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The '''Venenum Temple''' produces the mysterious Venenum Assassin. It is controlled by the [[Officio Assassinorum]] and is based on [[Terra]].
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[[Image:Veneneum.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Venenum Assassin{{Fn|4}}]]
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The '''Venenum Temple''' trains and deploys its assassins on behalf of the [[Officio Assassinorum]] upon receiving orders by the [[High Lords of Terra]].  The temple is presumably located, like most other assassin temples, in a secret location on [[Terra]].{{Fn|1b}}
  
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===The Making of a Venenum Assassin===
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==Overview==
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Venenum assassins are similar to [[Callidus Temple|Callidus Assassins]] due to their use of the polymorphine drug, enabling them to change their shape into anything they desire. They emphasise the use of poisons and non-technical weapons, shunning noisy or obvious weapons. They use poisoned swords, daggers and blow tubes to kill, and are masters of stealth and disguise, as well as hand to hand combat. They are chosen for their silent approach, when a noisy attacker would compromise the mission.
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Experts in subtlety and poison{{Fn|1b}}, members wield toxins potent enough to quickly dispatch even the toughest of prey. Their rigorously trained and genetically-enhanced Assassins were selected from the finest alchemists that were capable of creating exotic concoctions that cause death without leaving a metabolic trace. They were said to have had the greatest level of success during the [[Horus Heresy]].{{Fn|4}}
  
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They prefur to remain invisible, silent. The best assassin is the unknown assassin. They also make use of implants from the Medicus Adeptus to alter their shape and height, helping the polymorphine. They also have implants to let them mimic speech patterns. With the polymorphine injected, they change their entire personailty into the person they are mimicing.
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Venenum Assassins wield [[Toxin Injector (Venenum)|Toxin Injector]]s, [[Poison Globe]]s, and poisoned [[Hookfang]] blades.{{Fn|4}}
  
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They are often landed behind enemy lines to take the place of a trusted friend of whoever they are trying to kill. They will then only show themselves when the time is right, and then disappear back into the blackness from where they came.
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==Notable Venenum Assassins==
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*[[Drakan Vangorich]] - [[Grand Master of Assassins]] during the [[War of the Beast]], previously a Master of Clade Venenum{{fn|3a}}
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*[[Echo Malensis]] - Lord Assassin, timed her targets' deaths to the second of her return to the Temple{{fn|1b}}
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*[[Esad Wire]] - turned into an [[Eversor]] after the [[Beheading]]{{fn|3b}}
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*[[Jenniker Solam]] - Secluse, part of the first [[Execution Force]]{{fn|2b}}
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*[[Siress Venenum]] - Founder and Director Primus during the [[Horus Heresy]]{{fn|2a}}
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*[[Tobeld]] - attempted to assassinate [[Horus]]{{fn|2a}}
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*[[Urhua Thereaux]] - killed a thousand members of an anti-Imperial committee by poisoning their chairs{{fn|1a}}
  
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==Sources==
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*1: [[Dataslate: Officio Assassinorum (Background Book)]]
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**{{Endn|1a}}: ''The Chains That Bind''
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**{{Endn|1b}}: ''Hidden Blades''
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*2: [[Nemesis (Novel)]]
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**{{Endn|2a}}: Chapter Two
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**{{Endn|2b}}: Dramatis Personae
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*3: [[The Beheading (Novel)]]
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**{{Endn|3a}}: Chapter Ten
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**{{Endn|3b}}: Chapter Eleven
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*{{Endn|4}}: [https://www.warhammer-community.com/2022/09/15/heresy-thursday-pump-poison-into-the-veins-of-your-target-with-the-new-clade-venenum-assassin/ Warhammer Community: Heresy Thursday – Pump Poison Into the Veins of Your Target With the New Clade Venenum Assassin (posted 15/9/2022)] (last accessed 16/9/2022)
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Latest revision as of 19:59, 18 July 2023

Venenum Assassin[4]

The Venenum Temple trains and deploys its assassins on behalf of the Officio Assassinorum upon receiving orders by the High Lords of Terra. The temple is presumably located, like most other assassin temples, in a secret location on Terra.[1b]

Overview

Experts in subtlety and poison[1b], members wield toxins potent enough to quickly dispatch even the toughest of prey. Their rigorously trained and genetically-enhanced Assassins were selected from the finest alchemists that were capable of creating exotic concoctions that cause death without leaving a metabolic trace. They were said to have had the greatest level of success during the Horus Heresy.[4]

Venenum Assassins wield Toxin Injectors, Poison Globes, and poisoned Hookfang blades.[4]

Notable Venenum Assassins

Sources



Temples of the Officio Assassinorum
Main Temples Callidus • Culexus • Eversor • Vindicare
Other Temples Adamus • Maerorus • Vanus • Venenum
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