. "Patrian Galaxy / Patria"@en . . . . . "Paladins"@en . "Ancestor reverence/worship"@en . ""@en . "The \"Paladins\", known to the inhabitants of the Milky Way as the Children of the Architect, are a mystery even to themselves. Their earliest history recalls their arrival in NGC 4414, known to its inhabitants as the Patrian Galaxy in the wake of a catastrophy that engulfed the stars - likely a reference to the Forerunner-Flood War. They attribute their survival to a figure known only as \"The Architect\", a Forerunner who built the Labyrinth Array, and who sent ships filled with sentient life through the superluminal Nexus facilities into a galaxy far from the Milky Way to avoid both the Flood and the impending activation of the Halo Array. Beyond this, the Paladins' origins are a mystery. While they use technology developed and used by the Forerunners, have adopted pre-war Forerunner styles and aesthetics, and follow the Mantle of the Forerunners they believe was passed to them, the Paladins do not believe themselves to be directly descended from the Forerunners themselves. Genetically, they seem to be an offshoot of humanity, splitting off approximately 250,000 years ago, evolving separately despite retaining aesthetic similarities. This may not be an indicator of offworld relocation - many human species coexisted for many hundreds of thousands of years - but they lack evidence of genetic exchange with other Homo species, as with modern humans. It may be that they were prevented from interbreeding by social and geographical factors, or by other isolating factors. This does not discount their being related to the Forerunners - the many hints of their relationship to humanity notwithstanding, they are also considered to be Reclaimers by Forerunner technology. An offshoot of the Paladins, the Sovereigns disagree, believing themselves to not only be descended from the Forerunners directly, but that the Mantle gives them authority to dominate all other lifeforms. Isolated from the Milky Way for more than 100,000 years, the Paladins have only recently reestablished some small measure of contact with their original home after rediscovering The Noumenon, though not before the Sovereigns sent a small force through. Currently, they are engaged in a large scale conflict against the Sovereigns in their home galaxy to prevent further use of The Noumenon, with a small Paladin force sent to the Milky Way to counter the Sovereign force."@en . "Otarqana"@en . . . "Approx. 101,217 B.C.E."@en . ""@en . . "Empyrean High Council"@en . "None"@en . . ""@en . . . . ""@en . . "Paladins (Labyrinth)"@en . "The \"Paladins\", known to the inhabitants of the Milky Way as the Children of the Architect, are a mystery even to themselves. Their earliest history recalls their arrival in NGC 4414, known to its inhabitants as the Patrian Galaxy in the wake of a catastrophy that engulfed the stars - likely a reference to the Forerunner-Flood War. They attribute their survival to a figure known only as \"The Architect\", a Forerunner who built the Labyrinth Array, and who sent ships filled with sentient life through the superluminal Nexus facilities into a galaxy far from the Milky Way to avoid both the Flood and the impending activation of the Halo Array. Beyond this, the Paladins' origins are a mystery."@en . "Mantle"@en .