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The '''{{PAGENAME}}''' is an ornate [[Force weapon]] used by [[Ahzek Ahriman]], [[Chaos Sorcerer]] of the [[Thousand Sons]]. It acts as a focus for his [[psychic]] energy, enabling him to call on a multitude of [[Chaos Psychic Powers]].{{Fn|1}}

This staff was created by Ahriman himself from parts, each of which is a separate powerful artifact. The haft of the staff is made from the charred fragments of Ahriman's hequa staff, that was burned during the [[Space Wolves]] invasion on [[Prospero]].{{Fn|2}} The blade of the staff - is a remnants of the desecrated [[Spear of Shadows]], taken from the dying hands of [[Farseer]] [[Kalrimon]].{{Fn|1}} Instead of the top of the staff the horns of [[Daemon Prince]] [[Vaddh'akar]]'s are set. The "eye" in the top is a [[Stone of Hidden Truths]], recovered from the ruins of [[Tizca]] city. The sacred fetishes of the staff contain ashes of Prospero, crushed [[Psychneuein]] wings, soulbound skull of the last [[Chamylidryth]] Prophet and more.{{Fn|3}} When Ahriman gathered all the parts together and finished the ritual of creating a Black Staff, cries of pain and horror swept through the immaterium. Though imperceptible to mortal eyes, the Staff appears as a blazing scar of darkness in the warp to those, who are blessed with the witch-sight.{{Fn|2}}

==See Also==
* [[Thousand Sons Armoury]]
*[[Corvidaean Sceptre]]

==Sources==
*{{Endn|1}}: [[Codex: Chaos Space Marines (4th Edition)]], p.51
*{{Endn|2}}: [[Codex: Thousand Sons (8th Edition)]], pg. 37, ''The Black Staff of Ahriman''
*{{Endn|3}}: [[Warlords of the Dark Millennium: Ahriman]], pg. 19, ''The Black Staff of Ahriman''

[[Category:Force Weapons]]
[[Category:Thousand Sons]]
[[Category:Weapons (Chaos Space Marines)]]