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Valdor with the Apollonian Spear[6]

The Apollonian Spear is the Guardian Spear of the first Captain-General of the Adeptus Custodes, Constantin Valdor.[1]

History

The Apollonian Spear was crafted alongside its sister the Dionysian Spear by the Emperor's own hand, deep inside his first underground fortress on Terra during the Age of Strife.[2] Wielded for a time by the Emperor himself[3], he would later give the Apollonian Spear to Valdor to wield after he became the Legio Custodes' Chief Custodian. Like the signature armament of the Custodians, it incorporates both a power blade and built-in bolter weapon - though in both cases these are of a potency far exceeding those even the Emperor's elite carry into battle.[1] Unlike the Dionysian Spear which gives truths to those it cuts, the Apollonian Spear grants truths to the wielder from those it cuts.[4] The spear's effect even works on inanimate objects, as Valdor used it to stab the floor of the Vengeful Spirit in order to confirm his location.[7]

After the Horus Heresy and the disappearance of Valdor, the Apollonian Spear was put into storage by the Custodes and treated as a relic[2]. Only rarely now, in the most terrible of circumstances, can it be wielded by the Custodes' mightiest heroes in battle.[5]

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