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'''{{PAGENAME}}''' also known as "ghost weapons" or "ghost blades" are exquisitely crafted weapons, with an ethereal quality that allows them to pass through solid materials like arms and armour to wound the living being beneath. The weapons so rare, they are considered mythical to all but the most informed scholars and adventurers. Such myths often feature individuals or even entire voidcraft, mysteriously disappearing in a pale, misty glow. They are created by a nomadic race of [[xenos]] known as the [[Stryxis]] and come in 'Blade', 'Lance', 'Whip', 'Lash' and 'Rifle' variants. As with other items associated with the [[Cold Trade]], their use is prohibited and punishable with the harshest of sentences{{Fn|1a}}{{Fn|1b}}{{Fn|2}}{{Fn|3}}
==Aether Blade==
==Aether Whip==
Aether Whips resemble their Blade and Lance variants in that they are made of a solid grip and a long incorporeal lash which glows with ghostly energy. These whips offer the same advantages and disadvantages as other Aether weaponry. The most popular conjecture surrounding the weapon is that their flexible energy cords are mainly employed to keep slave populations on board Stryxis vessels in line. It is believed that these vicious weapons are used by only the most socially-advanced Stryxis.{{Fn|2}}
==Aetherlash==
These weapons strongly resemble the Aether Whip, though they possess less range and damage potential and somewhat easier to acquire. They are crafted from the same warp-based technology used in many Stryxis weapons, appearing as nothing more than a short handle of blue-grey metal, grown rather than manufactured. When activated, however, a metres-long stream of flickering, iridescent mist lashes out, striking like a whip yet passing through any matter it touches. Where it strikes the living, they recoil as if wounded. It otherwise possesses the same characteristics as all Aether weaponry.{{Fn|4}
==Aether Rifles==
*{{Endn|2}}: [[Rogue Trader: The Koronus Bestiary]], pg. 95-96
*{{Endn|3}}: [[Dark Heresy: Radical's Handbook]], pg. 200
*{{Endn|4}}: [[Rogue Trader: Hostile Acquisitions]], pg.56
[[Category:Weapons (Minor Alien Species and Factions)]]
[[Category:Weapons (Imperium)|Inquisition]]
