Guardinal - Publication History

Publication History

Guardinals debuted as several cards in the Blood Wars Card Game in 1995, including the Avoral, Cervidal, Equinal, Leonal, Lupinal, Ursinal, Duchess Callisto, Duke Lucan, Duke Windheir, Lord Hwhyn, Lord Rhanok, and Talisid the Leonal Prince cards.

Guardinals appeared in second edition for the Planescape setting in Planescape Monstrous Compendium Appendix II (1995). This book featured the avoral, the cervidal, the equinal, the leonal, the lupinal, and the ursinal. Guardinals were further detailed, and presented as options for player character races in Warriors of Heaven (1999); Talisid, Callisto, Lucan, Zvestra, Hwhyn, and Rhanok were presented as examples of notable guardinals, while Windheir is noted as having "retired".

The avoral guardinal appears under the celestial entry in the third edition Monster Manual (2000). The leonal guardinal appears under the celestial entry in the Manual of the Planes (2001). The cervidal guardinal and the lupinal guardinal appeared in the Monster Manual II (2002). Savage Species (2003) presented the avoral guardinal as both a race and a playable class. The avoral and leonal guardinals appear in the 3.5 edition revised Monster Manual (2003). The equinal, the musteval, and the ursinal guardinals appear in Book of Exalted Deeds (2003). The book also details the celestial paragons of the guardinals: Talisid, the Celestial Lion and his five companions, Sathia, the Sky Dutchess; Manath, the Horned Duke; Vhara, Duchess of the Fields; Kharash, the Stalker; and Bharrai, the Great Bear. The avoral appears again as a player character race in the Planar Handbook (2004).