Among the many legions of Space Marines that turned traitor during the dark days of the Horus Heresy, few are as feared or reviled as the Death Guard. For them, nothing short of the complete destruction of the enemy was acceptable. Once the daemonic powers of Nurgle took hold, their plague-ridden bodies were elevated to heights of toughness beyond mortal limits. They now seek to envelop the universe in their patron’s grisly gifts, visiting horrific diseases on planets across the galaxy.