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====Mechanicus Houses====
Other households are directly aligned to the [[Adeptus Mechanicus]] and are based on (or linked to) Forge Worlds through what is called the "Sidon Protocol". Though they retain their independence from the Cult Mechanicus, they do have reciprocal trade and resupply agreements as well as swearing oaths of protection to the Mechanicus, often directly to specific Forge Worlds.

Houses directly linked to the Mechanicus will have access to better weapons and technology than their more primitive cousins, which isn't surprising because Techpreists tend to be [[Blood_Ravens|greedy buggers.]] On the other hand, they've got a lot less independent swing and have to deal with the toasterheads permanently looming over their collective shoulders. Their color schemes are predominantly based around the color red.

Examples of Mechanicus Houses include: 
*'''House Taranis''' - The ''First'' of all Knight Houses (read ''Mechanicum'' by [[Graham McNeill]]). They were founded on [[Mars]] during the [[Dark Age of Technology]], and were later the first Martians who met the [[God-Emperor of Mankind|Emperor]] before the [[Great Crusade]], literally the moment after he landed on the planet where he said "[[Awesome|'''Machine, heal thyself.''']]" and fixed one of their suits with a touch. During the Horus Heresy, all but two of the House's nobles on Mars and a few others spread across the galaxy died defending the Magma City from Kelbor-Hal's forces. With no one on Mars to guide the house, the scattered elements each set out on their own paths and assisted both loyalists and traitors in exchange for resources, believing that they were doing House Taranis's heritage right. This house also has ownership of some of the oldest Knight suits.
** For some reason, their Knights' Throne Mechanicum units lack the typical mind-altering effects that they would normally possess; nobody knows why. One reason could be that the pilots of House Taranis are loyal to the Mechanicus first, and the house second. Or Mars is hoarding good shit again. 
** They have a tradition of sending failed nobles over to be made into [[Skitarii]] Alphas, in exchange for the Alphas being allowed to fight alongside House Taranis' knights. Weirdly heartwarming, in a way...
**Originally coloured blue and white with silver trim, they later changed their colour scheme to predominately red like the other Mechanicus-aligned Houses as a means of showing their fealty to Mars and other Forge Worlds who helped replenish them during the Horus Heresy.
*'''House Raven''' - The largest of all Knight Households, formerly based on the world of Kolossi and have close links to the forge world [[Heavy mythril|Metalica]]. Suspected to hold secret [[Standard Template Construct|STC]] data which explains why they have so many Knight suits. Their fortress, the ''Keep Inviolate'', was said to be one of the most well-protected bastions in the Imperium, on par with the Fang and the Imperial Palace, and appears on their coat of arms. Following the loss of Kolossi to the schemes of [[Be'lakor]], the House's survivors have become a crusading House eager for revenge against the Dark Master. Those who were taken by [[Be'lakor]] ended up becoming corrupted by Chaos as House Korvax. Their color scheme is red with yellow and black hazard chevrons and silver trim.
*'''House Krast''' - Based on Chrysis, the first Knight World to be rediscovered during the Great Crusade. Its proximity to Mars meant it was swiftly brought into the fold, but it was ravaged by [[Horus]] during the [[Horus Heresy|Heresy]], leaving House Krast the only Household left on the planet. They have a preference for hunting traitor Titans since the Warmaster's forces on Chrysis were led by the traitor Titan Legion Legio Mortis. Originally colored blue, white, and yellow with silver trim, later changed their colors to red with black and yellow hazard stripes and dark silver trim.
*'''House Vulker''' - A very wealthy but deeply mysterious house from a star system with vast mineral resources, they never expose any flesh and wear golden masks to cover their faces. These guys are hardcore Kool-Aid drinkers when it comes to the Mechanicum's dogma, with their courts staffed mostly by golden servitors and filled with tech priests... Not that outsiders ever get to see inside their courts. Their colors are red, grey, yellow, and white with silver trim.
*'''House Hermetika''' - A Knight house allied with the Forge World of Mezoa that live on the volcanic world of Kaldeia. The leaders of the house known as the Hierarchs are very secretive and reveal little of the house's history to outsiders. The house mines sulfur from caves left behind from long dormant volcanos on their homeworld and trades it with Mezoa, creating a symbiotic relationship between the two and influencing each other's culture. Their color scheme is red and black with silver trim.
*'''House Sidus''' - A Knight house that secretly lived under the surface of the Forge World of Ryza and was not revealed to the world until Ryza was invaded during the Horus Heresy. Despite being one of the smallest Knight houses, it has access to loads of the rarest Knight patterns like the Mageara, Styrix, and Atrapos. Exactly why Ryza kept House Sidus's existence a secret is unknown, as well as how old the house truly is. Their color scheme is black and orange with gold trim.
*'''House Moritain''' - Bound in service to the Forge World of Graia, House Moritain is a house of warrior-scholars. In order to be granted the right to pilot a Knight, a scion of House Moritain must prove themselves knowledgeable in philosophy and academia in addition to the art of war. Their central tenant is that "[[Lamenters|A death in service to the defenceless is greater than a life in service to oneself]]." Like the [[Adeptus Custodes]], they like to give themselves ridiculously long titles for themselves with each part representing a deed on the battlefield. Their color scheme is black, grey, and yellow with bronze trim.
*'''House Zavora''' - Originally destined to leave Mars, House Zavora got stuck there when the Age of Strife broke out. They instead spent their time protecting the forge-fanes of Mars and helping to give House Morbidia a good spanking. By the time the House finally left Mars to join the Great Crusade, they had been thoroughly inducted into the Cult Mechanicus, with some going as far as to seal themselves within their Knight suits to become closer to the Omnissiah. When the Martian Civil War broke out, all the scions of House Zavora stationed there were killed in the conflict. Though some in the house turned out to be more loyal to Kelbor-Hal than the Imperium, House Zavora still kicked major heretic ass on Ryza. Their color scheme is half red half white and black with silver trim.