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*[[Paladin (Grey Knights)|High Paladin]] [[Koiar Tempus]]
*[[Castellan]] [[Garran Crowe]]
*[[Grey Knights Grand Master|Grand Master]] [[Vardan Kai]],<br>'''''Steward of the Armoury'''''
*[[Grey Knights Grand Master|Grand Master]] [[Vorth Mordrak]] (Missing),<br>
*[[Grey Knights Grand Master|Grand Master]] [[Aldrik Voldus]],<br>
*[[Grey Knights Grand Master|Grand Master]] [[Drystann Cromm]] (Deceased){{Fn|49b}},<br>
*[[Grey Knights Grand Master|Grand Master]] [[Rothwyr Morvan]]s (Deceased){{Fn|58c}},<br>
*[[Grey Knights Grand Master|Grand Master]] [[Caddon Varn]],<br>
*[[Grey Knights Grand Master|Grand Master]] [[Covan Leorac]] (Missing),<br>
*[[Grey Knights Grand Master|Grand Master]] [[Aidan Perdron]],<br>
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|quote = '''''"One unbreakable shield against the coming darkness, one last blade forged in defiance of fate, let them be my legacy to the galaxy I conquered, and my final gift to the species I failed."'''''
|source = - Inscription upon the [[Arcus Daemonica]], attributed to the [[Emperor of Mankind]].{{Fn|21}}
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|Miniature=Grey Knight with Psycannon.jpg
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|Specialty=Combating [[Daemon|Daemons]] s and [[Chaos]]{{Fn|2a}}
|Battle Cry=''''"We are the hammer!"''''{{Fn|15a}}
|Strength=approx. 1,000{{Fn|1b}}
The '''Grey Knights''' are a [[Space Marines]] [[Chapter]] and the [[Chamber Militant]] for the [[Ordo Malleus]]. The chapter specialises in the hunting and extermination of [[daemon]]s.{{Fn|2a}}
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==Overview==
[[imagefile:40k-13-grey-knight-paragon.jpg|thumb|right|250px|[[Grey Knights Apothecary]]{{Fn|56}}]]The Grey Knights are the legendary Chapter 666 - and although nominally a Chapter chapter of the Astartes, they are in the a Chamber Militant of the [[Inquisition]].{{Fn|1a}}{{Fn|1e}} along with the [[Adepta Sororitas]] and the [[Deathwatch]]. Each member of the chapter undergoes a gruelling grueling and torturous selection process, and even once inducted, their harsh training regime is without equal. In battle, they move as an army of silver ghosts, surrounded by awe, and equipped to the teeth to deal with the worst foes that [[Chaos]] can raise to meet them.{{Fn|2a}}
Ever since the Chapterchapter's founding, only the Inquisition and Chapter Masters chapter masters have been allowed to know of the Grey Knight's existence. Many chapters believe the Grey Knights to be a myth, if they have even heard of them at all. Space Marines who encounter them are telepathically scoured, while [[Imperial Guard]] regiments they fight beside are simply executed. The [[Space Wolves]] know of their existence, however, after slaughtering Grey Knights, [[Red Hunters]] , and Inquisition Forces, forces during what the Grey Knights call the [[Months of Shame]].{{Fn|2a}}
To battle such enemies as Daemons, creatures that are not of this realm but formed of sorcery and madness, a Grey Knight must embrace the power of the [[Warp]] to battle a Daemon with its own weapons. Each Grey Knight is an accomplished, powerful [[psyker]] whose psychic presence is anathema to creatures of the Warp. They are trained to channel their [[Imperial_Psychic_PowersImperial Psychic Powers#Grey_KnightsGrey Knights|psychic energies]] into a halo of protective wards known as [[The Aegis]]. Thusly armoured, a Grey Knight's presence becomes unpalatable to Daemons, making him immune to corruption, able to wield forbidden black magic, harness tainted artefacts and scour blasphemous tomes all without risk of being overwhelmed by the cursed power of Chaos.{{Fn|1a}}
