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Oct 24, 2026
Officio Assassinorum Faction DEEP DIVE! | Warhammer 40K Lore
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52:20WesHammerHOST
each one is a master of creating and improvising delicate exotic poisons toxins and viruses that kill without leaving a metabolic trace sometimes their targets seemingly drop dead out of nowhere and the resulting autopsy report cannot determine the cause of death most of the time it seems completely natural however on the more extreme end Some of the more deadly toxins they wield literally leave no trace of the target, as they're rendered down into a steaming puddle of disassembled molecular matter.
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52:50WesHammerHOST
Assassins, no matter what temple they come from, are all genetically enhanced in one form or another.
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52:55WesHammerHOST
with the venom assassins part of their conditioning comes in the form of extensive surgeries and genetic manipulation designed to purify their body and build resistance to even the most harmful of agents they do this in order to counteract the near constant exposure they will face to harmful chemicals rad phages and other deadly poisons These guys wield some pretty strange chemical-based weaponry in battle, such as poison globes, toxin ejectors, and hook fangs.
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53:22WesHammerHOST
The poison globes are exotic crystalline grenades, believed to possibly be Xenos in origin.
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53:28WesHammerHOST
When detonated, they expel hundreds of neurotoxin-laced shards in a small area that can stop even the most powerful of charging enemies in their tracks.
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53:39WesHammerHOST
Some of them expel clouds of caustic gas, while others spray a thin film of corrosive toxins.
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53:45WesHammerHOST
Whatever form they take, their payload is capable of corroding the hulls of enemy tanks or liquefying exposed flesh.
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53:51WesHammerHOST
Now, the melee weapons that they traditionally wield are known as hook fangs, which are a dagger styled after a razor fang of a now-extinct apex predator, believed to have lived during the Age of Strife.