Royal Guard

The Royal Guard is the protection unit within the Department of Core that serves to guard all monarchs and rulers of the Consortium. They are the most elite of the Consortium’s warriors, the lowest rank you can be to be eligible to enter the Royal Guard is Field Marshal. Multiple previous Lord-High marshal serve as warriors in the royal guard as commanders or if they are too old to serve, serve as advisors. The Royal Guard number around one million in strength, having their own navy and air force, functioning as a miniature elite army. Each Royal Guard soldier is deemed a god-send and is capable of ending a war by themselves. Once entered into the Royal guard, an individual’s identity is kept in complete secrecy and they are instead given a new name or a code-name depending on their preference.

Each Royal Guardian is addressed as “Lord ____” by the general public should they encounter one and it is said that one royal guardian can equally match 10-50 paladins in combat and survive. In contrast to most major military formations in the Consortium, the Royal Guard answer mainly to the Council of Kings and can only be commanded by Lord-High Marshals or Silas Flint herself.

Requirements
Thanks to genetic modification done in recent years by the Consortium, the standard for achieving the position of a Royal Guardian is far higher than conventional human standards today. Some of those standards include:
 * Being able to speak at least 4 different languages fluently
 * Having over 50 years of combat experience
 * Being a trained Augur, preferably with the Augur Gene.
 * Having an IQ of over 250.
 * Experience in first aid and medical care.
 * Having an immensely strong physique, being able to lift and move a tonne of weight with relative ease. This may change depending on species.
 * Having experience with the culture of all 17 realms on a basic level and specific knowledge on specific locations
 * Experience with riding a number of vehicles from light jetbikes, to super-heavy tanks to capital ships.
 * Experience with a variety of weapons from bladed weapons to a multitude of long-range weapons.
 * Leadership experience, leading a Vanguard unit of at least 5 million soldiers.