Some IMPERIAL KNIGHTS models have a Bondsman ability, tagged with the word ‘Bondsman’. In your Command phase, one or more models from your army with a Bondsman ability can use that ability. For each one that does, select one friendly ARMIGER model within 12" of that model (you cannot select an ARMIGER model that is already being affected by a Bondsman ability). Until the start of your next Command phase, that ARMIGER model is affected by that Bondsman ability.
Each time a model with this ability makes a Normal, Advance or Fall Back move, it can move through models (excluding TITANIC models) and sections of terrain features that are 4" or less in height. When doing so:
If your Army Faction is IMPERIAL KNIGHTS, at the end of the Read Mission Objectives step, you must determine your army’s Oath for the coming battle. An Oath consists of two parts – one Deed and one Quality. There are three options for each part, shown below.
To determine your army’s Deed, you can either select one Deed or you can randomly select one Deed by rolling a D6 and consulting the relevant table below. The selected Deed will describe what needs to be achieved in order to complete that Deed.
To determine your army’s Quality, you can either select one Quality or you can randomly select one Quality by rolling a D6 and consulting the relevant table below. Until the end of the battle, the ability described in the Quality selected applies to all models in your army with this ability.
The first time your selected Deed is completed your Oath is fulfilled and, until the end of the battle, your army becomes Honoured and you gain 2CP, or 3CP if you randomly selected your Deed and/or Quality (CP gained in this way are an exemption to the Core Rules that limit the maximum number of CP you can gain per battle round to 1).
At the start of the battle, select one CHARACTER model in your opponent’s army. This Deed is completed at the end of a turn if that CHARACTER is destroyed.
This deed is completed at the end of your opponent’s turn if you control more objective markers than your opponent.
This deed is completed at the end of the battle round if the number of enemy units destroyed this battle round is greater than the battle round number even if those units are subsequently returned to the battlefield (for example, two destroyed enemy units in the first battle round).
Each time this model is selected to shoot or fight, you can re‑roll one Hit roll and you can re‑roll one Wound roll.
Add 2” to this model’s Move characteristic and add 1 to Advance and Charge rolls made for this model.
Improve this model’s Objective Control characteristic by 2 and its Leadership characteristic by 1.
If every model in your army has the IMPERIUM keyword, you can include either one TITANIC IMPERIAL KNIGHTS model or up to three ARMIGER models in your army, even if they do not have the Faction keyword you selected in the Select Army Faction step. None of these models can be your WARLORD, and they cannot be given Enhancements.