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[[Criol Fowst]], a [[human]] leader of the [[Brotherhood of the Knife]], possessed an ''athame'' gifted to him by his [[Legionary]] patron, [[Arune Xen]]. Fowst used his ''athame'' to sacrifice victims as part of the Word Bearers' summoning ritual.{{Fn|1a}} He considered it his most treasured possession, and was enraged when he lost it to [[Oll Persson]].{{Fn|1b}} Persson later used this ''athame'' to cut a rift in realspace that allowed him and a small group of survivors to escape the poisoning of [[Calth]]'s atmosphere.{{Fn|1g}} This Athame is apparently made of a rock that was used in the first murder in Terra's history, when Cail slew Abel.{{Fn|7}}
[[Ultramarines]] [[Space Marine Captain|Captain]] [[Remus Ventanus]] was able to kill banish the [[daemon]] [[Samus]] with an ''athame'' confiscated from Morpal Cxir. He used the knife because he had no other weapon to hand, but was amazed by its potency in killing against the daemon. His [[Space Marine Sergeant|Sergeant]], [[Kiuz Selaton]], suggested gathering the other fallen daggers and using them against the hordes of daemons rampaging across Calth. Ventanus considered using them might have a corrupting influence and refused, but kept the one he had used on Samus in his belt.{{Fn|1d}}
[[Kor Phaeron]] and his [[Gal Vorbak|elite guard]] carried ''athames'' during their boarding action of the Ultramarines' orbital weapons platform. When [[Roboute Guilliman]] and a small force of Ultramarines boarded the platform, Phaeron was able to stun Guilliman with his sorcerous powers. While the Ultramarines' [[Primarch]] was temporarily helpless, Phaeron became intoxicated with the idea of using his ''athame'' to turn him to Chaos, just as Erebus had turned Horus. He pierced the flesh of Guilliman's throat with it, but didn't strike a fatal blow. That was his mistake: resistant to whatever dark influence was carried by the knife, Guilliman counter-attacked, driving Phaeron back and forcing the Word Bearers to retreat.{{Fn|1e}}{{Fn|1f}}
