Lightning Claw
A Lightning Claw is a specialized type of Power Weapon.
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Overview
Lightning Claws are a variant of Power Fist technology most commonly used with Terminator Armour, trading sheer crushing power for several razor-sharp blades that extend from the armour itself. Each blade would be lethal even without their power fields, but when activated, the claws can penetrate almost any material with ease. Early models of Terminator Armour featured a single claw, allowing the warrior to carry a ranged weapon in the other gauntlet. Later configurations would specialise in dual claw-usage, but many still prefer the single claw for greater tactical flexibility.[6]
They are most commonly used by Space Marine Terminator Assault Squads; the entire squad can be armed with them, but can also be used by anyone with access to the armoury. Lightning Claws are generally worn as a pair, and are also used by Daemonhunters and Chaos Space Marines.[Needs Citation]
Known Patterns
- Angel's Talon Pattern — Used by the Blood Angels.[1b]
- Cthonian Pattern — Used by the Sons of Horus.[4b]
- Escaton Power Claw
- Hawk's Talon Pattern — Used by the Raven Guard.[6]
- Kalibrax Harrow Pattern — Used during the Horus Heresy.[4a]
- Raven's Talons Pattern — Used by the Raven Guard.[1a]
- Wolf Claw — Used by the Space Wolves. The blades of each wolf claw are enchanted by powerful runes to further augment their destructive potential.[2]
Famous Lightning Claws
- The Emperor's Lightning Claw[3]
- The Raven's Talons are a pair of Lightning Claws which are said to have been personally crafted by Corax on Deliverance after the Isstvan V massacre. They are currently wielded by Kayvaan Shrike, Shadow Captain of the Raven Guard's 3rd Company.[Needs Citation]
- The Talon of Horus is a Lightning Claw with a built-in Storm Bolter, said to have been wielded by Horus himself during the Great Crusade and the Horus Heresy. It is now wielded by Abaddon the Despoiler.[Needs Citation]
- Mercy and Forgiveness — The Lightning Claws of Primarch Konrad Curze
Images
Kalibrax 'Harrow' Pattern Lightning Claw[4a]
Kayvaan Shrike armed with the Raven's Talons
Chaos Lord with Lightning Claws
Ezekyle Abaddon armed with the Talon of Horus
See also
Sources
- 1: Codex: Space Marines (5th Edition)
- 2: Codex: Space Wolves (7th Edition) — Wargear of the Fang
- 3: Collected Visions, pgs. 8-9
- 4: Liber Hereticus
- 5: The Horus Heresy Book Three - Extermination, pg. 275
- 6: Black Crusade Core Rulebook, pg. 163
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