Editing House Accolon (section)

==Noted Knights Of House Accolon==

* '''[[Arturia Eld (Hektor Heresy)|Arturia Eld]], King of Cattegirn "The Sword of Promised Victory"''': 'The Blade of Terra', 'King of Cattegirn', 'Saint of Knights', all of these titles given to a single Household leader, one among many. And yet the actions of Arturia Eld remain long after the Crusade and Heresy have long passed, and have become legend. Born the only child of Artur Eld, the great uniter of Cattegirn, she was adopted out to one of his Knight Vassals to protect her. Raised as a paragon of chivalry and virtue with a string sense of duty and loyalty, when her father was assassinated she rose up against the usurper. On the first of the many myths surrounding her, she found and tamed an ancient Archeotech Knight Suit, Caliburn, despite having no implants to control it with. Defeating her bastard Brother, she united all of Cattegirn under her banner. Shortly afterwards the Imperium came to Cattegirn, and no less a figure then the Emperor Himself came to Cattegirn, though the reasons why are still debated. Arturia led her Knights into the Stars, and soon gained a reputation for near superhuman feats. Her cool temper both on and off the battlefield, her unshakeable faith in the Emperor, her tempered bravado and her clear concern for her warriors and subjects made her an awe-inspiring though distant figure to her Knights. Even the Primarchs were known to listen to her counsel on matters of war, and the Primarch Arelex's great work ''Knights of the Imperium'' was inspired by her actions during the Ultima Crusade. Her seemingly perpetual state of bountiful youth and her incredible battle skills brought her many suitors, from the bravest of her own Knights Abdul Al-Sherar, to the heads of other Households, Rogue Traders and Imperial Army Commanders. But she would take no husband until the task the Emperor set for her was done and the Crusade was won. When the Heresy broke out she immediately dispatched her Knights to hunt down the traitors, and when she learned of the Northern Massacres, she swore a mighty oath that as long as a single Knight of Accolon drew breath, the Traitors would be hunted down and destroyed. With that she threw her household into the storm. Eventually she ended up on Terra as the Warmaster unleashed his full fury upon it, and it was there that she finally met her end, standing alone against the entire might of the Traitor Legions, hoping to cross blades with either Hektor or Aubrey. Her Knight Caliburn was never recovered and her body never found, and some speculate that it was taken as a prize by the Traitors as they fled Terra. Some even claim that she didn't die on Terra, and is even now waiting for the end times to return to the Imperium and lead the Knights for the final battle. She has since become an Imperial Saint, worshiped on a thousand worlds. On many of those worlds though the legends have been corrupted and distorted, to the point where the Saint of Knights is considered a man.

* '''Abdul Al-Sherar "The White Knight"''': Considered the greatest warrior in the Household during his brief time within the ranks of Accolon, Abdul Al-Sherar was not a native son of Cattegirn.  His origin was the [[Order of Bahri]], the Thrall-Knights of Forgeworld [[Al-Sherar]]. His request to join the ranks of Accolon was unusual for few Knights would ever willingly join themselves to another Household, but the Knights of Accolon were one of the few Households who willingly opened their ranks to foreign-born Knights and none could doubt his earnest courage, so he was granted a place within the King's own Household. He swiftly proved himself a mighty warrior, peerless in battle and a master of single combat. He was even given the rank of Aucteller within the Household, and offered the chance to pursue a suit towards his King. However disaster struck at the Battle of Igwen. Abdul Al-Sherar disobeyed an order from his King and led a sizable detachment of Knights into a maelstrom to support a V Legion assault where they were surrounded and picked off by enemy Tank Hunters. The Battle saw over half the King's household detachment and a full tenth of the entire Household, twenty-eight line Knights lost. Calls were made to have Al-Sherar expelled from the Household for his conduct. His own Knight Mount had been crippled beyond repair in the battle, a stain of disgrace for any Knight. Though the King did not formally make any moves, she did inform him that he would have to redeem himself for his actions and that his suit was over. With that he left the ranks of Accolon to forge his own path, which would see him rise to become the greatest of Freeblades and rival the martial skill of even the King he once served.

