The '''Lantern''' was the name of an energy pistol used by the [[Death Guard]] [[Primarch]] [[Mortarion]] during the [[Great Crusade]] and [[Horus Heresy]].{{stubFn|1}}Even after ascending to [[Daemonhood]], Mortarion still wielded the Lantern and continues to do so ten millennia later in the [[Thirteenth Black Crusade]].{{citeFn|2}}

'''==Overview==[[Image:Lantern.jpg|thumb|right|The Lantern]]The Lantern''' was is a brass-coloured pistol. Dating back to the name [[Age of an energy Strife]], the pistol used was forged by the leader of a cult on [[Shenlong]] which worshiped a dragon god. Later during the [[Death GuardGreat Crusade]] the [[PrimarchEmperor]] himself led an invasion of Shenlong, slaying the Lantern's maker and taking the weapon into his personal armoury. When [[Mortarion]] during was discovered and brought aboard the Emperor's personal [[Battle Barge]] ''[[Great CrusadeBucephelus]]'', he saw the pistol in its armoury and took it as a gift from his father.{{Fn|4}}

==Overview==The Lantern was a brass-coloured pistol created by the [[Shenlong|Shenlogni]] and was capable of firing powerful energy blasts that disintegrated living beings.Rather then sully his [[Manreaper]] with the blood of the [[Jorgall]] [[Xenos]], Mortation instead made extensive use of the Lantern to kill his enemies on their world cylinder ship.{{Fn|3b}}

Rather then sully his ==See also==*[[ManreaperDeath Guard Armoury]] with the blood of the [[Jorgall]] [[Xenos]], Mortation instead made extensive use of the Lantern to kill his enemies on their world cylinder ship.

==SourceSources==*{{Endn|1}}: [[The Horus Heresy Book One - Betrayal]], pg. 265*{{Endn|2}}: [[Codex: Death Guard (8th Edition)]], pg. 26 - ''Mortarion''*3: [[The Flight of the Eisenstein (Novel)|Flight of the Eisenstein]] by [[James Swallow]]:**{{Endn|3a}}: Chapter One, pg. 30**{{Endn|3b}}: Chapter Two, pg. 44*{{Cite ThisEndn|4}}: [[Lantern's Light (Short Story)]]

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