Guard

Guard the iron golem

Guard is an iron golem from the Legion of Life. He is Sven's younger but much larger brother. He fights by his brother's side throughout the story.

He is one of the main characters, being a background character of Ancient Wizarding World and one of three pentagonists (alongside Zoe and Sven) of The Tree of Life, specifically being a supporting character of Book 1, a major character of Book 2 and the pentagonist of Book 3.

## Biography

### Background

Not much is known about the background of Guard, only that he lived with Sven his whole life. He likely oversaw his marriage with Nadu as well. At some point while he was serving in the Legion of Life, he was sent to the Woods of Woe alongside Sven to help protect it against Arachne, a spider who was threatening it.

### The Tree of Life, Book 1

#### The Humans

At some point, the crisis had gotten desperate to the point where Guard was incredibly suspicious of anyone who wandered into the village; at the sight of Dabsar, Chappal and Zian, he threatened to kill them unless they told him where they were going and why. They explained that they were searching for Tree of Life pieces, and so Sven chooses to take care of them from there.

Sven and Guard afterwards get a distress signal from Nadu, who claims that she needs help with taking care of the Order of Magma, as they are threatening the Village of Life again. They are temporarily hesitant, but choose to remain for now until the threat of Arachne can be dealt with. Ezen suddenly arrives and informs them that he needs help looking for his friends and so Sven and Guard tell him where to find them.

Later on, Sven and Guard are asked by the Elder to accompany the Bringers of Life (Dabsar, Chappal and Zian) into the Dark Forest to fight Arachne and find the final Tree of Life piece. Sven was rather skeptical about this plan, but Guard seemed relatively supported. He accompanied them and played a crucial role in the fight against Arachne, ultimately being able to defeat her and take her to a dungeon in the Village of Life. After this, Guard and Sven leave too in order to help Nadu with a crisis.

### The Tree of Life, Book 2

#### The Life

Guard isn't seen again until the second book, where he and Sven are accompanying Nadu to help defeat the Order of Magma. Currently they are facing a threat after Ezen and Pilin are kidnapped, and are determined to get them back. Guard is later shown in the background where he mourns Nadu from afar, while giving Sven some space to mourn her. He's likely also disgusted at Pilin betraying them.

#### The Death

Some time later, Guard is now lieutenant of the Legion of Life ever since Sven was promoted due to Nadu's death. It turns out that many former members of the Legion of Life (all, except for him, Sven and Zoe) had quit due to not believing in anyone other than Nadu. After this, they began recruiting new capable members, and deciding to include more diversity in the Legion of Life to further bring the message that they are there to help everyone, not just humans. They encounter the Bringers of Life (sans Ezen and with Cutie and Mmea this time) and ask them to join the Legion of Life, to which they all graciously accept. After this, there is a crisis as the Order of Magma has attacked the City of Life. Sven assigns them all to a certain place in order to fight them, Guard being one of the people to fight and defend.

Shockingly, however, they fail to stop the Order of Magma and they lay waste to the city, likely slaughtering thousands of civilians in the process. At this, the Legion of Life collectively agrees (especially at the thought that Ezen was captured, who could easily be used for rather nefarious matters) to infiltrate the Outskirts of Myrkur to rescue him and bring the Order of Magma to justice.

On the way, they encounter Skinscraper, who was known to be the former admiral of the Order of Magma. He was demoted after failure to defend the Order of Magma Base against the Bringers of Life. He is remorseful at the death of his brother, and asks for a chance to redeem himself. Guard is very much against it, but Sven ultimately chooses to. After this, the Legion of Life encounter the other base in the Outskirts of Myrkur where Guard stays, while Sven, Zoe, Dabsar, Chappal and Zian keep going. They ultimately fail, however, and Skinscraper dies while Ezen is still captured, taken away to the depths of Myrkur.

Later on, they all retreat to the Land of Xora and plan their next course of action. Cutie and Mmea suggest manually entering Myrkur while the rest of them stay on patrol in Lijos in case the Order of Magma choose to remain (this way, they'll continue to find Tree of Life pieces as well). Guard is among those to go on the stealth team to search for Tree of Life pieces whilst heading to Myrkur.

### The Tree of Life, Book 3

#### The Darkness

On the way in the journey, they end up going to Cloud Castle, the home of the demons. To Guard's surprise, however, the demons no longer work for Coo Coo as they have begun to notice her becoming corrupted by her nefarious schemes, to the point where they imprison her in the Obsidian Palace. They worn the Legion of Life that heading there could risk freeing her, but they choose to take the risk anyway. Sure enough, Coo Coo is released, but Chappal ends up getting through to her and freeing her from the control of Zovan, a demon who was actually using her for his own schemes. After this, Coo Coo joins the Legion of Life, which Guard is surprisingly fine with.

