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The '''{{PAGENAME}}''' ("blade of mercy") is a weapon usually in the form of a long dagger or short sword carried by the [[Legio Custodes]], and later [[Adeptus Custodes]]{{fn|2}}, as a symbol of the ''Magisterium Lex Ultima'' which places them above all law except the direct authority of the [[Emperor of Mankind]]. Designed to deliver a single killing thrust, they may be used to carry out a death sentence or to euthanise a grievously wounded warrior.{{fn|1}}
==History==
The '''{{PAGENAME}}''' became symbols of the authority of executioner-judges and the complete power of life and death held by the warlords of [[Terra]] over their subjects during the [[Age of Strife]]. After the [[Unification Wars]], only the agents and judges of the [[Emperor of Mankind]] were permitted to carry the Misericordia.{{fn|1}}
==See Also==
*[[Adeptus Custodes Armoury]]
*[[Power Knife]]
==Sources==
{{Endn|1}}: [[The Horus Heresy Book Seven - Inferno]], p.119
*{{Endn|2}}: [https://www.games-workshop.com/en-GB/Captain-general-Trajann-Valoris-2018 Captain-General Trajann Valoris]
[[Category: The Emperor and the Adeptus Custodes]]
{{otheruses|USE=dagger|OTHERUSE=vehicle restraint mechanism|OTHERPAGE=Caestus Assault Ram}}
The '''{{PAGENAME}}''' ("blade of mercy") is a weapon usually in the form of a long dagger or short sword carried by the [[Legio Custodes]], and later [[Adeptus Custodes]]{{fn|2}}, as a symbol of the ''Magisterium Lex Ultima'' which places them above all law except the direct authority of the [[Emperor of Mankind]]. Designed to deliver a single killing thrust, they may be used to carry out a death sentence or to euthanise a grievously wounded warrior.{{fn|1}}
==History==
The '''{{PAGENAME}}''' became symbols of the authority of executioner-judges and the complete power of life and death held by the warlords of [[Terra]] over their subjects during the [[Age of Strife]]. After the [[Unification Wars]], only the agents and judges of the [[Emperor of Mankind]] were permitted to carry the Misericordia.{{fn|1}}
==See Also==
*[[Adeptus Custodes Armoury]]
*[[Power Knife]]
==Sources==
{{Endn|1}}: [[The Horus Heresy Book Seven - Inferno]], p.119
*{{Endn|2}}: [https://www.games-workshop.com/en-GB/Captain-general-Trajann-Valoris-2018 Captain-General Trajann Valoris]
[[Category: The Emperor and the Adeptus Custodes]]
