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[[File:Custodian_Guardian_Spear.png|thumb|250px|A Custodian Guardian Spear]]
 
[[File:Custodian_Guardian_Spear.png|thumb|250px|A Custodian Guardian Spear]]
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The '''Guardian Spear''' has been the signature weapon of the [[Adeptus Custodes]] since the time of the [[Unification Wars]] in the 30<sup>th</sup> Millennium, and in many ways their symbol of office. Elegant and deadly, it is a potent and unique design incorporating a [[Power Weapon|Power Blade]] and a highly advanced integrated [[Bolter]] weapon, and in the hands of a Custodian Guard it can strike and parry at blinding speed despite its size. More rarely, these weapons mount not Bolters but advanced specialised sub-weapons such as compact [[Multi-Melta|Meltas]] or even [[Andrathic Weapons|Adrathic Disintegration Beamers]], issued against the deadliest of expected foes.
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The '''Guardian Spear''' has been the signature weapon of the [[Adeptus Custodes]] since the time of the [[Unification Wars]] in the 30<sup>th</sup> Millennium, and in many ways their symbol of office. Elegant and deadly, it is a potent and unique design incorporating a [[Power Weapon|Power Blade]] and a highly advanced integrated [[Bolter]] weapon, and in the hands of a Custodian Guard it can strike and parry at blinding speed despite its size. More rarely, these weapons mount not Bolters but advanced specialised sub-weapons such as compact [[Multi-Melta|Meltas]] or even [[Adrathic Weapons|Adrathic Disintegration Beamers]], issued against the deadliest of expected foes.
   
 
Guardian Spears are also wielded by [[Deathwatch Watch Master]]s, the senior-ranking Astartes officers within the [[Ordo Xenos]]' [[Chamber Militant]], the [[Deathwatch]], who serve as the commander of a Deathwatch [[Watch Fortress]] or other Deathwatch headquarters installation. The fabled weapons carried by these elite warriors are symbolic of their roles as sentinel. This is a sign of great trust, for it is the same weapon borne by the Emperor's personal warrior elite, the Custodian Guard, yet modified to fire the signature shells of the Deathwatch which contain substances anathema to their targets. When a Watch Master joins the fight on the front line, he cuts down his foes with a cold precision that leaves monsters and tyrants slain in his wake.
 
Guardian Spears are also wielded by [[Deathwatch Watch Master]]s, the senior-ranking Astartes officers within the [[Ordo Xenos]]' [[Chamber Militant]], the [[Deathwatch]], who serve as the commander of a Deathwatch [[Watch Fortress]] or other Deathwatch headquarters installation. The fabled weapons carried by these elite warriors are symbolic of their roles as sentinel. This is a sign of great trust, for it is the same weapon borne by the Emperor's personal warrior elite, the Custodian Guard, yet modified to fire the signature shells of the Deathwatch which contain substances anathema to their targets. When a Watch Master joins the fight on the front line, he cuts down his foes with a cold precision that leaves monsters and tyrants slain in his wake.
   
 
==Notable Variants==
 
==Notable Variants==
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*'''Guardian Spear''' - The most common type of weapon utilised exclusively by the Custodian Guard, the powered blade of this weapon is capable of hewing a [[Chaos Space Marine]] in two. This deadly weapon also incorporates a [[Bolt Caster]], a double-barreled Bolter weapon able to strike at targets from afar. It can lay down a hail of fire, cutting down Traitors, [[Heretics]] and [[xenos]] threats with ease.
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*'''Guardian Spear''' - The most common type of weapon utilised exclusively by the [[Custodian Guard]], the powered blade of this weapon is capable of hewing a [[Chaos Space Marine]] in two. This deadly weapon also incorporates a [[Bolt Caster]], a double-barreled [[Bolter]] weapon able to strike at targets from afar. It can lay down a hail of fire, cutting down Traitors, [[Heretic]]s and [[xenos]] threats with ease.
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*'''Adrasite Spear''' - An Adrasite Spear is a Guardian Spear that incorporates an [[Adrathic Destructor]], a potent weapon of the [[Dark Age of Technology]], that fires a directed energy disintegration beam of phenomenal destructive potential, long gathered to the Emperor's household and entrusted to no other. Utilised primarily by the heavy shock troops of the [[Tharanatoi]] caste, these dark relics are only issued against the deadliest of expected foes.
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*'''Adrasite Spear''' - Incorporates an Andrathic Destructor.
 
