Editing Imperial Knight (section)

===[[Chaos Knight|Chaos and Renegade Knights]]===
[[File:Screenshot_181.jpg|350px|thumbnail|right|Like an Imperial Knight, but spiky and evil.]]
Though they are rare, there are a number of Knight Households or lone Freeblade Knights who have fallen to [[Chaos]]. Most infamous of all is the [[Slaanesh]] Hellknights of House Devine, who turned during the [[Horus Heresy]] due to [[A Song of Ice and Fire|Targaryen]]-esque amounts of twincest. That said, Renegade and Chaos Knights are hunted down by Loyalist Households, who view their existence as shaming all other Knights. The "board game" <b>Imperial Knight: Renegade</b> shows one such hunt.

For those who survive, these Renegade Knights (''Questor Traitoris'') can find employment and protection within the warbands of [[Chaos Space Marines]], or find themselves on the heretical end of a [[Daemons|warp incursion]] that puts their skills and equipment to "good" use. Of course, being a massive war machine, Chaos Knights may find themselves converted into massive [[Daemon Engines]] called Daemon Knights. The only real distinction between Renegade and Chaos Knight is that Chaos Knights actually worship Chaos and can become Daemon Knights, whereas Renegade Knights can simply be disowned and mercenary Freeblades who don't always side with for the Imperium or humanity at large, or loyalists who have run afoul of nearby authorities and have to unofficially operate until they can skip several sectors and change the colors. The distinction is often irrelevant during the decision-making process of whether or not Imperial forces intend to kill them (though "kill for the honor of the House" and "kill the fucking traitor with ''extreme prejudice''" aren't exactly the same state of mind for the ones doing the killing itself).

They can be divided roughly into three groups similarly to their Loyalist cousins, discounting Houses sworn to Traitor Titan Legions:

*'''Iconoclast Houses''', whose monstrous oaths to the Dark Gods have turned them into twisted mockeries of their former selves;
*'''Infernal Houses''', pledged to the [[Dark Mechanicus]] in exchange for unnatural power;
*'''Dreadblades''', fallen Freeblades who work for whoever can point them in the direction of someone to kill.