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Note that some Relics replace one of the models existing items of wargear. Where this is the case, you must, if you are using points values, still pay the cost of the wargear that is being replaced. Write down any Chapter Relics your models have on your army roster.
Note that some Relics replace one of the models existing items of wargear. Where this is the case, you must, if you are using points values, still pay the cost of the wargear that is being replaced. Write down any Chapter Relics your models have on your army roster.




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''The forge world of Bellicos was a hidden weapons-testing facility given dispensation to practise near heretical levels of technological innovation. Before it was swallowed by the Great Rift, the planet managed to dispatch a single cargo hauler containing prototype bolt rifles of an incredibly advanced pattern. These weapons are regarded with a borderline religious reverence for their bellicose lethality, and to wield one is considered a paramount honour.''
''The forge world of Bellicos was a hidden weapons-testing facility given dispensation to practise near heretical levels of technological innovation. Before it was swallowed by the Great Rift, the planet managed to dispatch a single cargo hauler containing prototype bolt rifles of an incredibly advanced pattern. These weapons are regarded with a borderline religious reverence for their bellicose lethality, and to wield one is considered a paramount honour.''
Model equipped with a bolt rifle only. This Relic replaces a master-crafted auto bolt rifle and has the following profile:
 
This Relic replaces a bolter and has the following profile:
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|WEAPON
|WEAPON
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|4
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BENEDICTION OF FURY
'''BENEDICTION OF FURY'''
 
''Borne on a dozen bloody and hard-fought crusades, this weapons unique empathokinetic circuitry has absorbed the bellicosity and righteous wrath of every Chaplain who has ever wielded it. As a result, it now strikes with the force of a thunderbolt.
'''CHAPLAIN''' model only.''


Borne on a dozen bloody and hard-fought crusades, this weapons unique empathokinetic circuitry has absorbed the bellicosity and righteous wrath of every Chaplain who has ever wielded it. As a result, it now strikes with the force of a thunderbolt.
This Relic replaces a Crozius Arcanum and has the following profile:
'''CHAPLAIN''' model only. This Relic replaces a Crozius Arcanum and has the following profile:
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|WEAPON
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|S
|AP
|AP
|D
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|Benediction of Fury
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|Melee
|<nowiki>+2</nowiki>
|<nowiki>+2</nowiki>
|<nowiki>-2</nowiki>
|3
|3
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| colspan="6" |'''Abilities:''' Each time an attack is made with this weapon, an unmodified wound roll of 6 inflicts 1 mortal wound on the target in addition to any normal damage.
| colspan="5" |'''Abilities:''' [DEVASTATING WOUNDS]
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GHOSTWEAVE CLOAK
'''GHOSTWEAVE CLOAK'''


Hand-stitched by blinded servitors and anointed with the distilled blood of a thousand sentries who failed at their posts, this cloak contains strands of mnemothread spun from a thrice-blessed dataloom imbued with obfuscatory data-spirits. It throws up a field of techno-spiritual dissonance that veils its wearer from sight and sensors, allowing them to slip across the battlefield like a wraith.
''Hand-stitched by blinded servitors and anointed with the distilled blood of a thousand sentries who failed at their posts, this cloak contains strands of mnemothread spun from a thrice-blessed dataloom imbued with obfuscatory data-spirits. It throws up a field of techno-spiritual dissonance that veils its wearer from sight and sensors, allowing them to slip across the battlefield like a wraith.''  
'''PHOBOS''' model with a camo cloak only.


* Each time the bearer makes a Normal Move, Advances or Falls Back, it can move across models as if they were not there.
* Each time the bearer makes a Normal Move, Advances or Falls Back, it can move across models as if they were not there.
* Each time an attack is made against the bearer, subtract 1 from that attacks hit roll.
* Each time an attack is made against the bearer, subtract 1 from that attacks hit roll.


LAMENT
'''LAMENT'''


Dark rumours abound that this weapon is so cruel of essence that those who wield it doom themselves as surely as those who fall under their sights. It is telling of the Space Marines’ selfless courage that they utilise the weapon regardless.
''Dark rumours abound that this weapon is so cruel of essence that those who wield it doom themselves as surely as those who fall under their sights. It is telling of the Space Marines’ selfless courage that they utilise the weapon regardless.''
Model equipped with a master-crafted stalker bolt rifle only. This Relic replaces a master-crafted stalker bolt rifle and has the following profile:
 
This Relic replaces a bolter and has the following profile:
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|AP
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|Lament
|Lament
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|Heavy 1
|Heavy 1
|5
|5
|<nowiki>-2</nowiki>
|3
|3
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| colspan="6" |'''Abilities:''' Each time an attack is made with this weapon, if the attack successfully wounds the target, it inflicts 1 mortal wound on the target in addition to any normal damage.
| colspan="5" |'''Abilities:''' [PRECISION SHOTS]
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PRIMARCH’S WRATH
'''PRIMARCH’S WRATH'''


