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==Organization== | ==Organization== | ||
===Role=== | ===Role=== | ||
[[File:HW3.jpg|thumb|250px|A group of Honor Guardsmen at [[ | [[File:HW3.jpg|thumb|250px|A group of Honor Guardsmen at [[Trove]]'s [[Apex Site]].]] | ||
The members of the Honor Guard served as personal protection for the [[San'Shyuum]] and [[Sangheili Councilor|Sangheili High Councilors]] of the Covenant [[High Council]]. They were the most skilled of warriors and were hand-picked for the duty of protecting the [[Hierarchs|High Prophets]], as well as members of the High Council, from any danger. In accordance with their duties, they were unwaveringly loyal to the individuals they protected and would defend them to the death.<ref name="ch154">'''Halo: Contact Harvest''', ''page 154''</ref> Honor Guardsmen were expected to kill anyone who drew a weapon in the presence of a Hierarch.<ref>'''Halo: The Cole Protocol''', ''page 341''</ref> Honor Guardsmen were also found in the Ministry towers on ''[[High Charity]]'', protecting the Ministry workers from any possible threats.{{Ref/Reuse|ch154}} Following the [[Changing of the Guard]], the Sangheili High Councilors were unwilling to trust the new [[Jiralhanae]] [[Jiralhanae Honor Guardsman|Honor Guardsmen]] and employed Sangheili serving in the [[Covenant military]] instead.<ref>'''Halo: Broken Circle''', ''page 217''</ref> | The members of the Honor Guard served as personal protection for the [[San'Shyuum]] and [[Sangheili Councilor|Sangheili High Councilors]] of the Covenant [[High Council]]. They were the most skilled of warriors and were hand-picked for the duty of protecting the [[Hierarchs|High Prophets]], as well as members of the High Council, from any danger. In accordance with their duties, they were unwaveringly loyal to the individuals they protected and would defend them to the death.<ref name="ch154">'''Halo: Contact Harvest''', ''page 154''</ref> Honor Guardsmen were expected to kill anyone who drew a weapon in the presence of a Hierarch.<ref>'''Halo: The Cole Protocol''', ''page 341''</ref> Honor Guardsmen were also found in the Ministry towers on ''[[High Charity]]'', protecting the Ministry workers from any possible threats.{{Ref/Reuse|ch154}} Following the [[Changing of the Guard]], the Sangheili High Councilors were unwilling to trust the new [[Jiralhanae]] [[Jiralhanae Honor Guardsman|Honor Guardsmen]] and employed Sangheili serving in the [[Covenant military]] instead.<ref>'''Halo: Broken Circle''', ''page 217''</ref> | ||