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[[File:GrimaldusFace.JPG|thumb|right|300px|Merek Grimaldus{{Fn|5a5}}]]
[[Reclusiarch]] '''Merek Grimaldus''' is a veteran of a score of successful [[Black Templars]] Crusades.{{Fn|3a}}
Grimaldus elected not to reform his Command Squad following their deaths.{{Fn|4b}} In the aftermath of the siege, however, [[High Marshal (Black Templars)|High Marshal]] [[Helbrecht]] provided Grimaldus with an apprentice, [[Initiate]] [[Cyneric]], who was under consideration for elevation to the [[Chaplaincy]].{{Fn|4a}}{{Fn|4b}}
In addition, Grimaldus is occasionally accompanied by a trio of [[Cenobyte Servitor]]s, each bearing one of the surviving relics from the [[Temple of the Emperor Ascendant]] - [[Remnant of the Fallen Temple|a broken [[aquilastatue]] statue, [[Banner of Fallen Crusaders|the remains of the founding charter of [[Hive Helsreach|Helsreach]] and [[Sceptre of Anointing|an orb containing the last of the Temple's holy water]].{{Fn|4f}}{{Fn|6}}
==Wargear==
*{{Endn|1}}: [[Helsreach (Novel)]], ''Cover Illustration by [[Jon Sullivan]]''
*{{Endn|2}}: [[Codex: Black Templars (4th Edition)]], pgs. 46-47
*3: [[Helsreach (Novel)]] - — [[Armageddon (Anthology)]]
**{{Endn|3a}}: Prologue
**{{Endn|3b}}: Chapter I
**{{Endn|3h}}: Chapter XXI
**{{Endn|3i}}: Epilogue
*4: [[Blood and Fire (Novella)]] - — [[Armageddon (Anthology)]]
**{{Endn|4a}}: Chapter I
**{{Endn|4b}}: Chapter II
**{{Endn|4f}}: Chapter VIII
**{{Endn|4g}}: Epilogue
*{{Endn|5}}: [[Helsreach (Novel)]] - ''Cover Art (Masterworks rerelease*{{Endn|5a}}: Cover)''*{{Endn|6}}: [https://www.warhammer-community.com/2021/09/27/grimaldus-the-relic-saving-and-ork-smashing-high-chaplain-of-the-black-templars-is-back/ Warhammer Community: Grimaldus, the Relic-Saving and Ork-Smashing High Chaplain of the Black Templars, Is Back (posted 27/9/2021)] ''(last accessed 27/9/9th October 2021)''
{{DEFAULTSORT:Grimaldus, Merek}}
