Dreadbringer's Plate
The Dreadbringer's Plate was a baroque suit of artificer power armour, that was as much a symbol of the Dark Angels Legion's Dreadwing as any icon or badge of office.[1]
Formed of hardened ceramite and ferro-crystalline ores unique to Caliban, it was crafted after Lion El'Jonson reforged the Hexagrammaton when he joined the Great Crusade. Because of the Dreadbringer's Plate's composition, it could withstand even the most ferocious of corrosives without damage. So much so, that legend has it that the First Master of the Dreadwing once walked through a maelstrom of phosphex wearing this armour and emerged unscathed.[1]
The Dreadbringer’s Plate was also known to contain a powerful Energy Shield, which could dauntlessly withstand the heavy fusillade’s from a Dreadnought’s quad-mounted auto-cannons, and hurricanes of oncoming Las-fire or bolt rounds.[2] When struck, an actinic aura of discharging indigo colored energy would engulf the wearer, and leave a storm of trailing purple streamers of energy in its wake.[2]
See also
Sources
- 1: Warhammer Community: Horus Heresy – Book 9: Crusade Excerpt (Posted on 03/08/2020) (Last accessed on 3 August 2020)
- 2: Angels of Caliban (Novel), Chapter 4
