Clan:Wilderness Guardians



"We are the Shield of the Innocent"

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The Wilderness Guardians, formerly known as the "PK PKs", is a clan founded by His Lordship in 2003. In the 6 years of it's existence, WG (or WildGuard) has become one of the most famous RuneScape clans for their revolutionary and impressive feats and accomplishments. WG has hosted four real-life meetings, have for sale a clan t-shirt, own the best website of any clan in any game online, and much more which has changed the face of RuneScape and it's clan world over the years.

History
WildGuard was formed by His Lordship on December 6th, 2003, following his post on the Rune Village fansite's forums entitled "Read This If You Hate PKers". The clan, originally known as the "PK PKs" was based around the concept of Anti-Random Player Killing, or ARPKing. It received an incredible response from the community, with at least 30 members joining within 2 days of opening. Along with a name change to the Wilderness Guardians, they gained the support of The Sabres (One of only two surviving pre-RuneScape clans and the strongest ARPKing clan at the time) and joined the Federation on December 19th - a syndicate of clans who shared principles of honour and ARPKing.

Over the years, WG has caused, shared and experienced far too much to be written as briefly as is required here. However, three accounts of WildGuard's history have been written and are constantly updated - a basic, a condensed and an extended version. All three of these accounts appear on WG's official website.

WildGuard Today
As of June 2010, WG remains one of the oldest surviving clans active in RuneScape to date. His Lordship is recognised as the oldest clan leader serving a consecutive term in the rank. The clan's community is thriving, and the fifth Real Life meeting has been planned to take place around the date of the Jagex-organised RuneFest event. WG hosts at least two official PKing trips (Known as "raids") per week, and are still a strong force in the P2P PvP aspect of the game, constantly taking on forces such as the Jaja, Welfarers and Mlp Maku teams. The clan is known to be one of the last honour-based clans in the game, and are restrengthening their code of honour and ARPKing concept even despite the changes to the game's PvP system.

Future
Despite WG's present force being a distance away from what they once were at their peak, a close ending seems unlikely. The clan has recently ended a 6-month+ losing streak in one of their greatest wars against Dangerous Business (The Battle of Turning Tides), and are taking part in the 2010 Jagex Cup for Skilling and Combined. Plans for WG events such as the Real Life meetings extend up until the end of 2010. WG is returning to active warring, and are still a force to be reckoned with in P2P PvP, with weekly raids being re-introduced. Many members believe that WG will survive about as long as clans like The Sabres or THE Clan, or until RuneScape closes.

=RuneScape PvP= In the six years it has existed, WG has hosted many clan wars, and taken on forces such as Damage Incorporated, Dark Slayers, Violent Resolution, Reign of Terror, and many more. WG's rules and codes, as well as our most famous and noteable wars, are listed below.

Advocates
Since the beginning, WildGuard has been a strong advocate of Honour and Anti-Random Player Killing (Shortened to Anti-RPKing or ARPKing). Anti-RPKing is not to be confused with Anti-PKing, which is to be opposed to PKing altogether. During early clan days, it is known that WG did advocate Anti-PKing, and despite changes to Anti-RPKing, the underlying focus of "protecting the innocent" has always remained the same.

A common misconception is that WG does not PK at all - this is incorrect. The first #1 rule of the clan stated that:

'Under no circumstances must any member of the Wilderness Guardians PK a player with no skull above his or her head. Death pays death, and those who enter the Wilderness to kill for fun have no business with this clan whatsoever.'

The original policies of the clan consisted of 7 basic rules and beliefs, which were adopted in the AvidGamers days. Even so, there were periods in the history of the clan in which these rules were disregarded by the members, who would simply attack anyone in the wilderness unless they were verbally told not to. Several repressions were made on the rules, and WG also started offering services to non-WG under the ARPKing concept. During the Z6 era, if someone was killed by a WG member or members while they themselves were not PKing, they were entitled to be paid for items lost as well as a compensation fee from their attackers if evidence could be provided. As well as this, WG offered Protection services for players Abyss runecrafting, killing green dragons, mining Rune or doing clue scrolls, or for clans requiring an Anti-Crash for wars.

Controversy over the existence of Anti-RPKing arose after 10/12/07 when the wilderness was removed, as the wilderness became safe on the majority of the RuneScape worlds. After the PvP and Bounty worlds update, WildGuard's Code of Honour remained outdated, as it still defined non-PKers as unskulled, whilst everyone who enters a PvP or Bounty world is automatically skulled. On June 12th, 2010, His Lordship posted an announcement re-enforcing the Anti-RPKing regulations in the clan. The announcement came after he became aware of a screenshot of an unnamed WG member killing someone training at the Bandit Camp on a PvP world.

As of today, the Rules and Requirements of WildGuard are split into 4 sections:


 * Rules - which outlines general clan rules.
 * Requirements - which outlines what requirements applicants must meet to join the clan.
 * Rights - which outlines the rights that every member has in the clan.
 * Code of Honour - which details the Honour and Anti-RPKing concepts for members, with or without WG.

The modern Anti-RPKing concept defines "Random" as:

...People who are in the wilderness who are CLEARLY not there for a fight, for example EP gainers.

Wilderness Guardians vs Rune Outlaws vs Knights of Death
thumb|left|300px WG's first war, held on November 27th, 2004. Previously, the Rune Outlaws had greatly insulted WG, and so WG declared war in a battle for pride. However, shortly before the battle, His Lordship unknowingly released war details to a member of the Knights of Death. KoD then thought WG was hosting a war against them, and prepared to fight on the same day.

WG, led by His Lordship, made their way up to the Demonic Ruins and charged from the west, but found only looters and spies. With RO nowhere in sight, the WG members lowered their guard. Only seconds later, Knights of Death entered from the south-east and rushed the unprepared WildGuard. It is unclear when RO became involved. An intense three-way fight ensured, and the battle spread halfway across the Wilderness. All sides suffered heavy casualties, and no final victor was decided.

Very little was known about the WG vs RO vs KoD war except for the clan's history's account. On November 2nd, 2009, surviving footage of the war (Recorded by Wildflame110 of WG) was edited and released by WG Keanu as a video entitled WG - First Blood (Left) to YouTube. The video shows WG walking to the Demonic Ruins and the start of the fight; however, the footage ends only a few minutes after the fight began, as Wildflame accidentaly backspace-logged out. Another WG member, Maxrobinsun, is noted to have said that he also was recording the war in PMs seen in screenshots, although what happened to this recording of the war is currently unknown.

Wilderness Guardians vs Dead on Arrival
thumb|right|300px Hosted on July 9th, 2005, the Wilderness Guardians vs Dead on Arrival (Two of the top clans at the time) war and video have become famous throughout the clan world. Noted for it's methods and tactics, it was the first P2P war to incorporate the use of Ancient Magics (A standard almost always used in P2P PvP today). WildGuard was the projected victor, with a turnout of around 120 members (~360 "opts" or Options), while DoA pulled around 100 members (300 opts).

WG was the attacking clan, and the fight took place at the Demonic Ruins (Also known as the Greater Demons or shortened to "Gdz"). Within 30 seconds of the start of the battle, over 3,500 damage was struck. The war itself, unfortunately, was crashed by the clan Followers of Malkov (About 10 minutes after the death of the cameraman, with many WG and DoA still fighting), and the victor was unresolved.

The WG vs DoA was WG's first P2P war, and His Lordship says that it was the best war he has ever attended in over 5 years of wars. The RuneScape fansite Zybez (RuneScape Community) continuously votes the video of the war (Right) as the most enjoyable clan video to watch, and it has been described as having obtained "classic" status in WG and the clan world of RuneScape. WG vs DoA began WG's domination of P2P PvP for the following year.

It is also noteable that this was the first time WG's massing location was at Juliet's house in Varrock. This has become a historical location for the clan, and many more of the important wars in WildGuard's history have been massed for here.

X vs Dark Slayers + FA
thumb|300px|left| The war, known as "X vs DS" was hosted on July 23rd, 2006. Group "X" was composed of the Wilderness Guardians, their junior clan Descendant Guardians, Chivalry Legions, Rune Raiders, and RR Juniors. "DS" was a combination of Dark Slayers and their Future Applicants. A source from 2008 suggests that WG/DG and RR/RR Juniors had ~200 members present each, while CL had ~170, totalling around the 570-member mark. X had multiple fall-ins. His Lordship's fall-in had 372 opts as is shown from the video prior to the start of the war. A click on DS's fall-in showed they had at least 110 members, although someone is noted to have said "Omg ds have 600 opts", so it is likely that there were more.

The deathmarch of X starts at Juliet's house in Varrock, and follows the course of through the Barbarian Village to the Monastery (To recharge prayer and gain the +1 bonus), then into the wild, and ends at the Demonic Ruins. With an estimated 500+ people involved, it is the single largest deathmarch in RuneScape history.

