The Death Guard are a Traitor Legion entirely steeped in the power of Nurgle, the Chaos God of death, disease and despair, their very essence the epitome of all that vile Chaos God stands for. Their bodies are hives of filth and decay, their flesh eternally rotting away even as it is renewed by the ceaseless process of death and rebirth.

The Death Guard are the greatest champions of the Plague God, Grandfather Nurgle, his favoured spreaders of his bounteous gifts.

Jan 18, 2025 · 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.

DEATH GUARD ARMY RULE The Death Guard are carriers of countless infections and contagions, each a gift from Nurgle. Whenever they march to war, they contaminate all around them, overwhelming their victims’ immune systems and undoing metallic bonds, alien psychic materials and all manner of other components, rendering even armoured

The Death Guard are well-practised in shipboard warfare and punishing boarding actions. Spearing deep in the enemy vessel like the tendrils of some nightmare parasite, they spread corruption and entropy through foes and mechanical systems alike.

The Death Guard gleefully embrace all the fevers and agues of Nurgle, advancing inexorably to spread disease and carve their foes apart with poisoned fire and rusty blades. It’s time to find out how these harbingers of rot work in the new edition of Warhammer 40,000.

The Death Guard are the chosen Legion of the Plague God Nurgle, the diseased scions of the Daemon Primarch Mortarion, and they bring sickness and destruction to all who oppose them.