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{{AssassinorumPortal}}
The '''{{PAGENAME}}''' is a location on [[Terra]]. {{Fn|1}} ==Overview==Serving as the headquarters of the [[Officio Assassinorum]], the Assassinorum Temple is home to both the [[Grand Master of Assassins]] and a secret vault of forbidden and [[xenos]] weaponry. While the Temple serves as the base of the Officio as a whole, at least some of the [[Clades]] maintain their own separate headquarters.{{Fn|3}} During [[The Beheading]] and the [[Wars of Vindication]], the Temple became a battleground.{{Fn|1}}{{Fn|2}}
The Assassinorum Temple is plain and unassuming, resembling any of the many [[Ecclesiarchy]] shrines on Terra. Its protected by swarms of artificial psyber-ravens which monitor any incoming aircraft. The building has a dark reputation and aircraft intentionally avoid it.{{Fn|4}} The precise nature of the Assassinorum Temple itself remains a mystery, even to high-level Imperial officials. Some believe that the Temple is a mere front and the real nerve centre of the Officio remains elsewhere.{{Fn|4}}
==History==
The Temple was originally known as the '''Fortress of the Sigillite''', and was used by [[Malcador the Sigillite]], the first [[Grand Master of Assassins]], as his base of operations for the [[Chosen of Malcador]] and repository for the most precious items of the [[Sigillites|Sigillite Order]].{{Fn|5a}} After the death of Malcador in the [[Siege of Terra]], the Fortress was badly damaged but quickly restored to operation under [[Khalid Hassan]]. With the clandestine approval of [[Rogal Dorn]], [[Kyril Sindermann]] was able to help organize a new forbidden archive of texts related to the [[Warp]] within the Fortress in order to combat another Heresy in the future.{{Fn|5b}}
When Khalid Hassan was made the new [[Grand Master of Assassins]], he worked with [[Sire Vanus]] to turn the Fortress into a new powerbase for the Officio Assassinorum.{{Fn|5c}}
Later during both [[The Beheading]] and the [[Wars of Vindication]], the Temple became a battleground.{{Fn|1}}{{Fn|2}}
==Sources==
*{{Endn|3}}: [[Codex: Necrons (3rd Edition)]] pg. 8
*{{Endn|4}}: [[Watchers of the Throne: The Emperor's Legion (Novel)]] — Chapter 4
*{{Endn|5}}: [[Ashes of the Imperium (Novel)]]
**{{Endn|5a}}: Chapter 4
**{{Endn|5b}}: Chapter 9
**{{Endn|5c}}: Chapter 39
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[[Category:Officio Assassinorum]]
[[Category:Terra]]
