Blackguard

Blackguard (pronounced blaggard) is a rather old-fashioned term for a scoundrel.

Blackguard or Black Guard(s) may also refer to:

Government

  • Hired thugs who kidnap petitioners in the People's Republic of China and return them home or hold them in black jails on behalf of local and regional governments and cadre.
  • Historical

  • Black Guard, a corps of African soldiers in Morocco
  • Black Guards, armed anarchist groups formed after the Russian Revolution
  • Black Guard (1488–1500), mercenary army in Germany
  • Black Band (landsknechts), also called Black Guards, mercenary army in Germany created 1514
  • Fiction

  • The Blackguard (novel) (1923), by Raymond Paton
  • The Blackguard, 1925 film based on the novel
  • The Blackguard, the elite guard of Chromeria in the Lightbringer series by Brent Weeks
  • Music

  • Blackguard (band), a Montreal-based melodic death metal band
  • Games

  • Blackguard, a prestige class in the Dungeons & Dragons role-playing game
  • Blackguard of Naggarond, elite soldiers of the Dark Elves and bodyguards of the Witch King in Warhammer Fantasy
  • Blackguard (band)

    Blackguard is a melodic death metal band from Montréal, Québec, previously known as Profugus Mortis.

    History

    Formation (2001–2008)

    Blackguard was formed in 2001 by guitarist Terry Roadcase and drummer Justine "Juice" Éthier as a straight-ahead black metal outfit. The Montreal-based sextet was originally named Profugus Mortis (Latin for "Death of a Refugee"). Blackguard was officially born with the addition of vocalist Paul Ablaze in October 2004, followed a month later by bassist Étienne Mailloux. Staying true to their black metal roots, the new Profugus Mortis turned their sights on a brutal new interpretation of Scandinavian folk metal.

    Blackguard issued a four-song self-produced demo in March 2005, passing them out for free at metal shows in Montreal. In July that same year, Profugus Mortis played the Xtreme Distortion Fest in Montreal with Kataklysm and Unexpect, winning the coveted slot as "Best Unsigned Band" at the event. This translated into a support slot with Sodom and Finntroll, which earned Profugus Mortis the opportunity to open for Yngwie Malmsteen at the request of Québec's Capital du Metal.

    List of prestige classes

    This is a list of prestige classes in the 3rd edition of the Dungeons and Dragons role-playing game. Prestige classes were introduced in third edition as a further means of individualizing a character. This list includes content for both the original 3rd edition and the 3.5 revision.

    Nearly every official supplement source book and most issues of Dragon magazine introduced new prestige classes. This list does not include prestige classes from third-party material offered under the d20 System or the Open Game License. It also does not include prestige classes in video games based on Dungeons & Dragons, such as the Neverwinter Nights series.

    Some prestige classes, such as the Bladesinger, Ur-Priest, and the Purple Dragon Knight, are printed in multiple sources. Sometimes there are slight revisions between these reprints, while others are exact duplications. As a result, there are fewer total prestige classes than the sum of those appearing in each source.

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    The Fear Of All Flesh

    by: Blackguard

    This is the fear of all flesh
    Decay of the body and souls
    This is the fear of all flesh
    Rotting in the depths of the unknown.
    The paralyzing horrors of the world
    That comes to weed us out one by one
    There is no stopping its coming
    Sufferings the only way.
    It is an affliction
    It is the loss of all control
    What use is decision?
    Just wait until the future unfolds.
    Take hold your heart, and steady your soul, stay true to what you know
    For what we think is to come, is never written in stone
    The day may come, when at last you will see, and find the answers that you seek
    That the fear of all flesh might be what drives us to be.
    The thought of the loss, or the sting of the pain
    The cold of the sweat, the caress of the rain
    Cries of the past that still echo in me
    Blind to the path, that I just cannot see.
    We all lack the vision
    To look beyond what we can see
    Both clouded and twisted




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