Editing Knights-Errant (section)

==Known Members==
===Nathaniel Garro===
Battle-Captain (the formal title of the 7th Captain of the [[Death Guard]]) and captain of the ''Eisenstein''. The first member. The guy who fled the massacre at [[Battle_of_Isstvan_III|Isstvan III]] and managed to bring word of the Horus Heresy to the Imperium, thanks to his honor-brother, and a very cool guy, [[Saul Tarvitz]] of the [[Emperor's Children]]. On the way there, he also became the first of the Loyalists to encounter what would later be known as the Plague Marines, as the corpses of his traitorous Legion-brothers came back to life as they traveled through the Warp.

[[File:GarroArt.jpg|thumb|[[Indrick Boreale|Bald, but far from foolish.]]]]

He was given a list of twenty names from Sevarian ''(see below)'' who would become the Knights-Errant, and the task of collecting them would take him all over the galaxy during the Horus Heresy, from Calth ''(through the Ruinstorm no less)'' all the way back to Isstvan III.

He would attempt to sneak into the [[Phalanx]] to recruit some Imperial Fist [[Librarians]] "incarcerated" there, but was caught and turned away as they were happy enough as is.

He would also win a duel with a mid-ranked Custodes, though even he admitted the effort taxed his abilities and he only won through playing to the particular individual's overconfidence.

Garro would also unwittingly uncover Malcador's plans to build a new [[Grey Knights|Astartes force on Titan]] intended for the coming war ''after'' the Horus Heresy, though he initially believed it to be a Traitor force because of the secrecy involved with its construction.

Partly because of those shrouded circumstances and the uncomfortable lengths the Sigillite would go to to protect humanity, Garro would repeatedly say that his ultimate fate would not lie on Titan, and previews for future BL books refer to him as "the first martyr of the Lectitio Divinatus", and martyrdom by definition ultimately involves dying.

Following the assembly of the soon-to-be Grand Masters and their departure to Titan, he was released from Malcador's service to aid in the defense of Terra alongside Loken and the other Death Guard Loyalists that had accompanied him on the ''Eisenstein''.

As the Siege carries, Garro is fighting on Terra when he has a premonition that Keeler will die unless Garro is by her side. At Marmax, he is spit-roasted by Mortarion, distracting the Death Guard long enough for her to escape. Garro's last experience is finally entering the Emperor's presence.

Given rules as part of the lead-up to Horus Heresy Book 6 'Retribution', Garro can be a trolltastic addition to an army. He's built up as a challenge character, earning double combat resolution scores and gaining a 3+ invulnerable save. Despite this, he's not a combat monster, as ''Libertas'' is only a two-handed blade with AP3, despite having Rending. However, Garro's Death Guard resilience shows through, having ''Eternal Warrior'' AND the chance to get back from death the first time he kicks the bucket during battle.

===Garviel Loken===
Captain of the [[Luna Wolves]] 10th Company, who is very much the protagonist of the first trilogy of Horus Heresy novels. He was known for being able to think independently and rationally, as well as being exceptionally humane for an Astartes. A true stoic and principled person, as well as a bad-ass. Was thought dead after Istvaan III was virus bombed and then firebombed, followed by a 3-month siege by 4 Traitor Legions and a [[Warlord Battle Titan]], followed by being defeated by [[Abaddon]] in a duel and having a building collapse on him, trapping him in the rubble, while the planet was being bombed into dust for a third time, this time with cyclonic torpedoes. [[Not as planned|But NOPE]]! When Nathaniel Garro first discovered him, survivor's guilt and distrust had driven him half mad and he was convinced he was the only Loyalist left alive in the Imperium. Calling himself Cerberus, due to an inability to remember his own name, he then forced a reign of terror upon the totally dead, but [[Nurgle|reanimated]] population (read: Plague Zombies) of Isstvan III. Was supposedly the final member that Garro would recruit according to Malcador, although other members were inducted after Loken himself.

[[Dawww|He was also called "Garvi" by his close friends]].
[[File:Captain Garviel Loken Portrait.jpg|thumb|Garviel practicing hairesy.]]

