The Belligerent Knights

"THE BLOODY KNIGHT, belligerent, her edge tastes skulls and lives,
The viscera of common men and royalty besides."
~ A Children's Rhyme

The Belligerent Knights, or Bloody Knights, are a military order founded during the Golden Age.
The purpose of the founding of the Belligerent Knights was a blend of Atru extremism, warrior mysticism, and wanderlust. Belligerents are not, contrary to popular belief, exclusively murderous lunatics. Most of them just like a good fight, and constantly seek out stronger opponents to prove their own strength. They like to drink, and they often sing when they fight.
In current times, the Belligerent Knight are single-mindedly devoted to Regalia as a natural outgrowth of the core tenets of their order. Her indestructibility and strength causes them to worship her.
One joins the Knights Belligerent by following up with an active knight and taking an oath to the God of Swords. You will train extensively in the Law of Cutting. You will probably die, but if you don't, you will inevitably become monstrously strong and kill your master, thereby supplanting him or her. Eventually you will take an apprentice who will do the same to you, or die trying. A great warrior can surely by measured by his dead apprentices, it is known. As the Knights Belligerent must kill their masters to become fully fledged, the number of full-fledged Knights Belligerent theoretically never increases or decreases.
The Belligerent Knight Mars Pallatrix acts as the right hand of Regalia, performing tasks that Regalia does not care for. These are most things that do not involve active murder. He is a master of both the Demon Flips the Cart and the Murderous Blade techniques, making him an excessively powerful combatant, especially in Court.

Tenets of Faith

"If it has a pulse, Take its skull!
If it builds a house, Smash it flat!
Strength is my God, The God of Shapes,
If my God should fail me, I will kill him too."
~ Sword Law Mantra of the Knights Belligerent

"When a core part of your knightly creed includes the phrase 'If it has a pulse – remove its skull!', what can you do about an immortal monstrosity impervious to physical harm and with complete mastery over space-time?
"Worship it, of course."
~ Mars Pallatrix, Belligerent Knight

“The Knights Belligerent have a single rule to their Sword Law and it is this – killing is the first instinct of man, before breathe, or even thought. Therefore everything a man does, every single detail of his day, from sleeping to eating, should be an argument with himself on the restraint of said instinct. Naturally, they don’t tend to get along with each other very well.”
~ Ampater, Merchant Prince

Let us cut God, to see if he bleeds!

Founding Date

1187

Type

Military, Knightly Order

Alternative Names

Maggots of the Divine Corpse

Training Level

Elite

Veterancy Level

Veteran

Demonym

Belligerent

Leader

Regalia, the Bloody King

Deities

• Regalia, the Bloody King

Location

Court

Notable Members

• Regalia, the Bloody King