Seventh Guard

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The Seventh Guard was an Elite Praetorian Guard who served as the personal guard of Supreme Leader Snoke, leader of the First Order. The guard wielded vibro-arbir blades.^[4] The Seventh Guard met their demise on board the Supremacy when Kylo Ren, Snoke's apprentice, betrayed him with the help of Rey, another Force-sensitive individual. Together they defeated and killed all of the Elite Praetorian Guards in the throne room.^[2]

Biography[]

The Seventh Guard was a member of the Elite Praetorian Guard—crimson warriors who served as the personal bodyguards of Supreme Leader Snoke of the First Order.^[4] They were one of the two guards equipped with vibro-arbir blades. The Seventh Guard was stationed in Snoke's throne room with along with the other Praetorian Guards at the time of Kylo Ren's audience with the Supreme Leader^[2] in 34 ABY.^[1] Angered by Snoke's disapproving appraisal of his defeat on Starkiller Base,^[5] the Master of the Knights of Ren took a step in his master's direction, causing the Seventh Guard to snap into a combat stance against the dark apprentice as his fellows.^[6]

VibroArbirBlades-CM — The Seventh Guard faces Rey

The Seventh Guard was still present in the throne room when Ren returned with the Jedi learner Rey as his prisoner. However, instead of executing the former scavenger as Snoke ordered, Ren chose to assassinate his master—resulting in a confrontation between the two Force-sensitives and the Praetorian Guards. Like the other Praetorians, the Seventh Guard attempted to avenge the slain Supreme Leader,^[6] engaging the traitorous apprentice and Rey. One of the vibro-arbir-wielding guards was quickly killed during the opening clash. After the death of another guard at the hands of Rey, the other vibro-arbir blade-wielding guard engaged the Padawan immediately after she sent the a guard's whip flying towards the room's curtain behind them, setting it on fire.^[2]

Separating their weapon in two, the guard proved to be a fitting opponent to Rey, even injuring her with one of their blades in her right arm. Overpowering the Jedi, the guard kicked her in the stomach, causing her to fall to the floor. They then subdued her at the edge of the suspended platform, grabbing her from the armlock, but Rey outsmarted them by letting go her lightsaber and then grabbing it, cutting the guard's right leg and then striking it on their neck, causing them to fall off the platform to an assured demise. The last Praetorian was killed soon after.^[2]