* '''Thegn Uktar "Wigfruma"''': The Halfblood son of a Knight father and a Seaxe mother, Uktar would be always be caught between two worlds. A proud vassal of Artur the Uniter, his chivalry, honour and humility would see him selected to foster the King's daughter alongside his son. Though his wife died in childbirth shortly afterwards, he dedicated himself to raising his three Children to the highest standard. He came to love his adopted daughter as much as his two sons, and sought to shield her from the bitter fighting surrounding her father. When he was slain, he protected her as long as he could before reluctantly revealing all to her. His support was critical to her success and as king she appointed him to be her Gatekeeper and relied on his council. He would follow her into the Stars, always at her side, the proud father. Tragically, Uktar would be killed in battle on Igwen alongside the White Knight, his death leaving a dark shadow over the Household.

* '''Thegn Kai "Capalus"''': Considered boorish, rude and uncultured with an acid tongue and a fiery temper, Thegn Kai was nonetheless a brave and loyal warrior who stood with his adopted Sister until the very end. The adopted older brother of Arturia before she became King and the son of Uktar, Kai became a Knight over ten years before the final war against Medraut began. He sided with his own against the usurper and won several honours. When the Imperium came he accompanied his King into the Stars. He was considered her closest confidant and one of the few who could cool her temper when roused, though his own temper was even more volatile and more frequently unleashed. He was considered uncourteous, rude and had a less then stellar opinion of the virtues of chivalry, though he was valued as a naysmith who helped to maintain courtly order. He followed his King and Kin through thick and thin, before finally falling on Terra destroying the Chaos Warlord Titan "Torradon Lux" on day 55 of the Siege.

* '''Thegn Shrike "Lanius"''': The younger of Uktar's two sons, Shrike was direct, fiery, imperious and brave, almost the opposite of his big brother. He idolized his older sister and wanted nothing more than to please her. He was too young to fight in her rebellion, though he was Knighted just in time to take part in the last of her campaigns to unite Cattegirn after the Usurper's death. He would be appointed the Kingsward, to guard the King at all times, a duty that Shrike would never shirk from. This duty continued throughout the time of peace and into the Great Crusade. Shrike was highly taken by Abdul Al-Sherar and was his foremost defender within the household as well as a willing pupil of his, and his exile hurt Shrike so deeply he willingly stood down from the position of Kingsward. He would continue to ride alongside his beloved sister until Terra, where the Snake Lord himself Aubrey the Grey downed him as he covered the retreat of his fellow Knights.

* '''Thegn Bedieve "Diademed"''': The highest ranked Knight to survive the Heresy and the only survior of the King's own Household who fought on Terra, Bedieve was a wise and loyal Knight who was unafraid of disagreeing with his King if he felt it was necessary to do so. He lacked the grim bravery or Uwain, or the flamboyance of Grimir or the martial skills of the one later called the 'Lord of Bones'. But his wisdom ensured the King always kept him close as an adviser and somtimes confidant. It was he who faced the daunting task of rebuilding a Household that was all but extinct in the wake of the Hektor Heresy. To do this he helped cultivate the cult of Arturia as Saint, and welcomed those within the slowly growing Imperial Creed who advocated that belief, allowing the cult to grow in the space surrounding Cattegirn and entrench itself there. Thanks to this and to pressure on the newly-created Mechanicus to repay the debt owed to Accolon for their actions in the Heresy, he was able to secure enough Knight Armours to begin rebuilding the near destroyed strength of the Household, though he was unable to prevent the unified kingdom of Cattegirn from falling apart and splintering into dozens of feudal nations. Bedieve would fall in battle alongside the Void Angels and his old comrade in arms the Lord of Bones, though by his actions the Household would survive the scouring and rise again to serve the Imperium.

