Thought by many in the Collegium to be related to kelpies, the green knights are so named because their leaves seem almost like overlapping scale or splint mail. Lacking the magical illusion abilities of kelpies, green knights instead fashion themselves into roughly humanoid forms mainly for self-defense and occasionally to move to a new location.

While easily identifiable as inhuman in strong light, many a green knight has been mistaken for a mortal in low light or thick fog, and they are not above slaying and consuming those who make such a mistake. With a strongly vascularized woody body beneath their leafy exterior and the ability to both use and wear human arms and armor, green knights are not to be underestimated as opponents.

For a time, there was a fad for cultivating green knights as topiary guardians on private estates, but the difficulty of controlling the creatures as well as the need to frequently fertilize their soil has made it an unpopular choice in later years.

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