Amiculus

Amiculus is how the Praecepti refer to the particular brothers that were able to make the ultimate sacrifice for their own. These Astartes would under normal conditions have been entombed within the shell of a Dreadnought if part of any other chapter. Amiculus is the only iteration of the word, multiple Amiculus are not called Amiculi.

The Amiculus are few and function much like Daemon Weapons of the Ruinous Powers. One thing sets them apart, instead of being malevolent and corrupting influences on their wielders these are a warm, calming influence in most cases though they have been known to anger when confronted with acts of evil, especially betrayal. Some Amiculus are even able to be conversed with while on their wielders person though they seem distant much like an Eldar Wraith construction. For the most part the Amciulus save the chosen Praecepti from the hell that is the Warp, but most can only be reached with the most strenuous of efforts to contact them through these objects and even then direct conversation is only possible with the most powerful of artifacts. A weaker Amiculus will only be able to perhaps communicate feelings, or vague concepts.

These weapons also serve to lessen the backlash of a failure to manifest one's psykic ability. The most powerful Amiculus have seen warriors in an orb of calm among what would otherwise be a raging warp storm or used to outright absorb the warp energies of witch fire that would normally have burnt the flesh from the wielder's bones.