Knight Castellan

A Knight Castellan of House Terryn leading the charge against the enemies of Mankind.

The Knight Castellan is a super-heavy Imperial Knight that makes use of the Dominus-class chassis. It is used primarily as a long-range artillery platform and is capable of striking the enemy from extreme range. Although slower than other Knights, this pattern benefits from substantially increased firepower and much thicker armour than its smaller counterparts.

The Knight Castellan is one of the two most commonly deployed patterns of the super-heavy Dominus-class chassis, the other being the Knight Valiant. With its dual plasma core sending energy surging through its huge frame, the Castellan can mount a frightening array of weapons systems while maintaining its Ion Shield against incoming fire.

Indeed, in extremis, Dominus-class Knight pilots have even been known to overcharge their shield capacitors in order to temporarily project their shields over nearby allies to protect them from harm. It is considered both crass and unnecessary to do this for another Knight, but other Imperial forces fighting alongside Dominus-class Knights have been given good cause to thank the Nobles for their protection.

Quick Answers

How does the Knight Castellan's armor compare to other Knights?

The Knight Castellan, an Imperial Knight, features a Dominus-class chassis and excels as a long-range artillery platform. It is slower than other Knights but has greater firepower and thicker armor, making it ideal for fire support. Unlike the agile Lancer used for flanking, the Castellan focuses on extreme-range attacks. It differs from the Crusader Knight, which targets armored vehicles.

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What role does the Knight Castellan play on the battlefield?

The Knight Castellan is a super-heavy Imperial Knight used mainly as a long-range artillery platform. It delivers powerful fire support with its formidable weapons and thick armor, striking enemies from afar. The Castellan provides cover for other Knights, enabling them to charge while it targets threats from the rear. Its Dominus-class chassis enhances its role as a key artillery unit on the battlefield.

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Why is the Knight Castellan slower than other Knights?

The Knight Castellan is slower than other Knights because it uses the Dominus-class chassis, which offers increased firepower and thicker armor. This design focuses on long-range artillery, sacrificing speed for enhanced durability and weaponry, making it ideal for fire support roles.

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What makes the Knight Castellan's firepower unique?

The Knight Castellan's firepower stands out with its Plasma Decimator and Volcano Lance. The Plasma Decimator releases intense energy, obliterating foes, while the Volcano Lance, known for its range and power, can destroy super-heavy targets like Titans. This makes the Knight Castellan a formidable artillery platform, attacking from afar with devastating effect.

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How does the Knight Castellan differ from the Knight Valiant?

The Knight Castellan and Knight Valiant, both using the Dominus-class chassis, differ in combat roles. The Knight Castellan excels in long-range artillery with thick armor and powerful weapons, targeting enemy infantry from afar. The Knight Valiant, however, is designed for close-range combat, using overwhelming firepower and an ion shield to advance into battle. Both are slower but heavily armed and armored.

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Role

Likened to a towering fortress, the Knight Castellan is a bastion of walking Imperial might garrisoned by a single Noble Lord and armed with an impressive array of weapons so fearsome that they can tear the heart from an invading enemy. It is the foremost artillery platform within the lances of the knightly houses, hammering the enemy at extreme range from the moment the fight commences.

Armament

A Knight Castellan of House Terryn

The arsenal of the Knight Castellan is legendary. On one arm they carry a Plasma Decimator, a huge and obliterative Knight-grade Plasma Weapon capable of bathing swathes of the battlefield in searing energies and reducing the enemy to glowing ashes. Castellan pilots become adept at regulating the flow of plasmic energy from their dual cores to this potent weapon, even risking angering the Machine Spirits in order to unleash an especially ferocious blast should the situation demand it.

The Castellan's other armament is the Volcano Lance. Possessing massive range and stopping power, this massive Lascannon is the bane of super-heavy war engines and beasts. It can core out a lumbering Squiggoth or behead an enemy Titan, and when several Knights Castellan open fire at once, the effect is commensurate with the Lance batteries of an Imperial Navy warship.

Upon the Castellan's broad shoulders are mounted twin Siegebreaker Cannons and 2 Shieldbreaker Missiles. The former are unsubtle gun turrets, fired by Servitor-brain sub-arrays slaved to the pilot's targeting systems. They are capable of laying down a pounding bombardment of heavy ordnance to entirely carpet an area in flame and shrapnel. Shieldbreaker Missiles, meanwhile, are an ancient variant of the redoubtable Hunter-Killer Missile. These warheads incorporate Raptoris Machine Spirits (artificial intelligences) and empyric cascade micro-generators that allow them to disrupt and pass through enemy shields by skipping like hurled stones across the skin of reality, dipping minutely in and out of the Warp in micro-second flickers.

They are employed to punish those dishonourable enemies who cower behind veils of arcane energy or the massed ranks of lesser warriors. After all, as the pilots of the Knights Castellan are fond of saying, there is no escape from the Emperor's wrath.

Wargear

• Plasma Decimator
• Volcano Lance
• 2 Shieldbreaker Missiles
• 2 Twin-linked Meltaguns
• 2 Siegebreaker Cannons
• Ion Shield
• Titanic Feet

Adeptus Mechanicus Technical Specifications

The technical specifications of the Knight Castellan have not yet been publicly released by the Adeptus Mechanicus.

Canon Conflict

The original incarnation of the Knight Castellan was provided in the supplement found in Titan Legions (2nd Edition). This account of the Knight Castellan's history has largely been superseded by newer canon in accordance with Codex: Imperial Knights (8th Edition).

Sources

• Codex: Imperial Knights (8th Edition), pp. 16, 37, 45, 48, 53, 55, 68, 71-72, 88, 99
• Titan Legions (2nd Edition), pg. 30
• White Dwarf 181 (UK), " 'Eavy Metal - Imperial Knights," pg. 42
• Games Worshop Online - Imperial Knights Castellan

Gallery

A pair of Knights Castellan of House Terryn leading the charge against their foes.

Devastation Unbridled, Knight Castellan of House Taranis, piloted by Sir Archimaxes.

Pride of Kolossi, Knight Castellan of House Raven, piloted by Sire Omnitros.

A Knight Castellan of the destroyed Knight World of Kamador, piloted by the Freeblade Lady Kalena Maxus, "the Stormwalker."

A 1st Edition era Knight Castellan miniature.