The battle itself started at the typical war location - the large, open area of flat land west of the Demonic Ruins and south of the Members' Gate. His Lordship was one of the first piles, and was KOed instantly, with time only to say "Go". Despite DS being drastically outnumbered, X lost the war, as the vast majority of the clan fell victim to KOs from DS's unchallenged organization and skill.

The video was filmed by Jrm_04 of X, and uploaded to YouTube on February 3rd, 2007. Despite it containing legendary and historical footage from one of the greatest wars in RuneScape, it has gained only around 400 views.

The Great War
One of the most important wars in WG's history, and only one of two which have been given a special title.. After events which happened in 2008/2009, WG had begun to lose the strength and effort to progress forwards. On January 23rd, His Lordship addressed the issues and WG's plans for the future in a video known as the Great Announcement. The video, which included an address from Council/Warlord Stokenut, also outlined an upcoming war against Dragonwood on the 31st.

With only a week's preparation given, it was intense. His Lordship followed up the announcement with three war-prep videos and a Flash banner, although he himself could not attend (Due to the real-life meeting #3 taking place). Only hours before the war, Dragonwood pulled out, so WG declared on The British Crusaders for the same day and time.

WG massed 47 members at Juliet's house in Varrock (An amazing turnout for only a 1-week prep - something WG could not have achieved 6 months previously), each with over 2,000,000 coins worth of gear. Several WG members even changed their RuneScape names for the war (To variations of "WE GOT TEA", a WG reference joke). Despite the incredible amount of work and effort put in by everyone, TBC outpulled with 54 and won the war. However, a large amount of respect from the clan community was paid to both clans, and the war is considered by WG as a morale victory.

The Battle of Turning Tides
thumb|300px|left|WG_Keanu's video of the Turning Tides war Also shortened to the "Turning Tides war", the fight between WildGuard and Dangerous Business is the second war to be given a unique name. Hosted on June 27th, 2010, His Lordship had originally considered 20 other clans for the war before finalising it with DB. DB were the only clan who would accept the conditions of a P2P, non-returning PvP war on a Sunday.

The war had one week's preparation, during which His Lordship released a preparation video in the form of a Flash movie. The movie is in the style of a news report, and features various members of WildGuard (All voices were done by His Lordship). It is considered His Lordship's greatest Flash preparation video. An edited verson of the video was released to the public, and can be found here. Signatures were made in a film ticket-style, as well as a Flash-style banner. Attendees of the war are to get a limited-edition GuardianScore medal, their names entered in a draw for a WG T-shirt or cash equivalent, and to have their charater drawn in the next clan Flash movie.

The clan massed on World 56 at Juliet's House (As with the Great War and others before it) at 7:00 PM GMT, where His Lordship gave a pre-war speech. The clan walked up to the Monastery where they recharged prayer. WildGuard travelled to the Moss Giants via the Rune Rocks (causing some disruption with revenants), and hopped to the war world of 72. WG was the attacking clan, and charged DB at the Members Gate. One of the most renowned screenshots from the war is WG's opening spam of "Unleash the Guardian Power!" in red, which went off the screen in a 1280x800 resolution.

Within seconds, many DB were instantly KOed, and WG quickly ended the war in less than 20 minutes. Allegedly, WildGuard only sustained 3 casualties. Their options were counted about 3 minutes into the war, and the total was 114 (38 members) in the Clan Chat. Dangerous Business had 72 options (24 members), confirmed by a leader. Even so, DB was recognised for a great performance, and even matched WildGuard's expensive gear (comprised of more Dragon than Rune). The war gained massive respect for both clans on fansites. WildGuard's victory had ended their losing streak, as they had not won an official war in over half a year.

Three videos were made by different members of the clan: Underciege, WGStarbreakr, and WG_Keanu (Included). The latter of the three includes His Lordship's pre-war speech, and is described by His Lordship as "...the new best WG video, overtaking the DOA war." A clan-only "Director's Cut" version with less special effects was released later, but not available to the public due to the inclusion of battle tactics and strategies.

It is also noteable that His Lordship attended this war in a Fighter Torso - with incredibly lower mage defence bonus than the recommended Black Dragonhide body. A similar event occured in the WG vs DoA war, where His Lordship wore a Gnome Amulet.

=Non-PvP Elements= WG is recognised for having a huge impact in-game, as well as in the clan world. WG's constant involvement in the clan community, especially by His Lordship, has even been recognised by the Jagex staff.

Events
As of June 2010, WildGuard has a count of over 100 different types of events. For several years, WG has offered the most events of any RuneScape clan. As well as the usual events such as PKing trips (Known as "Raids"), boss hunting and minigames, WG also hosts costume contests, photo shoots and more original concepts. The events extend outside of RuneScape as well, such as iSketch games.

WildGuard's Events Catalogue categorizes all of the events which the clan hosts or has hosted alphabetically, and can be found HERE.

Anniversary
The clan Anniversary (Also more recently known as the Clanniversary) is an annual event which celebrates the birth of the clan, and is generally held around the opening date of December 6th. It has been held every year since 2004 except for 2006 (When the clan was suffering from the aftermath of D-Day). As one of the most successful programs which the clan hosts, attendance is mandatory and it involves a large range of events held over the course of typically 7 days. The Anniversary gets its own forum on the board. Events which have taken place so far are, in alphabetical order:


 * Bandit Crashing (2008)
 * Barrel Bombing (2009)
 * Burthope Games Room (2008)
 * Campfire Stories (2009)
 * Castle Wars (2004)
 * Conga/Congo Line (2004, 2005, 2007)
 * Da Lordy Code/Clan Quest (2004, 2005, 2008, 2009)
 * Dance Party (2005, 2008, 2009)
 * Drop Parties (2004, 2005, 2007, 2008)
 * Duelling Contest (2004, 2005, 2007)
 * Fancy Dress Contest (2004)
 * Firefest (All years)
 * Fishing Trawler/Trawler Trip (2004, 2005, 2007)
 * Flower Power (2008)
 * Hide and Seek (2004, 2005)
 * Iron War (2004)
 * iSketch (2009)
 * Kalphite Queen (2004)
 * King Black Dragon (2004)
 * Market Crash/Marketplace Disruption (2004, 2005)
 * Megaraid (2009)
 * Musical Chairs (2008, 2009)
 * Race through Taverly Dungeon (2008)
 * Race to the Throne (2009)
 * Photo Shoot (All years)
 * Pokemon Battle (2008)
 * Rogues Den (2008)
 * Rubber Chicken War (2005)
 * Scavenger Hunt (2009)
 * Snowball Fight (2008, 2009)
 * Streets of Ardougne (2009)
 * Suicide Tombstone Bombing (2008)
 * Veteran War (All years)
 * Wildy Fr00bs (2004, 2005 - a collection of various events)
 * Zombie (2008, 2009)

2004
The clan's first Anniversary was planned to begin on December 11th, 2004. After discussion, the first day remained on the 11th, but the main body of events took place from the 19th to the 24th. Day 1 consisted of the Veteran War - an interclan war in which veterans in steel defend the Bandit Camp from the non-veterans in Rune. The event is organised at Varrock west bank and followed to the Monastery where members picked cabbages for food - a reinactment of the clan's first Raid. The non-veterans have always been victorious, as a symbol of the clan's progress. Following the Veteran War, the Firefest was held (Another event which has been held every year), and the day finished with a F2P clan-only drop party. Prior to the start, a Bronze war with the Federation was held a few hours earlier.

Day 2 on the 19th had Duel Arena and Agility Arena events planned. The Dual Arena event took place, in which His Lordship handed out items such as Dragonstone amulets and other valuables to anyone who could defeat him. The event was followed by Castle Wars, rather than Agility. The Saradomin team won every game.

Day 3 on the 20th had 4 events. For the first three, the clan renamed themselves the "Wildy Fr00bs" and held a parade in Falador, a congo line and the Marketplace Disruption, in which they attempted to sell "poo". The clan name was then changed back for the Fancy Dress contest, which was won by Palidore.

Day 4 on the 21st had 2 events: the Photo Shoot and the Members' Drop Party. The Photo Shoot is another event which has been held over all the anniversaries. Themes ranged from the Nerd Club to the Dark Lords. Many Rune and Dragon items were dropped at the drop party, and the clan was wished happy birthday by many non-WG members as well.

Day 5 on the 22nd had Hide and Seek and the Scavenger Hunt planned. The Hide and Seek took place, which was moderately similar to the Clan Quest. His Lordship gave away around 500k in Rune items. The Scavenger Hunt was replaced with a Kalphite Queen trip, and is described as "interesting". No one lost anything of great value.

Day 6 on the 23rd had 3 events planned: the Clan Quest, a KBD trip and the private P2P drop party. The Clan Quest, also known as Da Lordy Code, is one of the most important events in the anniversary, and His Lordship was located on the first floor of the Varrock Castle. The KBD was held after as planned, however a Trawler Trip took place following that instead of the drop party.

