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The Glaive is a super-heavy tank pattern based on the Fellblade, outfitted with a potent volkite carronade, a device of the Mechanicum whose design is said to have originated on Mars during the wars of the Age of Strife. When it fires, multiple targets are struck down by its ravening beam before even a portion of its energy is dissipated.

The role of Custodian Venatari is a high honour among their Legio and is reserved for those who have proven themselves successful in the Blood Games. Their domain resides among the rooftops and spires of the Imperial Palace and in the skies above any Custodian assault, overseeing and assessing potential threats below before swooping into a killing dive.

Shield Captains are warriors of consummate and superhuman ability, rare insight, acumen, and knowledge. Afforded the finest of the Imperium’s arms, each of these legendary fighters commands the Legio Custodes against all manner of threats – they bear the might and power of the Legio, manifested in a single indomitable warrior.

The Custodian Guard are terrifyingly potent fighters – stronger, faster and more resilient than even Space Marines. Clad in uniquely alloyed armour and armed with lethal guardian spears, they are both living symbols of the Emperor’s authority and unrivalled warriors.

The Coronus Grav-carrier grants the Legio Custodes a degree of speed and agility unmatched by the grinding armour of the Imperium’s other hosts, allowing them to deploy, redeploy, and evade without risk of being pinned down by enemy troops or hazardous terrain. They are both the primary transport for the Sodalities of the Legio and the template upon which several other grav-craft are based.

The Caladius Annihilator Grav-tank provides the Legio Custodes with a mobile, protected platform upon which to mount one of the heaviest elements of their arsenal – a twin Arachnus blaze carronade. With this fusion of advanced systems and weapons, the Caladius Annihilator is perhaps the most powerful battleline armoured unit of its size in the Imperium’s forces.

The Caladius Grav-tank provides the Legio Custodes with a mobile, protected platform upon which to mount one of the heaviest elements of their arsenal – a twin Iliastus accelerator cannon. With this fusion of advanced systems and weapons, the Caladius is perhaps the most powerful battleline armoured unit of its size in the Imperium’s forces.

The Legiones Astartes deploy super-heavy assets when the need is great – massive battle tanks with weapons so powerful they can obliterate other war machines, and threaten even enemy Titans. In some extreme cases, both sides utilise these tanks, unleashing devastating ordnance upon each other until the battlefield is littered with smouldering hulks.

Guest editor Alandrian the Exiled, Ex-prince of Caledor, takes us on a journey to Ulthuan in this Spike! Journal with an emphasis on the Caledor Dragons. This exciting issue will help you get the most out of your team, and includes rules for themed pitches and balls, the Spectacle of the Flame Eternal, coaching tips, and entertaining editorials.

The Custodians are the finest warriors known to the Imperium, outfitted from the secret arsenals of the Emperor himself. They serve both as protectors – of the Emperor’s person, domain, and secrets – and as aggressors, executing those who might betray the Emperor and prosecuting the Great Crusade’s most pivotal campaigns. Their warships, vehicles, weapons, and wargear are utterly unparalleled...

The Sylvaneth are fey forest spirits who inhabit the wild places of the realms and defend their glades with blade, bow, and spell. They are the children of Alarielle the Everqueen, a deadly and wondrous goddess of nature who seeks to protect her Jade Realm against the depredations of predatory gods. Many Sylvaneth have the appearance of aelf-kin, with a natural grace that makes them formidable...

The Crimson Lash is one of the most famous gladiatorial troupes to tour the Khainite fighting pits. As mercenaries to those who can offer them a worthy fight, they tear their foes apart with cruel pleasure, causing even their allies to look upon them with a mix of awe and fear.

Each Shrine of Dark Tribute is a locus for sorcerous energy, collecting and imparting that power to those with the knowledge and skill to harness it. They are the centre of many a twisted ritual practised by the worshippers of the Murder God.

The Scáthborn are the true daughters of Morathi-Khaine. Born from tortured souls, they are twisted and mutated. When the Shadow Queen goes to war, these loyal servants accompany her, seeking to impress their god with acts of cruelty and bloodshed.

Blood Hags are the fighting elite of the Khainite aelves. Clad in gleaming armour and wielding twin-pronged valthrai polearms, they march into battle beside the war-shrines and warlords of the cult, messily executing any foes who dare come too close.

Traitor Legions, Renegades, and daemons rampage across the worlds of the Cadian Gate, all waging their own campaigns of butchery and conquest. As the warlords of these armies do battle with isolated Imperial remnants, an infernal intellect looks upon their region with greater ambition. Amidst the spires of the Iron Warrior’s home world, Medrengard, an intricate plan of conquest is pieced together.

The Knight Destrier is agile and fleet-footed. Employing rocket thrusters, skilled pilots are able to lend greater speed to their charge, tearing into the foe with thundershock spears or reaper chainswords before mowing down what remains of their enemies with hails of chastiser gatling rounds or explosive munitions from their frag bombards.

Mutilators change their grotesque, warp-saturated forms at will, sprouting monstrously oversized close combat weapons and mutant siege appendages depending on the foes they face. Bursting amidst coruscating teleportation flares with metallic roars, the hulking brutes charge headlong into their shocked victims to butcher everything within arm's reach.

Kravek Morne is a being of adamant and singular purpose, a living weapon in service to the Daemon Primarch Perturabo. The Iron Warriors Warsmith has a will powerful enough to dominate even the insane Obliterators and Mutilators, and leads attacks by hulking elite warriors to break open enemy battle-lines and fortress gates alike.

The Hastarii are heavily armoured Skitarii who lay down withering firepower with heightened efficiency. The expanding energy cones of Exterminator's eradication casters disrupt the target at a molecular level, grossly maiming or completely obliterating their victims, while Fusiliers address the foe's most heavily armoured assets with neutron fusils.

Thulia Ghuld is an avatar of the Omnissiah's martial aspect, commanding fanatical devotion from the Martian cohorts she leads to war. With her Jericho-class conversion resonator, she blasts swathes of enemies into scattering sonic energy, while her Rod of the War Forge beams out carrier waves to goad her warriors into battle.

The Adeptus Mechanicus employs a bewildering array of bizarre war machines, from long-legged walkers to hovering tanks. These assets support the Skitarii legions with heavy firepower and add tactical tools to wage war efficiently.