Royal Knights Victorian

The Royal Knights Victorian -- formally the Royal Victorian Order -- is an elite order of knights under the direct authority of the Emperor. Membership is conferred personally by the Emperor through a dubbing ceremony. Knights Victorian do not answer to ordinary Imperial ministers, including the Director of Legion Intelligence, placing them outside the normal chain of command.

Hadrian Marlowe is inducted into the Royal Victorian Order during a ceremony in the Georgian Chapel, where the Emperor dubs him a knight and lord in his own right with the words 'Then rise a knight, Sir Hadrian, and Lord Marlowe in your own right.' Hadrian is noted as the youngest inductee not of the Imperial family.

Hadrian Marlowe is the youngest person inducted into the order who is not a member of the Imperial family. He holds the title Sir Hadrian and Lord Marlowe in his own right following his investiture.