The Grey Knights hold a unique honour among the chapters of the Adeptus Astartes - in over ten thousand years of service, not a single one of their number has ever defected to Chaos.{{Fn|2a}}
==History==
===Origins===
[[File:EmperorBD.jpg|thumb|right|220px|The Emperor approving of the Knights-Errant chosen to become the first Grey Knights{{Fn|33b}}]]
Much of the Grey Knights history remains in mystery and secrecy or has been purposefully removed from archives. However according to legend, the Grey Knights began as a project during the final days of the [[Horus Heresy]]. The Emperor foresaw that the Heresy would likely end at such a great personal cost to himself that he would be prevented from actively defending mankind from the great threat of Chaos and its Daemons, so he set in motion a plan to form a defence against such evil. [[Malcador (Character)|Malcador]] the Sigilite, closest of the Emperor's servants, was sent to search across the [[Imperium]] for men suitable to rise to such a burden.{{Fn|1a}}
Malcador found twelve worthy champions; four were lords and administrators, and eight were Space Marines from both loyalist and traitor [[Space Marine Legion|legion]]s. These included survivors of the Eisenstein incident, [[Nathaniel Garro]], [[Amendera Kendel]], [[Lemuel Gaumon]], and [[Kyril Sindermann]]. During the founding of the organisation others would join them including [[Tylos Rubio]], [[Macer Varren]], [[Revuel Arvida|Janus]], the [[Nemean]], [[Fel Zharost]], and [[Garviel Loken]].{{Fn|18}} {{Fn|19}} {{Fn|20}} Many of the Space Marines that joined the cause hailed from [[Space Marine Legion|Legions]] that had turned traitor, though they themselves had remained loyal to the Emperor. However, not all of these Knights-Errant would go on to form the Grey Knights. Ultimately , shortly before the [[Siege of Terra]], Malcador gathered the original Grey Knights to his side. Their original identities were made secret, but were known to history as [[Janus]], [[Epimetheus]], [[Khyron]], [[Koios]], [[Ogen]], [[Iapto]], [[Yotun]], and [[Satre]]. Once they had been gathered, the Emperor surveyed the chosen recruits and granted both his approval and consent to proceed with the project. So the recruits split ways to go off towards separate tasks; the four lords ventured off to lay the framework of the [[Inquisition]], whilst the Space Marines and Malcador traveled to [[Saturn]]'s moon of [[Titan (Moon)|Titan]].{{Fn|1a}}
Titan, through Malcador's mystical means, had been hidden away from the ravages of the Horus Heresy. When they arrived they found a [[Fortress-monastery]] already fully prepared and stocked with everything necessary to create a new army of Space Marines including supplies of gene-seed, which is suspected to have been taken from the Emperor directly, and all the necessary armaments. The fortress was also already populated with hundreds upon hundreds of suitable recruits from across the [[Galaxy]]. Some were raw and untrained, whilst others were selected in secret from among the ranks of loyalist Legions. This new army would be a [[Chapter]] — a smaller, tighter brotherhood of Space Marines than a Legion. Malcador could no longer remain and thus he appointed [[Janus]], one of the eight original Space Marines, to be the Grey Knights leader and take the title of [[Grey Knights Supreme Grand Master|Supreme Grand Master]]. Before leaving, Malcador cast his greatest enchantment yet; he hid Titan away from Horus in the most unlikely of places, inside the [[Warp]] itself. Titan was protected by Macro-[[Geller field]]s and sigilic rites whilst the final battles of the Heresy took place in [[Real Space]].{{Fn|1a}}
