Death Guard

Death Guard Symbol

This is a profile for the *Death Guard* Legion from *Warhammer 40k*.

## Summary

The **Death Guard**, formerly known as the **Dusk Raiders** and known amongst themselves as the **Unbroken**, were the **XIV Legion** of the original twenty Space Marine Legions. Their Primarch is Mortarion, who relocated their base to his homeworld of Barbarus after his discovery by the Emperor. During the Horus Heresy, Mortarion and the majority of the Legion swore allegiance to Horus, becoming one of the nine Traitor Legions who betrayed the Emperor. After Barbarus was destroyed during the Heresy, they relocated to the Plague Planet inside the Eye of Terror.

## Military structure/Weaponry

* Military structure
* Weaponry
* Buildings

### Leaders

#### Commanders/Other Leaders

* Chaos Lords
	+ Typhus, the Herald of Nurgle
* Captains
	+ Commander Ignatius Grulgor
	+ Ullis Temeter
	+ Nathaniel Garro
* Marshal Durak Rask
* Crysos Morturg
* Ancient Skorrvall "Bitterblood"
* Death Guard Lord and Siegemaster Vorx
* Captain Garstag

#### Champions/Heroes/Agents/Other

* Forge Tyrant Erud Vahn
* Meric Voyen
* Solun Decius
* Ancient Lhorgath
* Necrosius
* Buorgdius
* Blight-Master Ussax
* Siegemaster Gremus Kalgaro
* Dragan
* Slert
* Philemon
* Kledo
* Naum

### Military units

#### Commanders

* Death Guard Sorcerer
	+ Malignant Plaguecaster
* Death Guard Lord
	+ Lord of Contagion
	+ Lord of Poxes
	+ Lords of Virulence
* Deathshroud

#### Champions

* Blightlord Terminators
* Noxious Blightbringer
* Tallyman
* Biologus Putrifier
* Plague Surgeon

#### Infantry

* Plague Marines
	+ Foul Blightspawn
* Chaos Cultists

#### Special

* Daemon Princes
* Plaguebearers
* Nurglings
* Beast of Nurgle
* Plague Drones
* Poxwalkers
* Possessed
* Chaos Spawn

#### Vehicles

* Helbrute
* Foetid Bloat-Drone
* Myphitic Blight-Hauler
* Chaos Predator
* Chaos Land Raider
* Defiler
* Plagueburst Crawler
* Chaos Rhino

#### Battleships

* Plague Barge
* Gloriana-class Battleship

#### Cruisers

* Strike Cruiser
* Gladius-class Light Cruiser

#### Frigates/Escorts

* Frigate
* Escorts

### Military weapons

#### Artifacts

* Books of Woe
* Dolorous Knell
* Pandemic Staff
* Plaguebringer
* Plague Skull of Glothila
* Poxwalker Hive
* Puscleaver

#### Melee weapons

* Manreaper
* Plague Knife

#### Explosives

* Blight Grenades

- *Chaos Space Marines Buildings*

## Territories

**Plague Planet**

* **Age founded/conquered:** Unknown (After the Horus Heresy where the Traitor Legions founded the planet somewhere in the Warp)
* **Territory type:** Chaos Worlds
* **Inhabitants:** Daemons, Chaos Space Marines
* **Civilians:** Unknown
* **Military:** Unknown

## Civilization Stats

**Tier 5 Galactic Dominance**: Being formerly of the Imperium of Man, they possess tech that allows them to traverse the distances of the Galaxy in short amounts of time. And much more with being influenced by the powers of the Warp and Chaos.

## Power Source

**Energy Source: External, Paraphernalia**

**Magic:** FTL Travel (The Chaos Legions are capable of traveling at incredible speeds across the galaxy by using the Warp to travel), Summoning (The usage of extra dimensional energies to summon daemons from the Warp) Transformation (The Death Guard lords can transform into Daemon Princes and charged with infernal powers) Disease Manipulation (The Death Guard with their affiliation with the Chaos God Nurgle are able to utilize diseases of various kinds even have resistances to them)

**Psionics:** Demon Physiology (Daemons are born from the psychic essence of living beings from the Galaxy)

**Nature:** Human Physiology (The Death Guard are group of superpowered humans which later on been mutated by the ruinous powers of Chaos)

## Conquest Stats

**Tier 5-A Multi-Planet**: The Death Guard once held the planet of Barbarus and are currently holding a planet that exists in the Eye of Terror called the Plauge Planet.

## Power Stats

**DC: Solar System**: Mortarion is comparable to other Primarchs such as Sanguinius who made a crack on Horus' armor (Should be stronger than before as a Daemon Primarch). **Dwarf Star**: Chaos lords such as Typhus who cut his way through a massive wave of Khornate forces and killed a gigantic Daemon Prince of Khorne. **Small Planet**: minor Daemon Princes which are less comparable to other greater Chaos Lords. **Island**: Chaos space vessels which are strong enough to to damage and/or destroy enemy space vessels in combat. **Large Building**: Chaos Dreadnaughts and walkers which are comparable to their none chaos influence variations. **Large Building-Building**: Very much similar to Space Marines (likely higher with Chaos influence) weapon wise. **Large Building**: Chaos Terminators which are similar to their regular counterparts. **Large Building**: Chaos Space Marines with physical capabilities, likely higher with chaos influence.

**Durability: Solar System**: Mortarion is comparable to other Primarchs who fought each other, they should be able to tank blows similar (Likely higher as a Daemon Primarch). **Dwarf Star**: Typhus to be one of the most durable Chaos Lords due to his sheer bulk as well as his nature as a walking hive of supernatural diseases. Unaffected by a blast from Mortarions plasma pistol, the *Lantern*. Chaos boons and his nature as a host for Nurgle's contagions make him extremely difficult to kill. **Island**: Chaos Vehicles which can take damage and still function from other similar human vehicles. **Building**: Chaos Space Marines should not be far too different in stats to their untainted kin in durability. **Wall**: Cultists being no where near as strong as other Chaos Space Marines.

**Speed: FTL+**: Chaos Ships using the Warp in order to move faster than light to any other location in the Galaxy. **Unknown**: Chaos ships movement in space. **FTL**: Chaos Lords like Typhus has high levels of reaction from their Space Marine training to analyze information in nanoseconds. **Hypersonic-Superhuman**: Chaos Aircraft and flying units flight speed on the planet. **Subsonic**: Chaos Champions and lords standard combat speed. **Superhuman**: Chaos Marines and standard Daemons movement speed.

## Strengths/Pros

The Death Guard are known for being highly durable and resistant to even the harshest of environments when it comes to toxins. This is likely taken a step higher after their transformation. They also act as a cohesive force. The different Companies specialize in their own aspect of warfare, They work to spread plague across the galaxy, this is done in a hit and run fashion as they exit the Warp into realspace, deliver plague and then return to the Warp.

## Weaknesses/Flaws

The Death Guard like most Chaos Space Marines need to retain their faith in their Chaos Gods or else they would be overtaken by them. Though they may be strong-willed, they are not indomitable themselves as they surrendered themselves to a higher power such as Nurgle, which twisted and mutated them into the abominations that they are today.

## Wins/Loses

When a battle is decided, list the wins and loses below.

## Gallery

The Plague Drones, Daemons of NurgleThe Plague Planet, Homeworld of the Death GuardThe Death Guard MobilizingThe Daemon Primarch, Mortarion