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==Society==
There are thousands of Knight houses across the [[Galaxy]].{{Fn|10}} The Knight Worlds operate under a strict feudal system ,{{Fn|7a}} as well as a [[Code Chivalric]]{{Fn|35b}} and are typically sworn to either the [[Adeptus Terra]] or [[Adeptus Mechanicus]]. Each world is led by either a single or number of [[Knight House]]s, whose ranks are made up of '''Nobles''' which pilot Knight suits into battle.{{Fn|7a}} the highest of these and lord of the ruling house is often referred to as a [[High King]]/[[Princeps]]. To become a Knight Pilot, one must undergo the grueling [[Ritual of Becoming]].{{Fn|11b}}
===Questor Imperialis===
*[[Knight Striker]]: Armed with a [[Lascannon]]{{Fn|25}}
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===[[Trycholus Pattern Knight|Trycholus Pattern]]===
A bullish Imperial Knight suit, which serves as a walking siege engine.{{Fn|35a}}
===Other Titles===
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 World]]s became affiliated with a particular [[Imperial Titan ]] [[Forge World]], supplying it with food and raw materials, whilst its Sacristans [[Sacristan]]s 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}}
===Development History===
*{{Endn|33}}: [[Adeptus Titanicus: Titandeath]], pgs. 66-67
*{{Endn|34}}: [[Adeptus Titanicus: The Defence of Ryza]] pg. 60-61
*35: [[Codex: Imperial Knights (10th Edition)]]
**{{Endn|35a}}: pg. 21 - ''Glorious Lineage''
**{{Endn|35b}}: pg. 29 - ''Knightly Houses''
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