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An '''AssassinAssassins''' is a contract-killer, someone who specialises are agents specialized in killing a person, and infiltration. Various types of assassin are used by several races and armies to efficiently damage an enemy by removing one or several persons, in a covert waymore important individuals. They Assassins may be sent undercover to infiltrate an the enemy command centre in order to destroy important leaders and kill an officerofficers, destroy a special objectiveobjectives, or perform some other similar covert task that a conventional army would have to suffer many losses to achieve. Although considered underhanded, assassins can in many circumstances destroy a threat far more efficiently than entire armies can, which will often leave planets devastated. The [[High Lords of Terra]], rulers and administrators of the [[Imperium]], have a special division , the [[Officio Assassinorum]], (aka the Office of Assassins), to deal with such matters. The [[Dark Eldar]] have the [[Mandrake]]s.
==Known Assassins by race==