Knight Desecrator
The Knight Desecrator is a type of Questoris Pattern Chaos Knight that is a powerhouse at mid- to close-range combat.[1a]
Overview
Based upon an Abhorrent-class Knight, Knights Desecrator possess potent mid-to-close range armaments that lend themselves towards dueling enemy war engines or monstrous beasts, or tearing down the foe’s fortifications. Their weapons typically consists of a Thunderstrike Gauntlets, Warpstrike Claws, and Reaper Chainswords alongside a fearsome Laser Destructor.[1a][2]
The Fallen Nobles who pilot Knights Desecrator are all cruel despots, well disposed to imposing their tyrannical will upon others. They are disdainful of those they see as low-born or unworthy and are thorough in the destruction of all that offends him. In particularly places of worship of their foes are favored targets of Desecrators.[3] With their War Dog thralls’ Helms Mechanicum slaved to their own Throne, the Fallen Nobles coordinate vicious flanking moves and volleys of fire that drives their enemies from cover. These lords that pilot Knight Desecrators find expression in a desire to relentlessly annihilate every trace of their enemies. To these butchers it is not enough to simply defeat the foe, they must fell every opposing war engine and level every fortification. Only once their foes’ holdings are reduced to blasted wastelands and their enemies lie piled in corpse-mountains high enough to blot out the stars do the Knights Desecrator know even a moment’s satisfaction. Even then it is fleeting, for until the entire Imperium is reduced to ruin, these Fallen Nobles will know no peace.[1a]
Knights Desecrator can wield a variety of weaponry, making them versatile in battle, They are armed with longer-ranged Laser Destructors for use against heavy war engines while also wielding close-ranged Reaper Chainswords or Warpstrike Claws. A single Knight Desecrator can form the linchpin of an entire planetary invasion, serving as a heavy assault mantle and mobile command vehicle. To that end, they often command and direct lesser Chaos forces in battle and are equipped with an array of command and control suites. These include vox-arrays, enhanced sensors, oracular weapons spirits, and sorcerous auto-warded Ion Shields. Their vox-emitters may be enhanced by Idolators to issue booming commands across the battlefield, while their auspicators may be infused with warp-gheists that can see through the most elaborate stealth fields and camouflage. The cost of all of these enhancements is immense mental strain on the pilot, with more than one having their minds burned out after their Helm Mechanicum overloaded. The result is a broken puppet that is driven by the will of its Machine Spirit.[3]
Notable Knight Desecrators
- Iron Malice - Piloted by High King Obidar of House Lucaris.[1b]
- Eternal Dread - Piloted by Dam Marta of House Herpetrax.[1c]
Images
Sources
- 1: Codex: Chaos Knights (8th Edition)
- 2: Codex: Chaos Knights (9th Edition), pg.104
- 3: Codex: Chaos Knights (10th Edition), pg. 25
| Chaos Knights Forces | |
|---|---|
| Questoris Pattern | |
| Dominus Pattern | Knight Tyrant |
| Cerastus Pattern | |
| Acastus Pattern | |
| Armiger Pattern | |
| Other | Hell-Strider • Hell-Scourge • Hell-Knight |
| List of Traitor Houses | |
