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The '''Maerorus Temple''' is a renegade Temple of the [[Officio Assassinorum]].
The '''Maerorus Temple''' is a renegade Temple of the [[Officio Assassinorum]]. The Maerorus assassins were known to kill using no weapons but their hands. Their modos operandi was to enter into a target-rich area, typically a meeting or gathering and kill every sub-target present as quickly as possible, without weaponry or failable technology.{{Fn|1c}}
 
  
==Development==  
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== Overview ==
First thought of in the early years of M40, the Maerorus Temple was developed by [[Tech-Heretics]] under the express orders of the Officio Assassinourm. Centuries were spent trying to gain leverage over [[Mechanicus]] [[Adepts]] to develop the illegal technology to create the Temple. Whole wars were fought, [[STC]] recovered and rare one-of-a-kind technology handed over the priests of [[Mars]] as payment for the tests and research needed. The Maerorus Temple started as a huge, illegal experiment camp were thousands of prisoners were rendered down to create the genetic material required to make the first assassin. Forbidden technology, mutant cross-breeding and xeno hybrids, most likely [[Tyranid]] strains were combined to create the first and technically last assassin, Legienstrasse.{Fn|1c}}
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Each of the six known Temples of the Officio Assassinorum trains its Assassins to excel at a particular type of killing, to cover a wide variety of targets and tactical situations. The Maerorus, the seventh temple, was created to deal with multiple targets simultaneously, such as the command hierarchy of an enemy army, or the members of a particularly widespread [[Chaos cult]].{{Fn|1c}}
  
At some point Legienstrasse went rouge and decided she had the potential to topple the [[Imperium]] as she saw fit. Such was the threat she presented, the Officio Assassinourm willingly made pacts with [[daemons]] and [[Chaos Marines]] from the [[World Eaters]] to attack the remote planet of Opis, where Legienstrasse lived. The Assassinourm spent decades seeding the innocent planet, which admittedly had an easily corruptible ruling class, with [[Chaos]] cults and creating civil unrest against the Emperor. The result was an investigation by [[Lord Inquisitor]] Kekrops and his followers. Upon arriving on Opis, the Inquistor and all but one of his [[henchmen]] were assassinated by a [[Vindicare]] operative, but the decadent ruling class was blamed.{{Fn|1a}}
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The Maerorus adepts recognized that, no matter how skilled the assassin, it becomes exponentially harder to kill subsequent targets, who have been alerted by the initial kill. To that end, Maerorus assassins were designed to be living weapons, able to kill masses of people with no weapon except their own bodies, since even the finest and most carefully maintained weaponry was subject to failure. Their ''modus operandi'' was to enter into a target-rich area, typically a meeting or gathering and kill every sub-target present as quickly as possible.{{Fn|1c}}
  
Full out war was declared on Opis and an Imperial Retribution force of dozens of [[Imperial Guard]] [[Regiments]] and a sizeable detachment of [[Imperial Fist]] [[Space Marines]] under the command of [[Darnath Lysander]] were deployed to bring Opis back into line. It was secretly hoped by the Assassinourm that the war would force Legienstrasse into the open to flee the planet, allowing the Assassinorum a chance to finally kill her after almost a millennium on the loose.{{Fn|1b}}
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== History ==
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First conceived in the early years of [[M40]], the Maerorus Temple was developed by [[Heretek]]s under the express orders of the Officio Assassinorum. Centuries were spent trying to gain leverage over [[Mechanicus]] [[Adepts]] to develop the illegal technology needed to create the Maerorus's unique assassins. Whole wars were fought and even an [[STC]] was handed over to the priests of [[Mars]] as payment for the tests and research needed.{{Fn|1c}}
  
==Abilities==
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The Maerorus Temple started as a huge, illegal experiment camp where thousands of prisoners were rendered down to create the genetic material required to make the first assassin. Forbidden technology, mutant cross-breeding and xenos hybrids, most likely [[Tyranid]] strains, were combined to create the first (and technically last) assassin, [[Legienstrasse]].{{Fn|1c}}
Legienstrasse, and the temple as a whole, were expected to operate without any weapons during missions. The assassins were to be trained well-enough the first kill was guaranteed. Then using membranes along their bodies, the Maerorus assassins would absorb the biomass of the victim. Using the new genetic material to force massive, rapid mutations across their bodies, the assassin would continue to kill, absorbing new biomass and growing ever more powerful. It was considered virtually impossible for a Maerorus Assassin to be killed.{{Fn|1}}
 
  
Being female, and in no small part to the xeno DNA used to create her, Legienstrasse was able to lay eggs to create more assassins. At least one clutch of these eggs were known to have hatched and an entire company of [[Imperial Guard]] troopers were eaten alive by the infants. The [[Officio Assassinorum]] spent centuries hunting down every last offspring. It is unclear if they succeeded. {{Fn|1d}}
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At some point Legienstrasse went rogue and decided she had the potential to topple the [[Imperium]] as she saw fit. Such was the threat she presented, the Officio Assassinourm willingly made pacts with [[daemons]] and [[Chaos Space Marines]] from the [[World Eaters]] to attack the remote planet of Opis, where Legienstrasse had taken refuge.{{Cite This}}
  
In combat, Legienstrasse proved to be a near god-like foe. During a confrontation in the city of Krae, Legienstrasse was able to combat [[Captain]] [[Lysander]] of the [[Imperial Fists]], a squad of [[Assault Marines]] and 1st [[Company]] [[Veterans]], the Imperial Fists [[Chapter]]'s [[Emperor's Champion]] and a Grand Master of the [[Culexus]] Temple, while simultaneously dodging sniper fire from a [[Scout Squad]] and a Grand Master of the [[Vindicare]] Temple. The Culexus Master, Lady Syncella, alongside a number of Imperial Fists, were killed.{{Fn|1c}}
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The Assassinorum spent decades seeding the innocent planet, which admittedly had an easily corruptible ruling class, with [[Chaos cult]]s and creating civil unrest against the Emperor. The result was an investigation by [[Lord Inquisitor]] [[Kekrops]] and his followers. Upon arriving on Opis, the Inquistor and all but one of his [[Inquisitorial retinue|retinue]] were assassinated by a [[Vindicare]] operative. The blame for this action fell on the decadent ruling class.{{Fn|1a}}
  
In a second battle, Captain Lysander led a squad of [[Terminators]], the [[Epistolary]] of the 1st Company, Emperor's Champion Ucalegon, Grand Master Skult of the Vindcare, and a [[Eversor]] operative against Legienstrasse. Only the Eversor berserker was able to stand toe-to-toe with the Maerorus assassin, but even he was defeated. Knowing that Eversor assassin exploded after dying, a deliberate result of their cocktail of chemicals and drugs, Lysander used the [[Black Sword]] of the fallen Ucalegon to pin both the Eversor assassin and Legienstrasse to a pillar. The resulting explosion crippled the Maerorus, poisioning her. Lysander cut her head from her shoulders with the still intact sword, but the Maerorus assassin still lived. Only by finally smashing her body to nothing with his [[Thunder Hammer]] was Lysander able to finally kill the Maerorus assassin. Only Lysander survived the final confrontation with Legienstrasse.{{Fn|1e}}
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Full-out war was declared on Opis and an Imperial retribution force of dozens of [[Imperial Guard]] [[Regiments]] and a sizable detachment of [[Imperial Fist]] [[Space Marines]] under the command of [[Darnath Lysander]] were deployed to bring Opis back into line. It was secretly hoped by the Assassinourm that the war would force Legienstrasse into the open to flee the planet, allowing the Assassinorum a chance to finally kill her after almost a millennium on the loose.{{Fn|1b}}
  
==Notes==
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The Maerorus assassin was finally killed by Captain Lysander, though with great losses to the Imperial Fists and the Imperial Guard alike. With her dead, the Maerorus Temple effectively no longer existed, but Lysander warned the Officio Assassinorum, through mutual contacts in the [[Inquisition]], that they had made a bad enemy in the Imperial Fists, drawing him and his men into a war of their creation, just to fix their own mistake.{{Cite This}}
The rapidly mutating nature of the Maerorus Assassins is remarkable similar to the effects of the T-Virus and G-Virus from the Resident Evil series of video games and movies. Both the viruses and the Maerorus assassins mutate at an alarmingly fast rate, creating any known bio-mutation available to fight, although the virus victims were not in control where the Maerorus assassins were.  
 