* '''Thegn Uwain "Mace"''': Uwain had been one of those who had fought against Arturia during the wars that had raged across Cattegirn before compliance, and he spent much of his life trying to prove himself to her due to his perceived disloyalty. He became famous for his grim exterior, his coolness under pressure and his rock solid defences. He commanded the Questoris Household Detachment that fought on [[Battle of Zhuko V|Zhuko V]] during the climatic Tank Battle there, eventually falling to the guns of a Fellblade Platoon shortly before the end of the battle.

* '''Thegn Osmaul "Wallbreaker"''' Osmaul was a master of Siege Warfare, breaking many fortifications with his Castellan pattern Knight's quake gun. He ended up on [[Rosskar]] during the Heresy, where he defended the central pains for several months before finally being destroyed by a Reaver Titan of the Fire Masters a week before the Steel Marshalls arrived to liberate the world.

* '''Thegn Maleagant "Nadre"''' One of the first kings to submit to Arturia after her coronation, he would be present at the arrival of the Emperor and much taken in by the Primarch Aubrey. At his request, he was seconded to the Eternal Zealots, swearing lifelong oaths to Aubrey and the sixteenth. However when the Legion was censured and Lazarus was destroyed, he and his Knights were ordered to leave the command of the Legion. Remaining in the Eastern Fringe, Maleagant was drawn to the Atalantos worlds when news of the Rebellion broke out, and it was there that he would meet his old Legion in combat and eventually fall before them.

* '''Dux Grimir "Ringchaser"''': Known for his bawdy ways and his fondness for women, Grimir was nevertheless a seasoned Knight and proud warrior. He was a known figure within the ranks of [[House Walkur]], where it is said he broke a hundred hearts and would have been skinned alive were it not for the direct intervention of the King.

* '''Dux Lucius Hybernius "Praefector"''': Another of the freeblade Knights who willingly joined with the Household, Lucius was a scion of House Nero exiled during one of the many bitter political disputes of that Household.

* '''Dux Uzhankov Yaroslavich "Huntsman"''': Outcast of the famed Knights of Kazak, Yaroslavich joined with Thegn Osmaul's Household, and after many brave actions was grated a place within his Household.

* '''Edith Swanneck, First of the White Knights, "Maid of Battle"''': The third daughter of a minor noble family with no great heritage, Edith was sixteen when she beheld a vision of the long-lost King of Cattegirn, calling her to take up arms and lead the Knights of Accolon against the Orks of Waaagh! The Beast.

* '''Theodric of Hwippa, Second of the White Knights, "The Snakehunter"''': The forth son of one of the major ruling families of Nordercia, he had been overlooked for a Knight due to his low place within his family. But when he began to have visions of the King, revealing that Aubrey the Grey had returned and calling the Knights to ride forth against him, he became the second to take up the mantle of the 'White Knight'.

* '''Ællen Sigeferth, Third of the White Knights, "White Tigress"''':

===Rules===

'''Arturia Eld (HQ)'''

''The Once and Future King of Cattegirn, Thegn Rex of Accolon, Sword of Promised Victory, ‘The Blade of Terra’''

{| border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="5" 
! || Pts || WS || BS || S || FA || SA || RA || I || A || HP
|-
| '''Arturia Eld:''' || 560 || 7 || 6 || 10 || 13 || 12 || 12 || 5 || 4 || 8
|}

'''Unit Composition'''
* 1 Caliburn (Unique)

'''Unit Type'''
* Vehicle (Super-heavy Walker, Character)

'''Wargear'''
*Excalithon
*The Evalorn Shield
*Phased plasma-fusil

'''Special Rules'''
* Super-heavy Walker (Fear, Hammer of Wrath, Invincible Behemoth, Move Through Cover, Relentless, Smash and Strikedown)
* It Will Not Die
* Thegn Rex

'''Excalithon'''

Range: -  Str10  AP2  Type: Melee, Deflagrate, Tempest Attack, Shatter Strike

Deflagrate: After normal attacks by this weapon have been resolved, count the number of unsaved wounds caused on the target unit. Immediately resolve a number of additional automatic hits on the same unit or model using the weapon’s profile equal to the number of unsaved wounds – these can then be saved normally. Models in the targeted unit must still be in range in order for these additional hits to take effect. These additional hits do not themselves inflict more hits!