*???.[[M42]] - The [[Battle of Manask]]{{Fn|47b}}
*???.[[M42]] - The [[Battle of Malak]] during the [[Arks of Omen Campaign]]. Over 60 Grey Knights from the [[4th Brotherhood (Grey Knights)|4th Brotherhood]] under [[Drystann Cromm]] attempt to banish the returned [[Daemon Primarch]] [[Angron]], but all are slain.{{Fn|49b}}
*???.[[M42]] - The [[Season of Blood]]. Grey Knights forces under Grand Master [[ Rothwyr Morvans ]] return to [[Armageddon]] to prevent its fall by a massive [[Khornate]] horde under the returned [[Daemon Primarch]] [[Angron]]. At the climax of the battle the Grey Knights are successful in banishing Angron and sealing the [[Red Angel's Gate]] [[Warp Portal]] at the cost of Morvans own life.{{Fn|58c}}
*??? - The great victory at [[Archaenologos]]{{Fn|32e}}
*??? - The battle of [[Sarkon's Knell]]{{Fn|32d}}
*??? - The [[Sturmhex Incident]]{{Fn|34}}
*??? – the [[Purge of the Sorrowtower]]{{Fn|62}}
*??? – the [[Perfidian Breach]]{{Fn|62}}
==Organisation==
The bulk of the Grey Knights Chapter is organized organised into '''brotherhoods''', fighting formations roughly equivalent to a [[Space Marine company]] and consisting of around one hundred [[battle brother]]s. Each Brotherhood is overseen by a [[Grey Knights Grand Master|Grand Master]] There are eight known Grey Knights Brotherhoods, plus the [[Purifier]] and [[Paladin (Grey Knights)|Paladin]] orders.{{Fn|1d}}
Most of the chapter's strength is spread through the Imperium, ensuring that the fighting skills of the Grey Knights can be quickly called upon by the Ordo Malleus wherever a daemonic incursion may occur. These small forces are often deployed far from their fortress-monastery for long periods at a time, and are usually organised into small teams that have trained and fought together for their entire lives.{{Fn|33h}}
===Headquarters===
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[[Chapter Master|Supreme Grand Master]] [[Kaldor Draigo]]
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===Brotherhoods===
! scope=col | [[2nd Brotherhood (Grey Knights)|2nd Brotherhood]]{{Fn|29}}{{Fn|47a}}
! scope=col | [[3rd Brotherhood (Grey Knights)|3rd Brotherhood]]{{Fn|29}}{{Fn|47a}}
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[[File:GKPaladinSymbol.jpg|center|70px]]
*1 [[Chapter Ancient|Paladin Ancient]]
*98 [[Paladin (Grey Knights)|Paladin]]s
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*44 [[Purifier]]s
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*23 [[Grey Knights Techmarine]]s
*75 [[Servitor]]s
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'''''Admiral of the Fleet'''''
*4 [[Battle Barge]]s
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'''''Warden of the Librarius'''''
*3 [[Epistolary|Epistolaries]]
! scope=col | [[7th Brotherhood (Grey Knights)|7th Brotherhood]]{{Fn|29}}{{Fn|47a}}
! scope=col | [[8th Brotherhood (Grey Knights)|8th Brotherhood]]{{Fn|29}}{{Fn|47a}}
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[[File:4thBH.jpg|center|70px]]
'''''Keeper of the Augurium'''''
*12 [[Prognosticar]]s
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'''''Protector of the Sanctum Sanctorum'''''
*20 Sanctum Guardians
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[[File:6thBH.jpg|center|70px]]
'''''High Seneschal of the Fortress'''''
*271 Chapter [[Equerry|Equerries]]
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'''''[[Inquisition]] Representative'''''
*24 Scribes
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[[File:8thBH.jpg|center|70px]]
'''''Knight Commander of the Recruits'''''
*32 [[Neophyte]]s
*1 [[Grey Knights Dreadnought|Dreadnought]]
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====Known Strike Forces ====
