Nearly all of the Chairman Regent's personal guards are Arrakanza (bru-kin), whose loyalties have been purchased away from the Empire of the Spear. These imposing people stand around a foot taller than most other humanoids, and have a bulkiness of muscle to back up their towering height. Arrakanza are famous for their ferocity and tenacity in battle. Their culture celebrates the excision of weakness from the body and from the people as a whole, often through literal cutting rites.
- The guards are dressed in heavy cloaks and masks, attempting to hide themselves within the pageantry of the Exhaltation Gala. However, the Chairman Regent has signaled them to attack, and they have thrown off their cloaks, revealing the fact that they are well armed and armored. They carry a variety of weapons, but each of them is menacing and large. They seem to favor hammers, maces, and mauls, but several swords, and even a terbutje, are present as well. Each guard is armored in heavy chain mail, with brigandine plates at the joints. Despite this, they move with surprising agility.
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