Clovis had been confident that Oba would become lost and the swamp would swallow him, if the monsters supposedly guarding Althea's back didn't snare him first.
Two Forwards officers were with Hawl, supposedly guarding him.
But it's overflowing with people: young comrades supposedly guarding it, officials organizing it, women running it.
Some in the know of the ins and outs of Seattle's realm believe him to be more important than the lesser Kurian Lords in the feudal conglomeration, especially with recent desertions of the Kurians supposedly guarding the borders of Seattle's empire.
He was court-martialed and received a 100 lashes for stealing whiskey from the official supply when supposedly guarding it.
He flashed the beam up at the windows, heedless of giving anyone inside warning of his presence; he had, in fact, already pounded on the front door, knowing that his approach in the Mercedes would not have gone unnoticed by anyone supposedly guarding the estate's entrance.
The Doctor realises that the gas trap was meant to keep all humans out of the ship, even those who are supposedly guarding it - which suggests that somebody on the outside is working for the Vvormak.
There is also the 'Black Abbot', a mysterious figure who is seen moving about in the old ruin and supposedly guards the treasure.
One was supposedly guarding UNSN headquarters, wherever that was.