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*'''Pyrithite Spear''' - Rarely, a Guardian Spear does not mount the usual Bolter, but advanced specialised sub-weapons. The Pyrithite Spear is one such variant which incorporates the deadly Melta Beam, a compact [[Melta Weapon]].
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*'''Pyrithite Spear''' - Incorporates a Melta Beam.
 
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*'''Paragon Spear''' - The most beautifully wrought and deadly weapons of the Custodians' arsenal are the Paragon Spears which incorporate an in-built Paragon Bolter. These storied weapons are wielded by the most noted Shield Captains and Tribunes amongst the Ten Thousand of the Adeptus Custodes.
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*'''Paragon Spear''' - The most beautifully wrought and deadly weapons of the Custodians' arsenal are the Paragon Spears which incorporate a built-in Paragon Bolter. These storied weapons are wielded by the most noted [[Shield-Captain]]s and Tribunes amongst the Ten Thousand of the Adeptus Custodes.
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*'''[[Dreadspear]]''' - In addition to their standard armament, such is the dexterity and power of a [[Contemptor-Achillus Dreadnought]], that they are able to wield scaled-up versions of the iconic weapon of the Custodes, known as a Dreadspear, with devastating power.
   
 
==Sources==
 
==Sources==
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*''Codex: Adeptus Custodes'' (8th Edition), pp. 37-39, 47, 52, 76
 
*''Codex: Deathwatch'' (7th Edition), pp. 33, 52, 64, 74, 105-106
 
*''Codex: Deathwatch'' (7th Edition), pp. 33, 52, 64, 74, 105-106
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*''The Horus Heresy - Book Seven: Inferno'' (Forge World Series) by Alan Bligh, pp. 117, 243-244, 269
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*''The Horus Heresy - Book Seven: Inferno'' (Forge World Series) by Alan Bligh, pp. 117, 243-244, 262, 269
 
*''The First Heretic'' (Novel) by Aaron Dembski-Bowden
 
*''The First Heretic'' (Novel) by Aaron Dembski-Bowden
 
*[https://www.games-workshop.com/resources/PDF/Datasheets/Burning%20of%20Prospero%20Imperial%20Datasheets.pdf ''Burning of Prospero Imperial Datasheets'']
 
*[https://www.games-workshop.com/resources/PDF/Datasheets/Burning%20of%20Prospero%20Imperial%20Datasheets.pdf ''Burning of Prospero Imperial Datasheets'']
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*[https://www.forgeworld.co.uk/en-ES/Legio-Custodes-Adrasite-Spears-2018 ''Forge World Webstore - Legio Custodes Adrasite Spears'']
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*[https://www.forgeworld.co.uk/en-ES/Legio-Custodes-Pyrithite-Spears-2018 ''Forge World Webstore - Legio Custodes Pyrithite Spears'']
   
 
==Gallery==
 
==Gallery==
 
<gallery widths="210" position="center" spacing="small">
 
<gallery widths="210" position="center" spacing="small">
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Custodian Prospero.png|A Custodian of the Kykanatoi of the ''Legio Custodes'' bearing a Guardian Spear
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Custodian Prospero.png|A [[Custodian]] of the [[Hykanatoi]] of the ''Legio Custodes'' bearing a Guardian Spear
 
Deathwatch_Watch Master.png|A [[Deathwatch Watch Master]] wielding a Guardian Spear
 
