Knights/Emerald Knights

The Emerald Knights were an order of Dalish warriors responsible for protecting the Dales when they were still an independent elven nation.
When the Exalted March of the Dales struck, the Emerald Knights led the battles against the human forces; but in the end, almost all perished. Their legend endures as remnant of a time when the Dales belonged to the elvhen alone.'
== History ==
The Orlesians and the elves hold different opinions of these fabled Knights. To the former, whose ties with the elven Dales were famously growing hostile, the knights were savages; to the latter, they were the romantic heroes of their time.
When an elf swore themselves to service as an Emerald Knight a tree was planted in their honour in the Emerald March as a symbol of their oath. When an Emerald Knight died, their remains were interred at Din'an Hanin. They rode halla into battle and fought alongside wolf companions known as the Knight's Guardians.
The Fade Hunters were a division of the Emerald Knights who defended the Dales against demons and maleficars.
The actions of several Emerald Knights played a major role in triggering the Exalted March on the Dales. Elandrin, one of the knights, fell in love with a human woman, Adalene, who lived in the human village of Red Crossing. Knowing he would have to swear himself to the Maker to reside with her outside of the Dales, Elandrin willingly agreed to do so, reasoning that the Maker was just as absent as the elven deities and so his 'worship' was irrelevant in either case. The other Emerald Knights realized Elandrin's intentions and, assuming his change of loyalty meant he would reveal their secrets to the humans, sent a squad of Knights, led by Elandrin's sister Siona, to Red Crossing to retrieve him, where they encountered Adalane waiting for him.
Adalane caught sight of Siona, and mistaking her for Elandrin, ran toward her, only to be shot by Siona. The men of the village heard Adalane cry out and came to investigate. When they noticed the Knights, they immediately attacked, but stood no chance against the elves. Elandrin finally arrived after the fighting had stopped, and moved to embrace Adalane's body, where he remained until human reinforcements arrived. Finding only dead humans and a bloody elf, the humans had no interest in an explanation, and immediately shot Elandrin, later disposing of his body in a nearby river.
This descent into armed conflict between humans and elves became the final catalyst for the Exalted March.