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==Canon Conflict==
When Knights were introduced in [[White Dwarf 126 (UK)|White Dwarf 126]], they originated during the [[Dark Age of Technology]] from agricultural worlds whose [[human]] inhabitants had copied farming techniques learned from [[Eldar]] [[Exodites]] already present on them. The humans began utilising combat walkers invented by the Eldar and referred to them as "Knights". In a period referred to by the Exodites as ''The Coming of Men'', the xenos and the human colonists clashed in a number of bloody conflicts as the Eldar Knights sought to protect their homes from the colonists.{{Fn|3}}
When these planets were cut off in the Age of Strife a warrior aristocracy rose to prominence amongst its human populations, mimicking the lifestyle of the Eldar Clans. These planets were rediscovered by [[Rogue Trader]] Jeffers and brought into the newborn Imperium of Man. Most often Knight Worlds became affiliated with a particular Titan Forge World, supplying it with food and raw materials, whilst its Sacristans would fall under the control of the Adeptus Mechanicus. Other Knight Worlds were left with a large degree of autonomy, required only to produce food and obey the call to arms when it was given.{{Fn|3}}
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When Knights were introduced in [[White Dwarf 126 (UK)|White Dwarf 126]], they originated during the [[Dark Age of Technology]] from agricultural worlds whose [[human]] inhabitants had copied farming techniques learned from [[Eldar]] [[Exodites]] already present on them. The humans began utilising combat walkers invented by the Eldar and referred to them as "Knights". In a period referred to by the Exodites as ''The Coming of Men'', the xenos and the human colonists clashed in a number of bloody conflicts as the Eldar Knights sought to protect their homes from the colonists.{{Fn|3}}
When these planets were cut off in the Age of Strife a warrior aristocracy rose to prominence amongst its human populations, mimicking the lifestyle of the Eldar Clans. These planets were rediscovered by [[Rogue Trader]] Jeffers and brought into the newborn Imperium of Man. Most often Knight Worlds became affiliated with a particular Titan Forge World, supplying it with food and raw materials, whilst its Sacristans would fall under the control of the Adeptus Mechanicus. Other Knight Worlds were left with a large degree of autonomy, required only to produce food and obey the call to arms when it was given.{{Fn|3}}
==See also==
==Related Articles==
*[[Blackshield Knight House]]
