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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]]{{fnFn|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 euthanize euthanise a grievously wounded warrior.{{fnFn|1}}

The '''Misericordia''' Misericordias 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.{{fnFn|1}}

After the [[Horus Heresy]] Misericordias gain gained a new meaning - becoming vengeance for the Emperor's demise. It is said that every time Misericordia pierced a traitor's heart, a minuscule measure of revenge was exacted on behalf of the Emperor himself. Though Custodians are mostly immune to such superstition, there are those amongst their ranks who harbor harbour the hope that if enough traitor blood is spilt with these blades, it may, in some way, restore Him. 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. Thus, it is rare indeed that Custodians will go to battle against the [[Heretic Astartes]] without Misericordias at their hips.{{Fn|3}}

The A Misericordia resembles a 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}}

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*{{Endn|1}}: [[The Horus Heresy Book Seven - Inferno]], ppg. 119