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The organization was later headquartered on the [[Imperial]] world [[Messina]], but they were targeted{{Fn|2a}} by the [[Heretic]] [[Pontius Glaw]]{{Fn|2b}} circa 396.[[M41]]. [[Vessorine Janissaries]]{{Fn|2a}} [[Mercenary]] bands{{Fn|2c}} would then attack the Distaff{{Fn|2a}} as part of Glaw's plot to kill [[Inquisitor]] [[Eisenhorn]] and destroy his network of contacts.{{Fn|2b}} The organization was essentially wiped out in the attack, although off-shoot elements of the Distaff are rumored to have survived beyond this date.{{Fn|2a}}

*[[Alizebeth Bequin]]

*[[Surskova]]

==Sources==

*1: [[Malleus (Novel)]] — [[Eisenhorn (Novel Series)]] by [[Dan Abnett]]

**{{Endn|1a}}: pg. 276 - ''One – I discover I am dead. Under dark fire, the lair of Sadia. Tantalid, unwelcome.''