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==History==
[[Image:KnightWorldsMap.jpg|thumb|right|400px|[[Knight Worlds World]]s across the galaxy]]
The original [[Knight World]]s were founded during the [[Dark Age of Technology]], settled by [[Humanity]] in its first great stellar exodus. In an event dubbed the '''[[Long March]]''', over the course of decades colonization ships reached their pre-chosen worlds. When they arrived however, they found often lethal wildlife and plant-life alike, or devastating meteorological conditions. The founding materials for the colonists were the ship themselves, while they were able to flourish and expand thanks to [[STC]] machines. Among the creations of the STC during this time were the first [[Knight]] suits to defend against predators and hostile [[Xenos]]. The pilots for these suits were carefully chosen, but over extended exposure to their [[Throne Mechanicum]] console their concepts of practical self-defense and communal survival was replaced by ideas of authoritarianism, chivalry, and martial honor. Over the decades a feudal system formed, and those protected by the Knights increasingly became vassals to their masters.{{Fn|11a}}
**[[House Cadmus]]{{Fn|29c}}
**[[House Hawkshroud]]{{Fn|29c}}
**[[House Degallio]]{{Fn|30}}
**[[House Draconis]]{{Fn|31}}
**[[House Mortan]]{{Fn|7e}}
**[[House Orhlacc]]{{Fn|20f}}
**[[House Vornherr]]{{Fn|19}}
**[[House Vyronii]]{{Fn|20g}}
*'''Questor Mechanicus'''
**[[House Taranis]]{{Fn|29d}}
**[[House Krast]]{{Fn|29b}}
**[[House Raven]]{{Fn|29d}}
**[[House Col'Khak]]{{Fn|20e}}
**[[House Coldshroud]]{{Fn|22a}}
**[[House Hermetika]]{{Fn|20e}}
**[[House Moritain]]{{Fn|32}}
**[[House Procon Vi]]{{Fn|33}}
===Household Grade===
**{{Endn|7c}}: ''Heirlooms of the Knightly Houses''
**{{Endn|7d}}: ''Mechanicus Knights at War''
**{{Endn|7e}}: ''House Mortan''
*{{Endn|8}}: [http://www.forgeworld.co.uk/en-EU/Mechanicum-Cerastus-Knight-Atrapos Forge World]
*{{Endn|9}}: [[Warhammer 40,000 8th Edition Rulebook]], pg. 76
**{{Endn|20c}}: pg. 133
**{{Endn|20d}}: pg. 103
**{{Endn|20e}}: pg. 98
**{{Endn|20f}}: pgs. 122-125
**{{Endn|20g}}: pgs. 114-117
*21: [[Adeptus Titanicus: Loyalist Legios]]:
**{{Endn|21a}}: pg. 25
**{{Endn|21h}}: pg. 135
*{{Endn|22}}: [[The Horus Heresy Book Three - Extermination]], pg. 230
**{{Endn|22a}}: pg. 30
*{{Endn|23}}: [https://web.archive.org/web/20250207152826/https://www.warhammer.com/en-US/shop/imperial-knights-knight-dominus-knight-castellan-2022?srsltid=AfmBOop_nPKVHUV9iHlu9Y1Zs8lsBGawXtVFt1Q5Tao8Cd_0n3Psou3u Games Workshop: Knight Castellan] ''(saved page, last accessed 7/2/2025, [https://www.warhammer.com/en-US/shop/imperial-knights-knight-dominus-knight-castellan-2022?srsltid=AfmBOorLPK5QZUO14Ixxjo48-hgBbo-0ltgbm8dJfuUCJpKh6tj4uB_O original link here])''
*{{Endn|24}}: [[Magic: The Gathering's Universes Beyond Warhammer 40,000]]
- ''Knight Paladin''