His major highlights include:
*Being a member of the '''Mournival''': the four advisors of [[Horus|Horus Lupercal]], along with [[Abaddon]], [[Tarik Torgaddon]], and [[Horus Aximand|"Little Horus" Aximand]].
*Hilariously making [[Lucius]] his bitch in a duel, pointing out beforehand that the duel would not be about their skill in blades. As soon as Lucius made the first move, Loken dropped his sword and in one stroke won the duel by breaking that arrogant prick's nose into smithereens with a single punch, ruining Lucius' "perfect" face and making the first mark upon it. This trick was later over-exaggeratedly used again by [[Saul Tarvitz]].
*Fighting Abaddon himself on Isstvan III.
*Making [[Kharn]] his side bitch by going toe to toe with him and then impaling the dude on the dozer blades of an advancing [[Chaos|spikey]] land raider. What a fucking savage.
*Being present on [[Caliban]] during the [[Fallen Angels|Fallen uprising]], and quite possibly throwing a lit match on the whole powder keg.
*Giving Horus and an overwhelming majority of his Traitor Legion a virtual bitch-slap by turning his back on them when he was asked to join the rebellion.
*Then killing Tybalt Marr, Tormageddon, and Little Horus Aximand during the Siege of Terra, sending Aximand into a nervous breakdown in the process.

It was revealed in "The Buried Dagger" that he was supposed to become a founding member of the Grey Knights. When they were given an audience with the Emperor to explain their new purpose, Loken became laden with doubts, feeling that when the Emperor said ''"If that is to be your fate"'' he was singling him out. Almost immediately Loken determined that it was not to be his fate and decided to join up with his old pal Garro instead to most likely die a heroic death in one of the coming books ''(it has long been foreshadowed that Garro is supposed to become the first martyr of the Lectitio Divinitus)''.

Intriguingly, Rubio, who does leave for Titan to become one of the First Grand Masters of the Grey Knights, notes prior to their meeting with the Emperor that Loken has "the touch of the warp in him", since his thoughts project as loudly as gunshots, heavily implying that Loken himself is a nascent psyker (which would make sense too, as we all know all Grey Knights are psykers). Apparently confirmed as of ''Saturnine'', where Loken kills Tormageddon with a psychically-enhanced stab from Rubio's force sword and sees tendrils of warp energy swirling around his hand.

Formerly the only member with tabletop rules in Horus Heresy, though that's his pre-Knight status, when he is a Legion Praetor character with Initiative 6 and a Paragon Blade, with the ability to get back from the dead once per game. Strangely he only has Power Armour rather than the standard issue Artificer Armour as the typical attire for Praetors, though he does get an Iron Halo which usually has to be bought for extra dough.

We've yet to see Loken as a Knight Errant, but no doubt Forgeworld will just take his original rules and slap on the option to upgrade to the generic "Knight Errant" rules for a few points in an updated list.

===Tylos Rubio===
An [[Ultramarines]] Librarian who was the first member to be inducted by Garro. He was recruited in the midst of the [[Betrayal at Calth|Battle of Calth]]. Rubio would essentially become Garro's second in command for several missions, and got his own job of travelling to Baal to [[Blood Ravens|"collect" all of the wargear of the Blood Angels (to give to the future Grey Knights)]] when everyone thought Sanguinius had fallen at Signus. Unknown to everyone, he had been implanted with a psychic suggestion to assassinate Malcador courtesy of Erebus back when he was on Calth, but that didn't pan out.

Rubio is one of the more powerful/reliable psykers on the tabletop of his era that isn't one of the Thousand Sons (which isn't hard as his primary competition is generic Librarians or special characters with "repressed" abilities). So compared to a Librarian, he's a ML2 psyker who can reroll failed Psychic tests when manifesting ''Divination'' powers, meaning he's practically guaranteed to cast. He's also no slouch in combat either, with Init 5 stock and can invest his warp charges into his Force Sword granting +1 Strength for each charge not spent on a power, meaning he can quite happily smack a bitch, although only at AP3 since its still just a sword.

