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{{Ambig|subject=Callidus Assassin|disambiguation=Sycorax}}
{{Spoiler|source=Assassinorum: Divine Sanction (Short Story)}}
[[Image:KingmakerArt.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Sycorax with the [[Vindicare Assassin]] [[Absolom Raithe]]{{Fn|4j}}]]'''Sycorax''' is a [[Callidus Assassin]] who .{{Fn|1}} ==History=====Illsandor Mission===Sycorax was sent to kill and then replace the [[Imperial]] [[Confessor]] [[Thuselah Illsandor]], after he began to sway his world into joining the [[Tau Empire]].{{Fn|1}}
Her orders after replacing [[Thuselah Illsandor|Illsandor]], were to stall the [[Tau Empire]]'s efforts and to also continue perpetuating the rebellion. This was so the [[Officio Assassinorum]] and [[Inquisition]] could see which of the world's powerful [[Merchants Guild|Industry Lords]] remained loyal and which would need to be purged. After reaching the [[Confessor]]'s world, it took the [[Callidus Assassin|Assassin]] months to get close to Illsandor, who lived within the city of '''Viridian''', as he was an orator of rare skill and Sycorax needed to completely copy his mannerisms. In order to do this, she first replaced one of the [[Confessor]]'s [[Apostolic Guard]] and later assumed the identity of his sermon-writer [[Thacceus Velso]].{{Fn|1}}
They then found Illsandor and Rask's bodies, which fueled their revenge against the Tau delegation in the fortress. The Xenos died at the Apostolic Guard's hands and after hearing of Illsandor's death, the [[Merchants Guild|Industry Lords]]' forces then began attacking his followers. Sycorax meanwhile found the tower where she felt the [[Vindicare]] had taken the shot, that had killed the Confessor. As she traversed the booby trapped tower, Sycorax began to wonder if the Vindicare's bullet had been meant for her. The Callidus mission of continuing the rebellion after replacing Illsandor, was unheard of and possibly a violation of the vows she had made to her temple. Had see been sent on a rogue mission or was the Vindicare the true rogue? She had no answers, but soon found a spent [[Exitus Rifle]] casing round, where the Vindicare had taken the shot. Realizing it had been left there on purpose, Sycorax picked the casing up and a data-card tumbled out of it. She quickly entered the data-card into her [[Data-Slate|Wrist Slate]] and two words appeared: '''Operation Vendetta'''.{{Fn|1}}
==Other Appearances=Dominion Mission===Later Sycorax was assigned to oversee an [[Execution Force]] led by the [[Vindicare Assassin]] [[Absolom Raithe]] and the [[Vanus Assassin]] [[Avaaris Koln]] to the [[Knight World]] of [[Dominion (Knight World)|Dominion]] to assassinate [[High King]] [[Lucien Yavarius-Khau]].{{Fn|4a}} At a grand ceremony at the Basilica of Dominion, Raithe, Koln, and Sycorax makes other notable appearances; once began their operation to eliminate Lucien.{{Fn|4b}} 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|4c}} At the midwinter tournament the Execution Force tried to assassinate the High King again as part 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 joint mission with 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|4d}} 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|4e}} Eliminating other potential candidates for the throne, eventually, Lord [[Bazile Daggar-Kraine]] was selected to become the new High King.{{Fn|4f}} However, at Daggar-Kraine's coronation, the [[Vindicare TempleConqueror 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|Vindicare Assassinhis fall]] to [[Chaos]]. This, combined with the sudden re-emergence of the Dread [[House Morvayne]] on , led to a knight worldnumber of the other Knights of Stryder and Rau betraying the Imperium and joining the Dread House.{{Fn|4f}}{{Fn|24g}} and once as part The loyalist Knights, rallied by the loyal [[Baron|Baroness]] [[ Symphonia Dask]] engaged the enemy forces. Sycorax, no longer fighting against the machine-spirit of an effort her Knight, fought with a newfound ferocity. She, with Raithe's help, were able to infiltrate a destroy the [[Dark Throne Mechanicum]] celland kill Daggar-Kraine.{{Fn|34h}}In the aftermath of the routing of the traitor forces, the real Rakkan became the new High Monarch of Dominion. Sycorax and the rest of the team departed the world thereafter.{{Fn|4i}}
==Sources==
*{{Endn|2}}: [[Assassinorum: Kingmaker (Novel)]]
*{{Endn|3}}: [[Assassinorum: Live Wire (Short Story)]]
*{{Endn|4}}: [[Assassinorum: Kingmaker (Novel)]]**{{Endn|4a}}: Chapter 8**{{Endn|4b}}: Chapter 15**{{Endn|4c}}: Chapter 25**{{Endn|4d}}: Chapter 29**{{Endn|4e}}: Chapter 31**{{Endn|4f}}: Chapter 32-33**{{Endn|4g}}: Chapter 34**{{Endn|4h}}: Chapter 37**{{Endn|4i}}: Chapter 38**{{Endn|4j}}: Cover
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