BACKGROUND · SUCCESSOR CHAPTERS

Knights Encarmine

GW canon

Summary

A Chapter ruled by an obsessive chivalric code that seeks out the Imperium's most dangerous war zones.

Allegiance

Loyalists

Founding

Unknown

Colours

Black and red

Doctrine

Chivalric code; fights in the most dangerous war zones

Epoch

M41 (founding date not recorded)

History

The Chapter follows an obsessive chivalric code and throws itself into the most dangerous war zones of the Imperium. Its symbol, a fleur-de-lys with a Blood Chalice, evokes a crusading knight and the Blood Angels heritage.

Notes

Symbol: a fleur-de-lys with a Blood Chalice. The Chapter follows an obsessive chivalric code.

Sources

Lexicanum, article “Knights Encarmine” (revision 640770, retrieved 25 Oct 2026): https://wh40k.lexicanum.com/wiki/Knights_Encarmine. Works cited there: White Dwarf 515.