Deathwatch_Watch Master.png|A [[Deathwatch Watch Master]] wielding a Guardian Spear
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Custodian_Contemptor Achillus Dred.png|A [[Contemptor-Achillus Dreadnought]] of the ''[[Legio Custodes]]'' wielding a deadly [[Dreadspear]], a scaled-up version of the Custodes' own iconic weapon.
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Custodian_Adrasite Spear.jpg|A Custodian of the [[Tharanatoi]] wielding a deadly and potent Adrasite Spear, which incorporates the dark relic weapon known as an [[Adrathic Weapons|Adrathic Destructor]].
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Custodian_Pyrithite Spear.jpg|A Custodian wielding a Pyrithite Spear, which incorporates a compact [[Melta Weapons|Melta Weapon]] known as a Melta Beam.
 
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[[es:Lanza guardiana]]
 
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[[Category:G]]
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[[Category:Adeptus Custodes]]
 
[[Category:Imperium]]
 
[[Category:Imperium]]
 
[[Category:Imperial Technology]]
 
[[Category:Imperial Technology]]

Revision as of 05:23, 5 February 2018

Custodian Guardian Spear

A Custodian Guardian Spear

The Guardian Spear has been the signature weapon of the Adeptus Custodes since the time of the Unification Wars in the 30th Millennium, and in many ways their symbol of office. Elegant and deadly, it is a potent and unique design incorporating a Power Blade and a highly advanced integrated Bolter weapon, and in the hands of a Custodian Guard it can strike and parry at blinding speed despite its size. More rarely, these weapons mount not Bolters but advanced specialised sub-weapons such as compact Meltas or even Adrathic Disintegration Beamers, issued against the deadliest of expected foes.

Guardian Spears are also wielded by Deathwatch Watch Masters, the senior-ranking Astartes officers within the Ordo Xenos' Chamber Militant, the Deathwatch, who serve as the commander of a Deathwatch Watch Fortress or other Deathwatch headquarters installation. The fabled weapons carried by these elite warriors are symbolic of their roles as sentinel. This is a sign of great trust, for it is the same weapon borne by the Emperor's personal warrior elite, the Custodian Guard, yet modified to fire the signature shells of the Deathwatch which contain substances anathema to their targets. When a Watch Master joins the fight on the front line, he cuts down his foes with a cold precision that leaves monsters and tyrants slain in his wake.

Notable Variants

  • Guardian Spear - The most common type of weapon utilised exclusively by the Custodian Guard, the powered blade of this weapon is capable of hewing a Chaos Space Marine in two. This deadly weapon also incorporates a Bolt Caster, a double-barreled Bolter weapon able to strike at targets from afar. It can lay down a hail of fire, cutting down Traitors, Heretics and xenos threats with ease.
  • Adrasite Spear - An Adrasite Spear is a Guardian Spear that incorporates an Adrathic Destructor, a potent weapon of the Dark Age of Technology, that fires a directed energy disintegration beam of phenomenal destructive potential, long gathered to the Emperor's household and entrusted to no other. Utilised primarily by the heavy shock troops of the Tharanatoi caste, these dark relics are only issued against the deadliest of expected foes.
  • Pyrithite Spear - Rarely, a Guardian Spear does not mount the usual Bolter, but advanced specialised sub-weapons. The Pyrithite Spear is one such variant which incorporates the deadly Melta Beam, a compact Melta Weapon.
  • Paragon Spear - The most beautifully wrought and deadly weapons of the Custodians' arsenal are the Paragon Spears which incorporate a built-in Paragon Bolter. These storied weapons are wielded by the most noted Shield-Captains and Tribunes amongst the Ten Thousand of the Adeptus Custodes.
  • Dreadspear - In addition to their standard armament, such is the dexterity and power of a Contemptor-Achillus Dreadnought, that they are able to wield scaled-up versions of the iconic weapon of the Custodes, known as a Dreadspear, with devastating power.

Sources

Gallery