Day 7 was planned for the 24th, but post-poned to January 7th, 2005. It involved a massive 5-way Iron war at the Demonic Ruins. The Synergy, Fear, Legends Legion, The Sabres and the WildGuard all took part, although the war was crashed by Zeonic Forces (There were also allegations of Damage Incorporated being present as well). The P2P drop party took place afterwards, with a value of over 3m dropped. His Lordship declared the Anniversary closed after this.

2005
Still entitled as the Anniversary of 2005, the actual anniversary took place in 2006, almost 2 months later than expected. It was apparently a great success, although only the first 4 days are recorded on the clan's anniversary pages.

Day 1 consisted of four events. The Veteran War came first, and followed the style of the 2004 anniversary. The majority of the day was public, as many members from other clans were invited prior to the start. The Firefest was held, followed by a public drop party, in which over 15m was dropped - 10m coming from the clan bank. The day concluded with the conga line, which involved hundreds of players and may possible be the largest conga line ever made.

Day 2 also had four events. The first was the Photo Shoot, in which members were dressed fully in either black or white wizard robes. A 20m drop party followed on the top of Lumbridge castle (This was before the Lumbridge bank was added). Two voyages of the Trawler followed, and the day concluded with a duelling contest. Council members handed out cash prizes as stakes. The entire day lasted over 4 and a half hours.

Day 3 consisted of a Wildy Fr00bs reinactment, but with different events. These included a Market Crash in World 1, a Dance Party in Falador and a Rubber Chicken war at the Chaos Altar in the Wilderness. Prizes were awarded to survivors.

Day 4 consisted of the Clan Quest/Da Lordy Code, and Hide and Seek. His Lordship was located at the top of Trollweiss Mountain. No pictures were saved from the Hide and Seek, although 1.8m was handed out for the finders. The day apparently ended with a raid, although there are no pictures from this event either.

Days 5, 6 and 7 did not take place, as His Lordship was unable to host them.

2007
Because of D-Day and His Lordship's third permanent ban, no anniversary was held for 2006. Like the 2005, the 2007 Anniversary took place in 2008, although it is hard to tell when. His Lordship had left for the Real Life meeting, so it is known that Days 1 and 2 were organised by the next in charge, Dorcha3377.

Day 1 was held on January 20th, and consisted of Flower Power, a Firefest and a game of Castle Wars. Day 2 was planned for the 27th, although it was only given one day's notice, and it is unsure whether this day was successful. The rest of the days are not recorded in recaps, and the Z6 Anniversary forum has been cleared out. Events known to have taken place so far during the 2007 anniversary are Veteran War, Firefest, Drop Party, Conga Line, Photo Shoot, Trawler Trip and Duelling Contest - although the exact dates for these are not provided. The Castle Wars and Flower Power are recapped, but no pictures exist of these.

2007 was the only year in which a Clan Quest was not held.

2008
In comparison to previous anniversaries, 2008 was an amazing success. Hosted on the clan's birthday of December 6th, it has been the only anniversary held so far to extend the standard duration of 7 days. A Flash movie by His Lordship was made in preparation to the event, inviting everyone from the RuneScape community to attend Day 1 on the 6th, which consisted of a Firefest, Drop Party, Conga Line, and a fourth unknown event (Which remains unknown).

Day 2 consisted of two events. The Race Through Taverly Dungeon consisted of members massing in Falador and then racing through RuneScape's largest dungeon on a PvP world. The first person to reach the end and kill His Lordship was the winner. This was followed by Flower Power, in which WG covered the Grand Exchange and Falador with flowers.

Day 3 had three events. Musical Chairs was hosted in the underground hall of the Clan House, using music played over TeamSpeak. Tombstone Bombing followed, in which the clan dropped vials of unidentified liquid at the Grand Exchange for a range of gravestones. Bandit Crashing followed, in which the clan dressed up in ridiculous outfits with strong weapons and cleared worlds of trainers at the Bandit Camp in the desert.

Day 4 hosted two events. The Clan Quest/Da Lordy Code came first, followed by the Photo Shoot. His Lordship was located in the Fist of Guthix minigame at the mining rocks. The theme for the Photo Shoot was Pirates vs Ninjas, and the Pirates turned out to be the more popular when the two teams tried to recruit players into their conga lines.

Day 5 also had two events - a Snowball Fight (Members fighting each other with Wind Strike on White Wolf Mountain) and the Zombie event was introduced. In this event, clan members faced each other in a game similar to tag. The last person to be tagged (and become a zombie) was the winner. Day 6's known event was only the Dance Party. The Dance Party involved members dressing up in the typical Anniversary costume (Of villager clothes and a tribal mask) and performing synchronised events in Falador using TeamSpeak. The result was very impressive.

Day 7 was held on December 19th and had a Games Room event, Rogues Den and a Pokemon battle. A few games were played at the Games Room, and WG is known for being one of very few clans to host Games Room events. His Lordship cites the Games Room event as being Day 6 - however, a recap from the time confirms it is Day 7. The Rogues Den is a single-player minigame which WG adapted for multiple players as a race. The Pokemon battle was held in Free-for-all Clan Wars, and players fought each other using only familiars. The last surviving "Pokemon" and it's trainer were the winners.

An 8th day was also held, due to complaints from members because of the mandatory attendance for 3 events. According to the recap, the event consisted of an Anti-RPKing trip which lasted 1 hour and 45 minutes, and a Karaoke event on TeamSpeak. Several members took part, and the recordings are available on Gorgemaster's YouTube.

2009
Like the 2007 Anniversary, the 2009 was post-poned due to His Lordship being away for the Real-Life meeting (#3 at this point), and was actually held in 2010. The original plan was to have a full 7-day anniversary; however this was shortened to 5 days. A preparation event was held prior to the anniversary for the members to gather their costumes. A banner for the newly-entitled "Clanniversary" was produced by Samurai_JM.

Day 1 consisted of the Veteran War, Drop Party of over 17m (Which included a Conga Line from Draynor), Firefest, and for the first time, a P2P Megaraid. The raid took place in the Wilderness to start, and moved onto Falador afterwards before returning to the Wild. His Lordship even obtained a kill himself. The raid ended in a PK Run-In with Welfarers.

thumb|300px|Part 1 of 3 of the 2009 Clanniversary Day 2 consisted of Musical Chairs, a Race to the Throne (Both held in the Clan House), the Snowball Fight on White Wolf Mountain and an iSketch event - the first Anniversary event not directly related to RuneScape. The word "gene" also came up in a final round of one of the iSketch games - short for Eugene, His Lordship's real name.

Day 3 was supported by The Sabres, and consisted of a Keg-Bombing of Varrock Centre (not entirely successful as not all kegs showed up), a Zombie event in Keldagrim and the Dance Party held in Falador Centre and the Grand Exchange. A conga line was held during the Dance Party, in which members spammed "Join this line if you think Kayne West was right about Taylor Swift!".

Day 4 consisted of a Scavenger Hunt for items deemed by His Lordship, Streets of Ardougne (A pickpocketing/thieving contest) and Campfire Stories (The last of which was not recorded).

2009 was the first Anniversary where the 7-day lineup was deliberately not held consecutively. This resulted in day and time changes, and in the end the final 3 days were compiled all into one (Day 5). This had only two events: the Clan Quest, and the Photo Shoot. His Lordship's location was Burthope Games Room, and the Photo Shoot theme was Spartans (The same as 2007). The Photo Shoot actually took the form of a second raid in the gear, in which WG obtained a few kills in Falador, before being cleared in the Wilderness.

The majority of the events were filmed by WG_Keanu, and uploaded as a 3-part video collection (included). Of the events missed, only one other was recorded on video, which was the FireFest, recorded by Torreoria.

Skills Olympics
Since 2006, WG has hosted an annual Skills Olympics competition with one of the clan's allies. The competitions so far are:


 * 2006 - WG vs Blades of Serenity - WG won, statistics unknown.
 * 2007 - WG vs 3v0lution_X - WG won with 16.2 million experience gained. 3v0 statistics unknown.
 * 2008 - WG vs The Death Monkeighs - WG won with 35.5 million experience gained, TDM had 19.4 millon (Difference of 16.1m).
 * 2009 - WG vs The British Elites - WG won with 73.4 million experience gained, TBE had 58.1 million (Difference of 15.3m).

Whether WG will host a 2010 Skills Olympics is unconfirmed. The Skills Olympics have always been held with allies of WildGuard, so it is likely that if one is hosted it will be with The Sabres or Zero Tolerance. However, due to the clan's priorities of PvP and recruitment, it is doubtful, and will be the first time since the start in 2006 that WG has not hosted a Skills Olympics for the year.

