In general, Knight houses belong to one of two major groups, the Questor Imperialis or the Questor Mechanicus. Each symbol on an Imperial Knight has a powerful resonance for its wearer and a deep inner meaning. It is customary for the Knights to compete not only in combat feats, but also in the appearance of their war mounts. Knights will use some variation of their house's heraldry as their livery, incorporating its themes and motifs, but no two liveries can be identical.Īll Knights bear striking, colourful liveries and often adorn their war machines with heraldic pennants. The Knight Houses use an elaborate system of heraldry signifying their allegiance, rank and the house to which they belong.
Each is painted in the glorious heraldry of its house, and decorated with imagery and iconography that tell of its homeworld, oaths and battle honours. Imperial Knight Heraldry is the practice of devising, granting, displaying, describing, and recording coats of arms and heraldic badges utilised by the Noble houses of Imperial Knights of the Questoris Familia.Įvery Imperial Knight is a precious and valued war machine, revered by its Noble pilot and painstakingly maintained by the House Sacristans responsible for its upkeep. Example of the detailed chivalric livery utilised by Knights of House Terryn, a house of the Questor Imperialis.
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