In the wake of the destruction of the city of the damned there were few survivors of the city itself. Of these survivors some were guardsmen who decided to stay for many varied reasons. Some saw it as their duty still to stay behind and try to protect the few citizens who remained behind for reasons of their own. Others saw an opportunity to plunder the ruins before others learned of the destruction and came to collect and there by increase their own wealth. Whatever their reasons for staying the guardsmen quickly organized into an effective and lethal band of men with an intimate knowledge of streets and places of importance in Mordheim, not to mention knowing who to go to acquire rare hard to find goods. They use this knowledge to gain an advantage over the other bands of scavengers scouring the city of the damned.