Talk:Royal guards/@comment-68.232.238.143-20120421185619/@comment-84074-20120425030958

The reason for why Pegasi and Unicorns are royal guards exclusively is because the Unicorns were part of the ancient Unicorn faction mention in Hearth's Warming Eve. Also, the Pegasi are guards because the ancient Pegasi were a Greek-like militaristic society. Thus, the Pegasi were probably considered ideal candidates for the Royal Canterlot Guard. Also, the Royal Guard has both a ground and air task force (Unicorns and Pegasi) but due to Earth ponies being limited to ground operations and the inability to use magic would just make them somewhat of a burden. Plus, the Earth ponies are mostly agricultural-based as stated in Hearth's Warming Eve. Also, I'm surprised that not too many people noticed that the majority of Canterlot's population consists of Unicorns and the only known Pegasi being members of the Royal Guard.