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The '''Heavenly Guard''' is one of the [[Agatean Empire]]'s military forces. This [[army]] does not seem to get involved in the massive civil wars that break out upon the death of an emperor. Rather, they defend the borders of the Agatean Empire against barbarian invasion... at least, they claim to.

For their main duty is to patrol the [[Great Wall]], at least during {{M}}. By {{IT}}, the [[Silver Horde]] just climb right over the wall with no trouble at all. Then again, it makes sense that the Guard was no trouble at all to people like [[Cohen the Barbarian]], especially since their main function is to tread heavily on the fingers of anyone who thinks it might be nice to step outside the Wall for five minutes for a breath of fresh air, not protecting against [[Barbarian heroes|barbarian invaders]]. As Cohen notes to [[Rincewind]], the Wall's purpose is to keep people ''in'', not keep other people out.

However, they also serve the emperor in other things. At a feast in [[Bes Pelargic]], the Boy Emperor summoned four Heavenly Guards brandishing ''cando'' swords (well, three- one was hurriedly trying to swallow a lighted dog-end) to ensure that the [[Nine Turning Mirrors|Grand Vizier]] still had enough of an appetite to eat the bladder and spleen of a [[deepwater puff eel]] in ''Mort''. Possibly, then, they also act as the Emperor's personal guards?

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