Blackguard
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Blackguard (pronounced blaggard) is a rather old-fashioned term for a scoundrel.
Blackguard or Black Guard(s) may also refer to:
Government
- Hired thugs who kidnap petitioners in the People's Republic of China and return them home or hold them in black jails on behalf of local and regional governments and cadre.[1]
Historical
- Black Guard, a corps of African soldiers in Morocco
- Black Guards, armed anarchist groups formed after the Russian Revolution
- Black Guard (1488–1500), mercenary army in Germany
- Black Band (landsknechts), also called Black Guards, mercenary army in Germany created 1514
Fiction
- The Blackguard (novel) (1923), by Raymond Paton
- The Blackguard, 1925 film based on the novel
- The Blackguard, the elite guard of Chromeria in the Lightbringer series by Brent Weeks
Music
- Blackguard (band), a Montreal-based melodic death metal band
Games
- Blackguard, a prestige class in the Dungeons & Dragons role-playing game
- Blackguard of Naggarond, elite soldiers of the Dark Elves and bodyguards of the Witch King in Warhammer Fantasy
- The Dark Eye: Blackguards, 2014 videogame from Daedalic Entertainment
See also
Notes
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