When Kylo responded aggressively to the taunting, the guards quickly assumed combat-ready stances but stood down at Snoke's gesture. The guards were holding court as usual in Snoke's throne room when the Supreme Leader summoned his apprentice Kylo Ren, whom he proceeded to berate for his losses on Starkiller Base. The Praetorians attempted to kill Rey and Kylo Ren after the latter assassinated Supreme Leader Snoke. Snoke had to rely on them for dealing with physical threats from a lethal distance, as while he still retained his potent Force abilities, he was well past his prime regarding his physical prowess and thus could not deal with any direct threats to him. Three of the guards were known as the First, Third and Seventh Guards, respectively. They also were derived to some extent from the Atrisian Emperor's royal guards, in particular how each of them operated in pairs. They flanked the Supreme Leader in his throne room, and held in Snoke's Mega-class Star Dreadnought, the Supremacy. Like the Emperor's Royal Guard, personal bodyguards of Galactic Emperor Sheev Palpatine, the Elite Praetorian Guard was an elite force of eight human warriors who protected the First Order's leader, Supreme Leader Snoke. The Elite Praetorian Guard served as protectors of Supreme Leader Snoke during his reign over the First Order. In the aftermath of Ren's battle with the Praetorians, the dark side warrior claimed the mantle of Supreme Leader for himself. Despite their efforts, the entire Praetorian Guard-including the First Guard, Third Guard and Seventh Guard-was destroyed by both Ren and Rey, a former scavenger-turned-aspiring Jedi. In response, the Praetorians attacked Ren in an attempt to avenge the fallen Supreme Leader. It was in Snoke's throne room where the guards witnessed their master's death at the hand of his apprentice, the First Order warlord Kylo Ren. The Praetorian Guard was stationed aboard the Supreme Leader's flagship, the Supremacy, during the conflict between the First Order and the Resistance. As combatants they specialized in several forms of martial arts, such as Teräs Käsi, and carried various high-tech melee weapons.

Clad in red armor and robes, the Praetorian Guard's appearance deliberately echoed that of the Emperor's royal guardsmen. As such, they were trained to protect the Supreme Leader by meeting any threat with a ferocious response. The Elite Praetorian Guard were eight highly trained human warriors that served as elite personal bodyguards of Supreme Leader Snoke-ruler of the military junta and hermetic state known as the First Order, like the Imperial Royal Guards who protected Emperor Palpatine during the reign of the Galactic Empire.

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