Hydro/Pyro
In very early WG history, the clan is noted to have split into subfactions known as "Hydro" and "Pyro". Very little was known about this, and it is described in the clan's history as "another brilliant Lordship scheme that never worked." Once the clan had reached around 300 members, it became far too large for one person (His Lordship) to manage. The program involved splitting the clan into the two factions, with an additional two (Aero and Geo) planned for implication, although this did not happen. Plans were for the two factions to compete against each other in interclan events, and to earn points for recruitment and such. There were no definitive requirements for the factions, and members were automatically placed into either faction after their clan application was accepted.

The program was abolished due to little management from the faction leaders. This meant that His Lordship had to manage the factions as well as general clan duties, resulting in even higher maintenance required - the opposite effect of what had been hoped to have been achieved.

Sectors
During the Z6 era, the clan was split into three different sectors: Skills, Fighting and Community, with the default being the Community sector. Members who wished to take part in more than one sector of the clan and met the requirements were able to join a group of Combined members, in which they could take part in all 3. The scheme was abolished during the early WG.com days due to disputes between the Sectors. Even so, both fighting, skilling and community are still equally valued and catered for in WG today.



Skills Sector
The Skills sector was for members of the clan who wanted to focus on enhancing their non-combat stats. At the time, very few major clans incorporated skilling into daily clan life, and WG is noted as one of only three or four clans which offered a high degree of skill enhancements. The sector focused on programs to help skilling, moneymaking, and offering protection while skilling in the wilderness.

Members who joined the Skills sector were automatically part of the community sector, and were allowed to join the Fighting sector as well (Combined sector), if they met the requirements for both.



Fighting Sector
The fighting sector (Also known as the "Wilderness Sector") was recognised as the oldest section of the clan, and the most intense and involved with other clans. Members would be able to take part in the clan's raids and wars, and were required to attend at least one weekly fighting event per week.

As well as being a part of the Fighting sector, members were also involved in the default Community sector, and were allowed to join the Skills sector as well (Combined sector), if they met the requirements for both.



Community Sector
The default sector of the clan - every member of WildGuard was also a part of the Community sector as well as their choice of skills, fighting or combined. The sector was based around making friendships, keeping in touch and having fun, without having to make a commitment in terms of RuneScape. Anyone who met the combat requirements of the clan at the time could join the sector, although they were not able to attend skills or fighting sector events. Multiclanning was also not allowed for members of the Community sector.

Combined Sector
Members who wished to focus on both skilling and fighting were invited to become Combined members. Whilst not truly a sector in the standard term, the group allowed members to become involved in all 3 elements of the clan, as long as they remained constantly active in terms of the Skills and Fighting sectors. If they became inactive in one sector, they would be transferred to the sector in which they were active in.

OPH/OBH
Operation Purple Haze, or OPH, was a training program for the Fighting Sector of WG. Launched around August 2nd, 2007 for the Z6 era, the program was given a separate forum on the board and a topic for every member. Whenever the member advanced a combat level, they were to make a post on their topic. The last achievement post was on January 22nd, 2008. In the four months that the incentive lasted, WG's combat average rose by 2 F2P combat levels.

After the success of OPH, Operation Blue Haze was implicated around a month later. It followed the same concept, but for the Skills sector, and for overall levels and skilling rather than combat. The program continued into late January, but was ended with the WG.com forum switch, as the leadership decided that it wasn't worth continuing.

(Combat) Skill of the Week
Skill of the Week was first introduced by Renoldojr10 in July 2007. After the closure of the Sectors, it was revolutionised by Gorgemaster and the staff in 2008. Skill of the Week and Combat Skill of the Week both have their own separate forums on the WG.com boards, and provide a separate type of training/skilling program for members. Attendance for these is optional.

One "round" of either SotW or CSotW actually takes place over 3 weeks. The first week is for voting, in which members vote on what skill they would like to train. The second week consists of signups, and the third week is the actual training. The training starts immediately on the Monday of the week, and ends at the end of the Friday, totalling 5 full days.

There are generally 3 tiers to categorise the amount of experience that members train - lower, high and higher. The experience amounts vary with the skill. Usually, for the lower and high tiers, the member will be given 1 attendance point, and if they reach the higher tier they will receive 2 points. The experience tracking is done with RuneTrack. At the end of the week, the winners in 1st, 2nd and 3rd place are announced. Complete lists of all the winners of both programs since the start are available in their respective forums.

Summer/Winter Awards
The Summer and Winter awards are two award ceremonies held bianually in their respective seasons. It is unsure when the award ceremonies began. A separate forum is opened up for the award ceremony, and the entire process can take several weeks to complete. There are different stages to the ceremony, which are detailed as follows.

Stage One: Nominations
After the forum is opened up, Stage One begins, which is for Nominations. A list of awards is provided, and members are allowed to nominate one member of WildGuard (not themselves) for each award on the list. They are also requested to avoid nominating the winner of the award from the previous ceremony for the same award. The number of awards and the types vary, and nominations last for about a week.

Stage Two: Choosing
When the nominations are finished, Stage Two begins. A compiled list of all the awards is provided, each with the members who have been nominated. The nominees must then send a forum private message to a designated ranked member detailing which awards they wish to run for. Nominees are allowed to run for a maximum of three awards per ceremony. Certain awards have other requirements - for example, members wishing to run for the "Hottie IRL" award must submit a real-life picture of themselves. Stage Two lasts for around 3-4 days.

Stage Three: Voting
After Stage Two finishes, voting begins. In the awards forum, a poll is created for every award available. Each poll has options of all of the the nominees who selected to run for that award. Nominees are requested not to vote for themselves. Every member of the clan is allowed to make one vote for each award (Usually resulting in a forum post-count explosion). The voting stage lasts around 1 week.

Awards
When voting ends, the totals are counted up and the awards are announced in an Important Announcement. There is only one winner for each award, although some members may receive more two or more, if they were the highest-voted nominees for multiple awards which they chose to run for.

Awards come in the form of underbanners - these were previously designed by Winddancir (Graphics maker of WG), until her departure, at which point the process was taken up by Gorgemaster and Samurai JM. Winners of multiple awards may request to have their banners merged, in the form of an animated GIF image.

Member of the Month
Member of the Month, initialised as MotM, is one of the oldest awards which WildGuard still presents.

The MotMs are chosen solely by the Council, and winners are awarded a short testimonial and an underbanner for their forum signature. The banners have been produced by various members of the clan, and it is announced in the form of a forum Important Announcement at the start of the following month. The announcement is generally alongside monthly promotions (if any), such as Guardian to Higher, and Higher to Elite. Winners of the MotM award also get their name and testimonial added to a page on WildGuard's website, as demonstrated right. Unlike the underbanners, which were implicated later in the clan's history, the MotM has almost always been announced on the website itself.

There have been some gaps in the later years in which a MotM was not chosen at all for a month. A list of all MotMs was compiled by WG_Keanu on June 25th, 2010 - however, due to minimalistic resources, records from 2006 and most of 2007 were incomplete. The list, which dates back to August 2004, is available to the public, and can be found here on the WG.com forums.

GuardianScore
GuardianScore, formerly known as the WG Awards, is an ongoing awards system for individual achievements. Awards can be applied for at any time, by anyone with Guardian rank or above. The Awards were announced on October 5th, 2008, and replaced by GuardianScore on December 22nd of the same year. GuardianScores are shown above users' avatars when they post on the WG.com forums.

At present, there are 36 awards, with the total value of all the awards being 154 (Although some awards are not stackable, so the highest possible score will be lower). Several awards have been removed in the past, such as forum-veteran awards and attendees of past wars - this is to ensure that new members have the opportunity to obtain all the awards, despite when they join. Even so, some of the awards are outdated, such as Referrals and 90% Score on the WG Rules Test - both of these programs are no longer officially in operation. The GuardianScore itself at present is accurate, although with forum changes the individual awards members have obtained are not shown. The program is expected to be updated within the near future.

The Guardian Power
The Guardian Power is a hymn composed and performed by His Lordship, and is 3 minutes and 13 seconds long. Released on September 6th, 2009, it is recognised as WG's theme song (Replacing "We're Not Gonna Take It" by Twisted Sister, which is the soundtrack used for the video of the WG vs DoA war). Musically, the song follows a moderate classical-fantasy style in the key of D minor, led by the recognizable piano riff which is played at the intro, verses and outro.

The lyrics are written in second-person narrative, and tell the story of a RuneScape clan battle in the wilderness. Less members of WildGuard have shown up than were signed up to attend, but the war is only minutes away. Upon arrival, the opposing clan also appear to outlevel the WG members by far, with the lines "Their levels red, your friends are green, you can't believe what's on the screen". For the final verse, the listener (Who plays the role of a Guardian in the fight) is out of food and being piled by the opposing clan. Their prayer is running low and they have been immobilised by a bind spell (Implying the war takes place in F2P) and there are no other WildGuard members within sight.

