From Warhammer 40K. Mortarion is the Primarch of the XIVth (14) Legiones Astartes, the Death Guard. He aligned himself with the Traitors during the Horus Heresy, and worships Nurgle, the Chaos God of decay and disease. Having been tricked by his First Captain Calas Typhon to travelling into the heart of Nurgle's Realm, he was forced to pledge his allegiance to the god to save his sons from the Destroyer Plague, turning them into Plague Marines and him into a DaemonPrince of Nurgle. His signature weapon is the Chain Scythe, Silence.
