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11 The Tianji Guard (天機衛) is the secret organization of the Imperial Court that gives Tianji: Shadow of the Ancients its name. By the time the player takes control of Shangguan Shuo, it exists in name only.
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33 The Bashu Expedition
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55 The game opens in the Tianbao era of the Tang Dynasty, with unrest stirring in Bashu. The Tianji Guard is sent to investigate a millennium-old ruin in the region. The mission goes wrong: the commanding general puts on an eerie bronze mask, loses his mind and spirals out of control, and the organization is left hollowed out. Months later the Xuanxin Order rises rapidly in the same region, using masks and spiritual arts of its own.
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77 That sequence is the premise Justdan published with the reveal, and it is carried identically in every storefront language. What the Guard was looking for in the ruin, and what the mask did to the general, are not explained.
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99 Fish Tokens
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1111 Members carry a fish token (魚符) as identification. Shangguan Shuo wakes with one and reads his own name off it, which is how the game hands his identity back to him and to the player at the same moment. Hands-on impressions add that the tokens are intricately carved and worn at the waist; that detail comes from one account and has not been repeated by Justdan.
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1313 Origins
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1515 The game's own lore, as read in the demo, places the founding of the Tianji Guard in the early Tang under Emperor Taizong Li Shimin, who is said to have gathered people of extraordinary abilities to protect the dynasty. This is a single-source claim about what the game says, not a statement about history, and the game is free to diverge from the record it borrows from.
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1717 Known Members
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1919 MemberWhat is knownShangguan ShuoThe player character. Amnesiac, and unaware of his own membership when the story opens.Li LingPulls Shangguan Shuo out of a Xuanxin Order ritual before it completes. Fights with a bow. Described only in demo coverage. See Party and Companions.The commanding generalUnnamed. Dons the bronze mask during the Bashu expedition, loses his mind and takes the organization down with him.
2020 What Is Not Published
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2222 QuestionStatus as of 12 September 2026The general's nameNot published anywhere, including in the nineteen official screenshots.Size, ranks and structureNot published. No rank title has appeared.Headquarters or baseNo location tied to the Guard has been named.The ruin's contentsWhat the expedition found, and where the bronze mask came from, are unexplained.