The choruses of the song refer to the "Guardian Power" as a source of strength held by WildGuard which provides a greater level of strength and unity. The lines "Fear not, you are a Guardian" and "You have strength beyond your numbers/Your levels will suffice/You will tank them for a while" give an underlying and morally strengthening belief that the abilities of the Guardians extends beyond the logical and statistical bounds of the game.

The coda of the song fades out with His Lordship speaking/whispering "You will fight them until they have" and ends with an echoing "Nothing Left!", a reference to the TeamSpeak rant.

Flash Movies
Four Flash Movies have been created by His Lordship, based on the Wilderness Guardians. In total, these movies have gathered over 140,000 views, and are renowned throughout the clan world.

The Wilderness Guardians (2004)
Watch the video on Newgrounds.com

The first Flash movie was created during the AvidGamers era of WG, in 2004. It was also the first Flash movie that His Lordship did not scrap, and took 3 days to create. The plot tells an interpretation of the creation of RuneScape, and describes how the race of mankind has become corrupt and self-destructive. No major interpretation of the clan itself was made, although a short worded description was provided, and a link to the clan's AvidGamers website.

The movie was uploaded to Newgrounds on January 5th, 2004. It has since gained a score of 3.85/5 and has over 21,000 views.

RuneScape Guardians (2005)
Watch the video on Newgrounds.com

The second movie was created and released in the late S4 days in mid-2005. The storyline was similar to the original, but was more accurate in terms of the RuneScape game itself. The Wilderness Guardians are now shown in the battle scenes, fighting for concepts such as freedom and peace. The term "We are the Shield of the Innocent" is used. The video's text commentary is also directed more at the viewer, rather than detailing the storyline.

The movie was uploaded to Newgrounds on April 18th, 2005. With a score of 4.06/5 and over 58,000 views, it is the most-viewed of all of the Flash movies.

The Wilderness Guardians (2007)
Watch the video on Newgrounds.com

Watch the video on YouTube.com

Production for the third movie began in the early Z6 days, and is considered to be the greatest fictional movie ever created about RuneScape. The storyline was co-created by Wildflame110 and His Lordship. With the animation dramatically increased, the movie featured a scene selection, and for the first time, a spoken commentary by Mark Pilkenroth. The story is told from the first-person point of view of a villager, whose wife and child were slaughtered by plundering soldiers. The villager then proceeds to join the forces of the Wilderness Guardians. As a Guardian, a battle in which he fights ensures. He slays two of his enemies, but is then killed by a mage. The film ends with the three graves of himself, his wife and child, before a final worded address to the viewer and the credits.

After a long production, the movie was uploaded to Newgrounds on May 17th, 2007. It has gained a score of 4.12/5 and over 55,000 views. The movie was uploaded to YouTube in 2010.

The Wilderness Guardians (Machinima) (2010)
thumb|400px|left|The Wilderness Guardians (2010) While not truly a movie in the typical sense, the fourth Flash release is still considered as part of WildGuard's Flash series. After confirming with Jagex, His Lordship decided Flash was appropriate for the RuneScape Machinima Contest 2010, and set to work on February 3rd. The movie itself was released on February 19th.

Because of the 30-second time limit, it almost instantly opens into a battle involving the Wilderness Guardians. Very little is spoken, with the only voice (of the leader) done by His Lordship. The battle is then halted, as the fighters become aware of the appearance of the Corporeal Beast. The beast then roars with incredible force. A fighter turns to the narrator and leader of the Guardians, who responds simply with "Kill it." The video ends with a battle cry and the title/end credits.

The Machinima compeition guidelines were for an "advert". In the video description, His Lordship explains:

"This IS an advert for the clan, and it takes the form of a teaser trailer, rather than a "here's-my-product-now-buy-it" approach."

The battle scene is incredibly detailed and fast-paced, and arguably of much higher quality than previous movies. Even so, upon it's release controversy arose due to the fact that there was no actual RuneScape footage. His Lordship argued that Flash animation had been confirmed by Jagex, and most of the objects involved were real in-game items drawn over. Despite the support of many WildGuard and non-WildGuard viewers, the entry did not make it into the finals. Even so, it has received over 4,000 views on YouTube, and a 19:1 like to dislike ratio for ratings.

Trivia
This is the first Flash movie in which the battle scene that takes place is P2P. Previously, the characters would be wearing and wielding what would be percieved as F2P armour and weapons for their respective styles. However, in the 2007 movie, a mage casts a spell which may be interpereted as a version of a Barrage spell - only useable with the members-only Ancients spellbook.

The volcano in the background erupts exactly halfway through, at 15 seconds in.

The characters in the film are based on the following celebrities:
 * Brad Pitt/Ryan Reynolds as the narrator/leader
 * Elisha Cuthbert as the Ancient mage
 * Edward Norton as the ranger with crossbow
 * Brad Pitt (back) as the fighter shot by the ranger
 * Christopher Reeve (Acting as Superman) as the fighter drinking a potion
 * Vergil (Devil May Cry charater) as the man who turns around towards the Corporeal Beast
 * Zooey Deschanel as the girl staring at the Corporeal Beast
 * Paris Hilton (back) as the girl with the accumulator
 * The villager/Guardian from the third movie as the fighter who looks to the narrator/leader at the end

The music to the film is a composition by His Lordship, performed and recorded live by an orchestra in 2009.

Clan House
The Construction skill was released to RuneScape on May 31st, 2006, which enabled players to build their own houses via portals in select locations around RuneScape. Upon release, His Lordship set to work on constructing a clan house. Within 3 days, he had hit level 70 construction, and within 5 level 85, and the clan house was ready at this point. The entire project cost between 120-200m in RuneScape gold, of which around 80m was funded by members of WildGuard. His Lordship even sold his Santa Hat for funds toward construction - at the time it was worth only 23m. Despite numerous requests, Jagex refused to allow players to visit houses while the owner was not online or inside, so the clan house is only available while His Lordship is present.

The house is currently located in Yanille, and it is structured symmetrically. The ground level contains the majority of the house's rooms, which have their general purposes, and are listed as follows.


 * The Throne Room
 * Menangerie
 * 3 formal gardens - including the portal and two posh fountains. Massing for events takes place here.
 * 2 portal chambers with portals to Varrock, Lumbridge and Falador (East chamber) and Camelot, Ardougne and Kharyrll/Canifis (West chamber).
 * 2 studies - tablets can be made, but members cannot spot stars.
 * Workshop - Armour can repaired here, and plumed items can be made.
 * 2 combat rooms - with a balance beam and a combat ring.
 * Chapel (Northernmost room) - includes a gilded altar and two marble burners for the highest prayer xp.
 * Games Room
 * Dining Room
 * Kitchen

The First floor is primarily for His Lordship only, and consists of two bedrooms and a costume room. There is also an Amulet of Glory for teleports to Edgeville, Karamja, Draynor and Al Kharid.

The underground level is designed solely for the clan, and contains a set of four dining rooms in the style of a dining hall. Each room has an opulent table with gilded benches and a marble fireplace, with oak wall decorations and bell-pulls. Events such as celebrations and Musical Chairs are held here. At the very southern end is the dungeon cage below the Throne Room, which contains a Rocnar - His Lordship has expressed that this may be replaced with a 5th dining room.

The Throne Room


The Throne Room is the most sacred room in the Clan House, and is one of the most important in-game locations to the clan. Many historical meetings and events have taken place in the Throne Room, and it played part in the Race to the Throne event in the 2009 Anniversary. Members must not enter the room without His Lordship's permission. Two sets of rules are strictly enforced in the Throne Room, of which punishments for violations extend as far as suspension from the clan. The rules are pinned in the Important Announcements (clan-only) forum of the WG.com boards.

The western throne is reserved for His Lordship, and the throne to his right is for the second-in-charge of the clan. Members are to take a seat or sit against the walls, and to stand and take the middle of the floor only when speaking. Pets and summoning familiars, items of Zamorak, threatening weapons and headgear which hides the character's face are banned from the Throne Room. The lever is not to be activated, unless told to by a leader. Members are also required to not dress comically (Eg. in chicken outfits) while inside the Throne Room.

Screenshots and videos of the Throne Room are also disallowed. The only available screenshot (pictured) is from the clan's Events Catalogue, and shows one of the house meetings.

Clan Bank
The Clan Bank was a separate RuneScape account with the RuneScape name "Valthorr". Previous bank accounts are known to have existed, although the status and whereabouts of these are unknown. Valthorr is known to have been run by Valdremia, Dorcha3377 and Xena1168 during the Z6 era. It was given membership.

The bank held items for warring and skilling, which were donated by members of the clan. Sets of full Rune armour were loaned to members prior to wars, and they could take out a maximum of 3 loans per 2 months. However, money could not be loaned, and donations could not be returned. The members were still very generous when donating to the clan bank (pictured right). It also helped funding for drop parties and events such as Secret Santa.

