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[[Image:OfficoSymbolNew.jpg|thumb|right|120px|Symbol of the Officio Assassinorum{{citethisFn|16}}]]The '''Officio Assassinorum''' (Office of Assassins) is a subdivision of the [[Administratum]] responsible for the recruitment, training, and deployment of elite assassins.{{citethisFn|1}}
==Overview==
[[Image:ExecForce.jpg|thumb|right|300px|The four principle types of Assassins of the Officio Assassinorum from left to right: [[Eversor]], [[Culexus]], [[Callidus]], and [[Vindicare]]{{citethisFn|15a}}]]
The Officio's head is the [[Grand Master of Assassins]] and due to the power of his organisation, and by tradition, he is always a member of the [[Senatorum Imperialis]]. Although the Grand Master oversees the organisation, they may only deploy assassins with the authority of the Senatorum, requiring a two-thirds majority of the High Lords to authorise the deployment of a single assassin.{{fn|16}}
==Organisation==
[[Image:OfficioOrg.jpg|thumb|right|The structure of the Officio Assassinorum. Note that the [[Vanus]] and [[Venenum]] Temples are dubbed "classified"{{citethis}Fn|16}]]
The primary division of the Officio is into temples (also called clades), each of which is led by a small group of Masters (often termed '''Lord Assassins''' or '''Grand Masters'''{{fn|9}}) and specialises in a unique brand of murder.{{fn|16}} These Masters rarely work directly but instead being responsible for planning, organising, research and watching over the younger Assassins. The greater number of the Assassins are unranked, though some can be more experienced than others.{{Fn|2}}
===Temples===
[[Image:Officio Assassinorum symbol 2.png|thumb|220px|Seal of the Officio Assassinorum{{citethisFn|25}}]]*[[Vindicare Temple]] - sharpshooters, specialists in sniping and marksmanship.{{citethisFn|18a}}*[[Callidus Temple]] - chameleons, specialists in infiltration and impersonation.{{citethisFn|18a}}*[[Eversor Temple]] - berserkers, drug-fuelled killing machines.{{citethisFn|18a}}*[[Culexus Temple]] - [[pariah]]s, [[psyker]]s are their exclusive targets.{{citethisFn|18a}}*[[Venenum Temple]] - specialists in poisoning their targets.{{citethisFn|3}}
*[[Vanus Temple]] - intelligence-gatherers, in matters of strategy and tactics their insight is unparalleled. They often assassinate their targets indirectly using their intelligence and knowledge to bring down targets.{{Fn|3}}
===Notable Operations===
[[File:ImpAss.jpg|thumb|right|170px|An Imperial assassin{{citethisFn|26}}]]
*'''[[M31]]''' - The first [[Officio Assassinorum Execution Force]] is dispatched to kill the rogue [[Warmaster]] [[Horus]]. The operation ends in failure.{{Fn|11a}}
*'''[[M31]]''' - The [[Callidus Assassin]] [[M'Shen]] slays [[Night Lords]] [[Primarch]] [[Konrad Curze]].{{Fn|11a}}
*{{Endn|14}}: [[War Zone Damocles: Mont'ka]] - ''Spectre of Death''
*{{Endn|15}}: [[Assassinorum: Execution Force (Novel)]],{{Cite this}}
**{{Endn|15a}}: Cover*{{Endn|16}}: [[Assassinorum: Execution Force (Game)]]pg.23
*{{Endn|17}}: [[Codex: Inquisition (6th Edition)]], ''Ordo Sicarius''
*{{Endn|18}}: [[Codex: Assassins (2nd Edition)]], pg. 2-5**{{Endn|18a}}: pg.10-20
*{{Endn|19}}: [[Codex: Chaos Space Marines (8th Edition)]], pg. 28
*{{Endn|20}}: [[Imperium Nihilus: Vigilus Ablaze]], pg. 106 - ''The Wheels of Justice Turn Slowly''
*{{Endn|23}}: [[ The Horus Heresy Book Seven]], pgs. 116–119
*{{Endn|24}}: [[Watchers of the Throne: The Regent's Shadow (Novel)]], Chapter 28
*{{Endn|25}}: [[Warhammer 40,000: Wargear (2nd Edition)]], p.63
*{{Endn|26}}: [[White Dwarf 118 (UK)]] pg.60
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