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The '''Order of the Jackal''' was one of the three ''Red Orders'' of the [[Thousand Sons]] [[Legion]] during the [[Great Crusade]] and [[Horus Heresy]].{{Fn|1}}
==Overview==
Known as the ''Measure of Life and Death'', the role of this order was twofold: to remember the dead and to raise the next generation of warriors to fight for the [[Legion]]. It was the Order of the Jackal that interred approved wounded Thousand Sons into [[Dreadnought]]s and trained [[Aspirant]]s and [[Neophyte]]s into new Space Marines as well as managing [[Gene-Seed]]. The Order also attended to the dead of the Legion and maintained their legacy. As a result, the Order contained a large number of [[Apothecaries]].{{Fn|1}}
The Order became known as the protectors of the Legion's traditions and were often used as arbiters in internal disputes. Their members within each of the five [[Cults of the Thousand Sons]] were known as the [[Khenetai Occult]]. The Khenetai Occult frequently served as the guardians of each Cult's temple and to symbolize this they often wore a ceremonial jackal-masked helm marked with the symbol of both their order and their cult respectively.{{Fn|1}}
==Notable Members==
*[[Iskandar Khayon]]— [[Khenetai Occult|Khenetai]].{{Fn|2}}
==Trivia==
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The Order of the Jackal strongly resembles the embalmers of ancient Egypt, an order of priests and artisans who oversaw the process of mummification of high-ranking nobles and also wore jackal-shaped helms in the likeness of Anubis.
==See Alsoalso==*[[Cults of the Thousand Sons]]*[[Order of Blindness]]
*[[Order of Ruin]]
==Sources==
*{{Endn|1}}: [[The Horus Heresy Book Seven- Inferno]], pgpgs. 152-153*{{Endn|2}}: [[The Abyssal Edge (Short Story)]] — [[Sons of the Emperor (Anthology)]]
[[Category:Formations (Thousand Sons)]]
