Imperial Guard

PHASE 1

Imperial Guard
File:Imperial guard.jpg Portrayed by None
Known Aliases:	Gladiator, Oracle, Smasher (deceased), Hussar (deceased), Fang (deceased)
Affiliations:	Shiar

Socked By:	Dex, Doqz
Introduction:	Red X Mission: Shake Hands With The Devil, Operation: Retribution

The Imperial Guard is a group of mutants who have been assembled as part of a counter mutant terrorism unit for the Indian military. Their unit is called the Khusrawi Agoriya, loosely translated into Imperial Guard.

File:Dacoit.jpg	Dacoit - also known as 'Gladiator'. The nephew of an INS Commander, Dacoit grew up in Madripoor. His father lost everything to gambling debts, and Kalidas fought for months in the fighting pits of the capital's illegal gambling circuit, before being rescued and returned to India. He joined the military as soon as he was of age, and is considered both an impeccable officer and patriot. Dacoit has superhuman strength, near invulnerability, and can fly at high speeds.
	Kalāmu-l-lāh - translates roughly to 'Oracle'. A blue-skinned and white haired mutant who possesses strong psionic powers, including telepathy, empathy, and telekinetically assisted flight.
File:Smasher.jpg	Dubāw - translates roughly to 'Smasher'. A quiet Southern Indian native who possesses superhuman strength and the ability to fly. Deceased - slain by Jubilation Lee and Wanda Maximoff.
File:Hussar.jpg	Chābuk-Mārnā - translates roughly to 'Hussar'. A red-skinned woman from Srinigar, Hussar possesses the ability to channel bio-eletrical energy, either via blasts from her hands, or through a weapon, like a horsewhip she regularly wields. Deceased - slain by Amanda Sefton and Marie-Ange Colbert
File:Fang.jpg	Dārkā - translates roughly to 'Fang'. A Dalit 'Untouchable' caste man from Southwest India, he had been a popular fighter in illegal fights before being recruited by the military. A traditional feral, Fang possesses elongated canines and claws, as well as a healing factor and superhuman agility. Deceased - slain by Sarah Morlocke and Remy LeBeau
	Dhūm-ketu - translates roughly to 'Starbolt'. Starbolt is a career IDF pilot. He is immune to all forms of heat energy, including radiation and plasma. He can fly and generate blasts of superheated plasma from his hands that are capable of heavy damage.
	Chandrikā - translates roughly to 'Manta'. Manta’s body is softly luminescent at all times, and she can emit a powerful burst of light either in a beam or in a wider burst that can range from temporarily blinding opponents to actually disorienting and even knocking them out from sensory overload. Manta can see the entire upper spectrum, from infrared to ultra-violet range. Manta cannot fly, but can glide great distances.
	Āftāb-dhamak - translates roughly to 'Pulsar'. Pulsar is a Sikh energy being, whose body needs a containment suit to help him maintain his form. A visor has been built into the suit to allow him to emit powerful beams of energy, not unlike Cyclops’ optic blasts.
	Tamisrā - translates roughly to 'Nightside'. Nightside is a half-Indian, half-English former actress that can manipulate darkness in numerous ways, cloaking herself in it to become nearly invisible, blacking out an area with complete darkness, or using it to create complex shadows to disorient or confuse opponents.
	Daitya - translates roughly to 'Titan'. Titan can increase his size, adding corresponding strength and endurance at the same time. His upper range is sixteen feet, and at this height, he can bend steel and easily lift twenty tons.
	Ifrīt - translates roughly to 'Hobgoblin'. Hobgoblin is a shapeshifter, who has a protean ‘battleform’ in which he can manipulate to fight enemies. The battleform is a twisted, red-skinned demon like shape, that can grow claws, gills, wings, tails, feral structure, and other elements to optimize his advantage against opponents. The basic nature of the form cannot be altered.
	Pathak - translates roughly to 'Mentor'. Impervious to all psionic attacks, master tactician and two second physical precognitive. Deceased - killed by Emma Frost in Lakshmibai Raj.
	Garra - translates roughly to 'Neutron'. He possesses superhuman strength and is able to lift twenty tons. He also possesses a high level of durability through his metallic skin.
	Khaincha - translates roughly to 'Electron'. Electron has the ability to project electromagnetic energy and move metallic objects.
	Sihr - translates roughly to 'Magique'. Magique can create extremely realistic visual illusions. She can generate and maintain multiple animate illusions at once with no apparent strain, and can also use her power to render herself invisible at the same time. The illusions cannot harm someone, but operate across multisensory input - i.e fire looks, smells, projects heat and appears to burn like fire, but does no actual damage.
	Zalzala - translates roughly to 'Quake'. He has rock-like skin and the ability to manipulate silicate matter.
	Sangram-sitara - translates roughly to 'Warstar'. Warstar is actually two mutants, a small one who can generate electricity and a large one who is immensely strong and durable. Both men wear special suits that allow the smaller man to travel on the other's back and transmit electricity through him. The smaller man was severely injured during Lakshmibai Raj by Kevin Ford and his status is unknown.
	Simtu-r-Ras - translates roughly to 'Zenith'. He can siphon the potential energy of living beings by drawing blood and convert it into blasts of concussive energy.
	Kal-dipta - translates roughly to 'Black Light'. He can project bolts of Darkforce energy from his eyes and hands. He is also capable of flight.
	Shrvet-Kharosh - translates roughly to 'White Noise'. She uses high-pitched frequencies produced by her vocal cords to shatter objects, disorient her opponents, and allow herself to fly.
	Musafir - translates roughly to 'Voyager'. He possesses teleportation abilities.
	Kulanch-Gol - translates roughly to 'Hardball'. He possesses a rubbery body that allows him to leap great distances and rebound off any object he strikes.
	Bhat - translates roughly to 'Commando'. He possesses enhanced strength, endurance, and intellect.

Details

The Imperial Guard was an idea originated by M. Cornelius Neramani before his death, to gather small units of highly trained mutants as the next major force in the Indian military. His son, D. Ken Neramani, started a secret and only semi-official test program along his father's concept. His people searched both the existing military ranks and civilian populations for mutants who fit the profile they needed.

Following the destruction of Sriniger and D. Ken's election to Prime Minister, he officially created the unit as a counter mutant terrorism force. Due to the death toll and the fact that the attack was the fault of a mutant, Neramani was able to overcome public resistance to a mutant force, assuring other nations that the force was only for counter terrorism, and not part of the conventional Indian force.

However, during the quasi-invasion and annexing of Sri Lanka, the force was used to round up Tamils in the north and crush any resistance violently. There has been little information about the genocide in Northern Sri Lanka, and no proof that a mutant force was employed at any point available publicly.

As a result, three members of the Imperial Guard were targeted and assassinated by X-Force as a message against using mutants in this way.

More recently, part of the Guard has been deployed as Lilandra Neranami's security team during her conference in Germany, and another team fought the X-men as part of India's anti-piracy efforts in the Indian Ocean.

The specific names and numbers of Imperial Guard are unknown to the public, and closely guarded as a military secret.