Protector

"I'm a Protector, for crying out loud! It's not only my right, but my responsibility to protect and serve the community! That's my job!" - Chroma Key
The Protectors are a group of powered-up diminutives who primarily serve as bodyguards for weaker characters for any purpose, created by BabyLuigiOnFire. They are currently a six-person team lead by Dark Light, and all of them are warriors who have seen plenty of combat. They typically consist of small characters who look like Baby Luigi, though they historically consisted of a more diverse cast of members. All Protectors don golden wings, energy bracelets that house sharp blades, capes with leaves and a purple glow, and distinguishable markings on their hat.
Their rival organization is the Preservers, which is led by Grayscale.
==Members==
===Official===
This list of official members is organized by descending commanding order.
	Dark Light 	Dark Light is currently the Commander of the Protectors and the oldest of them. As the Commander, she handles all aspects of the group, including organizing events and Protector base maintenance and much more. Any new members that desire to be a Protector need to be trained by her, though Dark Light is currently not looking for any new members. Dark Light is the most powerful character in the group and has served the longest time out of all Protectors; she additionally knows all of the Protector secrets and has mastered how to pass down skills a Protector has to the next.
	Redshift 	Redshift serves as the Lieutenant Commander of the Protectors. He takes over Commander duties if Dark Light is not present. Known for his talents, his ability to civilly have discussions, his official tone, and his hard work, he acts as the mediator of the group, but he is soft-spoken and does not like to shout. He is Spanish and is distinguished by his red coloration from the other Protectors.
	Ray Trace 	Ray Trace is the third-in-command of the Protectors, or Sergeant. He serves as the comic relief of the Protectors. Although he is not the smartest and has a large ego, Ray Trace has competent warrior abilities and surprising durability that enables him to Protect others very efficiently. He is Russian, and he is distinguished by his height and his favorite color, yellow.
	Bluminescence	Bluminescence serves as the Corporal of the Protectors, though he prefers to be called "Blue" or his full name. He serves as the group's cheerful diplomat, being able to make friends with almost anyone and has a large willingness to take care of people who need it like a mother. While Bluminescence is not the best warrior of the group, he is the most durable Protector, and he is able to take many hits before being incapacitated. He is French, and his favorite color is blue.
	Ultra Violet 	Ultra Violet is the penultimately ranked Protector and serves as the official medic of the group due to his skills regarding poison. Cynical and often very grouchy, he is the most difficult character to make friends with, as he distrusts any character he meets at first sight. He is the youngest Protector, but he outranks Kontrast due to his skills he learned by surviving a brutal zombie apocalypse. He is American, and purple, being the color of poison, is his distinguishing color.
	Kontrast 	Kontrast is the least-ranked member, being the Private of the Protectors. He is highly aggressive and carries a lot of strength, but he is not very durable, causing him to be the quickest to fall. While he is grouchy, similar to Ultra Violet, he is prone to complaining more and he hates Ray Trace the most, though he trusts outsiders more than he trusts members of his own group at points, making him easier to befriend than Ultra Violet. He is German, his favorite color is white, and he is the group's smallest member.
===Unofficial===
	Chroma Key	A self-proclaimed Protector who wants to be an offical part of the team, Chroma Key is shaped after Baby Mario and was born as a separate entity after Professor E. Gadd extracted him out of Mario. He is on very friendly terms with Ray Trace and took much inspiration from him, being highly proud of himself, while Kontrast considers him a pest. He is Italian and his main color is Silver, since "Chroma" sounds a lot like "Chrome", a silver-like color.
==Background==
The Protectors were founded by Grayscale, an ambitious diminutive. Determined to help people out, Grayscale has learned and practiced all of the secrets and techniques of being a Protector, such as constructing a base, forging weapons, activating the energy blades, and other processes that enable the transformation of a character to a Protector. However, she has fine-tuned the transformation to fit her own species of humanoids, and the result of that is that most Protectors don a Baby Luigi-like appearance due to the specialization. Grayscale eventually recruited many characters when she needed people to help her out, causing the group to expand and consist of many members.
Over time, however, Grayscale's ambitions expanded and as a result, became a casualty of stress due to her workaholicism and some exposure to "poisonous ideals". Grayscale eventually turned her goals to her idea of perfection, and started having stricter standards on being a Protector. She became colder and more distant due to her jaded personality from being overworked, and as a result, viewed Protectors as an extension of her goals rather than individuals. She eventually started kicking members out, and due to fear of them spreading negative views that would bolster her increasing insecurities, the ex-Protectors seemingly disappeared after they had been kicked out, likely from her executing them in secret.
Dark Light had become a member during the latter phase of Grayscale's command. She served as Grayscale's Lieutenant Commander, and had done her job well since she shares much of Grayscale's rhetoric and had mastered it, though she has witnessed the disappearance of the Protectors and questioned the morality of the actions as well as starting to investigate their disappearance through the records kept. Dark Light then secretly noted that Grayscale changed her goal once more, aiming for increasing her power and stronghold as a Protector and became obsessed with magic, practicing her skills everyday.
Dark Light eventually found a time to usurp her rule, ambushing her in the middle of the night with her energy blades. Due to her skill, she was able to incapacitate Grayscale and the other, obedient Protectors who came to Grayscale's defense. Grayscale and the other Protectors were then eventually called for an arrest by Dark Light after she had looked into their records (who is not a cop yet), and they were tried and exiled to various locations. Due to the crimes Grayscale committed, the Protector name has been tarnished in that city, while Dark Light moved away from the city and into a forest named Wild Woods, leading a secluded life until the now-current members found out about Dark Light and the Protectors now living in the forest.
It was eventually they moved into Mushroom City, due to opportunity, city life, and a population filled with people who potentially needed Protection.
==Gallery==
Protectors Banner.png|A banner featuring all (official) Protectors
Protector SummerSketch.jpg|A drawing of the Protectors in summer apparel.
Protector.png|3D group art of the Protectors.
3D DarkLight.png
3D Redshift.png
3D RayTrace.png
3D Bluminescence.png
3D UltraViolet.png
3D Kontrast.png
==Trivia==
*Despite all of the official Protectors being created by BabyLuigiOnFire, Chroma Key was created by Long John Spaghetti.
*Several of Godmoddin' Georgie's characters demanded to become Protectors, leading to Dark Light getting a restraining order against them and almost going down the same dark path Grayscale did.
*Jimbo was a big fan of the Protectors ever since he mortally wounded one.
==Other==
*A hypothetical scenario involving the Protectors initially facing off against Galeem.
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