Terra, Mortarion had been fully embraced by the Plague God Nurgle, and transformed into the vast, bug-winged, daemonic form he . While his corruption was now complete, Mortarion began to hate himself more than ever, as he was now everything that he despised. Horus had been one of the few primarchs with whom Mortarion had felt comfortable, and as such he showed more loyalty to the Warmaster during the Great Crusade than to the Emperor Himself. On the highest peaks where the air was most poisonous lived the Overlord, who claimed Mortarion as his foster son. This plague transformed the Death Guard into bloated mutants, unable to die by any means. These tensions became most clear in the period directly preceding the first battle of the Horus Heresy at Istvaan III, when approximately one-third of the Legion was judged by Mortarion to be likely to remain loyal to the Emperor when the Legion joined the Warmaster Horus in his rebellion against the Imperium. Gathering them before him, a grim and spectral figure robed and bearing the great black scythe that had once belonged to his nightmarish foster-father, it must have seemed to the Terran-born Dusk Raiders that an ancient, graven image of the Grim Reaper had come before them as their new master. Moreover, it was no mere squadron that had arrived, but an entire Death Guard battle group. He is order. The Death Guard were subjected to the terrible infection of the Destroyer Plague and Nurgle's Rot, as Nurgle's power managed to infiltrate the vessels of the XIV Legion. Until he knew, beyond a shadow of doubt, who was ally and who was an enemy, he refused to choose sides. Returning to the village, Mortarion's mood darkened when he found his people talking not of his victory but of the arrival of a benevolent stranger who promised salvation to the people of Barbarus. the tall man aboriginal spirit; metadata api request failed: component conversion failed: file_ended; caleb foote sandlot Then, the stranger stepped between them and, defying the fog, killed the warlord with one mighty sweep of his sword[1][6b]. Something burned in him, dark like old embers. Whatever he felt, he trained the child in his image. He also wore a string of globe-shaped brass censers which contain poisonous gases from his homeworld which were utilized as Phosphex Bombs. When the twenty primarchs of the Space Marine Legions were scattered across the galaxy in a mysterious accident, one came to rest on the planet Barbarus, a world wreathed in poisonous fog where the most advanced technology was that of steam power. . The plague that came could not be resisted, something that terrified Mortarion and the Death Guard. Perhaps he is actually opening up a tiny chink in mortars armour. He had pallid skin and hollow, haunted eyes and he terrified most of the inhabitants. Hive Worlds were toppled, and as the Blackness of the Noctis Aeterna descended, there was no escape. Some Primarchs, such as Roboute Guilliman, feared that Mortarion was more loyal to Horus than he was to the Emperor; however, at that time, the Emperor claimed that loyalty to Horus was de facto loyalty to Himself. As the two demi-gods battled, their respective retinues also fell onto one another in deadly close combat. Mortarion and the Death Guard would draw out the enemy and tire them down, and then the Luna Wolves would strike. Hold your bitterness deep within, and there let it fester. The daemon continued to taunt the Primarch, goading him. This page was last edited on 9 February 2023, at 17:05. Florida's Governor Ron DeSantis is frequently found standing before a podium, facing the cameras, attacking "woke" Democrats while promoting legislation some call fascist and pursuing an authoritarian agenda. Such an opportunity had not presented itself in thousands of years, and the Great Unclean Ones hummed a cheerful ditty as they began to concoct a sickness fit for a demigod. Mortarion would have none of this, for Barbarus now belonged to his people, bought and paid for by generations of blood and terror, and its strongest sons would now serve as recruits for his new Death Guard. by ; 2022 June 3; barbara "brigid" meier; 0 . Ein Primarchs-Roman "Verbanne jegliche Gedanken an Gnade, denn die Gnade ist ein Spielball der Feiglinge und eine Lge der Tyrannen. Horus promised that if Mortarion joined his cause and supported his rebellion they would cleanse the Imperium of the Emperor's taint, and build a new regime free of their gene-father's lies, manipulations and deceit.