The Household Guard

The Salaqi Household Guard is Salakand's finest order. Its correct name is the Order of the Gauntlet, and was instated by Casimir I in 844 to restore order after the interregnum 840-43. The idea was for the knights to challenge any noble or other person entrusted with an office, if they thought that he abused his power. The order was also to protect the king himself, as the king according to the Salaqi constitution commands few men in times of peace. In the Kangrisorn Wars, Casimir IV used the order in battle as his personal escort, and from then on, the order has been known as the Household Guard. Cf. the Two Hundred Years War.