Parental substitutes

Usage examples of guardians.

The desert man was cajoling the guardians, obviously trying to explain that his caravan carried nothing dangerous.

The guardians at the gate pointed at Lukien, asking questions that made Grak stutter.

Added to that was the odd spell woven by the priest guardians keeping Lady Pheresa alive.

It was paramount that the guardians never be distracted, never be required to perform the most mundane task, never even be spoken to directly.

Dain spurred Soleil in that direction, one of the guardians groaned loudly, clutched his head, and fell off his donkey.

Dain stared at him with astonishment, for to his knowledge none of the guardians were old.

The guardians were led by their attendant monks into the small enclosure, with Sulein following.

The guardians sustain her life with a weaving of faith, but Sulein believes not in Writ.

He wanted to wake her and tell her the good news of their arrival, but just then the guardians filed in silently to surround her, and Gavril retreated from them.

Aside from himself, Kress, Noncire, and the guardians, everyone else present was a stranger.

More guardians had collapsed, until now she had only six to hold the spell together.

The dour-faced guardians returned soon after Maia fell into an exhausted, fitful slumber.

One without secret byways, patrolled by clone guardians tested over centuries, genetically primed for vigilance.

What did ancient Guardians, or the Great Former, mean to the average seaman, anyway?

Flanking that arch were two fully armored guardians, with their visors down and curving sabers raised in their gauntlets.