:The "standard" Grey Knight trooper, equipped in [[Space Marine Power Armour|Power Armour]]. Grey Knights Battle-Brothers can serve in several different types of squad: [[Grey Knights Strike Squad|Strike Squad]]s - the most basic form of unit, [[Grey Knight Interceptor Squad|Interceptor Squad]]s - equipped with personal teleporters, [[Grey Knights Purgation Squad|Purgation Squads]] — heavy support squads carrying multiple heavy weapons or as [[Grey Knight Purifier Squad|Purifier Squads]] — elite units considered even more incorruptible than the rest of their brethren.{{Fn|33g}}
;Ferrymen
:The [[Ferrymen]] are former Grey Knights who have become [[PariahBlank|Pariahs]]s. They serve as seneschals to the Sepulcars who tend the [[Dead Fields]].{{Fn|21a}}
;Prognosticar
:The [[Prognosticar]]s are gifted psykers among the Grey Knights who specialized in detecting daemonic incursions into realspace.{{Fn|1i}}
==Recruitment==
[[Imagefile:GKArt10th.jpg|thumb|right|275px|Grey Knights{{Fn|57}}]]Recruitment into the Grey Knights is overseen by the [[Company of Gatherers]], who set out from the [[Chamber of Trials]] of the [[Citadel of Titan]] to search for potential [[Aspirantaspirant]]s. Gatherers have drawn potential recruits from the [[League of Black ShipShips]]s, untithed [[Psykerpsyker]]s on worlds beyond Imperial rule, and [[Feral Worldferal world]]s considered off limits to all Imperial citizens. Some have even been drawn from the recruiting pools of other Space Marine Chapterschapters, often without their permission. The only criteria they adhere to are that all recruits possess psychic talent and strong physical and mental fortitude.{{Fn|57b}}
Considering the role of the Grey Knights, potential recruits are put through even more stringent trials than other Space Marine [[Neophyte]]s. Unlike most Space Marine Chapters, the Grey Knight recruits are often drawn directly from the [[Black Ships]] after they return to [[Terra]] by the [[Gatherers]].{{Fn|6b}} They are then brought to the [[Chamber of Trials]] on [[Titan (Moon)|Titan]] for testing.{{Fn|1d}} The most advanced bio-engineering and psycho-surgery available is utilized to condition the Neophytes, and each recruit must pass the six hundred and sixty six '''Rituals of Detestation''', to prove that he is capable of withstanding horrors that would break even the greatest of 'normal' Space Marines. Upon success, the recruit also has the majority of their memories and personality erased{{Fn|15a}}. One of the main criteria for selection is that the recruit must show great psychic potential, as the entire Chapter is made up of [[psyker]]s.{{Fn|33a}}
*'''[[Aegis Armour]]''' — The suits of power and Terminator armour worn by the Grey Knights are incredibly well crafted lattice of psychoconductive filaments and amulets{{Fn|6a}}; anointed and inscribed with prayers and wards, ritually consecrated and psychically charged. Working in tandem with the Grey Knights' formidable psychic powers, the Aegis armour protects the wearers from the effects of the Immaterium and the Daemons it spawns. The armour's ritual blessings and psychic resonance also serve to confound the perception of any enemy, resulting in an effect called the Shrouding. The psychically charged nature of the armour allows its mere presence to induce intense terror and pain in any nearby daemons and warp spawn, also loosening their grip on the material realm.{{Fn|1h}}
*[[Grey Knights Dreadnought|Dreadnoughts]] — Like other Space Marine [[Chapter|Chapters]]s, mortally wounded Grey Knights are sometimes placed within the massive battle armour known as a Dreadnought. Unlike other Chapters, however, Grey Knights do not look upon this extension of their life as an honour - all Grey Knights desire to be brought to the crypts underneath the [[Temple of the Emperor]] on Titan and laid to rest with their brothers over continuing life inside a machine. As such, Grey Knight Dreadnoughts are extremely rare.{{Fn|1h}}
