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Son of Death (30k Mortarion Quest)

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[x] The Dauntless Host. Every man and woman who called themselves Death Guard will have a place by his side, if they wish to claim it.
[x] Let the Past Bear Fruit: No ceremonies, no. No grand speeches. But before each warrior leaves, they plant a tree as a memory, and take a seed of the same to bring with them. Lest they forget their past.
[x] A Thief in the Night. There will be no grand ceremony, no pointless festivities or flowery speeches. Let his deeds be his legacy, nothing more or less.
 
[X] The Dauntless Host. Every man and woman who called themselves Death Guard will have a place by his side, if they wish to claim it.

[X]Let the Past Bear Fruit: No ceremonies, no. No grand speeches. But before each warrior leaves, they plant a tree as a memory, and take a seed of the same to bring with them. Lest they forget their past.
 
You just know the Emperor came out of this think that this went perfectly.

He found one of his lost Primarchs who successfully conquered the planets former overlords. They had a chat and while sure the guy is a bit paranoid of psykers that makes sense given the previous planetary rulers but that's manageable.

And now he and some of his little friends are ready to sign up for galactic conquest. Why cant all of his primarchs be this easy.
 
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[X] The Dauntless Host. Every man and woman who called themselves Death Guard will have a place by his side, if they wish to claim it.

[X] Let the Past Bear Fruit: No ceremonies, no. No grand speeches. But before each warrior leaves, they plant a tree as a memory, and take a seed of the same to bring with them. Lest they forget their past.

Alright this time I'm not too late lmao.
 
Tomsawyer18 said:
You just know the Emperor came out of this think that this went perfectly.

He found one of his lost Primarchs who successfully conquered its overlords. They had a chat and while sure the guy is a bit paranoid of psykers that makes sense given the previous planetary rulers but thats managable.

And now he and some of his little friends are ready to sign up for galactic conquest. Why cant all of his primarchs be this easy.
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If we're charitable he thinks "okay he doesn't like me much but w/e, once he sees the good work the Imperium does he'll be on board."
 
[X] The Dauntless Host. Every man and woman who called themselves Death Guard will have a place by his side, if they wish to claim it.

[X]Let the Past Bear Fruit: No ceremonies, no. No grand speeches. But before each warrior leaves, they plant a tree as a memory, and take a seed of the same to bring with them. Lest they forget their past.
 
[X] The Unbroken Few. The seven comrades who stood with him against Necare, last survivors of a brotherhood chosen for their lack of remaining ties as much as their quality.

[X] A Grim Reprise. Mortarion shall hold his own funeral, and that of all who follow him. Barbarus shall mourn the deaths of those who go to the stars, but they shall also be proud, for it will be a worthy end indeed.


The Emperor grates on us, it seems, but not so much that we need lose sleep. His way will not be ours but if that was a sin the whole of the galaxy would be damned for that alone. If he can not see men as men then we shall see them for him, performing the labor he is ill suited for. Perhaps he knew this when he created us, recognizing his limits and siring those who can surpass him within their narrow facet.

We see his flaws and... perhaps that is comforting from one angle even if it is irritating from another.


We should draw up planetary optimization protocols once we are put in touch with the Genetors of the Mechanicus: A catalogue of biological and technological elements known presently and acquired over the course of the Crusade that can be applied to our worlds to bring them more fully into habitable range.

Even in places like Hive Worlds which normally don't have an environment this would be of massive use. Imagine bioremediation-focused ecologies that can be implanted into the Underhive that can scrub toxic and mutagenic substances out of the environment, or on the surface outright eating the sulfur compounds that would otherwise sterilize the landscape through the production of comedically potent acid rain.

We have millions of worlds to sift useful species from, including legacy species from the Dark Age of Technology, even before we turn to splicing and whole cloth genetic engineering.

The holy grail is probably finding a method of preventing ork fungal substrate from, you know, producing orks. Either by providing a biological counter to it, preventing it from ever developing to the point it even CAN make orcs, or else by creating some neutered variant that out-competes the normal fungus while not having the same end products. But that is probably so goddamn far down the road that its not worth worrying about right now.

Regardless, the more worlds we have as a polity the better conglomerate ecologies we can build. And I would not be shy about ripping off Eldar Maiden Worlds in the least. Eldar have been doing this longer and, while using their tech is politically unfeasible, stealing their trees is just good business.
 
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[X] The Unbroken Few. The seven comrades who stood with him against Necare, last survivors of a brotherhood chosen for their lack of remaining ties as much as their quality.
[X]Let the Past Bear Fruit: No ceremonies, no. No grand speeches. But before each warrior leaves, they plant a tree as a memory, and take a seed of the same to bring with them. Lest they forget their past.
 
There's more than death and suffering. The fact that the og death guard all found places and homes, with even Mortarion finding some peace after the war makes me feel that the tree write in is a bit more my speed.

[X] The Unbroken Few. The seven comrades who stood with him against Necare, last survivors of a brotherhood chosen for their lack of remaining ties as much as their quality.
[X] The Dauntless Host. Every man and woman who called themselves Death Guard will have a place by his side, if they wish to claim it.

[X]Let the Past Bear Fruit: No ceremonies, no. No grand speeches. But before each warrior leaves, they plant a tree as a memory, and take a seed of the same to bring with them. Lest they forget their past.
 
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Once we're off-world, I would be shocked if Mortarion doesn't dive into and devour all the information that Imperium has on terraforming. It feels like just the sort of thing he'd do to salve the wound to his ego- he's just learned that he's not unique, and that there's thousands out there who can do it better than him, so he joins their ranks and then surpasses them all.
 
