The Vigil Spear is a guardian spear of ancient renown among the Ten Thousand, its name a reminder of the ceaseless watch the Adeptus Custodes keep over the Golden Throne. A masterwork of auramite and adamantine, it unites a monomolecular blade with an integral bolt-caster, so that its bearer may slay at range and in the press of battle without ever changing his grip.
Forged by the artisans of the Adeptus Custodes, the spear is a work of terrible beauty, every surface graven with the marks of the Emperor's chosen guardians. In the hands of a Custodian it becomes an extension of will and duty, wielded with a swordsmanship honed across centuries of solitary vigil within the Imperial Palace.
When the companions of the Emperor at last march to war beyond the walls of Terra, the Vigil Spear goes with them, its blade drinking the blood of daemon and traitor alike. Each thrust carries the weight of an oath ten thousand years unbroken, and those who face it learn that the guardians of Mankind's master are without equal in the arts of slaughter.
The reliquary continues
