hh6节译：游侠骑士

The Knights-Errant

In the decades that have passed since the culmination of the Horus Heresy and the outset of the period now being referred to as the Scouring ，tacticae-savants have identified a broad spectrum of categories into which many irregular forces can be placed. At one end of this spectrum is to be found the body of warriors coined the 'Knights-Errant'. We know all but nothing of this mysterious group, other than it was formed at the express order of Malcador the Sigilite.The so-called 'Chosen of Malcado” included many individuals from a wide range of backgrounds, but his Knights-Errant were all Space Marines, and many of these were the scions of the Traitor Primarchs who had refused to follow their fathers into treachery and chosen instead to renounce their Legion and serve the Imperium directly at its highest level。 All cast off their Legion heraldry and wore in its stead the gunmetal grey of bare ceramite.

自荷鲁斯叛乱在高潮中结束，以及现在正被我们称之为“大清洗”的时期开始以来，数十年的岁月已然逝去。在这段时期里，战术专家们已经制定了一套可以容纳许多非规则部队的广泛分类范围。在这套分类范围的某一端，我们将发现某个被命名为“游侠骑士”的战士团体。对于这个神秘的团体，除了该组织是根据掌印者马卡多的专门命令进行组建的，其他的我们一概不知。这群所谓的“马卡多亲选者”包含了众多背景多种多样的成员，但他们都是星际战士，而且很多都是叛徒原体的子嗣——他们拒绝跟随生父叛变，相反，他们选择抛弃自己的军团，直接在最高层面上服务帝国。所有人都抛弃了他们的军团纹章，取而代之的是不加修饰的陶钢的炮铜灰色。

Little is now known of the highly secret missions the Knights-Errant undertook at the behest of the Regent of Terra throughout the Age of Darkness, for many accounts have been deliberately suppressed, events have gone unrecorded at the time or reports were simply lost in the conflagration that descended upon Terra at the culmination of the Warmaster's great betrayal. Certainly; the Knights-Errant fought alone or in small groups against key foes identified by the Sigillite and in some cases aligned their interests with those of other Legion forces, serving side by side with conventional Legiones Astartes units when deemed necessary. It is considered likely by some historators of our Order that the Knights- Errant may have played a key，albeit mysterious role in the unseen 'silent war ’that was waged between Malcador and the Primarch Rogal Dorn，for both found their interests frequently in opposition. As the Solar War gripped humanity's birth system，the interests of the Sigillite and the Primarch frequently clashed and while face to face the two remained cordial, if often coldly so, behind the scenes their agents and servants might very well have been murdering one another. Whether or not the Knights- Errant ever took up arms against Loyalist forces is unknown, but it is certain that they undertook missions that furthered the long term goals of the Regent of Terra at the expense of those of the Praetorian of Terra.

在黑暗年代时期，游侠骑士们奉泰拉摄政的命令执行了很多高度机密的任务，现在我们对这些任务几乎一无所知，因为很多报告已经被刻意隐瞒了，记录文件与当时未被收录的事件则仅仅是遗失在了随战帅荷鲁斯叛乱的高潮而降临在泰拉上的大火灾中。无疑，游侠骑士们是独自作战或组成小型团队来对抗掌印者辨认出的关键敌人，某些情况下他们会与利益相同的军团部队结盟，在有必要时也会和常规的阿斯塔特军团们并肩作战。可能我们修会中的某些历史学家认为：游侠骑士们可能在马卡多与原体罗格 多恩之间进行的“静默战争”中扮演了神秘但关键的角色——因为泰拉摄政和禁卫总管都发现自己的利益与对方的是频繁对立的。随着太阳系战争围困住了人类的发源地星系，掌印者和原体之间的利益冲突频繁，虽然两者表面上亲切友好，但他们的特工和仆从可能通常就在幕后冷酷地相互谋杀。游侠骑士们是否曾对忠诚派部队动武我们不得而知，但有一点是确定的：他们执行的任务是以牺牲泰拉禁卫总管（机仆：多恩）的目标为代价，进一步推动泰拉摄政（机仆：马卡多）的长期目标。

机仆：游侠骑士与后来的灰骑士关系匪浅，他们位于泰坦的行动要塞就是后来的灰骑士要塞修道院。已知以下成员成为了初代灰骑士导师：

Revuel Arvida —— Ianius

雷乌尔 阿维达——艾尼乌斯（初代大导师）

Severian —— Iapto

赛维里安——拉普托

Vardas Ison —— Satre

瓦尔达斯——沙特雷

Tylos Rubio —— Koios

泰罗斯 卢比奥——库奥斯

A member of the Dark Angels became Epimetheus. This was likely The Nemean.

一名黑暗天使成为了艾比姆苏斯，可能是尼米亚（注：这是一个代号，而非本名）

A member of the Raven Guard became Ogen. This was likely Antaka Cyvaan or Balsar Kurthuri.

一名暗鸦守卫成为了奥格恩，可能是安塔卡 希瓦安或者巴萨尔 库苏里

A member of the Space Wolves became Yotun. This was likely Fyodor Stromgren.

一名太空野狼成为了约顿，可能是费约多尔 斯多姆格伦

A member of the Night Lords became Khyron. This was likely Fel Zharost.

一名午夜领主成为了凯隆，可能是费尔 扎罗斯特

Garviel Loken was intended to become Crius

加维尔 洛肯被推测成为了西里乌斯（但目前已经确认不是了，黑色远征战役书中的潘多拉战役里阿巴顿曾读取过灰骑士的血缘谱系，他确认灰骑士第九兄弟会导师不是卢比奥，不是伽罗，不是“我的兄弟”，甚至并非来自叛徒军团）