At the heart of each city is temple, a holy site for it's population built to honor the gods, a storehouse and the seat of the priest king and his/her court of lesser priests and scribes. They oversee the agricultural projects which keep their people fed and settle disputes in accordance to custom and circumstance. They give the call to arms in times of war and plan the attacks, either in person or by having one of their sons be in charge of the host. While most of their forces are simply regular men called up to fight, they do have some more dedicated forces. They take note of the men of their forces and select a couple dozen of them that are either the best or are well connected to join the temple guard. In return for some nice dwellings from the stores they guard the temple while practicing every day. They get better armor and weapons (such as this copper headed axe) than the average levies so they may last longer. Some cities have Temple Guards armed with whatever they were good with while others insist that the temple guard all skilled with specific gear. The Children of Temple Guards are noticibly more likely to become Temple Guards themselves but this is not assured. In any case a few Temple Guards can boost the fighting prowess of a host if used right.