The ancient boltgun known as the Primarch’s Wrath is believed to have come from the personal weapons collection of Roboute Guilliman himself. Perhaps the finest example of its kind ever crafted, it has dispensed thunderous death to the foes of Mankind for millennia. Chased in Theldrite moonsilver and inscribed in microscopic lettering with every treatise on tactics that Guilliman ever penned, this weapon’s quality is such that it allows its wielder to sweep away great swathes of the enemy with a storm of armour-piercing, fragmenting bolts.
''The ancient boltgun known as the Primarch’s Wrath is believed to have come from the personal weapons collection of Roboute Guilliman himself. Perhaps the finest example of its kind ever crafted, it has dispensed thunderous death to the foes of Mankind for millennia. Chased in Theldrite moonsilver and inscribed in microscopic lettering with every treatise on tactics that Guilliman ever penned, this weapon’s quality is such that it allows its wielder to sweep away great swathes of the enemy with a storm of armour-piercing, fragmenting bolts.''
Model equipped with a boltgun, master-crafted boltgun or special issue bolt carbine only. This Relic replaces a boltgun, master-crafted boltgun or special issue bolt carbine and has the following profile:
 
This Relic replaces a boltgun, master-crafted boltgun or special issue bolt carbine and has the following profile:
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|S
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|AP
|D
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|Primarch’s Wrath
|Primarch’s Wrath
|24"
|24"
|Rapid Fire 2
|Rapid Fire 3
|4
|5
|5
|<nowiki>-2</nowiki>
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|2
|'''Abilities:'''
|[SUSTAINED HITS 2]
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PURGATORUS
'''PURGATORUS'''


This bolt pistol is a true work of the artificers art. Since its forging in M35, many battle-brothers have used the pistol to purge traitors, tyrants and heretics from the Emperor’s realm. The weapon’s machine spirit is wrathful, its aim inescapable; in many ways, Purgatorus epitomises the very warriors who wield it.
''This bolt pistol is a true work of the artificers art. Since its forging in M35, many battle-brothers have used the pistol to purge traitors, tyrants and heretics from the Emperor’s realm. The weapon’s machine spirit is wrathful, its aim inescapable; in many ways, Purgatorus epitomises the very warriors who wield it.''
Model equipped with a bolt pistol, heavy bolt pistol, master-crafted special issue bolt pistol or absolvor bolt pistol only. This Relic replaces a bolt pistol, heavy bolt pistol, master-crafted special issue bolt pistol or absolvor bolt pistol and has the following profile:
 
This Relic replaces a bolt pistol, heavy bolt pistol, master-crafted special issue bolt pistol or absolvor bolt pistol and has the following profile:
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|S
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|AP
|D
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|Purgatorus
|Purgatorus
|18"
|18"
|Pistol 3
|Pistol 3
|4
|5
|5
|<nowiki>-3</nowiki>
|2
|}
|}
RELIQUARY OF GATHALAMOR
'''RELIQUARY OF GATHALAMOR'''
 
''By the time the Indomitus Crusade reached the world of Gathalamor, daemonic hordes had already carved a bloody path across much of the planet. Its final defence was led by Knight Centura Ordela Grendoth, whose null-field was anathema to the warp creatures. Gathalamor was liberated by Guilliman, but Grendoth was slain in the battle. Her bones have since been placed inside a reliquary that now possesses a fraction of her power.''
 
The bearer has the following ability:
 
'''Reliquary of Gathalamor (Aura)''': While an enemy '''PSYKER''' unit is within 18" of the bearer, subtract 1 from WARP CHARGE generation rolls taken for that unit, and each time a Psychic test is failed for that unit, roll one D6: on a 4+, that unit suffers a Perils of the Warp result.


By the time the Indomitus Crusade reached the world of Gathalamor, daemonic hordes had already carved a bloody path across much of the planet. Its final defence was led by Knight Centura Ordela Grendoth, whose null-field was anathema to the warp creatures. Gathalamor was liberated by Guilliman, but Grendoth was slain in the battle. Her bones have since been placed inside a reliquary that now possesses a fraction of her power.
'''STANDARD OF THE EMPEROR ASCENDANT'''
'''PRIMARIS''' model only. The bearer has the following ability:
‘'''Reliquary of Gathalamor (Aura)''': While an enemy '''PSYKER''' unit is within 18" of the bearer, subtract 1 from Psychic tests taken for that unit, and each time a Psychic test is failed for that unit, roll one D6: on a 4+, that unit suffers D3 mortal wounds.’


