Drover (Knight World)

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Drovers are a sub-class on Knight Worlds,^[1] that are charged with tending to the fields, estates^[2] and herds of their world's nobility.^[1]

Description

They use several different types of bipedal walker frames to carry out these duties.^[2] However by law, Drover Walkers are not armed with weapons and they must rely on their world's Imperial Knights to protect them from raiders and predators. This is intentionally done, so that the Drovers will not be able stage a revolt against their noble masters.^[1]

Trivia

The following information is not to be regarded as officially sanctioned and/ or is not written from an in-universe point of view. A detailed explanation of the term "Trivia" as used in the Lexicanum can be found here.

• The Drovers were created by the Games Workshop employee Ian Pickstock. They were featured in The Citadel Journal 1.^[1]
• Droving in the real world refers to the practice of walking livestock herds over large distances

Sources

• 1: The Citadel Journal 1, pg. 33 - Space Marine: Knights
• 2: White Dwarf 126 (UK), pg. 30