Upon the release of the trade limits update to RuneScape, the bank was liquidated and all items were dropped in a drop party. The party was worth over 20m at the time, although an easter egg was donated by Mathsnerd18 - worth well over 100m itself at today's prices. His Lordship is now in posession of the disused account.

D-Day
D-Day was December 1st, 2006. Tmal34 and Twizlers300 had been promoted to leadership due to His Lordship's inactivity with real life concerns. The new leadership implicated the Purple Haze and Blue Haze operations, and raised the clan's requirements to 105+ combat. His Lordship disagreed with the changes made, and distanced himself from the clan. A tension rose between himself and the leadership which continued to grow. On December 1st, His Lordship announced in TeamSpeak to a few WildGuard members that he would be shutting down the clan. Despite requests for him to reconsider, the board (Z6 at the time) was taken offline, and a post was made concerning the closure of the clan on the RuneScape fansite Zybez.

The clan remained closed for a duration of around 3 hours, until His Lordship re-opened it on the same day. In the time, over 100 members had left the clan, or posted their goodbyes once the forum re-opened. A syndicate known as [http://z8.invisionfree.com/Wildguard_United/index.php? WildGuard United] was created as a community for ex-WildGuard to join - over 100 members joined this as well. The day is known as "D-Day" (Taken from the Normandy landings of World War II), and was the single greatest mass-leaving which the clan has ever experienced. It is also the only time in which WildGuard has disbanded.

Recognition by Jagex
In the Clan Submissions Page of April 30th, 2010, Jagex's Mod Mat K specified Wilderness Guardians and THE clan as two clans which he found especially unique. WildGuard was recognised mainly for His Lordship's contribution to the clan community (The section of the interview is pictured left). The Wilderness Guardians were also recignised as one of the oldest surviving clans in the game, alongside Noobs Inc. and Dark Slayers (The latter of which is now deceased) in the same article.

The Clan Submissions page can be found here. The quotation was incorporated into a banner which is displayed occasionally on the WildGuard forum.

=Outside the Game=

One of the other renowned aspects of WG is the fact that they constantly take the clan further than the game itself. The clan has hosted four real life meetings, manufactured a t-shirt, and much more which emphasizes the incredibly powerful community aspect.

T-shirt
Another noteable fact about the Wilderness Guardians is that they were the first clan to have manufactured and distributed an item of clothing in real life. The WG t-shirt is made of 100% Australian cotton, and four sizes (Small, Medium, Large and Extra Large) are available. Unlike other items of clothing such as Jagex's RuneScape merchandise, it features a fashion-smart design, and is wearable in public without fear of judgement. It is available to clan members for a non-profit price, and sold otherwise to anyone at a cost of $30.50, the excess of which is put towards funding for WG's server.

The official page for the shirt on the WG website can be found HERE

Shortly after the clan's second Real Life meeting in Paris, His Lordship returned to full leadership of WG. On August 22nd, 2008, following a suggestion from a WG member, His Lordship posted a topic in the Important Announcements forum discussing possible merchandise such as coffee mugs, and rough designs for clothing - including a t-shirt. The original colour was grey (White was considered at one point), and the design was slightly different to the present render.

The shirt became a reality on August 23rd, but modifications and changes were made several weeks following. Despite the controversy of the move at the time, over 40 shirts were sold within a month of release, and dozens more over the following months.

Real Life Meetings
WG was only the third clan to host a real-life meeting. However, this was followed up by another three subsequent meetings across the globe, with a fifth and sixth in preparation - so WG holds the title of the most real-life events. So far, the four meetings have taken place in: London, England; Paris, France; Washington DC, USA and Singapore, Singapore. The fifth will be hosted around RuneFest 2010 in London, and the sixth will be in Australia at the end of the year.



London, England
The first Real Life meeting took place on January 12th, 2008, and had 7 WG members present: Jaxx456, Holykier, Snowzak, Stokenut, His Lordship, Cameronm123 and Groedius. Two of Jaxx's friends also attended, making a total of 9.

The group organised at Admiral Nelson's column in Trafalgar Square. Three main events took place - RuneScape pranks, finding Jagex HQ and getting stoned. RuneScape pranks involved the clan doing game emotes and the home teleport. Members were also given party hats, and attempted to sell them. They then found Jagex's London headquaters, and entered the offices (which were closed on the Saturday, so the entrance was illegal). In the evening, Snowzak attempted to obtain drugs for the clan's use, but accidentally purchased tea (Thus starting the common WG saying "Got tea?"). After unsuccessfully attempting to smoke the tea, real substance was obtained. The members proceeded to a Burger King restaurant, where Stokenut was escorted off the premises, became ill upon a reaction to the drugs and vodka, and had to be taken to hospital in an ambulance.

A video of the Real Life meeting was made by His Lordship and released on February 24th. Due to the YouTube restriction of a 100MB file size at the time, a lot of the footage had been cut out. The video became incredibly popular in the clan world, although Jagex eventually requested His Lordship to remove the video, due to it encouraging other players to meet up unsafely in real life. The video has since been removed as per this request.



Paris, France
The second Real Life meeting in Paris was hosted in early August 2008 (Either the 2nd, 3rd or 4th, according to His Lordship). He had organised the meeting as part of his personal holiday to the Bayreuth festival in Germany. There were four attendees: His Lordship, Snowzak, Dhboy123 (Of the clan Divine Forces) and Bassism. Bassism is noted as the only member with direct relations to WG (His Lordship was Primary Leader and Snowzak was Council), but it is still classed as a WG meeting. The group played some pranks on the RuneScape community, and then spent the rest of the night pub-crawling.

It was confirmed that video footage from the meeting did exist, although no official video was produced for the event.



Washington DC, USA
The third Real Life meeting was during a visit by His Lordship across the USA in late 2009 to early 2010. Two meetings were originally planned - one for the West Coast (San Fransisco on November 21st) and one for the East Coast (Washington DC on December 19th). However, due to lack of interest, the West Coast meeting was cancelled. Three members attended the East Coast meeting: His Lordship, Quikdrawjoe and Mmangler. The projected meeting point was at the Washington Monument.

Due to heavy snowfall in Washington, there was very little worthy of mentioning which took place at the meeting. However, all 3 of the members did attend the WG war taking place at the time. Fighting against Gladz, the P2P war resulted in a defeat for WG. In a response to the clan, the three attendees posted a "triple facepalm" picture of themselves as a topic in the Important Announcements forum. During the time of the war, the only known video footage of the meeting itself was shot. This footage has yet to be released, if it is still available.

After the meeting, His Lordship continued on his holiday across America to locations such as New York City, Las Vegas and the Grand Canyon. Due to the clan's anniversary being post-poned to later into 2010, (Normally hosted at the end of the year), he organised a "birthday present" for the clan. This was announced on January 8th, 2010 (Right). After buying a product from the retailer Nivea, the picture of His Lordship with the caption "WILDERNESS GUARDIANS", subcaptioned "-HIS LORDSHIP, FALADOR", was displayed on an electronic billboard for a considerable amount of time to thousands of people in Times Square, New York. A RuneScape Community/Zybez topic posted by His Lordship concerning the clan's 6th birthday and the meeting gained 12 pages of responses. Despite accusations of the image being fake, overall the feat obtained an overall positive reception.

Singapore, Singapore
The fourth Real Life meeting held by WildGuard was not as well publicized as the previous three, so very little is known about it. It was held on February 13th (The day before Chinese New Year) in Singapore, Singapore. This was directly after the third Real Life meeting in the USA, as part of His Lordship's holiday to Singapore and Malaysia. There were three attendees: His Lordship, Karlfischer and Valdremia (Ex-members, but who spent a considerable amount of time in WG).

London, England (RuneFest)
The fifth Real Life meeting is currently being organised around the Jagex-hosted RuneFest on the 28th of August, 2010. WG members are encouraged to focus on attending RuneFest itself on the Saturday. Details of the clan-only events have not yet been released to the public.

His Lordship has said that he is hoping to exceed the turnout of the 2008 London meeting (7 WildGuard and 2 friends), and is looking for a minimum of 10 people. On April 30th, he spoke to Mod Timbo about organising clan-related activities. The main suggestion was to give each clan a desk and a power socket, and allow them to decorate it as best as they could to portray the clan.

Around early May 2010, His Lordship organised a spur-of-the-moment event when he collected his Flagstaff of Festivities: an in-game item which is accessable only by members who have purchased a RuneFest ticket. Four WG members attended, and the event was recorded and uploaded by Council/Warlord Stokenut (Screen cap left). It has gained over 3,000 views on YouTube.

Australia
His Lordship has said that the sixth Real Life meeting will be held in west coast-Australia, at the end of 2010. However, he notes this as unconfirmed as many further plans have yet to be made.

