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=Summary of Legion XII=

<blockquote>''"The galaxy is filled with all manner of disease, and it is our responsibility to eradicate the illness within man no matter how harsh the treatment may be."''</blockquote>
-Apothecary-Captain Phillipus Aureus at the Cleansing of Styphus.

The Life Bringers are a Traitor Space Marine Legion, originally one of the great [[Legiones Astartes (Hektor Heresy)|Legiones Astartes]] created by the Emperor in order to reclaim the Galaxy in the name of Man. Although their name has long since become a synonym for treachery and perfidy, there was nary a hint of this grim future in their early years. Led by the Primarch [[Johannes Vrach]], the Life Bringers established themselves as altruists who went to untold lengths not only to return stray worlds into the Imperium's fold, but also to ensure a brighter future for them. At the Primarch's behest, the Legion's Genetory worked day and night, supplying the newly taken worlds with perfect ecosystems and finding cures for the numerous diseases the Galaxy was so rife with. Tragically, their altruism eventually proved to be their undoing. Vrach's obsession over finding the panacea for all ills eventually drove him insane and prompted him to look for assistance in the Warp. But instead of help, he found only eternal damnation for himself and his entire Legion, now bound in eternal thrall to the Chaos god Nurgle. Left with no other choice, the Life Bringers joined Hektor's traitorous host in his campaign against the Emperor. Following the failure of the Heresy, the Legion split into several large warbands, the best known of which include the [[Green Men]] and the [[Mind Eaters]]. Following the ascension of Johannes Vrach to daemonhood, the remnants of the Life Bringers were taken over by High Genetor [[Wilmut Sachs]], who still leads them in the name of his dark god to ever-new atrocities in the 41st millennium.