Imperial Guard - Fiction

Fiction

The term has been used in fiction:

  • Imperial Guard, a group of alien warriors in the Marvel Comics universe that are charged with the duty of serving the Shi'ar Empire.
  • Emperor's Royal Guard, Emperor Palpatine's personal protectors in the Star Wars universe.
  • The Imperial Guard (Warhammer 40,000), the army of the Imperium in the Warhammer 40,000 tabletop miniature wargame.
  • The Crimson Brigade, the Empire of Izmir's elite fighting unit in the 2000 film titled: "Dungeons & Dragons".
  • The Sardaukar of the Padishah Emperor and the Fremen Fedaykin of Paul Muad'dib both serve as imperial guards in Frank Herbert's Dune (novel).

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Famous quotes containing the word fiction:

    “Coincidence is a pimp and a cardsharper in ordinary fiction but a marvelous artist in the patterns of facts recollected by a non-ordinary memorist.”
    —Vladimir Nabokov (1899–1977)

    “The society would permit no books of fiction in its collection because the town fathers believed that fiction ‘worketh abomination and maketh a lie.’”
    —For the State of Rhode Island, U.S. public relief program (1935-1943)

    “The good ended happily, and the bad unhappily. That is what Fiction means.”
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