Bodyguard

* Wolvesville
* Wolvesville Classic

Bodyguard's Ability Icon (Shield)

The **Bodyguard** is a role in the Village team. It is the base role of Tough Guy and Seer Apprentice.

## Role Description

The Bodyguard can choose one player to protect every night. That player cannot be killed that night and instead the Bodyguard will be attacked. They survive the first attack due to their strength, but will die or get inflicted by a status on the second attack. They automatically protect themselves every night before the first attack.

## Win Conditions

The Bodyguard wins with the village, unless if they are converted into other teams by other roles.

## Interactions

### Protection

* During the first attack, the Bodyguard and the protected player will not get killed or receive any effects of the attacks inflicted like the bite of Zombie, disguise of Illusionist, and corruption by the Corruptor.
* Bodyguard's protection is similar to Doctor's ability having the same interactions on the first attack. The Bodyguard, like other protective roles, may fail to protect a player and die due to Werewolf Berserk's ability, Frenzy. This trait is shared by all roles of its role tree.
* During the second attack, all attacks on the player protected will be redirected to the Bodyguard.

### Special Cases

* If two Bodyguards protect each other, and the werewolves attack one of them, the one attacked will receive the hit.
* If the Bodyguard gets attacked in the middle of the night, the protection will not work and they will get killed. These attacks include Bomber, Arsonist, and other villagers such as Witch and Jailer.
* If the Bodyguard protects a solo killer while the solo killer is attacked by werewolves, the Bodyguard does not get hit. If the Werewolf Berserk's ability, Frenzy, is activated during this kind of attack on the solo killer, the Bodyguard will die.
* If the Bodyguard has been attacked but receives a shield from Forger, they will still die when protecting someone else who gets attacked.
* If multiple Bodyguards protect the same person, the one who gets hit is chosen randomly.

## Trivia

* The Bodyguard was one of the first roles to be introduced.
* The Bodyguard and its role tree belongs to the Random Regular Villagers. Its protection icon of the Bodyguard is the same as its advanced role, Tough Guy.
* The Bodyguard also appears in Wolvesville Classic.
* Being a base role, its role tree is characterized by having the ability to protect others and oneself but only in a limited number of times. Other aspects of its role tree allows them to gather information when attacks or kills occur, such as when Tough Guy is attacked or when Seer Apprentice converts into a dead informer role.
* Players speaking English usually shorten the role during reference as 'Bg'. With the letter 'b' coming from 'body' and 'g' from 'guard'.

## Role Icons

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## References

1. ↑ Wolvesville - Google Play Store;
Apple App Store; Web version; Steam version;
2. ↑ Tested by WOVTC - Discord server; Test result;
3. ↑ Tested by WOVTC - Discord server; Test result;
4. ↑ Tested by WOVTC - Discord server; Test result;
5. ↑ Tested by WOVTC - Discord server; Test result;
6. ↑ Tested by WOVTC - Discord server; Test result;
7. ↑ Tested by WOVTC - Discord server; Test result;
8. ↑ Wolvesville Classic - Google Play Store; Apple App Store;