Captain of the Guard (The Three Kingdoms)

Captain of the Guard is a rank given to the leaders of the three opposing Guard agencies of that operated from  to, consisting of ,  and.

After, the position is no longer official though is still a colloquial term used to refer to Teto, Marisa and Ritsu.

Responsibilities
The main responsibility given to the Captains was to keep the peace, of their respective kingdom on and following Doomsday, before any trouble could break out. If they were unable to contain any unrest, they would refer it to their respective.

of ,
Teto is leader of UTAU, a secret service based in, made up of thousands of units constantly monitoring everyone across the Kingdom via Yamaha's intrusive surveillance. For potential or small breaches of peace, UTAU covertly quashed resistance. For larger riots and protests, UTAU deliberately inflated the trouble to draw out any other dissidents. These events would then be crushed under the, 's , and then all the participants would be rounded up afterwards by the , 's.

of ,
Marisa is the single member of The Guard on her own suggestion. Unlike the other two, her main objective was to act as a scapegoat, attracting any resentment towards 's administration, especially Empress, to herself. This was done by, effectively, touring Gensokyo on her own to keep her presence well known. If anything troublesome did occur, Marisa would request the assistance of the Agents of Order, 's, but if they were not available then she would resort to the , 's.

of ,
Ritsu and her four fellow bandmates, comprising Ho-kago Tea Time, was tasked with investigating the Colony for anyone who could not be controlled by Empress, their first find being the -changing. After finding such beings, Ho-kago Tea Time would pass responsibility over to the Agents of Order, 's, to keep an eye on them. As time passed during, Haruhi became more impatient with Naluri's lack of cooperation with the and instructed Ritsu to aid Konata in convincing Naluri to join the Colony's armed forces.