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==Artifact 5: The Oriflamme==
This legendary prayer strip, a sign of Mars’ personal esteem, is inscribed with the secret Sutra of the Maiden of Battles in her own bold calligraphy. Incomprehensible as the glyphs are, nonetheless they channel titanic energies, granting a Chosen of Battles peerless dominion over all realms of warfare. He who possesses the Oriflamme is fated to succeed in every martial endeavor he turns his powers towards; the Bureau of Destiny plans accordingly. The Oriflamme enhances its wielder's physical attributes like a Crown of Thunders; however, it is a tool not of rulership but of war. Attuned to a Shieldbearer for 10m, it can reflexively assume the form of any generic starmetal Artifact weapon once per action; ranged weapons so created are treated as if possessing an effectively limitless supply of mundane ammunition. When the Shieldbearer invokes the Lesser Sign of Mars, he ignores all penalties to his physical DVs. 

If its wielder should ever call upon the Greater Sign of Mars, the powers of the Oriflamme are said to be unrivaled on the battlefield. No one has attempted this since the Primordial War.