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== The League of Humanitarian Swords ==

The League of Humanitarian Swords was funded only a hundred years ago by score of Heroes with idealistic ideas. These heroes, although from different worlds, were also very much alike in identity. They had all saved their homeworld from a great evil and were now hailed as the hero of their world, but had chosen to leave that behind in order to pursue even more heroics past the nhihn gates. Realizing their mutual interest and the need for a greater organization, these heroes banded together to form the League. The purpose of the League would be simple: To protect and serve the good people of the Mirrorskies by fighting evil and conflict. 

To preserve its identity the League only accepts the finest and most honourable of warriors to its folds. Furthermore, to be honoured with the title "knight", one must be a proven Hero, since Heroes are the only ones deemed pure and righteous enough to command the League swords at the face of evil. What then, is a hero? A hero is simply put "one destined for heroics". Heroes are born with that special something that sets them apart from the common man, a special drive of willpower and moral fibre that will urge them into action against what they perceive as "unjust" or "evil". Doing good comes as natural as breathing to a hero. Being a goody-two-shoes isn't all there is to being a hero though. A hero must also have been chosen by destiny to be the hero. Only during times of great need will the hero appear in order to battle with evil. If there's no evil, there will be no destined hero to answer to it, simple as that. While battling evil the chosen hero will be blessed with great fortune and guidance by destiny.

Anyway, the League of Humanitarian Swords consists of veteran heroes. Since heroes are fairly rare though (and even fewer decides to leave their homeworld after the final battle), with time the League has also filled out its ranks with normal soldiers. These perform the everyday duties the units needs to function and acts as the rank-and-file. A normal soldier can also rise in rank and become sergeants and lieutenants and whatnot, but since the title of "knight" raises your actual ranking by two grades its very rare for a "normal" to outrank a hero (in cases of equal rank its still normal for the "ordinary" officer to give the hero the command. You don't argue with heroes, right?). The ranks in League are simple. Recruit, private, corporal, sergeant, lieutenant, captain and commander. If you are a hero you simple add "knight" in front, for instance Knight Lieutenant Emma von Raufbold (although the "knight" part is usually omitted in daily speak).

Although the knights of the League are no longer guided by destiny to battle the evil of their homeworld they are still quite fearsome fighters. Besides being veteran warriors most of them possess powers associated with light, good, justice and purity. These are vaguely related to the powers usually possessed by the archetypical magical girl. Unlike the Magical Girls though, the knights aren't naive teenagers. They are battleborn war veterans and general hardasses.

'''''Knights''''':

'''Knight Commander''': Highest ranking Knight and the leader of the League. TIME hasn't met him yet.

'''Knight Captain Aron Belton''': One of the highest ranking Knights in the League. Acts as commanded of the Gig's Capital detachment. An elf that still got his boyish looks about him and also possess a great sense of self-worth. Took and instinctive dislike to Elias (Elias answered back with the same).

'''Knight Lieutenant Emma von Raufbold''': Belton's second in command. Her pretty blue eyes and cute face hides great experience and intellect. Very young for her rank by normal standards, which is a proof of her competence not only as a hero, but also as a leader. As a person she can be pretty humble once you remove her officer persona.

'''Knight Sergeant Cynic du Mound''': One of the knights at Gig's Capital.

'''''Rank-and-File'''''

'''Captain Biggles''': - Highest ranking ordinary officer. An expert at logistics.

'''Timkin Rumbleguts and Regicide Ow-my-spleen''' - The Those Two Guys of the Shinies. Think Fred Colon (Timkin) and Nobby Nobs (Regicide) only versions who could actually get in to a group of holy heroic do-gooders.

'''Cameron and the Dragon''': - On their quest to become heroes, these two stumbled onto the League and decided to join. Cameron got the rank of private. The dragon is a corporal.