Later on, they arrive in the End into Mewi's lair, who gives them information about what the Order of Magma is truly planning: the eradication of all of Lijos and everyone in it, while The Void will be released through Ezen to do this. Mewi tells them the only way to stop them is to use the Tree of Life and the powers it gives them, and then sends them off to Myrkur.

#### The End

They make quick work of arriving in Myrkur, Guard muttering how they're the world's last hope before the Magma Queen's invasion. They head through, fighting monsters as they do, and then finally arrive in the throne room, where the Magma Queen (who has left) reveals from afar that they were too late. She leaves and mocks their efforts. As they are ready to give up, Pilin and Ezen arrive to inform them of a possible win for them. Guard is suspicious of Pilin and wonders why they should trust, but from advocacy from Ezen and Zian, Guard agrees with Sven's ultimate call to let Pilin join the Legion of Life has they need his help to go through the Void, in order to get the last Tree of Life piece, their last hope to defeat the Order of Magma.

As they enter the Void, the groups split up; Ezen is captured by Zovan (which no one is aware of until later), Dabsar, Chappal, Zian and Coo Coo arrive at the center of Mount Etheral, while Guard goes with Sven, Zoe and Pilin in search of the Tree of Life piece. They find it, and Guard expresses gratitude to Pilin as well as tells him that he now trusts him despite being originally hesitant. However, their victory is cut short as when they find the final piece, Zoe realizes that this in fact isn't the final piece, as there are supposed to be 25, and this is only 24. As they contemplate what this means, they are suddenly jump scared by Komodi, who Sven quickly realizes is the imprisoned form of The Deathmaster, another demon. She warns them that Ezen has been possessed by Zovan and is being used to attack the others. She also tells them that to save him they'll need to sacrifice someone, though she doesn't specify who.

As Guard and the others head to the center to observe, they realize that Komodi is correct, and quickly debate on who should be sacrificed. Everyone volunteers themselves, including Guard, but in the end settle on stopping The Deathmaster another way, by manually attacking him. In this time, Zovan leaves with The Void which has been released to wipe out Lijos, but The Deathmaster and a possessed Ezen stay and are ready to throw Dabsar, Chappal, Zian and Coo Coo to their deaths, only to be intercepted by Guard, Pilin, Zoe and Sven, who attack and save them. Pilin is temporarily able to stun Ezen, keeping him from attacking again, but The Deathmaster pulls through and holds everyone off a cliff. Before he can finish them off, however, Zoe sacrifices herself to kill him, and free Ezen from his control. This utterly saddens everyone, but their grieving is unfortunately cut short as they realize Zovan is on his way to destroying Lijos. So instead, Komodi gives them a fast transport back to Lijos, which they take.

Once they arrive in Lijos, the group quickly realizes that all their enemies are in different places and that Zovan hasn't arrived yet. They decide to split up and tackle all their different enemies. Guard goes with Sven, Dabsar and the other Legion of Life soldiers who are now there, ready to fight and defend Lijos.

Guard and the others are reunited with the soldiers of the Legion of Life shortly afterwards, and are quickly confronted by three top Order of Magma soldiers, Baibee, Vogana and Leethos. In spite of the legion's seeming advantage in numbers, Baibee very quickly reveals that he has access to an enormous army of baby zombies, and a fierce battle begins from there, which ultimately ends in the Legion of Life's victory and Vogana losing her magic as well as Baibee no longer being able to access his army. At this, Sven decrees that since they are children, rather than being taken to jail they will attend community service, which Leethos groans at.

The victory, however, is short-lived, as Zovan later arrives with The Void, ready to eradicate Lijos and construct it anew. Sven has a breakdown at this, believing that he's failed and that he could never live up to Nadu as he sees her as having been a natural leader, while he lacked the same intellect or leadership skills she did. Guard, alongside everyone else in the Legion of Life, refute this claim, by telling him that the reason Nadu managed to get so far and become so successful was because of her heart and the fact that she never gave up, and he encourages Sven to do the same. Seeing that everyone else is with him, they all declare to fight to the death in order to save Lijos, even if it means the death of them all.

After some fierce fighting, it is finally Ezen who comes to the rescue with his newfound Life powers, as he stops the Void, sends them back to their own dimension, and then erases Zovan from existence, saving Lijos and all who inhabit it from near annihilation. After this, Ezen restores all of Lijos, including the City of Life, which is where the Legion of Life travel to. Sven revels in the victory and the fact that they won after fighting so hard for so long, while Guard, very sheepishly, reminds everyone that they have a lot of cleanup to do, much to Dabsar's dismay. Guard simply says that it's true in response.

## Physical Appearance

Guard is a human and monster hybrid. He wears armor all over his body, so his true face and limbs are never seen. He has green eyes with green vines all over his body; his armor is gray/white.

