Lords of Decay

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Lords of Decay Origin: Death Guard[2] Base of operations: Monolith of Woe[1] Colours: Grey with green and brown rot Chaos Dedication: Nurgle Strength: Unknown

The Lords of Decay are a Chaos Space Marine warband dedicated to the Chaos God Nurgle.

Overview

Formerly a Loyalist Space Marine Chapter known as the Lances of Pteros, they were one of the thirty Chapters sentenced to the Abyssal Crusade on the orders of Saint Basillius.^[4] The Lords of Decay are a large Death Guard sub-faction. They have been encountered by Imperial forces on multiple occasions, including during the Siege of Vraks. They are stated as having been formerly led by the Primarch Mortarion.^{[2][Conflicting sources]}

They are currently being pursued by Imperial forces in the Mentieth Sector.^[1]

Known Actions

Lords of Decay alternative old look^[1]

• Siege of Vraks.^[2]
• Sturmhex Incident - A warband led by First Captain Roga travelled to the planet Sturmhex Prime, conducting a ritual to summon the Daemon Prince Anahk'hir, who wished to use the dying star Sturmhex to establish a staging point for one of Abaddon the Despoiler's Black Crusades. The Lords of Decay and their Daemon allies were defeated by the Grey Knights First Brotherhood.^[3]

Known Members

• Roga — First Captain. Killed by the Grey Knights during the Sturmhex Incident.^[3]

Images

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  Land Raider of the Lords of Decay, a warband of the Death Guard. Note it carries extra 'space' armour plates^[2b]. Lords of Decay corrupted Land Raider. Codified Infernus Perdita by the Ordo Malleus in 811.M41, due to having served under the direct command of Mortarion^[5]

Trivia

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Conflicting sources

• According to one source, the Lords of Decay are a Death Guard warband.^[2a] However, another source lists them as a corrupted Loyalist Space Marine Chapter.^[4] It is possible that they were a corrupted Chapter that later allied themselves with the Death Guard or were subjugated and absorbed by the Traitor Legion. Alternatively, there could be multiple warbands with the same name.

See also

• Chaos Space Marine Legions and Warbands (List)
• Space Marine Forces (List)

Sources

• 1: Codex: Chaos Space Marines (4th Edition), pg. 21
• 2: Imperial Armour Volume Seven - The Siege of Vraks - Part Three
  • 2a: pgs. 141
  • 2b: pg. 32
• 3: Sturmhex (Short Story) - On Wings of Blood (Anthology)
• 4: Codex: Chaos Space Marines (6th Edition), pg. 19
• 5: Imperial Armour Volume Thirteen - War Machines of the Lost and the Damned, pg. 41