Editing Demon: The Descent (section)

===Guardians===
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The Shields are sent by the God-Machine to protect a charge- a specific human, a piece of Infrastructure, or something much more bizarre. Doing this duty faithfully, some of them start to obsess over their target to the point that their charge becomes more important to them than the God-Machine. Others realized that the God-Machine was the charge's biggest threat (which is technically true, inasmuch as It normally protects individuals whose later death or sacrifice is needed to create Infrastructure) and Fell when they chose to protect their charge over completing their mission. Some Fell after they failed a mission when the sheer shock of losing their charge kept them from accepting reassignment. Some even Fell because their assigned ward was such a prick they ended up snapping and killing him themselves. 

In any case, Guardians tend to be reserved, but once befriended they are the closest friend you can wish, albeit somewhat patronizing due to their continued urge to protect. They can be rather twitchy when it comes to protecting those around them though, often growing paranoid over potential or non-existent threats. 

The demonic forms of Guardians can vary greatly, though most have some kind of enhanced senses or boosted mobility; depending on what they were assigned to protect, they can specialize in either direct defense or the proactive removal of threats. They specialize in Instrumental Embeds.