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[[File:KnightHelverin.jpg|thumb|right|200px|An Armiger Pattern [[Knight Helverin]]{{Fn|1}}]]
'''{{PAGENAME}}s''' are smaller than their cousin [[Imperial Knight]]s and are crewed by aspiring noblesfight at the flanks of their larger kin, low-born commoners like packs of hounds hunting with their medieval lords.{{Fn|1}}==Description==Despite being the lightest class of [[Imperial Knight]], each ''Armiger'' is still an imposing war engine capable of destroying entire squads. They possess exceptional speed, able to outpace most [[battle tank]]s and transport vehicles when moving at a knack sprint and react almost as quickly as an organic warrior. Moreover, to compensate for wartheir comparatively smaller size, Armigers are typically deployed in packs of two or even three. However they are not fitted with a full [[Throne Mechanicum]], as the larger Knight classes are. Instead they are controlled using a more compact device known as a '''[[Helm Mechanicum]]''', which is significantly less prestigious. This is compounded by the fact that, while Armigers can operate independently, it is traditional for their Helms Mechanicum to be neurally slaved to the command impulses of a larger Knight, known as a '''Bond-liege'''. This in turn, renders the Armigers' pilots to be subordinates that are known as '''Bondsmen'''.{{Fn|2}} ==Bondsmen==While accepting such mental serfdom is certainly no mark of dishonor, it is far from glorious. For these reasons, the piloting of '''Armigers''' falls to those from the lower social strata of [[Knight House]]s. Some give this duty to distant relatives, minor offshoots of the Houses' established [[Noble]] bloodlines,{{Fn|2}} aspiring nobles, the bastard children of [[Baron]]s and [[High King]]s{{Fn|1}} or the survivors of a Knight House that has fallen upon hard times. In battle Others elevate the Armigers fight at finest common-born warriors they can find, which can come from a Knight House's [[Knight Household Guard|Household Guard]], their [[PDF|Planetary Militia Forces]],{{Fn|2}} or even low-born commoners with a knack for war.{{Fn|1}} When this is done, the flanks standing of their larger kin, like packs these commoner Bondsmen's families are raised from mere peasantry to valued and respected meritocracy. Still other Knight Houses maintain specialist sub-orders of hounds hunting favored retainers who are fated from birth to be Armiger pilots. Such is with their medieval lordsthe case of [[House Griffith]]'s [[Order of the Hound]].{{Fn|12}}
For many Bondsmen though, the mental imperatives transmitted through their [[Helm Mechanicum]] feel unnatural and invasive. It is common for new pilots to feel a sense of resentment or upset at having their desires and opinions directed remotely, by the Nobles who command them. Some Bondsmen rebel and become [[Freeblade]]s rather thanendure the mental dominance of another. There are several types:also Bondsmen who do not have the requisite mental fortitude to withstand these feelings and lose their grip on their sense of self. In order to ensure none of this occurs, it is common for Knight Houses to have newly created Bondsmen train at the side of a [[Knight Preceptor]], before they fight beside their chosen Bond-liege. By doing so, the Bondsmen have time to view the dutiful and heroic examples set by their assigned Knight Preceptors. This in turn, plants a firm aspiration in their minds to do their duty and live up to the examples the Preceptors have set for them. In time, this will cause the Bondsmen to accept their subservience and eventually the will of their chosen Bond-liege.{{Fn|2}} ==Types of Armiger==
*[[Knight Helverin|Armiger Knight Helverin]]
*[[Knight Moirax|Armiger Knight Moirax]]
*[[Knight Warglaive|Armiger Knight Warglaive]]
*[[War Dog]]{{Fn|23}}
==See Also==
==Sources==
*{{Endn|1}}: [https://www.warhammer-community.com/2018/01/26/new-codexes-factions-our-heroes-and-more-breaking-news-from-the-las-vegas-opengw-homepage-post-1/ Warhammer Community: New Codexes, Models, Heroes and More]
*{{Endn|2}}: [[Codex: Imperial Knights (8th Edition)]], pgs. 58-59*{{Endn|3}}: [https://www.games-workshop.com/en-CA/Chaos-Knights-War-Dogs-with-Autocannon-2019 Games Workshop] (last accessed 10/7/2020)
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