Bodyguards (Dynasty Warriors)

Bodyguards are optional warriors who can follow the player's character on the map. It was a feature that was first introduced to the series in Dynasty Warriors 3 and was later phased out by the Dynasty Warriors 6. In the first game, the player could have two bodyguards at once under a particular weapon class. The player could level up each group of bodyguards to eventually allow them to bring a total of eight guards onto the battlefield. By Dynasty Warriors 5, players were limited to a single guard.

Shu Guard

 * Xu Shu
 * Wu Yi
 * Zhang Yi
 * Chen Deng
 * Yi Ji
 * Liu Pi
 * Wu Ban
 * Huo Jun

Wei Guard

 * Zhang Yan
 * Cao Chun
 * Guo Huai
 * Xiahou Ba
 * Wang Shuang
 * Wen Qin
 * Zhuge Dan
 * Zang Ba

Wu Guard

 * Sun Yi
 * Zu Mao
 * Chen Wu
 * Ling Cao
 * Lu Kang
 * Li Yi
 * Sun Huan
 * Ma Zhong

Royal Guard

 * Ma Yun Yuan
 * Cai Wengi
 * Wu Guotai
 * Yue Ying
 * Bao Sanniang
 * Himiko
 * Yang Xiang
 * Yan Li

Customization
In Dynasty Warriors 3, bodyguards were a single, nameless group of soldiers who followed the player and were limited to five weapon types: Sword, Spear, Pike, Bow and Crossbow. Players were then given the option to leave these guards to focus on either attack or defense. In its Xtreme Legends expansion, the bodyguard system was overhauled to give players four named and different customizable groups of bodyguards. Players could edit for each group their weapon type, growth rate (Balanced, Life/Musou, Attack, Defense, or Custom) and the color of their uniforms (Normal, Blue, Red, Green, or Purple). Bodyguards were also given two additional commands to either Shield or Support the player.

Dynasty Warriors 4 allowed players to completely customize their bodyguards group titles and the individual guard names.