Fiction:Mendel Pact/Oathsworn

"For the Clans! For the Goddess!"

- Oathsworn battlecry

The Oathsworn are the elite guards of the High Kings of the, and act as guardians for the Council chambers where the Mendel Clans gather for discussion and talks of new policy, leadership and other activities for the Pact. The Oathsworn are raised among the Clans of the Ugandalorian and Kodalorian, with the finest warriors of each Clan chosen to join this elite guard, seen as a high honor among the Clans.

They have a well earned reputation of turning the odds, and always appear alongside the High Kings when they decide to enter a battle. These warriors are rarely needed, but when called upon, can strike with the utmost fury and savagery, foes facing them never forgetting the sight of these heavily armored warriors grounding down opposing units with ease.

Creation
The exact date of the creation of the Oathsworn is unknown, though they where originally called The Protectors, or Catorre in Mendel tongue. On both Ugandalore and Kodalon 5, when the Clans united, the High Kings of both, in an attempt to decrease the power of rival Clans, demanded that each give their best warriors to the Clan of Clans to act as his personal guard. Though originally done to keep Clans that threatened his position in check, this also resulted in many warriors from once rival Clans learning to respect and trust in one another, and, after serving as the guards, returned to their Clans, and influenced their Clan Matriarchs and Patriarchs to trust in one another, leading, unintentionally to a brokering of trust and respect amongst once bitter rivals and enemies. Future High Kings and High Queens would continue the practices of both Kodalorian and Ugandalorian Supreme Chieftains, and ask of the Clans to send their best and brightest to serve as his guards. A common practice among the Catorre became to take Ugandalorian orphans, as they felt orphans who had no Clan fought harder then those with Clan lineage, and this practice of having no Blood, lead to them being called the Blood Bearers.

These Catorre soon became remodeled as an elite, honor guard unit, and further improvements put in palce by Ugandalore the Reformer and his successors, Reago Clett and Torscka Nitrocon, saw the Oathsworn evolve from the original Blood Bearers, and take on a more disciplined path, though the Ugandalorian named remained the Captain of the Honor Guard, unlike he was enrolled in the ranks of the Koatria. The Kodalorians, meanwhile, maintained their Mendel Catorre until they joined the Mendel Pact proper.

The organization into the Oathsworn is the latest incarnation of the Blood Bearers/Catorre, though continues the traditions largely started by their Ugandalorian and Kodalorian branches, taking the finest, most experienced warriors who show the greatest skills in as new Oathsworn. These often include everything from Troopers who performed remarkably well, to Super-Commando and Shock Trooper individuals that show a proclivity for problem solving and determination. This makes sure that only the best men and women guard the High Kings, and see to it that even if a foe can get past normal security forces, they will never get past these warriors.

The Oathsworn deployed during one secret mission alongside Barda Clett and Comacar O'Kariin to eliminate a large gathering of Dead Watch within a secret base on Ugandalore, who where attempting to first poison the rations of the garrison within the capital city, before moving in. Though numbering only 100, the Oathsworn deployed and within an hour, had captured and routed the entire Warhost before them, with no causalities of their own, though one officer was shot in the knee by a trooper in an attempt to slow him down.

The Walgolorian deploy a separate group called the Empyreal Guard. These elite warriors are chosen from among the Clans' top warriors to guard the Empyreal Caste. These warriors are noted for their elaborate, ceremonial armor, and for their secret training methods that involve use of the Honor Blade to protect their honored leaders, and their own High King. Due to this, unlike most Walgolorian, they are more then capable of fighting in melee combat, as well as using the weapons of their more common peers. They have an even more elite within their ranks called the High Guard, and alternatively known as the Light of W'alor.

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