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Plaguelord Siphistus was a Death Guard Plague Marine who was part of a large Chaos Undivided warhost[1a] that rampaged across the Eastern Fringes of the Ultima Segmentum. The warhost would eventually land on Dolumar IV, a backwater planet, where they built a Chaos temple and summoned the Lord of Change Tarkh'ax, who would begin to lead them on a new Black Crusade to strike at Holy Terra. It would be all for naught however, as after the summoning an Eldar strikeforce would attack and seal the warhost in a prison; in a cut off path of the Webway. Siphistus and the warhost would stay in their prison for three thousand years, until the heretic Meyloch Severus, Planetary Governor of the now resettled Dolumar IV, completed a Chaos ritual that broke the warhost's prison; and allowed them to materialize on both the Imperial Navy vessel the Enduring Blade, where the Imperium and Tau Empire were conducting peace talks[1c], and Dolumar IV[1d]. While his Brothers butchered their way through the Enduring Blade[1c], Siphistus and the warhost that materialized on Dolumar IV, attacked the population there.[1d]

As the Imperium and Tau launched forces onto Dolumar IV to deal with the warhost, Siphistus entered a factory hanger and began to corrupt the newly finished Imperial Titan Imperio Prince-Nebulae Draconis, to use against the forces attacking them; and to buy Severus more time to complete his ritual that would free the warhost's leader Tarkh'ax. Siphistus strapped himself into the Princep's throne and completely corrupted the Titan; and, now calling it the Machina Dragon-Bile, began to activate it. It was during this time that the Fire Warrior La'Kais burst into the control room, having fought his way through the forces guarding the Titan, in order to destroy it. The Khorne Chaos Space Marine, Keraz and several Plague Marines guarding Siphistus attacked the Fire Warrior, but La'Kais managed to avoid their attacks much Keraz's dismay. In a rage Keraz lost control and began swinging indiscriminately at the Fire Warrior, in his need to spill blood. When he regained himself, Keraz realized he had killed the other Chaos Space Marines guarding the control room, leaving only Siphistus, strapped in the still activating Titan, alive. At that moment La'Kais, unharmed during Keraz's rampage, emerged and killed him. Siphistus was helpless and could do nothing, as La'Kais dropped the last of several bombs he had planted on the corrupted Titan, on his lap[1a]. Once he was clear La'Kais activated the bombs, killing Siphistus and completely destroying the Machina Dragon-Bile.[1e]

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