It was only fitting for the most ancient of all living slann mage-priests to be guarded by the eldest spawnings of temple guard. Dark scaled with light blue crests, the richly bedecked Honour Guard of Hexoatl were always the most stalwart of their tenacious kind. To them was entrusted the task of safeguarding Lord Mazdamundi – a sacred duty made more difficult by the mage-priests's insistence upon riding his stegadon into battle.[1a]