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The first Knightly House to be established, House Taranis was founded on [[Mars]] before the formation of the [[Imperium]]. This truly ancient house predates any other by many hundreds of years. As the industries of the red planet developed into a vast metropolis of technological mastery, so too did it evolve to become the first and foremost of the forge worlds, and the Knights of House Taranis were its guardians. The [[STC]] technology supplied to many of the [[Expeditionary Fleet]]s during [[Great Crusade|Mankind’s expansion]] across the stars included designs for armoured suits of exo-armour based on those first developed to be used by the Knights of Taranis. When the Knight worlds were first rediscovered during the Imperium’s [[Great Crusade]] many thousands of years later, it is likely that the Mechanicum used their intimate knowledge of the Knight suits worn by House Taranis to help win the loyalty of those worlds.{{Fn|2a}} By the start of the [[Horus Heresy]], Taranis fielded some 600 Knight suits, including large numbers of rarer [[Porphyrion]], [[Atrapos]], [[Magaera]], and [[Knight Styrix|Styrix]] Patterns.{{Fn|13a}}
House Taranis remained loyal to the [[Imperium]] during the [[Horus Heresy]], taking part in the [[Schism of Mars|Battle of Mars]] on the side of the forces of [[Kane]]. All but two of them were killed, fighting the forces of the [[Dark Mechanicum]]. Two members of the Knights of Taranis survived and went into hiding, but their later fate is unknown.{{Fn|11x}}
In 230.[[M41]], the Knights of House Taranis battled a [[Daemon]]ic incursion on [[Tarsok V]]. Despite heavy losses, they managed [[The Tarsok Incursion|to defeat]] a [[Great Unclean One]] and win the day.{{Fn|2c}}{{Fn|5b}}
*[[13th Black Crusade]]
*Battle on the killing fields of [[Umekha]]{{Fn|9a}}
*Battle of [[Ontoria XII]]{{Fn|9c9d}}
*Defence of [[Frontis]]{{Fn|11}}
*[[Indomitus Crusade]]{{Fn|12}}
The House's crest, likewise, evolved with time - the symbol always featured the cog of Mars, but the sword that bisects the crest was added after the Horus Heresy. Some attribute this to the legendary [[Raf Maven]], who allegedly insisted on the addition in honour of his fallen housemates.{{Fn|12}}
==Holdings==
During the [[Great Crusade]], Taranis's primary fastness on [[Mars]] was on [[Arsia Mons]], on the other side of the mountain from the [[Magma City]].{{Fn|1a}}
In the modern [[Imperium]], House Taranis has control over a number of armoured keeps on Mars. Among them is [[Hydraulach Point]], currently ruled by [[Archimaxes|Sir Archimaxes]], which maintains watch against the feral [[battle-servitor]]s that infest the southern [[Mare Erythraeum]].{{Fn|9c}}
==House Elements==
===Known Knight Suits===
====[[Dominus Pattern Knight|Dominus Pattern]]====
*''[[Devastation Unbridled]]'' — [[Knight Castellan|Castellan]].{{Fn|9b9c}}
*''[[Olympus Resurgent]]'' — [[Knight Valiant|Valiant]].{{Fn|11}}
*''[[Scion of Chryse]]'' — [[Knight Castellan|Castellan]].{{Fn|11}}
====Other Knights====
*[[Agamon]] - Knight during the Horus Heresy
*'''Sir [[Archimaxes]]''' — Pilot of ''[[Devastation Unbridled]]''.{{Fn|9b9c}}
*[[Leopold Cronus]] — Knight during the [[Horus Heresy]], pilot of '''''Pax Mortis'''''
*'''Sir [[Darkarrus]]''' — Pilot of ''[[Scarlet Doom]]''.{{Fn|3}}
==Sources==
*{{Endn|1}}: [[Mechanicum (Novel)]]:**{{Endn|1a}}: ''The Tharsis Quadrangle of Mars'' (map before Chapter 0.01)**{{Endn|1x}}: {{Cite Thisthis}}
*2: [[Codex: Imperial Knights (6th Edition)]]:
**{{Endn|2a}}: pg. 20 — ''The Knightly Houses: House Taranis''
*9: [[Codex: Imperial Knights (8th Edition)]]:
**{{Endn|9a}}: pg. 15
**{{Endn|9b}}: pgspg. 44-**{{Endn|9c}}: pg. 45 — ''House Taranis''**{{Endn|9c9d}}: pg. 117
*{{Endn|10}}: [[Codex: Adeptus Mechanicus (8th Edition)]], pg. 57
*{{Endn|11}}: [[White Dwarf July 2018]] — ''Battle Report: A Gauntlet Thrown Down''
