Royal guards

The royal guards are dark gray unicorn ponies or white pegasus ponies clad in solid golden armor, who serve Princess Celestia. They act as bodyguards for the princess, ceremonial guards in festivities, and chauffeurs in several occasions. The guards' helmet crests are reminiscent of Roman galea, and they are the same color as their tails. The guards are generally shown wearing extremely serious expressions and almost never speak.

Unicorn guards
The unicorn guards first appear in the show's title sequence, standing at the feet of Princess Celestia's throne. Their next appearance is in The Cutie Mark Chronicles. Set in Twilight's flashback, eight gray unicorn guards play fanfare for Princess Celestia as she comes on stage and raises the sun for the Summer Sun Celebration. The guards remain expressionless throughout the ceremony.

Pegasus guards
During the first episode, a pair of the more commonly seen white-coat pegasus guards chauffeur Twilight Sparkle and Spike from Canterlot to Ponyville in a flying chariot. Their following appearance is in the second episode, when the mayor commands them to stop Night Mare Moon, she strikes them with lightning bolts which swat them away. The guards later draw the royal chariot into town at the end of the episode. They briefly appear in Swarm of the Century, driving Celestia's flying chariot, and in Sonic Rainboom, accompanying Celestia in her spectator box at Cloudsdale's stadium.

They make their only speaking appearance in A Bird in the Hoof, where they guard the Princess and search for her pet bird, Philomena. Two guards stand on duty at the entrance to Sugarcube Corner where Celestia is staying. They are pestered by Rainbow Dash who tries to elicit a response from them, but they remain stoic and silent. Soon afterwards, they hinder Fluttershy's entrance until Twilight confirms she's allowed inside. Later, a guard notifies Celestia that the mayor seeks an audience with her. Even later, two guards are sent to inform Twilight that the Princess's bird is missing, and they continue looking for the bird throughout the episode. The episode ends with the bird tickling the guards and making them laugh at Dash's request.

The pegusus guards have so far only appeared out of Canterlot.

In Luna Eclipsed, the royal pegasus guards in service to Princess Luna wear different armor and have a different color scheme than Celestia's guards; being black coated, having blue armor, tufts of fur on their ears, bat wings, and vertical pupils which was a trait that Luna shared while she was Nightmare Moon. Although it is possible that these alterations were only made for the festive occasion of Nightmare Night.

Gallery



 * Royal guards image gallery

Trivia

 * The pegasus royal guards have a color scheme similar to Pegasus from Disney's Hercules.
 * The royal guards' cutie marks are hidden by their uniforms.

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