  
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==Notes==
*{{Endn|1}}: [[Seventh Retribution (Novel)]] by [[Ben Counter]]
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The rapidly mutating nature of the Maerorus Assassins is remarkable similar to the effects of the T-Virus and G-Virus from the Resident Evil series of video games and movies. Both the viruses and the Maerorus assassins mutate at an alarmingly fast rate, creating any known bio-mutation available to fight, although the virus victims were not in control where the Maerorus assassins were.
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*1: [[Seventh Retribution (Novel)]] by [[Ben Counter]]
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Latest revision as of 09:15, 2 April 2020

The Maerorus Temple is a renegade Temple of the Officio Assassinorum.

Overview

Each of the six known Temples of the Officio Assassinorum trains its Assassins to excel at a particular type of killing, to cover a wide variety of targets and tactical situations. The Maerorus, the seventh temple, was created to deal with multiple targets simultaneously, such as the command hierarchy of an enemy army, or the members of a particularly widespread Chaos cult.[1c]

The Maerorus adepts recognized that, no matter how skilled the assassin, it becomes exponentially harder to kill subsequent targets, who have been alerted by the initial kill. To that end, Maerorus assassins were designed to be living weapons, able to kill masses of people with no weapon except their own bodies, since even the finest and most carefully maintained weaponry was subject to failure. Their modus operandi was to enter into a target-rich area, typically a meeting or gathering and kill every sub-target present as quickly as possible.[1c]

History

First conceived in the early years of M40, the Maerorus Temple was developed by Hereteks under the express orders of the Officio Assassinorum. Centuries were spent trying to gain leverage over Mechanicus Adepts to develop the illegal technology needed to create the Maerorus's unique assassins. Whole wars were fought and even an STC was handed over to the priests of Mars as payment for the tests and research needed.[1c]

The Maerorus Temple started as a huge, illegal experiment camp where thousands of prisoners were rendered down to create the genetic material required to make the first assassin. Forbidden technology, mutant cross-breeding and xenos hybrids, most likely Tyranid strains, were combined to create the first (and technically last) assassin, Legienstrasse.[1c]

At some point Legienstrasse went rogue and decided she had the potential to topple the Imperium as she saw fit. Such was the threat she presented, the Officio Assassinourm willingly made pacts with daemons and Chaos Space Marines from the World Eaters to attack the remote planet of Opis, where Legienstrasse had taken refuge.[Needs Citation]

The Assassinorum spent decades seeding the innocent planet, which admittedly had an easily corruptible ruling class, with Chaos cults and creating civil unrest against the Emperor. The result was an investigation by Lord Inquisitor Kekrops and his followers. Upon arriving on Opis, the Inquistor and all but one of his retinue were assassinated by a Vindicare operative. The blame for this action fell on the decadent ruling class.[1a]

Full-out war was declared on Opis and an Imperial retribution force of dozens of Imperial Guard Regiments and a sizable detachment of Imperial Fist Space Marines under the command of Darnath Lysander were deployed to bring Opis back into line. It was secretly hoped by the Assassinourm that the war would force Legienstrasse into the open to flee the planet, allowing the Assassinorum a chance to finally kill her after almost a millennium on the loose.[1b]

The Maerorus assassin was finally killed by Captain Lysander, though with great losses to the Imperial Fists and the Imperial Guard alike. With her dead, the Maerorus Temple effectively no longer existed, but Lysander warned the Officio Assassinorum, through mutual contacts in the Inquisition, that they had made a bad enemy in the Imperial Fists, drawing him and his men into a war of their creation, just to fix their own mistake.[Needs Citation]

Notes

The rapidly mutating nature of the Maerorus Assassins is remarkable similar to the effects of the T-Virus and G-Virus from the Resident Evil series of video games and movies. Both the viruses and the Maerorus assassins mutate at an alarmingly fast rate, creating any known bio-mutation available to fight, although the virus victims were not in control where the Maerorus assassins were.

Sources


Temples of the Officio Assassinorum
Main Temples CallidusCulexusEversorVindicare
Other Temples AdamusMaerorusVanusVenenum