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Knight Castellan Battle House Terryn — 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.

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

Knight Castellan Updated — 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

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

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-[[File:Knight_Castellan_2.jpg|thumb|250px|A Knight Castellan]]
+[[File:Knight_Castellan_Battle_House_Terryn.png|thumb|250px|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 Pattern Knights|''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''', along with the [[Knight Crusader]] is one of the heaviest types of [[Imperial Knight]]-armour patterns made by the [[Adeptus Mechanicus]] [[Forge World]]s. Although slower than the other Knights, this pattern benefits from substantially increased firepower and much thicker armour. Because of its great bulk, the Castellan cannot move fast enough to generate the charge needed to operate a [[Shock Lance]]. Instead they are used in a fire support role, providing heavy weapon cover for other Knight units to charge in, and picking off threats to the main force from the rear. The trademark feature of this pattern ofKnight is the huge shoulder-mounted [[Quake Cannon]], a modified [[Titan]] weapon that can destroy Titans and buildings alike. The Knight Castellan supplements its weaponry with a multi-barrelled [[Autocannon]]. Although relatively short-ranged, the hail of shells it delivers can easily cut a swathe through most enemy infantry and light vehicle units, or strip a Titan of its [[Void Shield]]s in an instant.
+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 Reactor|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 [[Noble]]s for their protection.
+==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==
+[[File:Knight_Castellan_Updated.jpg|thumb|250px|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 Spirit]]s 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 Cannon]]s and 2 [[Shieldbreaker Missile]]s. 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 Launcher|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==
-*'''[[Quake Cannon]]'''
+*'''[[Plasma Decimator]]'''
-*'''[[Autocannon]]'''
+*'''[[Volcano Lance]]'''
+*'''2 [[Shieldbreaker Missile]]s'''
+*'''2 [[Twin-linked]] [[Meltagun]]s'''
+*'''2 [[Siegebreaker Cannon]]s'''
+*'''[[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 Baron's history has largely been superseded by newer canon in accordance to ''Codex: Imperial Knights'' (7th Edition). Please note, that this version contains old background information that is no longer considered canon according to the current iteration of the Warhammer 40K universe.
+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'' Magazine #181 (UK), " 'Eavy Metal - Imperial Knights," pg. 42
+*''White Dwarf'' 181 (UK), " 'Eavy Metal - Imperial Knights," pg. 42
+*[https://www.games-workshop.com/en-US/Imperial-Knights-Knight-Castellan-2018 ''Games Worshop Online - Imperial Knights Castellan'']
+==Gallery==
+<gallery widths="220" position="center" spacing="small">
+Pair Knight Castellan_House Terryn.png|A pair of Knights Castellan of [[House Terryn]] leading the charge against their foes.
+Knight Castellan_Devastation Unbridled.png|''Devastation Unbridled'', Knight Castellan of [[House Taranis]], piloted by Sir Archimaxes.
+Knight Castellan_Pride of Kolossi.png|''Pride of Kolossi'', Knight Castellan of [[House Raven]], piloted by Sire Omnitros.
+Stormwalker_Knight Castellan.png|A Knight Castellan of the destroyed [[Knight World]] of [[Kamador]], piloted by the [[Freeblade]] Lady Kalena Maxus, "the Stormwalker."
+File:Knight_Castellan_2.jpg|A 1st Edition era Knight Castellan miniature.
+</gallery>
 [[es:Caballero Castellano]]
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