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From Warhammer 40k - Lexicanum
This is a misconception from Gathering Storm, which has the Emperor's Sword already be present on Roboute's knee. The artefac carried by Auto-Reliquary appears to just be the Armour of Fate
At the time of the 13th Black Crusade, Cawl was guided by a [[Harlequin]] [[Shadowseer]] to a planet which was long-abandoned during the [[4th Black Crusade]]. After battling [[Ork]]s on the world he recovered an artifact and learned of the [[Pylon]]s holding back the [[Immaterium]]. He was then instructed by this mysterious Shadowseer to go to [[Cadia]], where he aided in the defenses of the world against the forces of [[Chaos]]. He eventually joined into a reluctant alliance with the [[Necron Lord]] [[Trazyn the Infinite]] and the duo joined together to activate Cadia's Pylon array. While initially successful in activating the Pylons, Cadia was shattered by [[Abaddon]]'s redirection of the remains of a [[Blackstone Fortress]] into the planet. Cawl fled the Cadian system with his artifact and several allies including [[Saint Celestine]], [[Inquisitor]] [[Greyfax]], and [[Marshal (Black Templars)|Marshal]] [[Marius Amalrich]] of the [[Black Templars]] Astartes chapter. Hounded by the [[Black Legion]], who sought his artifact of still unknown significance, Cawl and his allies were eventually guided into the [[Webway]] on the world of [[Klaisus]] by the [[Eldar]] [[Farseer]] [[Eldrad Ulthran]].{{Fn|2}}
The Eldar guided the expedition to [[Macragge]] where Cawl revealed that his precocious artifacts were the [[Emperor's Sword (Weapon)|Emperor's Sword]] and a suit of [[Power Armour]] that could heal the comatose Primarch Guilliman. During the [[Ultramar Campaign]] Cawl was able to successfully work with the Eldar in resurrecting Guilliman, who drove the Chaos invaders from [[Ultramar]]. Cawl accompanied Guilliman in the subsequent [[Terran Crusade]] and was one of the few to reach [[Terra]]. Once on Terra Cawl talked with Guilliman of a secret pact with [[Mars]] and of his work nearing completion. He then made his way to the Red Planet to oversee its success.{{Fn|3}}
This secret project of Cawl was revealed to be the creation of the [[Primaris Space Marine]]s, the next generation of the [[Space Marines|Angels of Death]]. In truth, Cawl had been working on the project for 10,000 years.{{Fn|4}} Despite his seeming loyalty and effectiveness, Guilliman still harbored a great amount of distrust for Cawl. He believed Cawl to border the [[Heretek|heretekal]], particularly with regard to his creation of an artificial intelligence known as the ''Cawl Inferior''. Because of this, Guilliman repeatedly refused Cawl's requests to become [[Fabricator-General]]. Cawl's actions have also made him enemies with many across the greater [[Adeptus Mechanicus|Mechanicus]], particularly the more religious and conservative Tech-Priests.{{Fn|5}}
