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Shadow Guard
The Shadow Guards, also known as the Black Raincoats due to their uniform, are an organization in Arknights. They appear in Episodes 06 to 08, and Where Vernal Winds Will Never Blow.
Background[edit]
A covert unit under the direct command of Lungmen's Chief Executive Wei Yenwu, the Shadow Guards are Wei's pawns to remove potential threats to the city. They originated from the eighteen Imperial Guards pledging loyalty to Wei Yenwu who plotted to flee the imperial capital of Baizao on April 21st, 1062, to avoid political purges from the ascending True Lung, Wei's younger brother, in the aftermath of an unexpected coup that led to the demise of the former emperor on his deathbed.[1]
Story[edit]
Episode 06[edit]
Under the secret command of Wei Yenwu, the Shadow Guards appeared from the darkness and assisted the Lungmen Guard Department in the total assault onto the fleeing Reunion fighters. However, their presence as well as their merciless tactics horrified both Ch'en and the Rhodes Island Operators.[2] Ch'en questioned their intention, thinking that they were some sort of hostile units. But the Shadow Guards refused to state their mission, warning her to mind her own business.[3]
The Shadow Guards were also responsible for the total annihilation of the Yeti Squadron, leaving no survivor behind.[4]
Episode 07[edit]
Being furious by Wei's decision to dispatch the Shadow Guards during the total assault, Ch'en pointed her sword onto him. The incident alerted them and they broke into Wei's office without permission. The Shadow Guards wanted Wei to send them to the core city of Chernobog and kill Talulah. At the same time, they promised they would do whatever it takes to protect Wei, even if it means to kill Ch'en. Upon hearing their words, Wei ordered them to retreat and stay back while Ch'en reaffirmed her decision to leave Lungmen.[5]
Episode 08[edit]
At the end of the Chernobog-Lungmen crisis, an Emperor's Blade who supervised the Third Army during the crisis planned to continue Kashchey's plan but was immediately stopped by a Shadow Guard. The Guard responded to the Blade using the language of the now-defunct Gaul, but the Blade became furious, declaring that the age of Gaul was already over. Meanwhile, the Blade refused the Guard's offer to serve Yan. In disappointment, the Guard sighed that there was no inner peace inside the Blade and that Ursus will eventually meet its downfall. Before the two's departure, they promise that they will meet again somewhere in the future.[6]
Such is the Joy of Our Reunion[edit]
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After Wei returned from Yumen, a Shadow Guard comes to his office to deliver a letter sent by his brother, the True Lung, inviting him to spent time together at the Hundred Treassures Banquet. Despite initial refusal, Wei decides to go to Baizao since he feels obligated to face the past grudges from forty years ago, when he left the Imperial Court.[7]
The Shadow Guards inisted to accompany Wei to Baizao out of loyalty towards him, and the Imperial Guards who fell in battle. Suddenly, they're ambushed by Ch'en, who also decided to go to the capital for personal reasons.[8]
Trivia[edit]
- Their designs are based on the suoyi/mino, or straw raincoats (蓑), hence their nickname.