STANDARD OF THE EMPEROR ASCENDANT
''Woven from threads of spun adamantine in the early days of the Unification of Terra, this banner was carried at the head of the Emperors guard. It is said that its constant proximity to the Master of Mankind has imbued within it indelible traces of his psychic signature. Whatever the truth of this, its presence is a constant inspiration to those loyal to the Emperors cause, instilling them with valour and determination even as their foes quail in its presence''.


Woven from threads of spun adamantine in the early days of the Unification of Terra, this banner was carried at the head of the Emperors guard. It is said that its constant proximity to the Master of Mankind has imbued within it indelible traces of his psychic signature. Whatever the truth of this, its presence is a constant inspiration to those loyal to the Emperors cause, instilling them with valour and determination even as their foes quail in its presence.
'''ANCIENT''' model only.
'''ANCIENT''' model only.


* Add 3" to the range of the bearer’s '''Astartes Banner''' ability.
* Add 3" to the range of the bearer’s '''Astartes Banner''' ability.
* Each time a Morale test is taken for a friendly '''<CHAPTER>''' '''CORE''' unit within range of the bearers '''Astartes Banner''' ability, you can re-roll that test.
* Friendly '''<CHAPTER>''' units within range of the bearers '''Astartes Banner''' ability gain the [CRUSADER] special rule.
 
'''TEETH OF TERRA'''


TEETH OF TERRA
''The origins of the Teeth of Terra lie shrouded in mystery. Mentions of this large, obsidian-toothed chainsword can be found dotted throughout the histories of many Space Marine Chapters, yet the weapon itself can be traced to no artisans hand, nor can it be found in any Chapter’s Armoury save in times of the greatest need. What is certain is that, when wielded in battle by a true hero of the Imperium, the Teeth of Terra strikes with the force of a thunderbolt, leaving a bloody trail of broken bodies in its wake''.


The origins of the Teeth of Terra lie shrouded in mystery. Mentions of this large, obsidian-toothed chainsword can be found dotted throughout the histories of many Space Marine Chapters, yet the weapon itself can be traced to no artisans hand, nor can it be found in any Chapter’s Armoury save in times of the greatest need. What is certain is that, when wielded in battle by a true hero of the Imperium, the Teeth of Terra strikes with the force of a thunderbolt, leaving a bloody trail of broken bodies in its wake.
This Relic replaces an Astartes chainsword and has the following profile:
Model equipped with an Astartes chainsword only. This Relic replaces an Astartes chainsword and has the following profile:
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|AP
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|Teeth of Terra
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|Melee
|<nowiki>+1</nowiki>
|<nowiki>+1</nowiki>
|<nowiki>-2</nowiki>
|5
|2
|-
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| colspan="6" |'''Abilities:''' Each time the bearer fights, it makes 3 additional attacks with this weapon.
| colspan="5" |'''Abilities:''' [SUSTAINED HITS 1]
|}
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THE ARMOUR INDOMITUS
'''THE ARMOUR INDOMITUS'''


The Armour lndomitus was forged long before the Horus Heresy. Unlike the plasteel and ceramite of normal power armour, the artefact is made from plates of raw adamantine, making it all but unbreachable by conventional weaponry. When rained upon with heavier fire, the Armour lndomitus manifests a shimmering force field, the secrets of which have long been lost to modern artificers.
''The Armour lndomitus was forged long before the Horus Heresy. Unlike the plasteel and ceramite of normal power armour, the artefact is made from plates of raw adamantine, making it all but unbreachable by conventional weaponry. When rained upon with heavier fire, the Armour lndomitus manifests a shimmering force field, the secrets of which have long been lost to modern artificers.''


* Add 1 to the Wounds characteristic of the bearer.
* Add 1 to the Wounds characteristic of the bearer.
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* Once per battle, before making a saving throw for the bearer, it can activate its armour’s force field. If it does, then until the end of the phase, the bearer has a 3+ invulnerable save.
* Once per battle, before making a saving throw for the bearer, it can activate its armour’s force field. If it does, then until the end of the phase, the bearer has a 3+ invulnerable save.


THE BURNING BLADE
'''THE BURNING BLADE'''


This ancient broadsword is so large and dense that no mere Human could lift it, let alone wield it in battle. It was recovered from the wreckage of Horus’ battle barge, the only unblemished artefact in a chamber crawling with the filthy taint of Chaos. Some artificers have posited that it is the Master of Mankind’s greatness that shines out from its sacred steel. In the heat of battle, the sword blazes so brightly that it can melt through even the thickest armour.
''This ancient broadsword is so large and dense that no mere Human could lift it, let alone wield it in battle. It was recovered from the wreckage of Horus’ battle barge, the only unblemished artefact in a chamber crawling with the filthy taint of Chaos. Some artificers have posited that it is the Master of Mankind’s greatness that shines out from its sacred steel. In the heat of battle, the sword blazes so brightly that it can melt through even the thickest armour.''
Model equipped with a power sword or master-crafted power sword only. This Relic replaces a power sword or master-crafted power sword, and has the following profile:
 
This Relic replaces a power sword or master-crafted power sword, and has the following profile:
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|AP
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|The Burning Blade
|The Burning Blade
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|Melee
|<nowiki>+3</nowiki>
|<nowiki>+3</nowiki>
|<nowiki>-5</nowiki>
|2
|2
|}
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THE HONOUR VEHEMENT
'''THE HONOUR VEHEMENT'''
 
''A single stanza of script, the original of which was said to have been penned by the Emperor himself, the Honour Vehement is inscribed on thrice-blessed parchment and affixed with a purity seal upon its bearer's armour. So potent is the inspirational value of the Emperor’s own evocation that not only those who bear it, but all their battle-brothers are driven into a relentless killing fury.''


A single stanza of script, the original of which was said to have been penned by the Emperor himself, the Honour Vehement is inscribed on thrice-blessed parchment and affixed with a purity seal upon its bearer's armour. So potent is the inspirational value of the Emperor’s own evocation that not only those who bear it, but all their battle-brothers are driven into a relentless killing fury.
The bearer has the following ability:
The bearer has the following ability:
‘'''The Honour Vehement (Aura)''': While a friendly '''<CHAPTER>''' '''CORE''' unit is within 6" of the bearer, each time that unit fights, until that fight is resolved, add 1 to the Attacks characteristic of models in that unit. This is not cumulative with the additional attack granted by the Shock Assault ability.’


THE SHIELD ETERNAL
'''The Honour Vehement (Aura)''': While a friendly '''<CHAPTER>''' unit is within 6" of the bearer, each time that unit fights, until that fight is resolved, add 1 to the Attacks characteristic of models in that unit.


The Shield Eternal was a gift from Rogal Dorn to his seneschal during the dark days of the Horus Heresy. This magnificently worked storm shield is a bulwark against which all the wrath of a hateful galaxy can crash. Its warding powers turn aside the maleficent attentions of the witch and the daemon, safeguarding its wearer from mortal blows and perfidious warpcraft alike.
'''THE SHIELD ETERNAL'''
Model with a storm shield, relic shield or combat shield only. This Relic replaces a storm shield, relic shield or combat shield.
 
''The Shield Eternal was a gift from Rogal Dorn to his seneschal during the dark days of the Horus Heresy. This magnificently worked storm shield is a bulwark against which all the wrath of a hateful galaxy can crash. Its warding powers turn aside the maleficent attentions of the witch and the daemon, safeguarding its wearer from mortal blows and perfidious warpcraft alike''.
 
This Relic replaces a storm shield, relic shield or combat shield.


* The bearer has a 4+ invulnerable save.
* The bearer has a 4+ invulnerable save.
* Add 1 to armour saving throws made for the bearer.
* The model gains the Feel No Pain special rule.
* Each time the bearer would lose a wound, roll one D6: on a 5+, that wound is not lost.
 
'''THE VOX ESPIRITUM'''
 
''Developed by Archmagos Cawl, the Vox Espiritum is a powerful neural amplifier that causes its wearer’s voxed utterances to resonate on a modulated and heavily warded frequency. Though still highly experimental and not altogether safe, it allows its user to project their bellowed commands - and sometimes even unspoken mental imperatives - directly into the minds of friend and foe alike.''
 
Add 3" to the range of the bearer’s aura abilities (to a maximum of 9"). This does not increase the range of aura abilities that are psychic powers.
 
'''TOME OF MALCADOR'''


THE VOX ESPIRITUM
''Malcador the Sigillite was the trusted aide of the Emperor himself. The most potent Human psyker of the time, the tome he penned on the nature of reality enhances the mind of the reader''.


Developed by Archmagos Cawl, the Vox Espiritum is a powerful neural amplifier that causes its wearer’s voxed utterances to resonate on a modulated and heavily warded frequency. Though still highly experimental and not altogether safe, it allows its user to project their bellowed commands - and sometimes even unspoken mental imperatives - directly into the minds of friend and foe alike.
'''LIBRARIAN''' model only.  
'''PRIMARIS''' model only. Add 3" to the range of the bearer’s aura abilities (to a maximum of 9"). This does not increase the range of aura abilities that are psychic powers.
TOME OF MALCADOR


Malcador the Sigillite was the trusted aide of the Emperor himself. The most potent Human psyker of the time, the tome he penned on the nature of reality enhances the mind of the reader.
The bearer knows one additional psychic power from any discipline it has access to.
'''LIBRARIAN''' model only. The bearer knows one additional psychic power from any discipline it has access to.