House Krast - Great Crusade: The Knight World of Chrysis holds the prestige of being the first of its kind brought to Imperial Compliance during the Great Crusade. Located a mere dozen light years from the Sol System, the planet was quickly rediscovered by Rogue Trader Militant Jeffers who carried reports of a developed world protected by several Knight households, news which generated much interest upon Mars. Upon contact, such enthusiasm was reciprocated, for long had the people of Chrysis battled the horrors of the galaxy during the Age of Strife unaided, and all welcomed the opportunity to join the fledgling Imperium of Man.Of those Knight households who called Chrysis their home, of which the heraldry and deeds of seven are known and committed in the archives of Mars, it was House Krast, preeminent household of Chrysis that was chosen to ascend to the stars. Those houses left behind were tasked with consolidating the alliance with Mars to ensure the warriors of House Krast were readily supplied for the battles they would face in the solar decades to come.Such a task was viewed as a great honour, albeit one of lesser glory than those who stood amongst the ranks of the expeditionary fleets, and as salve to those Scions of lesser households left beyond, House Krast issued edicts that saw lots drawn each solar decade amongst the remaining Knight houses; those few Scions chosen would take their place alongside House Krast as Freeblades, earning honour for their lineage before returning home once more a solar decade later.First amongst the Knight houses to swear allegiance to the Imperium, bar those who were founded upon the Red Planet itself, House Krast benefited greatly from the forges of Mars, receiving full support in the reinvigoration of its ancient Knight armours in return for granting the ancient Mechanicum access to Chrysis and the abundant resources it in turn offered. This mutual exchange ensured that House Krast stood independent long after its rediscovery, swearing itself solely to the larger Imperium while forging concords with numerous Forge Worlds. While the Scions of House Krast fought across the galaxy, those Knight houses that remained upon Chrysis fought a political battle, resisting all attempts to shackle the Knight World to a singular strand of the Mechanicum.For the warriors of House Krast, the knowledge that they were the first Knights to pledge themselves to the Imperium became a point of pride, often used to diminish others and lauded over those deemed lesser than their own. Though few bonds of brotherhood were created in such a way, House Krast cared not, preferring instead to let its long record of victories during the Great Crusade prove the household's greatness. Indeed, the Scions of House Krast are recorded to have shared the field of battle with no fewer than 13 of the Emperor's primarchs before the beginning of the Horus Heresy, a source of much pride amongst the household.Perhaps the sole point of contention lay in the notable absence of service of House Krast's warriors alongside Horus Lupercal, a circumstance viewed as a slight against its warriors only worsened when the title of Warmaster was given to him. That it never fought alongside the Warmaster now stands as a point of pride in the history of House Krast, given his perfidy against the Emperor and the wrath he unleashed upon Chrysis.