As the knights thunder onwards, they are likened to an avalanche of steel and muscle, and those enemies not spitted on the end of sharpened lances are crushed beneath the trampling of iron-shod hooves.
The sight of a regiment of knights charging full tilt at the enemy is a terrifying prospect for the Empire's foes to face. Knights are magnificent figures, clad in gleaming suits of heavy Plate Armour and armed with weaponry of the finest quality.
The noble-born warriors of the Empire do not form part of any state's standing army, for to do so would mean to rub shoulder with the common soldiery.