=Relationships=

Alliances
WG has had alliances with the following clans. Present alliances are bold.


 * 3v0lution_X
 * Blades of Serenity, ? - October 28th, 2007 (Uncertain)
 * British Elites, July 21st, 2007 - June 24th, 2010
 * Council of Dragons (Federation), January 3rd, 2004 - ~January 2005
 * Death Jesters (Federation, formed from The Synergy)
 * Death Monkeighs, April 22nd, 2008 - June 24th, 2010
 * Fear
 * Ghostknights
 * Kentai Shadows (Federation, no historical record of alliance)
 * Knights of Death (Federation, but did not accept WG's alliance request)
 * Legends Legion, January 3rd, 2005 - ?
 * Phobia (Junior clan of Fear)
 * Reckoning Day
 * Retribution (Federation)
 * Royal Kingdom of Asgarnia (Federation)
 * RuneScape Warriors, August 5th, 2004 - ?
 * RuneScape Scorpions (Noted as "The Scorpions")
 * Sabres (Federation), December 7th, 2003 - ?, ? - ?, November 13th, 2010 - Present
 * Sleeping Dragons (Federation, formed from The Synergy)
 * Synergy (Federation, formed from WildGuard)
 * Zero Tolerance, May 22nd, 2009 - Present

WildGuard also had unofficial alliances with Triforce and Dead on Arrival.

The Sabres
The Sabres are one of only two pre-game clans (alongside THE clan) which still exist today. Only a few hours after WildGuard's opening, Mortus Sabre posted a reply to WildGuard's recuitment topic on Rune Village. His Lordship remembers it similar to:

"Finally, a clan with morals. You have the support of the Sabres."

Unsure what the post implied, WildGuard took the opportunity to request an alliance with the clan. TS became the first ally of the Wilderness Guardians on December 7th, 2003. The alliance lasted until the S4 era, when a crisis in The Sabres led to the clan ending all alliances, including WildGuard's. TS did take part in a bronze war with WildGuard and The Synergy prior to WG's anniversary during the mid-S4 days. They also took part in the 5-way steel war for the 7th day of the anniversary itself, alongside The Synergy, WildGuard, Fear and the Legends Legion.

In early 2005, WG approached TS again requesting an alliance, which was accepted. Around mid-2005, the Federation was restarted by the 6 major Anti-RPK clans, including TS and WG. However, in the mid-S10 days, WG left the Federation, but retained The Synergy and The Sabres as allies. Not much else is recorded in WildGuard's history concerning The Sabres. It is known, however, that the alliance was broken for a second time in 2006. According to His Lordship, Kira Sabre ended the alliance for the second time, after months of trying to do so. Kira denies this.

On November 10th, 2009, Sabre Chilli re-proposed an alliance, and the third WG/TS alliance was accepted on November 13th by Darth Magul of WG. On November 22nd, The Sabres asked WildGuard to Anti-crash for a PvP war they were hosting. The war was crashed by Noobs Incorporated. Several days later on December 6th, WG and TS sought out NI on an allied raid. The two Anti-RPKing powers cleared NI twice in one night, and sustained no casualties in the battles at all. The allied raids, now known as "SG" (Formerly "WS") are frequently hosted in both F2P and P2P. They are arguably the most successful raids that WG host at present. Many teams and clans have been cleared repeatedly by SG, and the group has shed blood with Reign of Terror, Gladz and Blacknights within 2010.

The Federation
The Federation was a syndicate of clans which shared advocates such as honour, anti-scamming and Anti-RPKing. WildGuard was allied with all of the Federation clans, and the ones known are as follows:


 * Council of Dragons
 * Descendant Guardians
 * Kentai Shadows
 * Knights of Death
 * Death Jesters
 * Retribution
 * Royal Kingdom of Asgarnia
 * Sabres
 * Sleeping Dragons
 * Synergy
 * Wilderness Guardians

A source from November 2008 states that minor clans involved in the Federation were Clan HTAO, The Imperials, The Soul Knights and Sleeping Dragons. His Lordship says that the only clan which could be taken seriously from the 4 is Sleeping Dragons (And is listed above).

WildGuard originally joined the Federation after an invite from The Sabres on December 19th, 2003, and was also one of six clans to help reform it in 2005. However, after a fight broke out during a Federation raid in late 2005, WG left the Federation entirely on September 28th, 2005 (But retained alliances with the Sabres and Synergy). Prospects for rejoining were considered, but ultimately denied.

Feuds and Rivalries
WG has had disputes with the following clans:
 * The Synergy
 * Rune Outlaws
 * The Revolution
 * Reign of Terror
 * Anarchy
 * Fear
 * Knights of Death
 * The Unbreakables
 * Dead on Arrival
 * Followers of Malkov
 * Chivalry Legions
 * Collision
 * Shadow Elves
 * Divine Forces
 * Distortion
 * Noobs Incorporated

=Website and Forums= Over the years, the clan has changed forums several times, starting with the original AvidGamers site, to the present WildernessGuardians.com. In the clan's history, the forums are used as a method of time, eg. "AvidGamer days" or "WG.com days". The website and complete list of forums are as follows.

Website
The Wilderness Guardians website was designed in Flash by His Lordship, and is constantly updated. For several years, it has been repeatedly voted the best clan website out of all RuneScape clans, the most recent being in the RuneScape Community/Zybez official 2009 Clan Awards, which were announced on January 2nd, 2010. The runner-up was Damage Incorporated (now deceased), although vote counts were not released for the 2009 awards. In 2008, WG had 115 votes for Best Clan Website, while Adelais - the runner-up - had only 9 votes.

The website, known for short as "WG.com" was created on February 4th, 2004. The earliest archive (July 8th, 2004) shows that it was generated with Microsoft FrontPage. It contained history, clan policies, photo gallery, ranks, FAQs, relations and application pages. The flash website today contains a vast amount of information, ranging from three versions of the clan's history to full galleries of WildGuard screenshots and videos over the years. The site also has a latest news feature, and a page for the clan's Member of the Month feature. The soundtracks played on the website are also available for download.

As of June 2010, His Lordship is in the process of implicating a major update to the site, including a newly-created Flash video gallery, and completley re-worked image galleries.

AvidGamers
December 6th, 2003 - April 27th (Or 17th?), 2004

The AvidGamers website was the first home for WildGuard, and primarily used from the start of the clan to April of the following year. Only one archive of the website exists. Entitled "The Great Wilderness Guardian Realm", it shows a message board, of which two public forums are available, and history, rules and beliefs and members login pages. The history consists of a semi-accurate, semi-fictional account of His Lordship's voyages in the wilderness of RuneScape and the first few months of WildGuard. The rules and beliefs list 7 of the clan's rules, the first of which emphasises the Anti-Random Player Killing/ARPKing aspect.

Following a suggestion from WG member Rick Hamm, the clan left the AvidGamers website to newly-created InvisionFree forums in April 2004. The exact date is unknown, as historical accounts at the time say the change was April 17th, although a news announcement at the time suggests the transition was on the 27th.

S7
April 27th (Or 17th?), 2004 - July 20th (Or 30th?), 2004

The second clan forums after AvidGamers which WG based upon are known as "S7", in reference to the varying URLs of InvisionFree boards - a referencing which applies to all of the following InvisionFree boards. There are no archives of the S7 forums, so very little is known about them. In terms of the clan's history, it is known that The Synergy clan broke off from WG, Lord Xin and Rick Hamm's ceremonial promotions to Co-Leaders, Falco307 and Jedi Rin's bans and the clan's application form creation happened during the S7 era.

After only a few months, the forums had become full of many inactive members and spam, so a forum switch was authorised in July 2004.

S4
July 20th (Or 30th?), 2004 - April 26th, 2005

The S4 forums are the oldest surviving forums of WildGuard. Once again, it is unsure when the forum switch actually took place, as historical accounts say July 20th while news accounts note the 30th (A 10-day gap, the same as references for the AvidGamers to S7 switch). As of today, the board has 64,397 posts with 276 registered members, the peak of activity being 46 members on April 10th, 2005 (Shortly before the forum switch).

The S4 days are described as the "most colourful and hectic days of WG", as of January 2006. During the S4 era, WG hosted their first war (WG vs RO vs KoD), Brendan (Write2Brandy) was reported dead from Leukemia and his funeral was held, His Lordship temporarily resigned from leadership after a controversial post on Rune Village discussing the USA, and The Revolution (Founded by Noricle and Rick Hamm) was the second Anti-RPKing clan to branch out from WG.

In early 2005, a hacker entered the ranks of WG and began taking the banks of members. In fear that it was a forum issue, WildGuard switched forums again. The S10 transition is noted as April 25th, 2005 in historical accounts - however, His Lordship officially released the S10 forums to the public on the 26th.

