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The Shadow Guards, also known as the Black Raincoats due to their uniform, are an organization in Arknights, playing a story role in Episodes 06 to 08.
Background
A covert unit under the direct command of Lungmen's Chief Executive Wei Yenwu, the Shadow Guards are connected in some way with the Emperor's Blades of Ursus in which they likely hail from the now-defunct Gaul. Some of them are said to be former Imperial Guards of Yan.[1]
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Episode 06
Under the secret command of Wei Yenwu, the Shadow Guards appeared from the darkness and assisted the Lungmen Guard Department in the total assault onto the fleeing Reunion fighters. However, their presence as well as their merciless tactics horrified both Ch'en and the Rhodes Island Operators.[2] Ch'en questioned their intention, thinking that they were some sort of hostile units. But the Shadow Guards refused to state their mission, warning her to mind her own business.[3]
The Shadow Guards were also responsible for the total annihilation of the Yeti Squadron, leaving no survivor behind.[4]
Episode 07
Being furious by Wei's decision to dispatch the Shadow Guards during the total assault, Ch'en pointed her sword onto him. The incident alerted them and they broke into Wei's office without permission. The Shadow Guards wanted Wei to send them to the core city of Chernobog and kill Talulah. At the same time, they promised they would do whatever it takes to protect Wei, even if it means to kill Ch'en. Upon hearing their words, Wei ordered them to retreat and stay back while Ch'en reaffirmed her decision to leave Lungmen.[5]
Episode 08
At the end of the Chernobog-Lungmen crisis, an Emperor's Blade supervising the Ursus Third Army sought to continue escalating the conflict despite Chernobog's failure. The Blade was confronted by members of the Shadow Guard, who warned that further war would only deepen Ursus' suffering and repeat the mistakes that led to the fall of past empires such as Gaul. During their exchange, the Shadow Guard questioned whether the Blade had become trapped in the same destructive ideology associated with Kashchey and criticized the nobles' attempts to solve political instability through war. The Blade rejected their arguments, insisting upon loyalty to Ursus, before both sides departed[1]