

These units have, over the history of the empire, come into direct conflict with the Sheredyn. Barons, dukes, and corporations made numerous attempts to create copycat elite units with varying degrees of success.

With their members recruited from all services of the Imperial military, the Sheredyn evolved from personal security work into air and sea operations as well. Founded at the request of Nykolay III "Steel Eyes" Hyvel a few decades after the creation of the Empire, the Sheredyn were originally an elite group of guards charged with the personal security of the emperor and his family. The Sheredyn were the first and are arguably the most famous military order within the United Empire, tied to it in the same way the Praetorians were tied to the emperors of Rome.