===The Nemean Reaver===
His real name is unknown, but it is widely suspected (and also confirmed by statements from himself) that he was a Dark Angel. Heavily injured in the Rangdan Xenocides, he is supposed to be a mess of scar tissue and [[Rage]]. Was the head of his own [[Blackshield]] fleet made up of dispossessed legionaries called the "Dark Brotherhood" until he was approached by Garro for recruitment, a meeting which the [[Alpha Legion]] did their best to foul up. It's notable that his Blackshield fleet was NOT a Loyalist fleet nor was it allied with Horus, but instead a completely independent group that just happened to fight and pillage Traitors instead of Loyalists because they were in a sector that the Alpha Legion wanted. The Reaver's excuse for this was that, cut off from everyone and in prime Traitor territory, he was merely doing what he had to do to survive. While loyal himself, his fleet was not, so he left it behind when he was recruited. Though his fleet likely wouldn't have raided loyalists anyway since Astartes, even Renegades, tend to hate the ''absolute '''fuck''''' out of traitors. Blackshields who were loyal to no one weren't exactly known for attacking the loyalists, but were known for attacking the traitors so...yeah. Truly the embodiment of neutrality.

On the tabletop he's probably one of the higher tier challenge characters out there (not counting Primarchs), coming runner up to [[Sigismund]] in lethality but is superior in terms of survivability. He's got Toughness 5, ''Eternal Warrior, Adamantium Will'', 2+/4+ saves and rerolls failed saves against Blast or Template weapons. He also has a S+1 AP2 sword which inflicts -1 WS to enemies in a challenge and strikes at initiative. He also causes ''Fear'' and is ''Fearless'', meaning he can't be overrun and has a chance of just trolling generic legionaries who are not immune to Fear.

There are two versions of him, representing him as the commander of the Dark Brotherhood in a Blackshields army, or can be taken by any Loyalist force if you upgrade to Knight-Errant, making him even deadlier in a challenge with ''Preferred Enemy (Traitors)''.

'''Trivia:''' Both his name and his armour are allusions to [[Lion El'Jonson|lions]], which is no surprise given his supposed heritage. The '''Nemean Lion''' was slain as the first of the twelve labours of Heracles, while the pelt of the '''Cithaeron Lion''' was worn by Heracles and was said to be impervious, which accounts for the sheer number of benefits granted by his Kithaeron warplate.

===Others===
*'''Severian (The Wolf)''' - Not a Space Wolf, though artwork portrays him to look similar to one, but a [[Luna Wolves|Luna Wolf]]. He was a member of the Crusader Host (basically Space Marine Ambassadors to Terra) but was imprisoned on Terra with all bar the Imperial Fists due to suspicion. He broke out of prison and was brought back into the fold by the Samurai (not kidding) Nagasena. He is a latent psyker whose powers were unlocked by Magnus' psychic message that broke the Golden Throne, though Malcador explains it such that Severian uses them so instinctually that he does not know he has them, which makes him unique.
**Severian was also an early addition to the Knights-Errant, being recruited by Malcador directly about two years into the Heresy, but was recruited before Rubio since it was Severian's psychic abilities which identified other potential candidates for recruitment, giving Garro a list of twenty names to find.
**Becomes one of the Eight. Is Dead in 40k having been killed with Abaddon witnessing his death personally

*'''Ares Voitek''' - [[Iron Hands]] Techmarine. Also knows how to whip up alcohol on the fly, and with such potency that only Space Wolves and White Scars would like seconds. Even Dorn gets in on it.

*'''Fel Zharost''' - A [[Night Lords]] Chief Librarian who was exiled by [[Sevatar]] after the Edict of Nikaea mostly because no-one could be bothered to care about the Librarius except Zharost himself. He somehow fled back home to Terra and was eventually collected for induction into the Knights-Errant. Notably one of the very, very few loyalist Night Lords.

*'''Vardas Ison''' - A Blood Angels Librarian. Loathed his original Legion and refused to divulge it when asked.

*'''Theodor Ruttveld''' - A Space Wolf, was assigned to watch over Konrad Curze and ensure that the Edict of Nikaea [[Fail|was obeyed]]. Heavily maimed by Curze and delivered to Terra [[Grimdark|as a message]]. It is uncertain if he is to become a Knight-Errant though he is kept alive on the Sigillite's Authority and it is made clear that he is to be kept as whole as possible and not interred in a Dreadnought.

* ''' Helig Gallor''' - a former member of the Death Guard. Was a member of the Seventy on the Eisenstein and detained on Luna until offered a place in the Knights Errant.

* '''Bajun Kyda''' - another former member of the Death Guard and one of the Seventy. Was slain on Proxima Majoris as a Knight Errant.

