The Dragonborn are fallen Astartes whose souls have fused with their spirit stone, rather than return to the Warp to be feasted upon by the True Powers and their daemonic servants. This can only happen if the Astartes are fully attuned to their stone and the stone isn't damaged or destroyed.
It's basically the same process as Eldar spirit stones, except all Eldar are more psychically attuned than most Astartes, so the transfer process is a little rougher for non-librarians.
And yes, daemons can take the spirit stones and feast on them :-)
The Dragonborn can then be brought back to life by putting a fresh clone into a suit of armor set with the fallen Marine's spirit stone. After a period - typically a few years, but this can vary quite a bit - the soul in the stone will overwhelm the weak spirit of the clone and take full possession of the body.
Meanwhile, the gene-seed of the fallen Astartes can be used as normal (in game terms, the new Astartes starts with the legacy-bonus from the fallen).
For some unknown reason, the Dragonborn marines are more likely than other Astartes to develop "draconic" mutations. Perhaps it's a result of the cloning process or the soul-transfer. No one knows for sure, meaning the most popular explanation is: Draco vult/The Dragon wills it.
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