User blog:Telamore/History of the Order:The Praetorian guard

Hello dear reader ,you probably know me duo to my previous series Secrets cults and societies,i decided to create a series dedicated about  important events and curiosities of the Order of the Chief god.

First we start with the Praetorian guards,who are they you are probably asking(unless you are a member of the Order,which  you probably are aware of them),they are the bodyguards of the pope(and to a lesser extent the generals of the Order army) and such they protect from anyone who attemps to kill or capture him.

The origins of the Praetorian guard:

The first Praetorian guards were created during the reign of the pope Titus the third also know as Titus the brave(before the curent demon lord)decided to create a elite guard based around the varagian guards(who were top tier mercenaries contracted by kings and lords to serve them),with the help of the Order of the grey cross they created a ritual that combined technology whith light magic called "the transmutation of light",however the problem is a person requires to be strong mentaly and phisicaly to survive the ritual,should they survive,they will become powerful to the point of rivaling the power of demigods.

The first Praetorian guard is Abel the first one,which served up to five diferent popes before being killed by a powerful baphomet.

The training for becoming one:

To become a Praetorian guard is a very difficult task,to even have a chance of becoming one requires to be the best of the best of the Order army,which then the generals will give the opportunity to become one then you need to pass a test whith a 25 year prepartion since the test will put your mind and body to the test,when it comes to the part of testing your mind you will need know every field of magic,alchemy,language (well at very least ten language),battle tactics and strategies and science in very deep detail(yes,all of this is required),physicaly you need to master nearly every weapon,smiting,at very least two martial arts and other two combat sports,and train your body throught exercising untill you have surpassed your limits.

When you finally have trained your self long enough,you will finally do the test,which makes even the most severe/harsh tests of the Order look like complete jokes (ranging from being trown into a dense jungle and having to find your way out of it,to defeat armies after armies for hours to being thrown into a labyrinth cave and find the exit to get out of it),allthough few have been chosen to become a Praetorian guard even fewer have been managed to pass the test,to the point for many unless you are a prodigy you will not have a chance of becoming a Praetorian guard (which isn't complety false since pretty much every single Praetorian were prodigies).

The Praetorian guards themselves:

The Praetorian guards are feared and respected by every single member of the Order,after all they are practelly demigods in power,there armors are all specialy designed for each one made by the best blacksmiths of the world and the number of Praetorian guards killed can be counted in one hand(litteraly only five have ever died,those who defeated them were pretty much nearly gods),the Praetorian guards don't age and many have outlived there popes and have served the next ones (especial mentions goes to Nimrod the Eternal who served the Order for thousands of years before killing a demon lord at cost of his own life,he was even turned into a saint after is death),the Praetorian guards live there entire lives doing nothing more than protecting the pope(they don't need any form of sustenance such as food,water and sleep) since his fall would destroy any will and hope the Order has,the current pope is Lanius the fourth protected by his five Praetorian guards.

Written by Alexander Delley,scholar of the Order.

The five Praetorian guards: