Lunar Falx

The Lunar Falx was a type of short sword found solely within the ranks of the Angelis Noctem legion, its method of constructive kept as a secret even from the adepts of the Mechanium. This blade type all but replaced standard chainswords or combat blades, the creation of which was something each warrior of the Legion undertook at the end of their augmentation. Appearing in the wake of Nocterra’s unification with the legion, the Lunar Falx appeared in the ranks of the legion in three distinct varieties, standard, powered and force-imbued.

Regardless of their type, all Lunar Falx followed an identical pattern, crafted from a unique darkened steel found only on Noxim, the metal’s property said to never lose an edge, creating swords that never dull, no matter the length of time in battle, remaining sharp until the day the blade itself snaps. This makes them far superior to the chainswords commonly used by assault units of the legion in terms of supplying the legion, the weapons needing no new teeth after every battle, and yet in terms of destructive capability, are little different from the chainsword. Far deadlier is the fearer powered variant, equipped with a potent disruptor field held within the haft of the weapon, turning an already deadly weapon into a terrifying prospect to face off against, its shape different enough from normal swords to give an Angelis Noctem an edge when wielding it against opponents not prepared for the difference, especially against shields where the curved blade aids in punching through armour or hooking shields out of the way. Though it is rare, new recruits who prove themselves adept with their bladework, even to the already impeccable standard of the legion, are sometimes permitted to have access to such disruption generations, a sure sign of a arriors potency, marking them out amongst their peers. By the end of the Great Crusade, such was the destruction wrought upon the legion and the reduction in their numbers, every warrior of the legion went to battle with a powered Falx, save for those who possessed the rarest of the blade types.

The greatest warriors of the Angelis Noctem, those who could channel their psychic powers with enough ease to do so without compromising their combat abilities, took the power falx and went one step further, etching runes of power into their blades, each individual modifying their own weapons in accordance to their personal powers. When completed, these weapons could channel the power of the warp through their blades, allowing the bearer to channel deadly Warp energies into their victim, acting as a conduit between the wielder's mind and the flesh of his target, even the largest of xenos beasts or warp hellspawn able to be slain outright by a single wound from a Lunar Falx so inscribed, as their bodies and minds are destroyed by the unearthly powers of the Immaterium.