Oath Seal
The Oath Seal, like a Purity Seal, was a significant symbol for a Space Marine. It took the form of a wax grey or pale-yellow seal with an attached parchment, inscribed with declarations.[1]
In contrast to a Purity Seal, an Oath Seal was applied before a battle, commending the Space Marine to victory. One of these Seals marked one of the Emperor's Children Contemptor Pattern Dreadnoughts, that was identified as part of Eidolon's forces during the Isstvan Atrocity .[1]
In M41 similar seals (named Seals of Oath) used by Ultramarines and their Successor Chapters as a time-honored tradition of swearing oaths to Emperor and Guilliman. Upholding such oaths is sacred and Space Marines' serfs often reverently recorded oath of their masters on strips of parchments. Then these strips are blessed by Chaplains of the Chapter and bonded to the armour of Space Marine with wax seals. It is better for a Space Marine to die then to fail his written oath.[2]
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Sources
- 1: The Horus Heresy Book One - Betrayal, pg. 177
- 2: Codex Supplement: Ultramarines (8th Edition), pg. 75
