The Emphirean Rangers (also called The Rangers, The Sentinel's Vigilance, or The Emphireans) are a group of knights and warriors who patrol the realm of Ethrand keeping the peace, rooting out bandits, protecting travelers, escorting merchants, or even clearing out monster dens. Their goal is to stay out of the small and individual affairs of the provinces or the cities, but instead to serve the entire realm. They are often misused as city guards, law enforcement, or as grunts in an army. A few distinguishing characteristics of Rangers are their adventure-like clothing, the fact that they are almost always mounted, and their large longswords.