Spriggan Twelve (Damon)

The Spriggan Twelve (スプリガン１２Supurigan Tuerubu), complete squad name being Twelve Shields of Spriggan (スプリガンの十二シールズ Supurigan no Jūni Shīruzu), is the highest ranked unit within the Alvarez Empire, serving as their elite directly under Emperor Spriggan's personal guard. Each member is adhered by the name of Shield, as they are known as the Emperor's enforcers and the most powerful bodyguards of the Empire.

Overview
According to many Alvarez's soldiers, the group is made of individuals, skilled and powerful on their own right, who have achieved the privilege of guarding their Emperor. They are shown to have a lot of freedom due to their rank, which goes from hanging around any place in Alakitacia and having authority over almost anyone in the Empire. They're capable of entering forbidden locations and use their title for various other purposes. Each one of them seem to have their own squad or division, also possessing an important role as a whole. This freedom is said to be abused in many occasions, seeing how some of the members just refuse to participate into any reunion while also acting on their own.

Despite this, most if not all of them will willingly oblige to the Emperor's orders, a notable case being Brandish who has near zero will to enter any kind of conflict. Even with the Emperor gone and the Prince ascending to the throne, the Twelve are said to remain loyal and support both until the end.

Moreover, the Twelve don't mind whoever gets the privilege of becoming their General, although most regard such person with respect.

Strength
The previous generation of Shields were said to be as strong as Ishgar's previous strongest saint, God Serena, while the current generation is speculated to be somewhat on a similar level.

Members
Only six members of the previous Shield generation are present within the Twelve, the new six were particularly picked up by the Empire's Ministers.
 * Ajeel Ramal (アジィール・ラムル Ajīru Ramuru) —


 * Bloodman (ブラッドマン Buraddoman) —


 * Brandish μ (ブランディッシュ・ Burandisshu Myū) —


 * Dimaria Yesta (ディマリア・イエスタ Dimaria Iesuta) —


 * God Serena (ゴッド・セレナ Goddo Serena) —


 * Wahl Icht (ワール・イーヒト Wāru Īhito) —

Trivia

 * Spriggan means Ugly Fairy, these are considered to have been guardians of fairies and treasures, but also thieves.
 * They are described as the evil counterpart to Pixies, both being classes of Fairies.
 * Some people also believed that Spriggan were the ghosts of Giants.
 * It is possible the group is a Shout-Out towards the Twelve Titans from Greek Mythology and Jesus' Twelve Disciples in Christianity.