Founding: 1st (M30). No successors.

Primarch: Mortarion (Daemon Prince)

Affiliation: Nurgle

Original homeworld: Barbarus (location/condition unknown)

Current homeworld: "The Plague Planet", Eye of Terror

Organization: The Death Guard appears now much as it did during the days of Horus; as an infantry-heavy formation that puts great emphasis on determination in the face of enemy fire, perseverance in the face of hardship, and the utter and ruinous destruction of their enemies. Less well known is the fact that the Death Guard excel at infiltration and subversion; it's something of a specialty of theirs to turn the oppressed masses of the Imperium into unwitting pawns by making them rise up against their oppressors.

Attrition is a fact of life in the ranks of the Death Guard - few other legions have such a high turnover. To compensate the Death Guard recruits extensively, implants the neophytes with force-grown organs, trains its warriors only briefly, equips them with leftover wargear and send them into battle. Losses in the field are always high among neophytes, but death through disease is also an important factor. The life of a Battle-Brother does not hold much value to Death Guard commanders - those who die in battle are honoured, but those that succumb to 'weakness of flesh and spirit' are considered to be failure. Only those who somehow survive the both the meat grinder and endure the plagues that the Grandfather tests them with are deemed worthy to become true Marines.