I’m really sorry the hear about the candelabras 
I changed the entity-name a while back, but that was before I added the fountain guard profession (build 1.40 I think…).
I don’t know whats causing your guards to show up as workers though, as they do on your screenshot.
-I haven’t run in to that problem =/
I put the guards in combat, and they fought (They are quite weak, but still, they fight…)
They will be better when I build their buffs.
I also tested the double-shield issue, and it should have been fixed.
The idea is to prevent them from changing outfit/look, -That’s why I removed the ‘plate_wearer’ tag, so they will only equip the fountain guard armor outfit, and not change it.
And the Fountain Guard profession will only have one level, when/if I get it right ^^
Maybe I have to look into that some more, I could put that tag back, and raise the ‘ilevel’ for the outfit to something insane ^^
UPDATE:
Oh, was it the Candelabras or the Tables that disappeared for you?