*'''Kaspian Hecht \ Barthusa Narek:''' A bit of a mystery; Narek was a member of the [[Word Bearers]] who regained his belief in the divinity of the Emperor during his operation to recovery Fulgurite Spear, and wanted to kill [[Lorgar]] to sort out his Legion's problems; however he had no apparent interest in joining the "Loyalist" cause. He was captured on [[Macragge]], and even though [[Inquisition|he wasn't a Traitor, he was interrogated daily and to be executed if he incriminated himself]]. However he somehow escaped and was implanted with the memories of a separate person: "Kaspian Hecht" who was apparently on his way towards Macragge to recruit someone for the Knights-Errant. How or why this was done is as yet unknown, but Narek eventually sorts his memories out though it's not yet known if he'll remain as one of the Knights Errant. Later went rogue and helped [[Dick|Eldrad]] kill the Cabal, currently rejoining the Word Bearers in the hope of assassinating Lorgar using a piece of the Fulgurite spear the Cabal wanted to use to kill [[Vulkan]]. Given that we know Lorgar ascended to Daemonhood and is still around, we can only assume something went horribly wrong with that assassination attempt.

===Deceased Members===
As we know several members were inducted into the Knights Errant, but many did not survive, and considering that the number above is greater than eight, we know that several more will perish or find other duties.

*'''Iacton Qruze''' - Captain of the Luna Wolves' 3rd Company. One of the oldest members of the Luna Wolves and one of the few Legionaries who had been recruited before Horus was found. Referred to as "The Half-Heard" mostly because no-one was paying attention to what the old coot was saying. Got the job of overseeing the prisons on Titan for people who know far too much to be let loose in the Imperium, though is killed by Horus on board the Vengeful Spirit when an attempt at placing teleport beacons for the Space Wolves to deep strike aboard was discovered.
*'''Dio Promus''' - Former Chief Librarian of the [[Ultramarines]], he got the job of sifting through wounded legionaries looking for experiences and memories that would help in Malcador's [[Grey Knights|great project]], then removing all evidence of his passing, even going so far as to destroy the Space Marines in question and the ships and crew they came with. He got roped into the quest to hunt for the shards of [[Magnus]], but failed at Nikaea when Ahriman absconded with them. He was then slain by a Space Wolf who took exception to the job that Malcador had given him, seeing the destruction of loyal Space Marines to be traitorous. Gotta admit, the wolf was right on this one. I mean, they're in a civil war for fuck's sake!
*'''Bror Tyrfinger''' - An actual Space Wolf. Dies at the [[Battle of Trisolian]]. His name translates to "Brother Bullfinger" in Danish, so that's at least something. Tyrfing is also the name of the sword made by dwarves in the Norse legend of Tyrfing. It was said that Tyrfing could cut through the hardest of stones and would never rust, dull, or miss; however, it also carried the curse of having to kill a man each time it was drawn and would be responsible for three great evils. He's the only Knight-Errant to leave with the permission of his Primarch, though for sinister motives, as [[Leman Russ]] ordered him to kill Loken if he tried to go back to Horus. Fortunately Loken didn't, so Tyrfinger didn't have to.
*'''Macer Varren''' - A [[World Eaters]] Captain who was one of a group of loyalist refugees that fled to the Terran Solar system, a cockney-Marine (despite being visualized as Scottish Gerard Butler) and an utter badass. Really pissed off at Angron for trying to have him killed. Although he's more rash and angry than his fellow Knights, compared to his parent Legion he's surprisingly level-headed for someone with the Butcher's Nails jammed into his brain. Dies just before the Siege of Terra after being possessed by the Nurgle daemon called the Lord of the Flies, killing himself before the daemon could take full control of his body.
*'''Tubal Cayne''' - [[Iron Warriors]] member of the Crusader Host like Severian. His name comes from the Biblical Tubal-cain, a descendant of Cain and the first blacksmith.
*'''Rama Karayan''' - Obligatory [[Raven Guard]] guy, because GW couldn’t leave anyone out. Except the Alpha Legion. Or did they?
*'''Altan Nohai''' - [[White Scars]] Apothecary.
*'''Callion Zaven''' - [[Emperor's Children]] Champion.