Lore: Iron Knights

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The Iron Knights have had their origin in the days of Ancient Republic when a group of lightsaber training droids in service to the Jedi successfully led defenses of their venerable temple against a Sith raid. Many of the Dark-side users were defeated in this attack, including their Emperor at the time, and the machines begun to carry with them lightsabers on regular basis. As time went on and the droids kept their post they also took to wearing armor and eventually a race of crystalline beings, known as Shards, was discovered. The Shards used droid bodies as their vessels and so it was the lightsaber wielding droids that trained them, this led to rise of a second incarnation of the order, a more well known one, as Shards became known by the name "The Iron Knights". Metal Lord legends have it that the Sparklords were those first Iron Knights.

Their order prevails still within Metal Lord society as contemporary Iron Knights are a group of droid warriors specialized in lightsaber combat. They often take advantage of their strong, usually heavier than regular droids', bodies and wear additional suits of armor to easily deflect and dampen the strikes of enemy blasters and lightsabers. They are usually used as honor guards and watchmen to Sparklords and other Metal Lords, taking on chivalrous oaths that keep them close to the Hidden Citadel and other Kingdoms in the roles of protectors. However, occasionally a member of the Iron Knights will become a Lord himself, taking to the void to seek combat for what they deem righteous around the Galaxy, usually employing themselves as mercenaries or suddenly arriving with reinforcements for besieged worlds.

From time to time an occasionally Shard will join their ranks and find a place within the droid society, being even given a chance for Lordship.