Talk:Royal guards/@comment-24.165.133.93-20120704041726/@comment-6808267-20120711142846

Well, considering the armor style worn by the guards, the fact that they are armed with primitive weapons such as spears, and the fact that Equestria is heavily inspired by Tolkien's Middle Earth, I'd say the 1600s--a time when chivalry was still alive--is a reasonable time frame if you want to put it in terms of low fantasy. Of course, MLP is high fantasy, like Tolkien. So putting a time frame on it is difficult. But I'd say that it is definitely mostly based in medieval / renaissance themes.