Tempest Attack: Rather than attacking normally, Caliburn may make a special attack at Initiative Step 2. This automatically inflicts a single hit against each model in base contact with it using the weapon’s listed profile.

Shatter Strike: Caliburn may halve its attacks (rounding down) and lose Deflagrate and Tempest Attack rules to give them the Destroyer and AP1 stats instead.

'''Phased plasma-fusil'''

Range: 24"  Str6  AP3  Type: Salvo 2/3

'''The Evalorn Shield:'''  When Caliburn is deployed, and subsequently at the start of each of the opposing side’s Shooting phases, Caliburn’s controlling player must declare which facing the Evalorn Shield is covering. The choices are: front, left side, right side. Caliburn has a 3+ invulnerable save against all hits on that facing until the start of the opposing side’s next Shooting phase, and the strength of any Shooting attack against it from that facing is reduced by -1, the effect increasing to -2 if the weapon has the Blast or Template rules (note, however, that this strength reduction has no effect on Destroyer or Haywire attacks). The Evalorn Shield is repositioned before any attacks are carried out in the Shooting phase and may not offer protection to Caliburn’s rear. In addition the Evalorn shield also provides a 4+ invulnerable save against attacks in close combat and forces close combat attacks by other Super-heavy Walkers and Gargantuan Monstrous Creatures to suffer a -1 to hit.

'''Thegn Rex:''' When calculating the victors of any and all assaults that take place within 24" of Caliburn, the owning player adds +1 to their score. However if Caliburn is destroyed, the enemy gain an automatic victory point.



'''The White Knight (HQ)'''

''The Heir of Abdul Al-Sherar, the Chosen of Arturia, Accolon’s Retribution''

{| border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="5" 
! || Pts || WS || BS || S || FA || SA || RA || I || A || HP
|-
| '''The White Knight:''' || 560 || 6 || 5 || 10 || 13 || 12 || 12 || 5 || 3 || 8
|}

'''Unit Composition'''
* 1 White Knight (Unique)

'''Unit Type'''
* Vehicle (Super-heavy Walker, Character)

'''Wargear'''

*Tempest Broadsword
*The Panoply of the White Knight
*Blessed Autosimulacra
*Ionic Flare Shield


'''Special Rules'''
* Super-heavy Walker (Fear, Hammer of Wrath, Invincible Behemoth, Move Through Cover, Relentless, Smash and Strikedown)
* It Will Not Die
* The Paragon of Chivalry


'''Tempest Broadsword'''

Range: -  StrD AP2  Type: Melee, Deflagrate, Tempest Attack

Deflagrate: After normal attacks by this weapon have been resolved, count the number of unsaved wounds caused on the target unit. Immediately resolve a number of additional automatic hits on the same unit or model using the weapon’s profile equal to the number of unsaved wounds – these can then be saved normally. Models in the targeted unit must still be in range in order for these additional hits to take effect. These additional hits do not themselves inflict more hits!

Tempest Attack: Rather than attacking normally, The White Knight may make a special attack at Initiative Step 2. This automatically inflicts a single hit against each model in base contact with it using the weapon’s listed profile.

'''Ionic Flare Shield:'''  When the White Knight is deployed, and subsequently at the start of each of the   opposing side’s Shooting phases, the White Knight’s controlling player must declare which facing the White Knight’s ion shield is covering. The choices are front, left side, right side or rear.
The Knight has a 4+ invulnerable save against all hits and the strength of any Shooting attack against it is reduced by -1, the effect increasing to -2 if the weapon has the Blast or Template special rules (note however that this strength reduction has no effect on Destroyer or Haywire attacks). Ionic flare shields are repositioned before any attacks are carried out in the Shooting phase and may not be used to make saving throws against close  combat attacks.


''' The Panoply of the White Knight:''' Many riders have called the White Knight their mount, and each has customised the White Knight with their own chosen weapon. Before the game begins, you may choose which of the White Knights commands the suit and this determines the gun and gives a special rule:

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