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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 euthanize a grievously wounded warrior.{{fn|1}}

A Misericordia is presented to an Adeptus Custodes aspirant when he become becomes a full -fledged Custodian member. It is said that originally - , before the Unification Wars misericordias , these were the a weapon of Tyrants the Terran tyrants of old Terra, but after their fall transfered to the Misericordia became a symbol of humanity's arbiters of humanity, the Emperor's judgement judgment itself.{{Fn|3}}

After the [[Horus Heresy]] Misericordias gain a new meaning - becoming the vengeance for the Emperor's demise. It is said that, that every time Misericordia pierced the a traitor's heart, a minuscule measure of revenge is was exacted on behalf of the Emperor himself. Though Custodians are mostly immune to such superstition, there are those amongst their ranks who harbour harbor the hope that if enough traitor blood is spilt with these blades, it may , in some way , restore the Emperor himselfHim. Other One group of Custodians, named the [[Miserians]], believe that through the wounds inflicted with Misericordia the [[Black Legion]] and their masters will slowly bleed themselves, so often managed to inflict a death by a thousand cuts upon the miserable Traitors. That's why Thus, it's is rare indeed that Custodian Custodians will go to battle against the [[Heretic Astartes]] without Misericordias at their hips.{{Fn|3}}

The Misericordias Misericordia resembles a knives that are knife, filigreed with gold and [[theldrite]], their hilts moulded to the owner's unique grip and their blades imbued with micromolecular dissonator spirits that allow them to slice through the thickest armour as though it is just sheet of paper.{{Fn|3}}