Editing Iron Blade (section)

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Offensive branch of the [[Gear Knight]] military.<ref name=Interactions>2009/09 [[Cogs in the Machine]] - [[Interactions and Observations, 'Gear Knights']]</ref>, devoted to destruction and conquest.<ref name=GearsTeaser>2009/10 [[Gears of Change]] - [[Announcements - 2009/10 - Gears of Change#Teaser]]</ref> It is common for the House to hide updates, orders, etc. in storage boxes placed deep in their defenses, where they will go unnoticed by invading forces.<ref name=AtamarrTasks>2010/03 [[Lay of the Land]] - [[Atamarr Tasks#Lore & Dialog]]</ref> 
The Iron Blade back on the Gear Knight homeworld resisted the establishment of an Embassy of Gear Knights on [[Auberean]].<ref name=Interactions/>
It was the Primus of the Iron Blade who initiated the invasion of [[Dereth]], thinking to have located what he deemed the "Empyrean Betrayers", who lured their predecessors into a trap on their world. For a long time, they prepared for revenge, and, because they expected opposition from the other Houses, developed their own Gate technology <ref name=GearsTeaser>2009/10 [[Gears of Change]] - [[Announcements - 2009/10 - Gears of Change#Teaser]]</ref>

The Gear Knights on Dereth are cut off from their homeworld by the Iron Blade Primus.<ref name=Letterfromhome>2010/06 [[Shifting Gears]] - [[Letter From Home (Gear Knight)]]</ref> The Iron Blade invasion forces seek to wipe out both the 'renegades' and the Isparians on Dereth. <ref name=Letterfromhome/>