Ordo Malleus - Role: An Ordo Malleus Inquisitor is sanctioned to call on the aid of any organisation of the Imperium. The greatest threat to Humanity in the galaxy, that of a Daemonic invasion of a planet, can only be dealt with by the Grey Knights, the Ordo Malleus' own Chamber Militant.The Ordo Malleus -- besides being the Daemonhunters of the Imperium -- is the secretive inner and first order of the Inquisition. It is controlled by a council of 169 Inquisitor Lords titled "masters." The ordo's organisation is divided into "chambers," each controlled by an Inquisitor Lord called a "proctor." The number of Inquisitors in each chamber can vary from a few score to hundreds.Being a division of the Inquisition, the Ordo Malleus consists of exceptional individuals who have been involved in a covert war for Mankind's continued survival for the last ten thousand standard years. As every Inquisitor has sworn oaths to defend the Imperium from its worst enemies, the members of the Ordo Malleus are concerned with eliminating the physical manifestation in realspace of Chaos itself. They have pledged their existence to the discovery and elimination of the Daemonic threat to Humanity, no matter where they are found. The Inquisitors of the Ordo Malleus have at their disposal every resource of the Imperium and will not hesitate to requisition local troops, Enforcers, Arbitrators or even Astra Militarum and Navis Imperialis forces as needed at a moment's notice.The Ordo Malleus goes to great lengths to hide the existence of Chaos and its mortal and Daemonic servants from the greater masses of Mankind as they fear such knowledge might only increase the number of individuals who fall prey to the corruption of the Dark Gods. As such, on those rare occasions when the Ordo Malleus is mentioned by name, it is referred to as the watchdog of the Inquisition itself, though its actual purpose as the Imperium's elite Daemonhunters is known only to those within its employ as Acolytes and Throne Agents.Within the Inquisition, the Ordo Malleus forms a secret order that is tasked with the very specific role of serving as the Imperium's primary Daemonhunters. As such, it is their duty to root out all sources of Daemonic and Chaos Cult activity and to combat such forces in whatever form they take. This means that only the most mentally stalwart and physically able of Inquisitors are tasked to this duty.Their missions can see them engage their foes either in hand-to-hand fighting or battle them in the realm of mental energy which requires special abilities and powers. This means that the Inquisitors of the Ordo Malleus are usually psykers and those who lack such abilities must possess tremendous mental resolve.As they are a highly classified group, the identities of Ordo Malleus Inquisitors are kept secret. When members of the ordo must appear in public in the course of their investigations, they are allowed to adopt the uniforms of various other Imperial adepta that hide their features and allows them to keep their true identities a secret. Only the Emperor and the cyber-libraries of the Ordo Malleus possess a truly accurate recounting of the events of the Horus Heresy. Among the targets of the Ordo Malleus are the Chaos Space Marines of the Traitor Legions, all Chaos Cults consisting of Chaos worshippers and Rogue Psykers and the Sensei who are seen as a threat to the Imperium.It is known that certain Inquisitors of the Ordo Malleus have been allowed entry into the Aeldari's Black Library and have gained more knowledge of the Archenemy than almost any other Human save for the Emperor Himself.The power and authority of the Ordo Malleus extends beyond the nominal boundaries of the Inquisition, a jurisdictional extension known as the Malleus Remit. In events of grave emergency concerning potential imminent Daemonic threats, a Malleus Inquisitor may demand the services and resources of any Imperial servant or organisation, a request which may not be refused on pain of death. Even the High Lords of Terra and the Adeptus Astartes are beholden to obey the Malleus Remit without hesitation when it is invoked, a responsibility laid down at the end of the Horus Heresy by the Emperor's own decree.Inquisitors of the Ordo Malleus were also permanently seconded to the Cadian military due to that now lost world's proximity to the Eye of Terror, making its inhabitants susceptible to the influence and corruption of Chaos.In normal circumstances, the Ordo Malleus focuses its investigations toward two primary threats:The Daemon Without - The most obvious threat is that of Daemons who have physically manifested in the material universe and those mortals dedicated to the service of Chaos in all its forms.The Daemon Within - The less obvious threat is an internal one, including Radical Inquisitors who have been declared Extremis Diabolus for heretical actions in which they adopted the use of the tactics and artefacts of Chaos to fight the servants of the Archenemy. This duty often overlaps with the duties of the Inquisitors of the Ordo Hereticus to seek out all threats to the Imperium from within its own organisations and can lead to jurisdictional disputes or even the two ordos' agents working at cross-purposes to each other.