## Personality

Guard is often strict and no-nonsense, and is quick to resort violence when he isn't able to do something peacefully. Guard listens to whatever his younger brother Sven says, knowing that he is somewhat wiser and more intelligent. While Guard shows a pretty tough exterior, he is not as cold as Sven and is a lot more open to helping people. He is a little more uncomfortable to change, but can adjust so that others are comfortable.

Throughout the story, Guard proves to be very encouraging to Sven, promising that he'll be there for whatever choice Sven plans to make. He isn't blind to Sven and can point out his mistakes, and fight for his cause when he believes Sven is doing something wrong. However, this doesn't take away the fact that Guard is an incredibly supportive brother, particularly in Lijos II when Sven began having an existential crisis.

Guard is less forgiving than his brother, as he suggested taking Skinscraper prisoner after Skinscraper begged for forgiveness and sanctuary in the Legion of Life and was very unsure about the notion of Pilin joining the Legion of Life. Despite this, he eventually warms up to Pilin (though not much to Skinscraper) and the two become good friends.

## Abilities

### Skills

* **Wisdom:** Guard offers words of wisdom on multiple occasions, such as the fact that they should be worrying more about the Order of Magma than Arachne.
* **Superhuman strength:** As an iron golem, Guard possesses inhuman strength, being able to throw an enemy into the air and kill them in just a few seconds
* **Inspiration:** Guard can often be inspiring, as he managed to inspire Sven several times on their journey.

### Powers

* **The Tree of Life:** After completing 26/27 of the Tree of Life pieces, Guard gains several knew abilities, including enhanced strength, speed and resistance.

### Weaknesses

* **Speed:** Due to his large size and armor, Guard is much slower than Sven and most others
* **Magic:** Guard doesn't have access to magic, and so when facing magic enemies is at great risk

## Relationships

### Dabsar, Chappal and Zian

Dabsar, Chappal and Zian are friends of Guard.

They don't seem to interact all that much, but despite Guard's initial doubt of them, he grows to trust them and work with them multiple times since they help him defeat Arachne and ultimately save the world.

### Ezen

Ezen is a friend of Guard.

Guard initially is doubtful of Ezen due to him being a monster, but later on grows to trust him as he willingly goes to rescue him at multiple points in the story, and is grateful for him when Ezen is ultimately the one who saves the world.

### Pilin

Pilin was a former enemy of Guard, eventually becoming a friend.

Pilin and Guard did not interact until Pilin's "redemption", where he offered himself to the Legion of Life. Given what he heard about Pilin, Guard was hesitant to trust him, and said that Pilin could easily be a triple-agent now, as well as that it felt wrong to invite him in after all he'd done. Sven lets him in anyway however, and in the end, neither regret it, and Guard openly admits he was wrong about Pilin, and that he's loyal. Pilin seems to also trust Guard.

### Sven

Guard and Sven are constantly shown together in the series, due to the fact that they are siblings. They two have unquestioning trust for each other, from the start of the series where they pretty much agree on everything, to the end, where Guard reveals that he will do anything for Sven, including fight The Void, a powerful godlike being that could kill them all. Guard appears to be the more submissive and obedient out of them due to being the younger sibling, even though it is clear Sven respects his opinion and wants to hear what he thinks, constantly seeking approval. Sven and Guard don't tease each other very commonly, and instead have a very openly emotional relationship, opening up to each other and showing how much they care about each other and how they'll fight whatever they need to for each other.

### Zoe

Zoe was a close friend of Guard.

Zoe and Guard don't interact much until Zoe joins the Legion of Life. From there, she is by his and Sven's side as they rebuild the Legion of Life from scratch, earning her trust. The two are very close to each other, constantly working together when needed and Guard never shows a sliver of doubt for her loyalties. When Zoe volunteers to sacrifice herself, Guard doesn't argue, but is shown grieving her death, implying that he knew, deep down, that Zoe's sacrifice was needed, in spite of how sad it made him.

### Nadu

Nadu was the mentor and friend of Guard.

Guard and Nadu aren't seen interacting all that much and Guard isn't present during her demise scene (he's just outside the door), but it's clear he values her and is saddened by her death. He also is aware of what Nadu meant for the world, acknowledging that Sven has huge boots to fill as the new leader, and also correctly realizes just how Nadu became so strong; through her heart and the fact that she never gave up.

## Appearances

* Woods of Woe
* Caverns of Woe
* Dark Forest
* Battlefield of Life
* City of Life
* Outskirts of Myrkur
* Cloud Castle
* End
* Myrkur
* Void
* Lijos II

## Trivia

* He has the least screen time or development out of all the main characters
* Guard is one of two known hybrids in the series, alongside Chappal