SC2020 - The Azure Guard

The Azure Guard is a militant vegetarian organization. They hold that it is deeply illogical and inhumane to take life to sustain once own. They hold that all life is sacred, but that those who willingly take life without a need to do so forfeit the right to a life of their own. They have a special place in their heart for the octopus like creatures. They claim that these creatures have vast capacity for emotions and that killing them for their meat and hormones is cruelty. The very fact that hormones can be extracted from them is proof enough for the Azure Guard, that the have a complex emotional life, that make them worthy of protection. Some Azure Guards even go so far as to claim the octopus like creatures are more intelligent than humans. The Azure Guard operate underground as they are proclaimed a terrorist organization across most of The Bright Side. The Azure Guard also hold a great love for any natural flora and fauna, whereas they have a mixed relationship to species that originate from earth, as they both see them as invasive and problematic, but it goes against their code of “all life is sacred” to do anything about the invasive species. Some Azure Guards claim that the damage the invasive species do to Gardua means that the invasive species are breaking the sacred rule of taking life without need. However, most still hold that it requires a sentient being to do so willingly, in the sense of doing it as a conscious choice. The coupling of The Azure Guards extreme measure with their dietary restrictions have made it a costume in some areas of the Bright Side to offer new comers, and guest a small bite of meat to eat as a welcome. This eating of meat is a way of extending hospitality while at the same time checking if the guests are members of the Azure Guard. Due to the Dark Side’s traditional vegetarian diet, this has caused severe clashes when people of the two sides first met.