Iron Guard

=Jihan Nyhn= Jihan Nyhn is a powerful arms smuggler not much is known about, as he mostly functions as a background story for the Iron Guard team in UT. He was known to be a supporter of guerillas fighting NEG oppression on other planets. Because of his line of work, he hired a team of personal bodyguard. This didn't prevent an unknown assassin to kill Nyhn somewhere before 2293, the year of UT.

After Nyhn's assassination, his team of bodyguards was left without a job. To vent their aggression they joined the Liandri Grand Tournament as the "Iron Guard". Lauren, said to be Jihan Nyhn's lover at the time, suspected the Liandri Mining Corporation to be behind his death. She joins the Iron Guard to fight in the Liandri sponsored Tournament, hoping to come close enough to uncover the truth.

By 2302, the year of UT2003, it becomes known Lauren was in fact involved with Brock since high school, suggesting the rumor of her relationship with Nyhn was incorrect. By this time Nyhn seems all but forgotten, and exactly how he was assassinated, and by whom, remains unclear.

Nyhn also owned the Mojo][ arena as the personal training ground for his bodyguards.

=Unreal Tournament=

Roster

 * Brock
 * Lauren
 * Rylisa
 * Johnson
 * Harlin
 * Shyann
 * Rankin
 * Sara

Character biographies
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Brock

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Lauren
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Rylisa
(There is also a Juggernaut named Rylisa. Coincidence?)


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Johnson
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Harlin

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Shyann
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Rankin

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Sara

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Other Characters
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Nikki
In the second match, Nikki's favorite weapon is the Sniper Rifle.


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Xoleras
Xoleras's favorite weapon is the Pulse Gun.


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=Unreal Tournament 2003/2004/UC=

The only original members in the 2303 incarnation of the team are Brock and Lauren. The rest of the team consists of mercenaries from the 2302 tournament, not connected to Jihan Nyhn.

Roster

 * Brock
 * Lauren
 * Prism
 * BlackJack
 * Sapphire
 * Satin
 * Wraith
 * Torch
 * Romulus
 * Remus

Character biographies
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Brock

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Lauren

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Sapphire
See also Sapphire.
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Prism

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BlackJack

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Satin

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Wraith

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Torch

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Romulus

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Remus

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Other characters
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Barktooth

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Karag

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=Unreal Tournament 3=

In the Unreal Tournament 3 campaign, Iron Guard defend the areas belonging to the Axon Research Corporation on Taryd. As no affiliations have been previously known with the Axon corporation, the team, being formed mainly of mercenaries, was probably paid to help Axon.

Roster

 * Lauren
 * Barktooth
 * Harlin
 * Slain
 * Cain
 * Johnson
 * Karag
 * Wraith
 * Drake
 * Kregore
 * Talan
 * Ariel
 * Avalon
 * Blackjack
 * Desiree

Character biographies
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Lauren

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Barktooth
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Harlin

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Slain

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Cain

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Johnson

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Karag

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Wraith

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Drake

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Kregore

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Talan

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Ariel
Ariel is a bonus character accessible through the unlock code jihan.


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Avalon
Not to be confused with the Unreal II level called Avalon.


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Blackjack

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Desiree

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Trivia

 * jihan is the code that unlocks Ariel in Unreal Tournament 3.
 * In the Playstation 2 version of Unreal Tournament it's stated that Jihan Nyhn had bought several places to be used for the Guards training, such as the one of DM-Mojo][.
 * In Unreal Tournament 2004, albeit totally reformed, the team is the only returning team from the first Tournament game aside of Thunder Crash and Iron Skull. They also return in Unreal Tournament 3 alongside the Necris Black Legion.
 * In UT2004 Single Player mode, Wraith also belongs to the alternate Mercenary team, Super Nova. He is the only character in the game belonging to two different teams. If you hire him as part of your team, he will take on an alternate name if you happen to face the Iron Guard or Super Nova teams.
 * Romulus and Remus may be named after the traditional founders of Rome.

=References=
 * Mercenaries on UC site