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. He marched rigidly
along the line of equally rigid derro dwarves who made up
the House Guard.
These troops and their costly barracks occupied the entire
second level, just one level below the pinnacle of the city,
where the thane and his adviser had their own plush resi-
dences. The superior location, away from the smoke and
stench of the forges a level below, was a symbol of the mili-
tary's prestige with its thane.
The dwarves of the guard stood at attention now, con-
ceited about their appearance, smug about their discipline,
and haughty over their position in the most prestigious, and
only pure Theiwar regiment.
They wore glossy black breastplates of the hardest, most
refined steel. Their unnaturally white hair was covered with
black helmets of the same metal, with tall, feathered plumes
sprouting from the top of each, the color designating a sol-
dier's company, of which there were three. Each dwarf was
armed with at least two weapons.
The first rank, denoted by the red plumes on their hel-
mets, were the Bloody Blades, axemen chosen especially for
their large size and ferocious demeanor
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