Guardian/Whelp

Guardian Whelps are freshly formed Guardians. They are benevolent entities created to protect individual Programs and other good software.

Unlike Firewalls, they do not actively hunt for enemies, and simply guard their designated individual when said individual gets threatened.

Whelps can be affected by training and by their designated individual, and ultimately, upgraded into a more specialized role. For example, according to paravoina, the creator of the Guardian characters,"a Whelp who was given a reclusive Program that doesn't like social interaction [to protect] is more likely to become a Shadow [Guardian] than anything...".