The Knights-Errant

In the decades that have passed since the culmination of the Horus Heresy and the outset of the period now being referred to as the Scouring ，tacticae-savants have identified a broad spectrum of categories into which many irregular forces can be placed. At one end of this spectrum is to be found the body of warriors coined the 'Knights-Errant'. We know all but nothing of?this mysterious group, other than it was formed at the express order of Malcador the Sigilite.The so-called 'Chosen of Malcado”?included many individuals from a wide range of backgrounds, but his Knights-Errant were all Space Marines, and many of these were the scions of?the Traitor Primarchs who had refused to follow their fathers into treachery and chosen instead to renounce their Legion and serve the Imperium directly at its highest level。 All cast off their Legion heraldry and wore in its stead the gunmetal grey of bare ceramite.

自荷魯斯叛亂在高潮中結(jié)束，以及現(xiàn)在正被我們稱之為“大清洗”的時期開始以來，數(shù)十年的歲月已然逝去。在這段時期里，戰(zhàn)術(shù)專家們已經(jīng)制定了一套可以容納許多非規(guī)則部隊的廣泛分類范圍。在這套分類范圍的某一端，我們將發(fā)現(xiàn)某個被命名為“游俠騎士”的戰(zhàn)士團體。對于這個神秘的團體，除了該組織是根據(jù)掌印者馬卡多的專門命令進行組建的，其他的我們一概不知。這群所謂的“馬卡多親選者”包含了眾多背景多種多樣的成員，但他們都是星際戰(zhàn)士，而且很多都是叛徒原體的子嗣——他們拒絕跟隨生父叛變，相反，他們選擇拋棄自己的軍團，直接在最高層面上服務帝國。所有人都拋棄了他們的軍團紋章，取而代之的是不加修飾的陶鋼的炮銅灰色。

Little is now known of the highly secret missions the Knights-Errant undertook at the behest of?the Regent of Terra throughout the Age of Darkness, for many accounts have been deliberately suppressed, events have gone unrecorded at the time or reports were simply lost in the conflagration that descended upon Terra at the culmination of the Warmaster's great betrayal. Certainly; the Knights-Errant fought alone or in small groups against key foes identified by the Sigillite and in some cases aligned their interests with those of other Legion forces, serving side by side with conventional Legiones Astartes units when deemed necessary. It is considered likely by some historators of our Order that the Knights- Errant may have played a key，albeit mysterious role in the unseen 'silent war?’that was waged between Malcador and the Primarch Rogal Dorn，for both found their interests frequently in opposition. As the Solar War gripped humanity's birth system，the interests of the Sigillite and the Primarch frequently clashed and while face to face the two remained cordial, if often coldly so, behind the scenes their agents and servants might very well have been murdering one another. Whether or not the Knights- Errant ever took up arms against Loyalist forces is unknown, but it is certain that they undertook missions that furthered the long term goals of the Regent of Terra at the expense of those of the Praetorian of Terra.

在黑暗年代時期，游俠騎士們奉泰拉攝政的命令執(zhí)行了很多高度機密的任務，現(xiàn)在我們對這些任務幾乎一無所知，因為很多報告已經(jīng)被刻意隱瞞了，記錄文件與當時未被收錄的事件則僅僅是遺失在了隨戰(zhàn)帥荷魯斯叛亂的高潮而降臨在泰拉上的大火災中。無疑，游俠騎士們是獨自作戰(zhàn)或組成小型團隊來對抗掌印者辨認出的關(guān)鍵敵人，某些情況下他們會與利益相同的軍團部隊結(jié)盟，在有必要時也會和常規(guī)的阿斯塔特軍團們并肩作戰(zhàn)?？赡芪覀冃迺械哪承v史學家認為：游俠騎士們可能在馬卡多與原體羅格 多恩之間進行的“靜默戰(zhàn)爭”中扮演了神秘但關(guān)鍵的角色——因為泰拉攝政和禁衛(wèi)總管都發(fā)現(xiàn)自己的利益與對方的是頻繁對立的。隨著太陽系戰(zhàn)爭圍困住了人類的發(fā)源地星系，掌印者和原體之間的利益沖突頻繁，雖然兩者表面上親切友好，但他們的特工和仆從可能通常就在幕后冷酷地相互謀殺。游俠騎士們是否曾對忠誠派部隊動武我們不得而知，但有一點是確定的：他們執(zhí)行的任務是以犧牲泰拉禁衛(wèi)總管（機仆：多恩）的目標為代價，進一步推動泰拉攝政（機仆：馬卡多）的長期目標。

機仆：游俠騎士與后來的灰騎士關(guān)系匪淺，他們位于泰坦的行動要塞就是后來的灰騎士要塞修道院。已知以下成員成為了初代灰騎士導師：

Revuel Arvida ——?Ianius

雷烏爾 阿維達——艾尼烏斯（初代大導師）

Severian ——?Iapto

賽維里安——拉普托

Vardas Ison ——?Satre

瓦爾達斯——沙特雷

Tylos Rubio ——?Koios

泰羅斯 盧比奧——庫奧斯

A member of the Dark Angels became Epimetheus. This was likely The Nemean.

一名黑暗天使成為了艾比姆蘇斯，可能是尼米亞（注：這是一個代號，而非本名）

A member of the Raven Guard became Ogen. This was likely Antaka Cyvaan or Balsar Kurthuri.

一名暗鴉守衛(wèi)成為了奧格恩，可能是安塔卡 希瓦安或者巴薩爾 庫蘇里

A member of the Space Wolves became Yotun. This was likely Fyodor Stromgren.

一名太空野狼成為了約頓，可能是費約多爾 斯多姆格倫

A member of the Night Lords became Khyron. This was likely Fel Zharost.

一名午夜領主成為了凱隆，可能是費爾 扎羅斯特

Garviel Loken was intended to become Crius

加維爾 洛肯被推測成為了西里烏斯（但目前已經(jīng)確認不是了，黑色遠征戰(zhàn)役書中的潘多拉戰(zhàn)役里阿巴頓曾讀取過灰騎士的血緣譜系，他確認灰騎士第九兄弟會導師不是盧比奧，不是伽羅，不是“我的兄弟”，甚至并非來自叛徒軍團）