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[[Image:BoneswordBit.jpg|thumb|right|160px|Bonesword{{Fn|4}}]]
A '''Bonesword''' is a [[Tyranid]] [[close combat]] [[Biomorph]] which can drain the life-force out of its victims.{{Fn|1}} They are commonly carried by [[Hive Tyrant]]s,{{Fn|5a}}, [[Tyranid Warrior]]s,{{Fn|5b}} and [[Tyrant Guard]].{{Fn|5c}}
A bonesword is living organism, which has a small brain situated deep within its hilt and has a rudimentary sentience that allows it to gradually grow in length and repair any battle damage to itself and maintain a deadly monomolecular edge. However, it is completely slaved to the will of its wielder and is incapable of any independent thought.{{Fn|1}} The weapon is made of [[chitin]] and constantly crackles with powerful psychic energy that flows along embedded nerve tendrils to create a psychic field around the blade, effectively creating a biological version of a [[force weapon]]. This energy amplifies in potency when in close proximity to another bonesword, such as when used in pairs{{Fn|3}}. It is serrated on both edges and was originally a creature's massively elongated horn.{{Fn|3}}
*{{Endn|3}}: [[Codex: Tyranids (2nd Edition)]], pg. 52
*{{Endn|4}}: [http://www.games-workshop.com/gws/catalog/productDetail.jsp?prodId=prod1460229a Bonesword]
*{{Endn|5}}: [[Codex: Tyranids (8th Edition)]]
**{{Endn|5a}}: pg. 85
**{{Endn|5b}}: pg. 89
**{{Endn|5c}}: pg. 92
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