High Guard
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The High Guard was the elite security and intervention force of the Imperium of the Second Dawn.

Originally created as the personal bodyguard of the Hereditary Emperors of the First Age, it gained more and more political and military power over the centuries.

Organization

History

The High Guard was originally founded as the Imperator's Guard by Emperor Archibald II in the year 3354. For the first two hundred years, it served merely as a small group of elite bodyguards recruited from the ranks of the Imperial Army's special forces units, loyal to the ruling Imperator alone and not bound to take commands from anybody else. Their leaders were the Nine Champions, civilians with no prior connection to the military.

Over time, the Guard became more and more powerful, and many Champions became part of a shadow government that ruled behind the monarch's back.

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