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So, since I've grown quite fond of the Death Guard's fluff I'm very interested in reading The Burried Dagger. Are there any other books I should read before starting this one? So far, I've read the HH up till Fulgrim.

"Daemonology" is the primary Mortarion story I'd recommend before reading it on the Death Guard side.

That said, be warned that a full half of The Buried Dagger has nothing to do with the Death Guard and is instead the conclusion to Garro's storyline. So if you care about that making sense you'll also want to read the Garro anthology.

Personally, if Death Guard is what you're really interested in, you're not going to find it in the Horus Heresy. Instead I'd recommend the short story "Unification" followed by Lords of Silence.

Thanks for the hints, especially the short stories.
I actually like Garro a lot as a character, so I might follow his plot first

I personally highly recommend Lords of Silence to anyone interested in Death Guard. I never thought I'd find them that interesting, but after reading it I think Vorx and company may be my favorite bunch of heretics next to Talos and the boys. Can't wait to read the sequel. (Whenever that happens.)

The Buried Dagger is weird in that it imagines a Calas Typhon that's a native of Barbarus rather than a Terran veteran. Plus the whole 'marooned in the Warp' is oddly bland.

Nurglitch wrote:
The Buried Dagger is weird in that it imagines a Calas Typhon that's a native of Barbarus rather than a Terran veteran. Plus the whole 'marooned in the Warp' is oddly bland.

I always thought he was from Barbarus, as he was with Mortarion before the Emperor arrived.

Nurglitch wrote:
The Buried Dagger is weird in that it imagines a Calas Typhon that's a native of Barbarus rather than a Terran veteran. Plus the whole 'marooned in the Warp' is oddly bland.

They fixed the whole, "Typhon was a librarian in the XIVth legion" by explaining that while Mortarion was found at a certain time, it was a significant amount of time before he was given control of his legion. During this time, recruitment from Barbarus was already underway, which is when Typhon would've already started implantation and been selected for the librarium. Malcador and the Emperor kept him on Terra, though the specifics of why are kept secret. Possible theories are a) his immediate hatred of psykers, b) the feared xenos/chaos corruption by his step-father, or c) his rebellious nature immediately putting him at odds with the Emperor.