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Sentry 616 wrote: Well an axe is a reasonable weapon to represent choice. It can serve as both a tool and a weapon.

Otherwise it's probably the laurels.

Well, another factor that I considered after writing this is that the Vacuo symbol contains multiple swords as well. It is possible that the dual axes is just a motif. The branch could be a laurel or an olive branch. Looking at it that way then perhaps the relic is a single axe combined with an olive branch or something to that effect. Put in the context of the story about the Brother Gods it makes quite a bit of sense. Humanity has the choice of destruction or creation, alternatively war or peace.