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'''{{PAGENAME}}''' was a name given for the elite personal forces of the who drew their commands directly from [[Emperor]] in war, such as during the [[Great Crusade]] and [[Horus Heresy]] . This forces served the Emperor as emissaries, bodyguards and destroyers and among their number they included — the [[Adeptus Custodes]] being the "right" hand of the Emperor and his sworn protectors, the [[Sisters of Silence]], representing his "left" handand acting as the harvesters of the Great [[Tithe]], as well as the shadowy inhuman killers of the [[Officio Assassinorum]], and other even stranger and more occluded agencies such as the tech. arcanists of the Templi-Chronos and the dread [[Psi-Titans]] of the [[Ordo Sinister]].{{Fn|1}}{{Fn|2}} While the [[Legiones Astartes]] led the conquest of the Galaxy followed by the countless ranks of the [[Imperialis Auxillia]] in their wake, the Talons of the Emperor were given other, often more mysterious and secret tasks, but were not less vital for that. When the Talons were unleashed they wielded weapons and abilities created by the Emperor or derived from relics of the Dark Age of the Teachnology which were only entrusted to them.{{Fn|2}}
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*{{Endn|1}}: [[Codex: Adeptus Custodes (8th Edition)]], pg. 9
*{{Endn|2}}: [[The Horus Heresy Book Eight - Malevolence]], pgs. 257
[[Category:The Emperor]]
[[Category:Adeptus Custodes]]
[[Category:Sisters of Silence]]