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Xou Tzar Guards

The post of Palace Guard was created during the reign of the paranoid Tzar Igor the Terrible, feeling that he needed to be kept safe night and day from possible assailants. Through the years the Guards were used to guard not only the royal family of Kislev, but also the greatest amongst the military commanders at times of war.



The Kreml Guard are veterans of hundreds of battles against the northern tribes, having faced and vanquished not only Marauder Chieftains but also the occasionally encountered Warriors of Chaos and monsters from the wilderness. They are hand picked from the ranks of Kislev's foot soldiers in a similar way to the selection of the members of the Gryphon Legion.

The Palace Guard conducts weekly parades through the city. Recent parades have featured small units of mercenary cavalry from the Empire and Tilea marching alongside the Kossars. Katarin hopes these cavalrymen will come to be accepted as part of the Palace Guard and will eventually be replaced by Winged Lancers. If one rota of Winged Lancers accepts the honour of serving in the Palace Guard, then others will surely follow.

The Palace Guard is also a recruitment pool for Katarin's secret police, the Chekist. Ungols who serve in the Palace Guard are watched closely. The most trusted are enticed with rewards to train with the Chekists and return to their home villages as "legal advisors". Their mission usually involves persuading village elders to "modernise" outdated Ungol laws. Gospodar Chekist are occasionally recruited from the Palace Guard as well, but not as frequently, or deliberately, as Ungols.

Kislev's regular Kossars are becoming resentful of the Palace Guard, having watched them receive additional wages and perks even as their own wages are lowered.

This mod is a standalone version of the reskin I made for The Motherland mod. The aim is to make them more elite and heavy armoured. It also adds a new Bardiche unit variant, hitting slower than the Great Swords unit but harder and anti-large.

Pics by ColdWinter.

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