Chapter 200: The Banner of the Knights
Team after team of warriors from all over the world proudly walked across the land, and each team of warriors had their own story. They have fought in the greenskins, fought in the tunnels of nezumi or goblins, hunted Chaos beasts in the forests, or purified vampires and the undead under the night sky. Among them are the sniper musketeers of the Highlands, the hunters and warriors of the frontiers, the foot knights of the monasteries, the fanatical samurai of the temples, the elite guards of the magic academies, and the various and varied holy warriors who cannot come together. In fact, every autonomous territory in the territory of the empire has selected its own elite to a greater or lesser extent, because following in the footsteps of the Great Holy War of the Imperial Court is the greatest glory and glory of the empire.
The rolling infantry marched slowly like a chessboard, and the galloping cavalry flowed like a great river through the moor, marching in columns on the flanks of the infantry, glittering armor and flying banners bearing the coat of arms of glory. The horsemen and knights were the true pride of the Empire, and their horse's hooves left their mark on the snowy fields.
Leading the way were the lightning-fast Knights of the Holy Cheetah, their blue plate-gold armor shining in the sun. Golden cheetah reliefs adorn their elaborate shoulder armor and helmets, and red ribbons and yellow parchment books flutter on their glittering breastplates. Their horses were also clad in finely crafted ornate plate metal armor, and the coats of arms of the holy cheetahs and the runes carved by the dwarves glittered on the armor.
Known for their speed and dexterity, the founder of the empire, the immortal God-Emperor Sigmar, is the highest faith of the Cheetah Knights. They are one of the four great knights of the Empire along with the Knights of Rick, the Knights of the Sun, and the Knights of the White Wolf, and their monasteries and castles can be found in the northern and central parts of the Empire, all the way to Kislev. The highest temple of the Cheetah Knights is located in the royal capital of the crater of Natara Bekland, and beneath the walls of the extinct volcano stands their majestic monastery castle, where the Grand Master of the Cheetah commands the greatest monks of the Cheetah.
Three-quarters of the pistols were as numerous as the tide, and every Elector could not do without their sulphurous figures. Their horses are not armoured, but they are fast and agile enough to use their pistol fire, which is as fierce as a rainstorm. A fire pistol with a turbine fire can pierce plate armor at a distance of up to 20 meters, and sacred buckshot blessed by priests and clerics can smash the heads of Chaos and Greenskin. But when necessary, they will also wield their swords and armor-piercing hammers into enemy formations, and the charge at critical moments is often a weapon that changes the tide of battle.
Colorful feathers fluttered on the helmets of the pistolmen, thousands of purple ribbons fluttered under their shoulder armor, and the riders of each principality were decorated with feathers and ribbons in the colors of the [***] flag, which was the main feature that distinguished their nationality. The armor of the Pistols comes from the uniform design of the Imperial Smelter, so these proud warriors need their own identification marks. In today's Great Holy War, they have a full one hundred and twenty squadrons participating in the battle, occupying nearly half of the positions of the Imperial cavalry.
Under the black banner came the silent cavalry, none other than the famous Mohr Guards in the eastern part of the Empire. The silent warriors wearing the masks of the Mithril skeletons were clad in armor that was also carved with skeletons, and the black heavy armor on the Mithril Moore crest shone with a faint light. Armed with an enchanted hammer and sword, they are loyal followers of Mor, the god of death, and these weapons inlaid with sacred obsidian and mythril are nemesis and vampires. The Moore Guards were the backbone of the knights in Ototmark and Steelland, and they brought silent terror to the enemies of the Empire.
The black fog followed the golden walls, and the thirty squadrons of Knights of the Sun moved steadily like flowing pure gold. If the white wolf and the cheetah constitute the main force of the knights in the northern part of the empire, then the knightly light of the southern countries of the empire is the knight of the burning sun like the golden sun. Worshipping the Valkyrie Mirmidia, they spread their monastery castles across the scorching lands of the south, from Avalan to Nune, to the borders south of the Blackfire Pass and the peninsula of the Natiril nations, and there were few places where there were no Sun Knights. Dressed in golden armor, they had fought countless battles with orcs and rats, and the sword of the Sun Knight was forged in this furnace of blood and fire.
The golden sun adorned their thick breastplates, and the eagle wings of Mirmidia shone on their finely crafted helmets. There is a claim that the Knight of the Sun is the owner of the best armor in the Empire, and this is by no means without evidence. Closer to the Dwarven kingdom, Avalan has always ordered armor from the dwarves, and Nunn is known for his skill at smelting metal, and in this environment, the Knights of the Sun have access to some of the finest armor in the principalities, which may only be matched by the great Rick Guards of the Imperial Court.
The scarlet knights, wielding twin swords, trampled across the wasteland like red fire, the white feathers of their helmets dancing in the wind. Dressed in crimson armor and imposing warriors, they were fanatical admirers of chivalry, and their passion for martial arts and hand-to-hand combat led them to abandon their spears in favor of two swords inlaid with philosopher's stones. With fearless bravery, they abandoned their shields, and their two swords and well-honed martial arts were their best shields against Chaos and Darkness. In fact, although most of them were not from noble backgrounds, the True Red Knight still won the position of Elector's Guardian in the Highland Duchy, which was the proudest moment of the True Red Knights.
Magnificent knights wearing bull helmets solemnly held high the battle flag, and the black and white flag had the coat of arms of a red bull on its face. They are the proud Knights of the Bulls of the Duchy of Austerland, and the tomahawks and spears are the companions that these giants will never leave. In their homeland of forests and mountains, they are the backbone of the beastmen who fight and the Chaos thrashes, and the sacred tomahawk can split the hardest helmets of the Chaos warriors. Although the force was small, only four squadrons, this was three-fifths of the regular knightly strength of the Duchy of Austrand, and the monasteries of the brave bull knights were only scattered in this forest country, and they could not be compared with other knights in numbers.
The coat of arms of the Golden Lion Knights shone proudly in the sky, and the knights of eight squadrons marched slowly to guard their banners. These brave knights, dressed in gold-trimmed silver armor, draped diagonally with black ribbons, and adorned with golden lion reliefs on their heads, were famous in the South, as was the case in the Arabi Crusades thousands of years ago. In fact, in the southern part of the Empire, they are second only to the Knights of the Sun in the number of monastery castles, and Master Fred, who gave the Lion's Tooth Sword to Hyde, is also their branch in the broadest sense. The Mountain Lion Knights are a small detachment of the Golden Lion Knights, and they will call each other blood brothers when they meet at the Knights' Conference of the Empire.
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