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The '''Callidus Temple''' is one of many different temples that makes up the [[Officio Assassinorum]].
The Callidus Assassins are the most cunning of all the assassins and they specialise in trickery, deception, deceit, infiltration, and impersonation. Their greatest asset is the shape-changing drug ''Polymorphine''. This drug coupled with the correct training can change their very shape and appearance allowing them to impersonate other persons, also members of the opposite sex, and even humanoid [[XenosXeno]] s like the [[Orks]] and the [[Eldar]]. [[Meh'Lindi]], one of the most cunning agents, managed to impersonated successfully a [[Genestealer]] hybrid for a time<sup>1,2</sup>. One can assume that the impersonation of a [[Tau]] is possible, but no reports confirming this are known to this date.
This makes them experts at getting close to their target, be it rebellious Imperial governors, corrupt Imperial high officials, Heretic prophets, Xeno leaders, etc. This allows them to manipulate the enemy plans and eventually assassinate the main target at the best possible moment. Polymorphine works better with women, and therefore the vast majority of the temple-members are women.
