Talk:Royal guards/@comment-99.168.108.223-20130601052413/@comment-6029775-20130604034313

Well...weapons that are good on horseback aren't necessarily very useful when the one wielding them is the horse.

And I'm guessing they (just Twilight? I don't remember) charged at Night Mare Moon unarmed because they didn't have any weapons. They only intended to get the elements, not defeat her in any sort of physical confrontation. It would've been a lost cause anyways, what with NMM being like three times as big with armor and super powerful magic.