Ordo Sicarius

"Some may be able to avoid the Judges of the Adeptus Arbites, fewer may be able to face off against the Imperial Guard and the Adeptus Astartes, but let it be known that none can stand against the Officio Assassinorum."
–Officio Assassinorum
Following the Age of Apostasy and Goge Vandire’s
despotic rule came the Wars of Vindication within the
Officio Assassinorum. The Officio had become riddled
with corruption and the Grand Master of Assassins was forced
to kill many of its members in order to fully eliminate the
heretics. The Officio’s hierarchy was shattered and needed to be
rebuilt from the ground up. Following a thorough investigation
Inquisitor Jaeger deemed that a special order of the Inquisition
was needed to monitor and to control the Officio much more
closely. His proposal was accepted and the Ordo Sicarius was
created to monitor the Officio for signs of corruption. As
the Officio Assassinorum is a highly secretive branch of the
Imperial hierarchy, the only way to properly monitor them was
to plant Assassin-Acolytes and Inquisitors within their ranks.
Acolytes of the Ordo Sicarius often find themselves placed
within the trusted circles of many high-ranking members of
the Imperium or on loan to Inquisitors of other Ordos where
their skill set is extremely useful.
One notable example dates from the early years of the
39th Millenium. Praetor Golgenna Angevin was raised to
the rank of Lord Militant and granted a writ to prosecute a
crusade to liberate and dominate the area of space known as
the Calyx Expanse. At his side was a man he believed to be his
trusted chamberlain. In fact, this servant was Inquisitor Treyus Godan, of the Ordo Sicarius. Inquisitor Godan's purpose was
to monitor Angevin's crusade and to determine, on behalf of
the Inquisition, whether or not he was faithfully carrying out
his duties. If he was not, then it was Godan's duty to eliminate
him. As the Crusade entered its third and final stage, Godan
personally witnessed Saint Drusus slain by a rogue assassin.
Before his life was ended, Godan saw Drusus rise anew, reborn
as Saint Drusus. Capitalizing on this, Godan ended his charade
as a servant to Lord-Militant Angevin and began impersonating
an Inquisitor of the Ordo Malleus. Using the Ordo's resources
as his own, he threw his support behind Drusus during his
persecution of the turncoats within the crusade forces. At the
crusade's glorious end, the Ordo Malleus sent an Inquisitor
Lord to serve as Master of the Ordo within the newly
named Calixis Sector. Inquisitor Treyus Godan was
brought up on charges of impersonating an Inquisitor, but was
granted clemency due to the undeniable results of his duplicity.
He was stripped of rank and spent the rest of his life as a
servitor in service of the Holy Ordos. To this day, the Ordo
Malleus of the Calixis Sector often calls upon members of the
Ordo Sicarius to assist them with the elimination of
Daemonic cults and to provide trained Acolytes
for clandestine cells.
==Alternate Career Rank==
Becoming an initiate of the Ordo Sicarius is no simple feat. The
Assassin in question must be both a skilled warrior and adept at
subterfuge. When a prospective initiate is chosen by the Ordo
Sicarius, he is merely given a dataslate with the name of a target,
and a stated goal of "Interrogation and Extermination required"
written underneath. How the prospect goes about this mission is
his decision. Upon successfully completing his assignment, the
prospect is taken to the Ordo Sicarius' main temple and begins
his training in the ways of the Assassin-Inquisitor.
Required Career: Any
Alternate Rank: Rank 4 or higher