Talk:Royal guards/@comment-99.182.205.108-20121021030016/@comment-173.66.98.134-20121122005332

Well, think about it. Out Ponyville friends live next to the Everfree forest, an ominous forest filled with mythological monsters, as well as being on the doorstep of Tartarus, which is basically the deepest pit of hell... Not to mention we've seen attacks from changelings, the god of chaos, evil Gak unicorns, et cetera in Equestria across a relatively short period of time.

My guess is that the guards have their hooves full with some little event off-screen.