Ulach Guard

The Ulach Guard was a paramilitary organisation loyal to Ulach dictator and Free State Governor Tormod Mac Ruaraidh. The Ulach Guard was formed in 1942 following the end of the intial phase of violence during the Ulach Civil war after Tormod's retirment from his office of Governor General. The Ulach Guard intially started as one thousand men however at the height of its power during Tormod's second term as Governor-General its membershiped numbered around thirty eight thousand. The Ulach Guard would be disbanded following Tormod's assasination in 1948. The Ulach Guard would be spiritually successeded by the Royal Ulach Household Regiment created following the Ulach Free State's transition into becoming an independent monarchy.

Composition
Tormod Mac Ruaraidh chose the officers of the Guard from Ulach Freedom Army volunteers he had served with many of whom were members of Gold Team which was the unofficial special infantry force of the Ulach Freedom Army. The soldiers themselves were in turn picked by the Officers from men whom served under them. Pre-war familial and clan ties also played a role in picking members of the Guard with roughly fourty percent of them being related someway. The increase of the size of the Guard meant that this common blood relation between members was evantually diluted however it remained strong with Tormod's inner circle within the Guard

Units
The Ulach Guard was intially made up of four battalions each with 250 members. The First Battalion nicknamed "Tormod" was Tormod's personal escort battalion made up of highly trained mechanised shock troops. The Tromod battalion was equipped and armed with weapons and Armoured fighting vehicles provived by the Mirkuleon Empire. Tormod himself was in fact second and third cousin to almost every office within the Battalion including its head Lieutenant Colonel Ustaidh Mac Raonall. The second and third divisions were mountain battalions made up by soldiers with exprience fighting in difficult terrain. These two battalions were nicknamed. "Alasdair" and "Ruaraidh." The final battalion was the "Dubh" which had the role of sappers/engineers this battalion would often be responsible for saving Tormod's life from bomb threats as well as assasinating his enemies through the usage of IEDS and car bombs.