"The Guard aims to defend and assist our fellow captives where we can, be it against monsters or other threats. We are a steadfast shield."

Mostly from monsters and curses, but on rare occasion, their own. But they are not law enforcement. There are no laws here, nor do they have that kind of institutional power. They merely believe that through working together as a permanent organised force they can protect people much more efficiently than as individuals or splintered groups who only form as a reaction to a crisis.

He touches the sash he wears over his breastplate with armoured fingers. The tap of metal against metal punctuates his gesture.

"This identifies one as a guardsman on duty."

Which makes it clear that he is a guardsman himself, if his earlier comment was not indication enough.

"And no, there is none."