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{{IntWik| align=right border="1" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="0" style="margin-left:0em; margin-right:0em; margin-bottom:0em; background:#4F4F4F;"! colspanDestination="1" width="165px"| Inquisition! colspan="2" width="240px"| '''Ordo Malleus'''! Colspan="1" width="140px"| Symbol |- align="center"| rowspan="14"|{{InqPortal}}<br><br><br>[[Image:Daemonhunters_cover_art.JPG|160px]]| colspanclear="2all" |>{{IntWik2|Destination=Ordo MalleusInqPortal}}| rowspan="3"|[[Image:Inquisition_Symbol.JPG|center|80px|Symbol]]|-| Order: || Ordo Malleus |- |Command: |[[Inquisition]]|- |Specialty: || Daemons !Colspan="1" width="140px"| Miniature|- |Title: |Daemonhunters|Colspan="1" rowspan="8"|[[Image:Daemonhunter.gif|center|120px|Daemonhunter]]|- |Militants: |[[Grey Knights]]|- |Established: |approx. [[M31]]|- |Current Strength: |unknown|-|} The '''Ordo Malleus''' is one of the three main Ordos of the [[Inquisition]] and, literally litterary translated, means "Order of the Hammer". It Their military arm is the task of the Ordo Malleus to document and destroy any physical manifestation of [[ChaosDaemonhunters]] and that is why their Inquisitors recieve the title "Daemonhunters".<sup>1</sup> They are aided in this mission by their militant arm, making use of the [[Grey Knights]] [[Space Marine]] [[Chapter]], who are and it is the ultimate champions against task of the DaemonicOrdo Malleus to destroy any physical manifestation of [[Chaos]].
==Foundation==
The chief targets for the Ordo Malleus are Chaos covens, cults and the [[Sensei]]. These are all deemed to be dangerous influences capable of destabilising the Imperium.
===Daemonhunters===
The Daemonhunters' armies incorporate the forces of the Grey Knights and other Ordo Odo Malleus servants. They The Daemonhunters make use of specialised anti-Daemon weaponry and have some of the best manufactured armour and weaponry in the Imperium. Unlike other Space Marine Chapters, a large number of the Grey Knights Daemonhunters are psykers and, as such, a large number of the Grey Knights use have psychic hoods or similar and other equipment to emphasise their psychic gifts.
A common misconception is that the Daemonhunters and Grey Knights are the same thing, when in fact the Grey Knights are a separate seperate Space Marine Chapter recruited by the Inquisition in the Daemonhunters army. In combat, the Inquisition deploys a variety of troops, as an Inquisitor has the authority to command almost any citizen of the Imperium. They may field Inquisitorial Storm Troopers, Inducted Imperial Guardsmen, Allied Space Marines, or even one of the temples of the Officio Assassinorum "by the authority of the Immortal Emperor of Mankind" <sup>1</sup>.
Regardless of the additional troop selection, the Grey Knights, Chamber Militant of the Ordo Malleus, are the quintessential representation of the Daemonhunters and gallantly pursue the Daemonic wherever it is to be found.
===Grey Knights===
{{main|Grey Knights}}The Grey Knights are specially equipped and specially trained [[Space Marines]] who have the knowledge and strength to battle the daemonic. They serve the [[Imperium]] by hunting down and destroying daemons before they have a chance to reak havok upon the helpless.<sup>1</sup>
They are issued with the best equipment possible. Their aegis armour shields them against psychic attacks, and is physically repelling to daemons, and is also covered in a shroud of ancient technology making them harder to spot and shoot at on the battlefield. They carry a stormbolter on one wrist, and carry a nemesis force-weapon, which is typically a halberd that is tuned to the Grey Knight's psyche. Heavy weapons squads (Purgation Squads) carry special double barreled flamethrowers (known as incinerators) that are loaded with holy oils that are the anathema for daemon-kind. Psycannons, which carry psychically charged, silver bolts that are inscribed with holy sayings and litanies, can bypass material and psychic shields. They are especially suited to fighting the Daemonic.<sup>1</sup>
==Notable Members==
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