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{{Spoiler||source=Iron Sight (Short Story)}}
[[Image:KingmakerArt.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Absolom Raithe with the [[Callidus Assassin]] [[Sycorax (Callidus Assassin)|Sycorax]]{{Fn|2j}}]]
'''Absolom Raithe''' is a [[Vindicare Assassin]] who was sent to kill an [[Jackal Alphus|Alphus]] of the [[Burning Wyrm]] [[Genestealer Cult]] on [[Goviian]].{{Fn|1}}
==History==
The Cult had staged an uprising on the [[Imperial]] world and though the [[88th Tallarn]] were sent to destroy them, the [[Jackal Alphus|Alphus]] had wreaked havoc on the [[regiment]]'s command structure. She was Raithe's fifth assignment and upon the Alphus' death, the Vindicare would become a journeyman within his Temple. This meant he would no longer be assigned low ranking targets and would instead be sent to kill major threats to the Imperium that were classified as operational lynchpins. However a Vindicare's fifth mission is always the most dangerous mission they had faced so far and is known as the '''Deadly number five'''. This almost proved to be the case for Raithe, as after 27 days of attempting to kill the Alphus, she and her [[Atalan Jackals]] pack ambushed the Vindicare as he rode after them. Despite being heavily outnumbered, though, Raithe managed to destroy the Jackal pack and managed to finally kill the Alphus. However he was made to do gruelling penance training afterwards, as the battle had left his [[Exitus Rifle]] heavily damaged and destroyed his [[Spy Mask]].{{Fn|1}}
Later Raithe was assigned to oversee an [[Execution Force]] consisting of the [[Callidus Assassin]] [[Sycorax (Callidus Assassin)|Sycorax]] and the [[Vanus Assassin]] [[Avaaris Koln]] to the [[Knight World]] of [[Dominion (Knight World)|Dominion]] to assassinate [[High King]] [[Lucien Yavarius-Khau]].{{Fn|2a}} Raithe hid his injured shoulder in order to undertake the mission as they plunged themselves into Dominion's world of political intrigue in order to get close to the High King and manage the political fallout of his death.{{Fn|2b}} At a grand ceremony at the Basilica of Dominion, Raithe, Koln, and Sycorax began their operation to eliminate Lucien.{{Fn|2b}} However Sycorax, disguised as the [[Knight Armiger]] pilot [[Linoleus Rakkan]], came under attack from rival court assassins. Raithe was forced to intervene to save Sycorax, exposing the operation.{{Fn|2c}}
At the midwinter tournament the Execution Force tried to assassinate the High King again as he now openly talked of secession. A bomb goes off during the tournament, which the team uses to get close to the King. As Raithe finally got close enough to fire his [[Exitus Rifle]], it is revealed that the High King has long since been killed, a victim of his own court intrigue. Sycorax, under the influence of their Knight's [[Machine Spirit]], fires their [[Thermal Spear]] at Raithe's proxy, cementing her status as a hero.{{Fn|2d}}
The team soon managed to quietly reunite and learned that the Court had been secretly controlling the King for years to avoid civil war. They then planned to manipulate the court and install their own candidate.{{Fn|2e}} Eliminating other potential candidates for the throne, eventually, Lord [[Bazile Daggar-Kraine]] was selected to become the new High King.{{Fn|2f}} However, at Daggar-Kraine's coronation, the [[Conqueror Wyrm|conqueror_wyrm]] virus contained within the ''[[Crown of Dominion]]'', the ceremonial [[Knight]] piloted by the High Monarch, corrupted him and led to [[Chaos Knight|his fall]] to [[Chaos]]. This, combined with the sudden re-emergence of the Dread [[House Morvayne]], led to a number of the other Knights of Stryder and Rau betraying the Imperium and joining the Dread House.{{Fn|2f}}{{Fn|2g}}
The loyalist Knights, rallied by the loyal [[Baron|Baroness]] [[ Symphonia Dask]] engaged the enemy forces. Sycorax, no longer fighting against the machine-spirit of her Knight, fought with a newfound ferocity. She, with Raithe's help, were able to destroy the [[Throne Mechanicum]] and kill Daggar-Kraine.{{Fn|2h}} In the aftermath of the routing of the traitor forces, the real Rakkan became the new High Monarch of Dominion. Raithe and his team departed the world thereafter.{{Fn|2i}}
==Sources==
*{{Endn|1}}: [[Iron Sight (Short Story)]]
*{{Endn|2}}: [[Assassinorum: Kingmaker (Novel)]]
**{{Endn|2a}}: Chapter 8
**{{Endn|2b}}: Chapter 15
**{{Endn|2c}}: Chapter 25
**{{Endn|2d}}: Chapter 29
**{{Endn|2e}}: Chapter 31
**{{Endn|2f}}: Chapter 32-33
**{{Endn|2g}}: Chapter 34
**{{Endn|2h}}: Chapter 37
**{{Endn|2i}}: Chapter 38
**{{Endn|2j}}: Cover
{{DEFAULTSORT:Raithe, Absolom}}
