The practice of knighting many and sending forth knights is slowly passing from common use in the Steel Realms. It is a holdover from bygone days. Sheriffs, militia, constabularies and investigators are local solutions for maintaining law and order that are slowly the knight’s place. That said, Orders of Knights are still a popular means of gaining a knighthood and a chance to gain notoriety and reputation.
The title of Knight is more an honorary and even landowner in many places, rather than an empowerment to pursue, arrest, and serve justice to criminals. Most knights possess weapons of exceptional quality, like Beryllide type armaments. Many Knights of the Steel Realms come up from the Soldier’s Culture.