[X] The Unbroken Few. The seven comrades who stood with him against Necare, last survivors of a brotherhood chosen for their lack of remaining ties as much as their quality.
[X] A Grim Reprise. Mortarion shall hold his own funeral, and that of all who follow him. Barbarus shall mourn the deaths of those who go to the stars, but they shall also be proud, for it will be a worthy end indeed.
 
[X]Let the Past Bear Fruit: No ceremonies, no. No grand speeches. But before each warrior leaves, they plant a tree as a memory, and take a seed of the same to bring with them. Lest they forget their past.
 
[X] The Dauntless Host. Every man and woman who called themselves Death Guard will have a place by his side, if they wish to claim it.

[X] Let the Past Bear Fruit: No ceremonies, no. No grand speeches. But before each warrior leaves, they plant a tree as a memory, and take a seed of the same to bring with them. Lest they forget their past.

Perhaps a passing quote as we leave?

"Through Death, Life." Or something along those lines. Enough to be broody for our lovely poisonous Primarch.
 
[X] The Unbroken Few. The seven comrades who stood with him against Necare, last survivors of a brotherhood chosen for their lack of remaining ties as much as their quality.

[X]Let the Past Bear Fruit: No ceremonies, no. No grand speeches. But before each warrior leaves, they plant a tree as a memory, and take a seed of the same to bring with them. Lest they forget their past.
 
[X] The Dauntless Host. Every man and woman who called themselves Death Guard will have a place by his side, if they wish to claim it.

[X] A Thief in the Night. There will be no grand ceremony, no pointless festivities or flowery speeches. Let his deeds be his legacy, nothing more or less.
 
NSMS said:
Once we're off-world, I would be shocked if Mortarion doesn't dive into and devour all the information that Imperium has on terraforming. It feels like just the sort of thing he'd do to salve the wound to his ego- he's just learned that he's not unique, and that there's thousands out there who can do it better than him, so he joins their ranks and then surpasses them all.
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I can't wait to see him interact with Perturabo. I really hope they can be grumpy friends together on the basis of mutual appreciation without treading on each other's toes too much. Also iirc, Perty was the one discovered preceeding Mortarion's discovery.
 
SoulCaptain said:
I can't wait to see him interact with Perturabo. I really hope they can be grumpy friends together on the basis of mutual appreciation without treading on each other's toes too much. Also iirc, Perty was the one discovered preceeding Mortarion's discovery.
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...why is that the two of them working together has me thinking 'fortress world-trees'? :V
 
[X] The Dauntless Host. Every man and woman who called themselves Death Guard will have a place by his side, if they wish to claim it.
[X] Let the Past Bear Fruit: No ceremonies, no. No grand speeches. But before each warrior leaves, they plant a tree as a memory, and take a seed of the same to bring with them. Lest they forget their past.


This one is fun
 
I'm curious how farmer Mortian is gonna interact with his brothers during this crusade especially guilliman because they would both try to improve a planet when bringing it to compliance but their philosophies with dealing with planet compliance are shaping to be the complete inverse of each other.
While g man is good at governance he is a bit of a control freak has a very top down leadership so when he brings a planet in he talks to the leaders and creates policies to optimize everything and make the most of what the planet has and ensures cohesion with neighboring systems.

While Mortarion doesn't seem to care for politics and would just focus on what is causing people problems (lack of food, irradiated planet, dangerous wildlife) and teach/supply them the means to fix the planet to make sure people can have more resources available and as long as no Overlords pop up he'd probably leave governing and deciding how use the new surplus to build the planet up to the discretion of the people of said planet .
 
bob9925 said:
I'm curious how farmer Mortian is gonna interact with his brothers during this crusade especially guilliman because they would both try to improve a planet when bringing it to compliance but their philosophies with dealing with planet compliance are shaping to be the complete inverse of each other.
While g man is good at governance he is a bit of a control freak has a very top down leadership so when he brings a planet in he talks to the leaders and creates policies to optimize everything and make the most of what the planet has and ensures cohesion with neighboring systems.

While Mortarion doesn't seem to care for politics and would just focus on what is causing people problems (lack of food, irradiated planet, dangerous wildlife) and teach/supply them the means to fix the planet to make sure people can have more resources available and as long as no Overlords pop up he'd probably leave governing and deciding how use the new surplus to build the planet up to the discretion of the people of said planet .
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I think he'd potentially have a very interesting relationship with Fulgrim. Fulgrim didn't have any Overlord equivalents but he did have the ecological death spiral of his world to fix. Additionally, Fulgrim appreciates the value of craftsmanship outside of war and whilst there's a chance he might be a bit sniffy about farming (though I genuinely doubt that given how critical the food situation was on Chemos), I think Fulgrim would likely find beauty in Mortarion's terraforming labours.
 
[X] The Dauntless Host. Every man and woman who called themselves Death Guard will have a place by his side, if they wish to claim it.

[X]Let the Past Bear Fruit: No ceremonies, no. No grand speeches. But before each warrior leaves, they plant a tree as a memory, and take a seed of the same to bring with them. Lest they forget their past.
 
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[X] The Dauntless Host. Every man and woman who called themselves Death Guard will have a place by his side, if they wish to claim it.

[X]Let the Past Bear Fruit: No ceremonies, no. No grand speeches. But before each warrior leaves, they plant a tree as a memory, and take a seed of the same to bring with them. Lest they forget their past.
 
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