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Index Astartes: Emperor’s Spears

January 2021·pp. 38–45

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Aaron Dembski-Bowden and Elliot Hamer trace the Emperor’s Spears’ defence of Elara’s Veil and their strained inheritance of the Adeptus Vaelarii oath. Nemeton’s clans, geases, funerary view of recruitment and distinctive warhost organisation explain a Chapter whose barbaric appearance conceals fierce loyalty and complicated relationships with its allies.

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