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Little else is known of the Hidden Ones and the method in which they were deployed. Their commander was [[Amon]], 9th [[Chapter|Fellowship]] [[Space Marine Captain|Captain]] of the legion and [[Equerry]] to [[Magnus the Red]]. Amon was noted to have trained the Hidden Ones personally.{{Fn|1}}
It is possible that the Hidden Ones were not [[Astartes]] Scouts in the traditional sense; that is, not new recruits employed as reconnaissance troops, but a type of infiltrator far more insidious. Evidence for this comes not only from the Hidden Ones being referred to as the Scout ''Auxilia'', but also from the revelation reasonable if misplaced belief that [[Kasper Ansbach Hawser]] was a Hidden One of the Thousand Sons , despite being human and completely unaware of this possibility for most of his known life. Hawser operated 's apparent role was to operate as a deep-cover spy planted inside the [[Space Wolves]] legion apparently by the Thousand Sons, who had psychically (and perhaps sorcerously) reprogrammed his mind so that he would go to [[Fenris]] and become attached to the Space Wolves. From this position his handlers in the Thousand Sons - believed to be Amon and even Magnus himself - could perceive his experiences and glean secret intelligence on the inner operations of the [[Space Wolves|Wolves of Fenris]].{{Fn|2}}
As it was stated that Hidden Ones were more useful to the Thousand Sons when they were unaware of their status as spies{{Fn|2a}}, it is implied that unconscious Hidden Ones similar to Kasper Hawser existed in other institutions the Thousand Sons wanted to establish intelligence on.
