Board Thread:Custom Lore Development/@comment-26535281-20161016001705

The Origins of the Teutonic Knights stretches back far into Rin history. They where originally a group of nobles seeking to protect the Rin of the outer colonies long before the Legions and the Fleet grew too the size that they are today. Back in those days they where known as the Royal Knights and reported to the emperor directly. All that is known of this period is that eventually they tried to overthrow the emperor thus leading to disbandment but....

With the Rise of the templar centuries later the Rin resurrected the order but this time under the leadership of the legions. The Knights for the most part where veterans or Rin from the noble families while the lesser ranks of the order where given to Non-Rin like terrans and many other races.

The Empire to keep the order secret gave the order a fiefdom (Reik) far in the cold wastes past the furthest Rin borders (Opposite of the milky way) Their the order grew in numbers and strength.

They took the symbol of a black cross upon a white background the cross itself representing death and the white being the new order to rise.

The ranks of the knights are as follows:

Head Master (Mastorium Teutonicus)

Vice Master (Vitium Mastorium Teutonicus)

Grand Knight

Count Knight

Duke Knight

Baron Knight

Knight

Vice Knight

Soldier of the order

Squire

The Order also has millions of monks that work to keep the order running while the knights are off fighting. Currently the wear abouts of Reik are unknown to anyone outside of the Rin High command.

Note:

Although the order is made out of mainly Rin many other species have joined the order alongside many templar defectors that where either convinced to join the order or where already in the order and where placed within the templar (Many of the Arch bishops where agents of the Knights along side millions of lower knights) 