| rdfs:comment | - The Blood Guard is an order of warrior priests sworn to protect the High Priests and Priestesses of the Old Religion with their lives. The Blood Guard's symbol is the Rowan Tree that grows at the very heart on the Isle of the Blessed. Morgana and Morgause, when they conquered Camelot, made this symbol their crest. Only the Blood Guards, being the most loyal servants of the High Priestesses, have had the privilege of ever setting eyes on the Rowan Staff, carved from the Rowan Tree.
- Created by Soravyn Zahir to protect Crown's Refuge from external threats and internal strife in equal measure, and thus directly protect the Archmage Tshepsi as a result, the Blood Guard is organized to ensure civilian control of the defense forces of the freehold in which they serve. The result has been a unique military system when compared to the depth and detail of Fastheld's Imperial Watch, and the Emperor's Blades that came before it..
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| abstract | - Created by Soravyn Zahir to protect Crown's Refuge from external threats and internal strife in equal measure, and thus directly protect the Archmage Tshepsi as a result, the Blood Guard is organized to ensure civilian control of the defense forces of the freehold in which they serve. The result has been a unique military system when compared to the depth and detail of Fastheld's Imperial Watch, and the Emperor's Blades that came before it.. All Blood Guard personnel are technically civilians: those in the half-plate uniform of the Guard are classified as special civil servants and are subordinate to the Archon and the Archmage, as well as remaining accountable to the Wildlanders and Syladris of Crown's Refuge. There are no military secrets, military laws, or offenses committed by military personnel; whether on-base or off-base, on-duty or off-duty, of a military or non-military nature, are all adjudicated under normal procedures by the appropriate jurisdictions of the freehold of Crown's Refuge. To that end, while some Wildlanders of Crown's Refuge may opt to take up the "career" of being part of the Blood Guard full time, others may only choose to wear the uniform on occasion via arrangement, while others may never don the violet half-plate uniform at all. It is also important to establish that the Blood Guard are a defensive organization; though those who serve with the Blood Guard are often trained in some art of combat, there are no established divisions or equipment rules beyond that of the uniform, and the Blood Guard rarely - if ever - see operation or deployment beyond the area atop and around Drakesreach Bluff.
- The Blood Guard is an order of warrior priests sworn to protect the High Priests and Priestesses of the Old Religion with their lives. The Blood Guard's symbol is the Rowan Tree that grows at the very heart on the Isle of the Blessed. Morgana and Morgause, when they conquered Camelot, made this symbol their crest. Only the Blood Guards, being the most loyal servants of the High Priestesses, have had the privilege of ever setting eyes on the Rowan Staff, carved from the Rowan Tree. Uther, during the Great Purge, hunted and killed almost all of them. By the beginning of Series 3, they were thought to have been wiped out completely. However, some of them have survived and continued to serve the High Priests and Priestesses, Morgause and Morgana among them. When Morgana joined Morgause, and returned to Camelot once more, she used a blade marked with the sigil of the Blood Guard to wound a guard. Gaius knew of the Blood Guard and the mark, so he warned Arthur that probably there was a traitor in Camelot. Two of the Blood Guard followed Morgause to Cenred's castle and were ready to protect her when she was attacked by one of Cenred's guards. They also captured Merlin when he was found listening to Morgana and Morgause's conversation in the Darkling Woods (The Tears of Uther Pendragon). It's possible that Alator of the Catha was a member of the Blood Guard, being a warrior and a High Priest of the Old Religion (The Secret Sharer).
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