Of these, many were drawn to the Great Crusade, lured by the thirst for glory or the unceasing clamour of war on the frontier, joining the Questoris Crusade forces and fighting on countless worlds in support of the Emperor's great work. These Freeblades were Knights Mendicant, owing no alliance and no fealty. Known as Legendary Freeblades, these were Nobles who were drawn out from the ranks of their former Households, either willingly owing to the lure of adventure or the unquenchable lust for battle, or unwillingly as outcast, Renegade or last survivor. The ancient tradition of the Freeblade harkens back over ten millennia ago, during the Great Crusade and Horus Heresy eras. Gerantius, the Green Knight, and the White Warden, fighting alongside one another against the Red WAAAGH! on Alaric Prime. Even so, they can earn glorious reputations through their deeds, and their aid, though often unexpected, is always welcomed.

Often they will appear suddenly, drawn by the fires of war, only to depart as abruptly once the fighting is done their temporary allies never learning their name. Forsaking the heraldry of their former House, giving up their names and breaking with their past, they become mysterious silent warriors to those they fight alongside. With blade or cannon, these Freeblade Knights travel the void on their own personal missions of honour, vengeance or penance. The Freeblade Imperial Knight Amaranthine.Ī Freeblade is an Imperial Knight who has forsaken their House to wander alone amongst the stars. The Freeblade Dyros, 'The Scorched Knight', speaking to the surviving kin of House Kamata during the invasion of Alaric Prime

As long as I draw breath the guilty will be punished, be they xenos invader, cursed traitor or highborn criminal.' Let every tyrant tremble in my sight should he think himself immune. ' Though we stand tall within our Knights, we are not above the laws of men.

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