*[[Nemesis Dreadknight]] — The chapter uniquely has access to a large suit of mechanised armour known as a Nemesis Dreadknight. The Dreadknight is designed to face [[Greater Daemon]]s in one-on-one combat. This huge construct towers over even dreadnoughts.{{Fn|4c}}
The modifications to their ships are made possible by two factors. The first is their fortress-monastery's location in the rings of Saturn, its close proximity to [[Mars]], the greatest [[Forge World]] in the Imperium of Man, allowing access to technology that was forgotten or is impossible to replicate anywhere else in the Imperium (this could also explain the high quality of all Grey Knights equipment). The other reason is the resources that the Ordo Malleus gives the Grey Knights due to their close working relationship as the Ordo's Chamber Militant.{{Fn|1b}}
====Known VesselsFleet====
[[Image:GKArt9th.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Grey Knights Warrior{{Fn|47d}}]]
{{main|Known Vessels of the Grey Knights}}
*''[[Bright Sword]]'' — [[Battle Barge]]{{Fn|29}}
*''[[Emperor's Will (Battle Barge)|Emperor's Will]]'' — [[Battle Barge]].{{Fn|29}}
*''[[Argent Sceptre]]'' — [[Strike Cruiser]]{{Fn|25}}
*''[[Righteous Dawn]]'' — [[Strike Cruiser]]{{Fn|27}}
*''[[Ruler of the Black Skies]]'' — [[Strike CruiserBattle Barge]].{{Fn|21}}
*''[[Sword of Dione]]'' — [[Strike Cruiser]]{{Fn|49}}
*''[[Unrelenting]]'' - [[Strike Cruiser]]{{Fn|50}}
===Notable Aircraft===
*''[[Draigo's Wings]]'' — [[Stormraven Gunship|Stormraven]]{{Fn|4g}}
*''[[Infinite Grace]]'' – [[Stormraven Gunship|Stormraven]], flew in the [[Purge of the Sorrowtower]]{{Fn|62}}
*''[[Kodachi]]'' — [[Stormraven Gunship|Stormraven]]{{Fn|34}}
*''[[Light of Banishment]]'' – [[Stormraven Gunship|Stormraven]], flown by [[Techmarine]] [[Asteron]]{{Fn|62}}
*''[[Longsword]]'' — [[Stormraven Gunship|Stormraven]]. Destroyed during the [[Sturmhex Incident]]{{Fn|34}}
*''[[Purgation's Sword]]'' — [[Stormraven Gunship|Stormraven]]{{Fn|35}}
*''[[Saintly Abjuration]]'' – [[Stormraven Gunship|Stormraven]], flown during the [[Perfidian Breach]]{{Fn|62}}
*''[[Talwar]]'' — [[Stormraven Gunship|Stormraven]]{{Fn|34}}
===Notable Grey Knights===
{{main|Known Members of the Grey Knights}}
[[File:GreyKnight2e.png|thumb|right|300px|Grey Knight{{Fn|60}}]]
=====Heresy Era=====
*[[Revuel Arvida|Janus]] — First Supreme Grand Master of the Grey Knights{{Fn|18}}
Grey_Knight_Terminator_Captain.png|early Grey Knight Terminator Captain{{Fn|44}}
Grey Knight tech-marine and servitor.jpg|Grey Knight [[Tech-Marine]] with a [[Gun Servitor]]{{Fn|55}}
File:Speculum Infernus.jpg|[[Prognosticator]]s at the [[Speculum Infernus]].{{Fn|61}}
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*{{Endn|54}}: [[White Dwarf 123 (UK)]], pg. 23
*{{Endn|55}}: [[Warhammer 40,000: Chaos Gate - Daemonhunters]] - Duty Eternal ([https://store.steampowered.com/app/2126610/Warhammer_40000_Chaos_Gate__Daemonhunters__Duty_Eternal/ Steam Page trailer])
*{{Endn|56}}:
[[Magic: The Gathering's Universes Beyond Warhammer 40,000]]
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*{{Endn|57}}: [[Codex: Grey Knights (10th Edition)]] - Cover
**{{Endn|57a}}: pg. 10
**{{Endn|59a}}: Chapters 2-3
**{{Endn|59b}}: Chapters 15-16
*{{Endn|60}}: [[Codex Imperialis (Background Book)]], pg. 33
*{{Endn|61}}: [[White Dwarf February 2017]], pg. 81 ''Illuminations''
*{{Endn|62}}: [[Flyers of the Dark Millennium]], pg. 17
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