S10
April 26th, 2005 - April 2006

Like the S7 forums, the S10 forums no longer exist and there are no archived versions. The official WG history cites the S10 era as the longest era in WG history. However, this is incorrect, as the Z6 and present WG.com eras outlast the S10 duration of around 1 year. During the S10 era, the WG vs DoA war was held, the Descendant Guardians opened for the first time, the Federation was restarted (Although WG left on September 28th, 2005), His Lordship was banned for the first time, the TeamSpeak Rant and D-Day took place and DG later closed for the first time.

WG.com
April 2006 - August ~6th, 2006

The first WG.com era began directly after WG's war against Valor in the Clan Tourney of 2006, although only a few archives of the forums exist. The first record from July 5th, 2006 shows 195 members and 267 guests (Totalling 462) who were active on the board within the previous 24 hours, and a total of 874 registered members and 37,488 forum topics. This was well into WG's era of P2P domination in RuneScape. During the WG.com days, the Construction skill was released and His Lordship built the first clan house in RuneScape history, the X vs DS war took place, DG re-opened and WG fought EoS for the second time.

However, around late July/early August 2006, the forums were still filled with glitches and a switch back to Invisionfree was authorised. The first WG.com era is noted as the shortest in the clan's history, although it comes very close to the duration of the AvidGamers era.

Z6
August ~6th, 2006 - January 22nd, 2008

The Z6 board is the only InvisionFree forum WildGuard has used which is shortened to the "z#" rather than "s#". Still in existence, the Z6 forum is the longest historical era in the history of the clan, at around 1 year and 5 months in duration. The first topic was created on August 6th, 2006, and as of today, the board has 264,979 posts with 1,069 registered members, the peak of activity being 126 members on September 30th, 2006.

The forum switch was well-received, and four new council members were elected. WG warred Rune Raiders with RuneScape Dinasty anti-crashing against Reign of Terror, DG closed once again, D-Day, OPH, OBH, His Lordship's 3rd permenant ban and the Sectors all occured during the era.

WG.com
January 22nd, 2008 - Present

After a council meeting, the final forum switch was organised between His Lordship and the present-day Forum Technician RobbieThe2nd. The new WG.com forums would use an older version of the Invision Power Board (IPB) and had installed new anti-spy mechanisms, more organisation, new features and a better look.

The first accessable topic (#6) was made on December 29th, 2007, although His Lordship states that the transition occured over the entire month of January 2008. Ex-council Gorgemaster has confirmed that the official transition day was January 22nd. Since then, WG.com has been the current home for WildGuard and is by far the longest era in the clan's history, which at the time of writing is reaching 2 and a half years. The forums have undergone many updates and changes, including a server upgrade in early 2010 and further size and header modifications in June 2010. The peak of activity was 78 members on April 4th, 2009

=Descendant Guardians= Descendant Guardians, or DG, was the junior clan of WildGuard. The concept was first announced on the Rune Village fansite in early 2005, which included the name. In late April of 2005, His Lordship announced that DG would be released on September 1st, 2005. However, after an explosion of applicants, the clan opened on August 1st - a month early. Gibble was the first leader of DG. Around late 2005 WG and DG began raiding together, to help improve DG members' performance in the wilderness. However, complications in leadership and a lack of co-operation between DG and WG began. The junior clan closed in early 2006.

A few months later in June 2006, His Lordship felt that DG was ready to be reinstated. The re-opening came with a boost of morale and a steady inflow of members. At this point, the X vs DS war was conceived, in which DG fought alongside WildGuard and 3 other clans against Dark Slayers. During the mid-Z6 era, Kaioken757 and Stokenut were elected to the DG council. However, His Lordship was forced to step down from leadership, and further complications began to arise. The council could not cope with DG, and it was decided that the junior clan was to be phased out. DG closed for the second and last time in late 2006.

=Ranks= Over the years there have been many ranks in WG. Ranks of membership and above, past and present, are as follows.

Current

 * Primary Leader
 * Second-in-Command
 * Forum Technician
 * Council
 * Warlord
 * Raid Leader
 * Event leader
 * Emeritus (For Elite Guardian+ who have retired from RuneScape but wish to remain in the clan)
 * Elite Guardian
 * Higher Guardian
 * Guardian
 * Trial Guardian

Ranks also exist for allies, friends, ex-members and banned members, as well as trial ranks.

Former
Ranks no longer used are:
 * Pre-Council system (Including Directors and Referees)
 * Application Manager
 * Epic Graphics Designer
 * Moderator
 * Sector Leaders (Wilderness, Skills and Community)

=His Lordship= His Lordship, also known informally as Lordy, is the Primary Leader and Founder of the Wilderness Guardians.

In WildGuard
His Lordship was the founder of the Wilderness Guardians on December 6th 2003, and has held the rank of Primary Leader (As well as serving as the Clan Herbalist in the early days) to the present day. He still holds full control over the clan, and in recent times has organised major wars, actively leads raids, and occasionally manages applications and other clan events and functions. His noteable actions have been production and management of the clan's Flash website, as well as production of war preparation videos. He is the manufacturer of the t-shirt, has attended all of the clan's Real Life meetings, is the composer of the Guardian Power, and much more.

On a few occasions, His Lordship has temporarily resigned from leadership status for various reasons, generally due to real-life extremeties. It has been confirmed that he did join former WildGuard allies The British Elites after he departed from WG in late 2007/early 2008. TBE officials state that he did not make complete the trial stage, and returned to WildGuard shortly after applying. Despite several of these discrepancies, has has remained the heart and driving force of the clan for 6 years and counting.

His Lordship is recognised as the longest serving leader of any RuneScape clan alive today.

The TeamSpeak Rant
The TeamSpeak Rant, also known as "WG Leader goes Nuts" or "His Lordship on TeamSpeak" is a recording (later made into a soundboard) of His Lordship, created around 2005.

Around August/September 2005 (2 years into leadership), a group of WG and ex-WG known as the "Teamspeak crew" became aggrivated by the leadership. Using the voip program, members (and some non-WG, mostly DS and Harathoi) were convinced to commit a mutiny against WG during an American Raid, led by Havocangel and Krow01. The attacking group rushed the raiding WG and barraged them from across the Member's Gate, and as the WG were mostly melee, they were frozen and could not retaliate.

Upon recieving the news, His Lordship was angered immensely. Because of the time differences in America and Australia, His Lordship could not confront the culprits live. He wrote down the rant on paper (right) and it was recorded by Iron This, who then played it to the persons responsible. Those involved were immediately suspended, and the ex-members exiled from WG's presence (in particular Calmax, for his immaturity).

A year or so later, the recording was made into a soundboard by Pulzar. The almost-complete recording was uploaded to YouTube on September 16th 2006 by Legato Kill, entitled "WG Leader goes Nuts" (and featuring an image of Steve Irwin, as His Lordship is Australian). The video has gained over 12,000 views. It has become one of the most renowned pieces of WG-related media, and has played a major contribution to His Lordship's infamous reputation.

The recording inaccurately portrays an impression of His Lordship's leadership as tyrannical, to unknowledgable clanners. This is a misrepresentation, and has been acknowledged by His Lordship as poor leadership (with age as a contributing factor). 5 years on, the recording has been incorporated into the entire clan world, with quotes such as "Nothing left!" and "I don't give a pinch of shit" (Abbreviated to "IDGAPOS") being used generally positively and humourously. His Lordship himself has included the "Nothing left" phrase in war speeches, and even the WG theme song "The Guardian Power."

In-Game
His Lordship was introduced to RuneScape by his brother Lord Xin around July of 2003. When creating a username, he wanted "My Lord", so that people would address him as such. The name was taken, and Lord Xin suggested "His Lordship" as an alternative. Lordy has expressed regret for this choice, although he was not expecting to lead a clan at the time. His early days consisted of several ventures into the wilderness which ended in inevitable death, and he had soon experienced the bullying, backstabbing and threatening way of life for PKers. To this day, His Lordship is still a strong advocate of honour and Anti-Random Player Killing.

In 7 years, His Lordship has had four permenant bans (Noteably for advertising the WG website in-game), all of which have been revoked. He has also been hacked twice. He has one level 99, in Attack, and is close to 99 defence as well, as he actively trains the account. He also owns a Flagstaff of Festivities.

In Real Life
In real life, His Lordship is Eugene Marshall (Formerly Elias Marshall), or "Gene" for short. He was born on January 14th, 1988 (Age 22) in Malaysia, and has been residing in Perth, Australia for over 20 years.

Gene has travelled worldwide to several different countries for WG's Real Life meetings, and even applied for a position with Jagex as an audio developer in February 2009. He is a teacher by profession, as well as a student at the University of Western Australia.

As well as being skilled with Flash animation, he enjoys classical music and musical composition, film and weights training. He has composed music for TV and classical concerts, as well as WG-related compositions such as The Guardian Power. When Gene graduates, he has stated that he plans to move to Victoria, to launch his musical career.

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