Editing Ethereal Guard

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The Ethereal Guard, also known as Tau Honour Guards are Tau warriors who serve as the bodyguards and protectors of Ethereals, the undisputed leaders of the [[Tau Empire]]. These warriors are dressed in ritual garb but wear [[Recon Armour]] and wield [[Power Weapon#Honour Blade|Honour Blades.]] Ethereal Guards are handpicked from the [[Ultramarines|best of the best]] [[Fire Warrior|Fire Warriors]] and are given this honor of bodyguarding the space popes 24/7. However, unlike most race's bodyguards, [[Derp|being an Ethereal Guard seems to be more of a disadvantage than a advantage.]] Instead of being in control of some badass mechs or armed with some super experimental and overpowered infantry weapons, Ethereal Guards get [[Power Weapons#Honour Blade|an overglorified power axe]] [[Fail|and 'armor' (Armor being used loosely here) that seem more useless than a]] [[Infantry Squad|Imperial Guardsmen's]] [[Flak Armor]] [[Wat|and showing as much exposed skin as a]] [[Dark Eldar]] [[Wyches|Wych's]] [[Wychsuit|BDSM kink uniform.]] [[FAIL|And seeing how shitty Tau are in close combat,]] [[Toyhammer|those power axes might as well be a plastic toy lightsabres]] ([[Herp|Heck, they even look like a children's toy]]).

Suffice to say, they seem mostly style over substance. Whilst the [[Honour Guard|Honour Guards]] of the [[Adeptus Astartes]] (Both Loyal and Heretical), [[Celestians]] of the [[Sisters of Battle|Adeptus Ministorum]], [[Hearthguard|Hearthguards]] of the [[Squats]] and [[Aspect Warriors]] of the [[Eldar]] [[Powergamer|are suped-up in specialized wargear and equipment;]] in addition with the [[Militarum Veteran Squad]], [[Stormtrooper|Stormtroopers]] and [[Sslyth|Sslyths]] being ferocious or skilled soldiers armed with equipment that provides a tactical and flexibility advantage for [[Imperial Guard|the Guard]], [[Inquisition]] and [[Dark Eldar]]; as well as [[Nob|Nobz]], [[Lychguard|Lychguards]] and [[Tyrant Guard|Tyrant Guards]] being built as giant walking bullet sponges for the [[Orks]], [[Necrons]] and [[Tyranids]]; only the Tau are stuck with bodyguards that are less effective than a Water Caste member in a diplomatic dispute with an Ork ambassador. No wonder no one remembers them, let alone pick them up in tabletop.

[[Tl;dr]], they are in no way in the same league of the [[Adeptus Custodes]].

== Tabletop ==

In 5th Edition, Ethereal Guards are bodyguards to Space Pope supreme himself, [[Aun'Va]]. Likewise, they were useless bodyguards for a useless HQ. Seriously, what can they do against an assaulting Terminator squad or Genestealer horde? ''Nothing''. Might as well bodyguard the space pope with a couple of Kroots who seem much more effective than these useless nincompoops.

In 6th edition, the bodyguards are still likewise meh but they're better than they used to be. 5+ saves combined with the Paradox's harder-you-hit-it-harder-it-is invulnerable save gives the whole unit a variable amount of protection. I mean, they ain't [[Adeptus Custodes]] material and are basically overglorified meatshields, so you use what you get.

Due to how pointless they are in comparison to Blueberries in [[Battlesuit|Battlesuits]], their rules haven't been seen since 6th Edition. Likewise, [[Derp|one must wonder what the Tau were thinking when a couple of near-shirtless fishfaces]] [[FAIL|that has a reputation for being as terribad as a]] [[Grot]], would even count as acceptable bodyguards in contrast to fishfaces in a protective and well armed mini-mecha.

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