Imperial Knights

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The Imperial Knights are a faction from UK-Based Games Workshop's Tabletop Wargame Warhammer 40,000. Imperial Knights are towering bipedel engines of war that hail from feudal worlds of the Imperium known as Knight Worlds. Each Knight is piloted by a single Noble pilot from within the Throne Mechanicum. Knights which are sworn to the service of the Emperor are known as Questor Imperialis. Knights which are sworn to the Omnissiah are known as Questor Mechanicus. Knights themselves are operated from Knight Households, also known as Questoris Familia, located on Knight Worlds. Pilots of Knights are known as Knight Scions.

The original Knight Worlds were founded during the Dark Age of Technology, settled by Humanity in its first great stellar exodus. In an event dubbed the Long March, over the course of decades colonization ships reached their pre-chosen worlds.

Millennia later, during the early Great Crusade, Rogue Traders discovered the first Knight World and many were subsequently sought out and assimilated into the fledgling Imperium. Later during the Horus Heresy, many Knight Worlds and their Knight Houses pledged their banner to the traitorous Warmaster.

In the current Age of the Imperium, these Knights fight alongside Imperial Titans and form a reserve of troops which can be called up into the Titan Legions when required.

There are thousands of Knight houses across the Galaxy. The Knight Worlds operate under a strict feudal system and are typically sworn to either the Adeptus Terra or Adeptus Mechanicus. Each world is led by either a single or number of Knight Houses, whose ranks are made up of Nobles which pilot Knight suits into battle.

To become a Knight Pilot, one must undergo the grueling Ritual of Becoming. Knight armour comes in a variety of forms, with the two most common types seen being the Knight Paladin and Knight Errant. These both use the same basic body form but are fitted with different weapons arrays. However, all Imperial Knights are protected by thick adamantium armour and potent field generators called Ion Shields.