Empire Grand Master

"Reiksguard Knights, your Emperor is calling! Death or glory awaits us, but if we die, we will die as warriors, with swords in hand, and there is no better death than that!"

- Kurt Helborg, Grandmaster of the Reikguard Knights

Empire Grand Masters are the highest ranking Knight within a Knightly Order, and is typically a warrior and leader of his own Chapter of Imperial Knghts. A Grandmaster is a warrior and leader of unparalled valor, having fought in dozens of battles and whose military prowess is beyond question. An Elector Count can request that a Knightly Order fight alongside his army, but the decision to ride out lies solely with the Grand Master himself. This makes the Grand Master a very powerful individual within the Empire, a power that is equal to an Empire General. When an Elector Count petitions a Knightly Order for aid, it is sometimes a condition that the Grand Master himself takes command of the army. Most Elector Counts are only too happy for a general of such superlative ability to lead his troops into battle.

Source

 * Warhammer Armies: The Empire (8th Edition)
 * pg. 43
 * pg. 44

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