The Black Knight

The Black Knight is the placeholder name given to the Mythic Era Lanciel knight who was the greatest warrior in Draco Arthure's army and his most trusted friend. During the Age of Heroes the Black Knight betrayed Draco Arthure in some unknown way and led a rebellion against the God Emperor called The Civil War. During this war at the Battle of the Three Kings both Draco Arthure and the Black Knight perished along with most of their armies. After this battle, the Black Knight's only surviving relative, Bohères, struck his name from The First Annals, and his name is omitted from all surviving written histories from before the Age of Chaos.

The Black Knight and the Tournament
Sometime near the end of the Age of Lords the Lanciel people held a grand tournament to unite the various clans and bannermen of their recently freed race under one sigil. The winner of this tournament would be named Champion Magnate of the Lanciels and all other bannermen would have to swear fealty to this Lord. The Black Knight, who was widely regarded as the greatest warrior of that era, perhaps of all time, fought for three days and three nights tirelessly as warlord after warlord challenged them in combat, knowing if they could best the Black Knight they would've proved themselves as Champion. The Black Knight remained unseated throughout the tournament, and through his prowess he was named Champion Magnate. Much to the shock of the crowd, upon his victory the Black Knight refused the title, claiming "[He] knew only the dominion of his own beloved Lord Arthure"[1]. The Lanciel people gathered at the tournament begged the Black Knight to lead them, exclaiming that the dangers of the world were still such that they could not survive divided and unprotected. Seeing this, the Black Knight proclaimed that they would not go without protection, and disbanded his own personal guard, ordering them to swear an oath not to him but to the Lanciel people as a whole. He also passed on his power as Champion Magnate to a Magnate Council, which would be composed of Lanciels elected from each of the twenty-five banners that had attended the tournament that day. Once this was done, he simply rode away to Camelin.