- See also: Item: Blade of Mercy
Codex text
An enchanted replica of the blade Archon Hessarian used to slay Andraste as she burned—an act of mercy that he said the Maker commanded.
Of course, the Tevinter Imperium did not become part of the Chantry until well after its formation centuries later, so the first of these blades was created in 2:2 Glory as a gift from Archon Therion to his general, Lord Galineus, for battles fought at the height of the Second Blight. Since then many archons gave similar gifts and it is seen as a badge of honor within the Imperium—though more than one of these blades have ended up on the black market, either stolen or sold by the recipients when their family fell on hard times.
Ironically, one of the four swords found impaled in the body of assassinated Queen Madrigal of Antiva in 5:99 Exalted (thus inspiring the Age of Steel) was a Blade of Mercy. It was a great sacrilege to the Chantry.
Further information
- According to other sources, the Tevinter Imperium was the first nation that converted to the faith in the Maker and Andraste, though formalized Chantry only came much later with the expansion of Orlais.
Trivia
- Constellation Judex is also known as the "Blade of Mercy" and is intertwined with Constellation Visus to form the Inquisition's heraldry.[1]
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