Wraith Mantle

The Wraith Mantle was one of, if not the most important piece of wargear utilised by the Angelis Noctem, prized far beyond simple Power Armour, or even the beloved Lunar Falx the legion took into battle. Appearing shortly after Nocterra's unification with her children, the Wraith Mantle was a direct creation of the Dark Lady, crafted for the singular goal of combating the dreaded Ossification that so eroded the ranks of the XIXth legion before her arrival, all else simply being beneficial side-effects that the legion capitalised upon.

The effect of such Wraith Mantles was no less impressive than their visual look in their purest form, calming the raging seas of the Immaterium around the wielder, making them far more pliable and usable by the wearer, with far less threat of becoming overwhelmed, such being the main purpose of the Wraith Mantles, bringing new cases of the Ossification to a standstill.

In many ways, the Wraith Mantle shared its function and purpose with the more commonly used psychic hoods used by some of the Librarians of other legions, amplifying the users connection to the warp and protecting them from harm in return, something they exceeded the bulky devices. However, the Wraith Mantles were not as proficient at nullifying the powers of other psykers as psychic hoods were, leading to many of the greatest psykers and witch hunters of the legion to utilise both, wearing the Wraith Mantle to protect and amplify their own powers, while the psychic hood assisted in snuffing out the powers of those who stood against them.