The Sons of Sorrow is a warband or vectorium of Heretic Astartes of the Death Guard Traitor Legion's 7th Plague Company. The infamous Plague Surgeon Nauseous Rotbone was once a member of the Sons of Sorrow vectorium before he was elevated to command rank by the Daemon Primarch Mortarion.
Notable Sons of Sorrow[]
The Plague Surgeon Nauseous Rotbone, personal physician to the Daemon Primarch Mortarion, brings Nurgle's unholy blessings upon his foes.
- Plague Surgeon Nauseous Rotbone - The name of Nauseous Rotbone is infamous throughout the Death Guard and beyond, for this accomplished Plague Surgeon is the personal physician of Mortarion himself. It is Rotbone who sees to the virulence of the plague censers borne into battle at Mortarion's feet, and the putrid feculence of the Daemon Nurgling mites that bear them. It is he that draws his primarch's Daemonic ichor with needles and grizzle-leeches for use in gruesome rituals and unclean rites. Rotbone listens to his gene-sire's embittered rants with a doctor's wry patience, and is one of the few individuals in the galaxy who Mortarion will permit to disagree with his pronouncements or challenge his plans. Originally, Rotbone belonged to the Sons of Sorrow, a vectorium of the 7th Plague Company. Since being chosen and elevated by Mortarion -- seemingly on a whim -- he has fought alongside, and even led, forces from all the different Plague Companies. He is the keeper of the surgical dungeons deep within Mortarion's Black Manse on the Plague Planet, wherein the Death Guard keep their stocks of tainted gene-seed, and Rotbone's assaults into realspace are most often launched to gather new samples for this genetic treasure trove, with which he delights in tinkering.
Warband Appearance[]
Warband Colours[]
The Sons of Sorrow's power armour is the same as that of the Death Guard, composed of decayed and cracked plates of ceramite, though its colours are unknown. The Sons of Sorrow's Chaos Space Marines, like those of their fellow Death Guard, often wear grotesquely warped suits of antique Mark III Iron Power Armour.
Warband Badge[]
The Sons of Sorrow's warband badge is usually a modified version of the standard Mark of Nurgle, similar to that used by the rest of the Death Guard.
Sources[]
- Codex Heretic Astartes - Death Guard (8th Edition), "Nauseous Rotbone", pg. 35
- Codex: Death Guard (9th Edition), pg. 75