House Orhlacc, known by their cognomen as "The Knights of the Manticore," is a Loyalist Imperial Knight House aligned with the Imperium of Man, that demonstrated unflinching loyalty during the latter part of the Great Crusade and throughout the Horus Heresy. Although not amongst the most powerful Knight Houses, being only a Secundus Grade Imperial Knight House, House Orhlacc nevertheless was heavily involved in many major campaigns of the Horus Heresy, especially in the region of the Coronid Reach, where their valiant efforts contributed to the reconquest of the Agri-world of Numinal. Although of sinister repute both within the forces of the Mechanicum and those of the wider Imperium -- albeit for very different reasons -- House Orhlacc has always been famed for the technological skills bo