Candau's Doom
Candau’s Doom is a unique archaeotech weapon used by the Relictors Chapter. It is operated similarly to an autogun, though after seeing the weapon in action, some have compared it instead to the scythe of death itself.[1]
The planet Candau, now a lifeless ruin, was once a productive Agri-world not far from the Jericho Reach. When the plough of a farming serf unearthed a stasis casket containing a stash of archaeotech, the Planetary Governor set the population to work searching for more such relics. News of the find spread, and heretics assaulted the world to claim its prizes, working much of the population to their deaths. When the Relictors drove out the heretics, they claimed the last relics of Candau in memory of its people - the weapons that had slain a world without firing a single shot. Most remain in the Chapter Armoury, but the first weapon to be drawn from the ancient casket, they granted to the Deathwatch.[1]
Source
- 1: Deathwatch: Honour the Chapter, pg. 125
