Knight of Shrouds

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"Et-tu, Brutus?"

– Caesar, Julius Caesar by Shakespeare.

"I have learned to hate all traitors, and there is no disease I spit upon more than treachery."

– Aeschylus, Greek Dramatist.

"Oh my Nagash, look out it's Archaon!" "Nyeheheh Sucker."

Imagine a bunch of evil Lancelots (no, not that one), multiply their betrayal ten-fold, and then turn them into a bunch of spooky ghosts. Congratulations, you now have the Knights of Shrouds. They are the spirits of traitors, saboteurs, and collaborators, who aided Nagash in the downfall of their nation for their own benefit. As they were usually part of the upper echelons of their respective societies in life, Knights of Shrouds are the lieutenants and overall front line leaders of the Nighthaunt processions. Indeed, their deal with Nagash granted them great power; it is through their terrifying voices that the legions of ghosts and spectres underneath them are transformed from a wailing mob into a force of ectomorphic destruction.

But of course Nagash, being who he is, made sure that their job wouldn't be all fun and games. After all, they are still traitors, and even if it benefitted him, it is still a grievous sin that cannot go unpunished. At the back of the Knight's minds lies a constant, gnawing doubt. They are tormented by their actions - think Macbeth on steroids. "Would things had gone differently?", "If I had stayed and faced death with honour, would I be rewarded?", and "Was it all worth it?" are some of the many fun dilemmas that run through their ghost-brains every waking moment. The guilt is naturally maddening to them, and consequently their only release is to throw themselves against Nagash's enemies, desperate for some sort of twisted forgiveness... without knowing that Nagash doesn't forgive, he only judges accordingly.