nu-Eden: Sundered Skies
//The Old Guard
The Old Guard
The ones who fought before the children had to.
▸Overview
The Old Guard are the veteran operatives of nu-Eden — the generation that fought the first wars, built the resistance infrastructure, and now watch their children inherit the conflict they couldn't resolve. Some serve within nERF's command structure. Others operate independently, aligned with C.I.D.E or acting as free agents. All of them carry scars the younger generation can only guess at.
They are parents, mentors, and living history — the bridge between nu-Eden's founding trauma and its present crisis.
▸Roster
nERF Veterans
Younger generations often refer to them as "The Old Guard" — a term that started as a nickname and stuck because it captures the duality of their role. They are both revered and resented, respected for their experience but also seen as relics of a past that failed to prevent the current war. Only Aoi Matsuno and Damon McGuire-Sun are still active in nERF field operations. The rest have either retired, gone independent, or taken on advisory roles.
| Name | Codename | Type | Class | Relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cordelia Balan | Celaeno | Ghost / Sound | Controller | Xenia's mother |
| Omar bin Abdul Hakim | Fraktur | Rock / Fighting | Bulwark | Fabian's & Fairuz's father |
| Rayner Garritsen | Vinculum | Cosmic / Dark | Recon | Quentin's father |
| Damon McGuire-Sun | Yonder | Steel / Fighting | Fighter | Conrad's father |
| Emiko Saito | Eko | Electric / Wind | Lancer | Yumiko's mother |
| Lincoln Lau | Erimos | Ground / Fighting | Bulwark | Lydia's father |
| Imran Habchi | Sutekh | Rock / Cyber | Sentinel | Zaidan's father |
| Aoi Matsuno | Aegis | Fairy / Cyber | Triage | Alex's & Brooke's mother |
Trivia: All nERF veterans' initials spell 'CORDELIA.'
Independent Veterans
| Name | Codename | Type | Class | Relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pierre Fourier | Hyperion | Dark / Ghost | Controller | Tristan's father |
| Gianluca Moretti-Velasco | Ragnar | Sound / Steel | Vandal | Renata's father |
| Valentin Asimov | Caliban | Dark / Cyber | Sentinel | Ezra's & Ilya's father |
| Ximena Aviles | Nyx | Cyber / Sound | Triage | Debra's mother |
| Takumi Satoru | Imago | Light / Arcane | Sentinel | Hitomi's father |
| Uzuki Kazetani | Vesper | Wind / Fairy | Triage | Genzo's mother |
| Mitsuki Moriuchi | Shinobi | Virtual / Psychic | Controller | Kizuna's & Karina's mother |
| Zachary Park | Aether | Light / Dark | Controller | Lyndsey's father |
| Hailey Moore | Parnassia | Poison / Plant | Triage | Scott's mother |
▸Legacy
The Old Guard's defining tragedy is that they fought to build a world where their children wouldn't have to fight — and failed. Every member of nERF's younger generation inherited a war their parents couldn't finish. Some veterans respond with overprotection. Others with distance. A few with silence.
Their presence in nu-Eden's ongoing conflict is both a source of institutional knowledge and a reminder that the cycle hasn't broken yet.