Scourge Stars

Scourge Stars
Capital	Unknown, perhaps the Plague Planet
Official Languages	Low Gothic
Power	Minor Power
Size	3 Systems, 10 Confirmed Planets
Head of State	Daemon Primarch Mortarion
Head of Government	Daemon Primarch Mortarion
Governmental Structure	Unitary Totalitarian Theocratic Dictatorship
State Religion/Ideology	Nurgle Worship
Demographic	Humans, Daemons of Nurgle, Warp Beasts
Military Force	Death Guard, Plague Zombies, Daemons of Nurgle, Cultists

The Scourge Stars is the new mini-empire formed by the Death Guard under the leadership of Mortarion and a few others (But mostly Morty).

Made up of 3 diseased star systems, pretentiously named Noxias, Verminox and Rottgrave Imperium (seriously, Administratum? Might as well wrap the stars in tape and hand'em to Nurgle), it was created during the waning years of the Indomitus Crusade in the 42nd millennium and its existence is there to simply Troll the fuck out of the Smurfs and annoy the heck out of Rowboat Girlyman since it is located right to the galactic north of Ultramar.

Essentially speaking, the Scourge Stars is pretty much the North Korea of WH40K. You know, as in that they are that asshole neighbor that borders just north from Ultramar (South Korea), really want to have Ultramar despite being significantly weaker, have a fat and bloated tin-pot dictator that rules over a half-dead population and is constantly flinging shit over your fence. Except instead of shit, it's... ok, it's still shit but it's Nurgle shit alongside waves of Virus Bombs, Nurgle Marines, and Mortarion's unwashed socks and underwear. How rude.

"That's a nice sector there, Rouboute. Mind if I remodel it?"

Overview

Star systems of the Scourge Stars. GW's naming sense at its finest.

The Scourge Stars were originally three loyal systems of the Imperium, until Abaddon's thirteenth bender caused reality to get a little funny. With half of the galaxy finding reality was out to lunch with communications and Warp travel virtually impossible, Ol' Morty and his boss saw a prime opportunity to troll the overly-clean Ultramarines and promptly invaded the north of Ultramar in the Plague Wars.

A WAAAGH! was sighted during the formation of the Scourge Stars, in which Warlord Badsmak led a headlong charge against the Death Guard to the Galactic West of the Scourge Stars. It would have gone off swimmingly for the Orks if the opponent they faced did not possess a fucking daemon Primarch, especially one such as Mortarion who is not only an accomplished infantry commander before his heresy, but also quite adept at biological and chemical warfare after. As you can guess from the likely outcome, Warlord Badsmak got proper krumped before fleeing like a pussy. Hmmmm.....An Ork Warlord that flees when the situation goes dire? I wonder where I heard that before?

The Nurglite forces located within the Scourge Stars are commanded by three of Nurgle's greatest commanders, who are charged with the single goal of adding the worlds of Ultramar to the Chaos God's Garden. It's unknown whether the Plague Planet is considered the capitol of the Scourge Stars (seeing as how unlike Sortiarius, it is still trapped in the Immaterium), but considering the strategic and religious importance of the Plague Planet, it probably is.

With the conclusion of the Plague Wars, its future is currently unclear. The forces of Nurgle seemed to withdraw from Ultramar to protect the Scourge Stars which had come under threat from other followers of Chaos. The resultant conflict is known as the "War in the Rift". It also appears as if Guilliman intends to launch a campaign against the systems in the near future.