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| - Along with this singular suit of Terminator Armour, Malevolous also crafted a special weapon to complement this deadly creation. This weapon was a unique Lightning Claw which incorporated a baroquely-styled twin Combi-Bolter. The Talon quickly became Horus' favoured weapon and a symbol of his office as the Imperial Warmaster of the Great Crusade. Some apocryphal sources claim it is an antediluvian relic that was found deep on the planet Clthon, and was a product of Mankind's Dark Age of Technology. Whatever the truth, the Talon played a dark role in the Imperium's history. During the Battle of Terra aboard his flagship Vengeful Spirit, Horus used his taloned claw to kill his own brother Sanguinius, the winged Primarch of the Blood Angels Legion, and to mortally wound the Emperor Himself.
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| - Along with this singular suit of Terminator Armour, Malevolous also crafted a special weapon to complement this deadly creation. This weapon was a unique Lightning Claw which incorporated a baroquely-styled twin Combi-Bolter. The Talon quickly became Horus' favoured weapon and a symbol of his office as the Imperial Warmaster of the Great Crusade. Some apocryphal sources claim it is an antediluvian relic that was found deep on the planet Clthon, and was a product of Mankind's Dark Age of Technology. Whatever the truth, the Talon played a dark role in the Imperium's history. During the Battle of Terra aboard his flagship Vengeful Spirit, Horus used his taloned claw to kill his own brother Sanguinius, the winged Primarch of the Blood Angels Legion, and to mortally wound the Emperor Himself. Ezekyle Abaddon, First Captain and most favored gene-son of Horus, and his Justaerin Terminator elite fought their way through squad after squad of yellow-armoured Imperial Fists Terminators to the command centre of the starship, but they were too late. Running across iron decks that were slick with the blood of demigods, Abaddon took up the lifeless body of his father with great tenderness. Wracked with emotion, he detached the taloned claw that Horus had used to kill the Primarch Sanguinius from his Primarch's armour and resolved to use it to throttle the Emperor. With his gene-father dead, Abaddon abandoned the conquest of Terra and instead blazed a trail across the stars to the forbidden realm of the Eye of Terror. The Traitor Legions retreated in his wake, cursing the hour that had stolen their destiny. With this act, Abaddon passed from mortal space and into legend. The Talon of Horus is now an icon of evil incarnate to the Imperium, causing terror in Imperial forces, except for the Astartes of the Blood Angels Chapter who are affected with an implacable hatred for the weapon that slew their gene-sire. Over the last ten millennia, Abaddon has tested the strength of the Imperium many times in the Long War, and with each victory his power grows. Over the millennia, he has led no fewer than thirteen Black Crusades, each of which has emerged from the Warp and culminated in a spectacular invasion of realspace, and the Talon of Horus has been worn on his right hand in every campaign.
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