Clan:Darken Kings

The Darken Kings was a clan of mid-to-high level players. They're clan colors are similar to that of a Cape Slayer Cape. Players who possessed 80 ranged/magic OR 90 combat level OR have 75 in all melee skills were welcome to join, regardless of membership status.

The Darken Kings clan started in 2009 as a rebellion from another clan that was lead by "goldrknight1" as he was know then. He was a mean and abusive leader, and most of his members were fed up with his methods. His five generals, coleandt9, riscune, rasengav8, I Shoot Prep, and Urpoo360 had a secret meeting where they decided to overthrow gold and create their own clan. The rebellion met with immediate success and the clan quickly skyrocketed in members. It was extremely successful in it's first two years of life, partially due to it's emphasis on treating all players fairly and equally, and partially due to the very effective leadership system that was put in place. The five founders all had equal power and ruled as deputy owners of the clan, while the owner spot was filled by a dummy account that all five had access to. In it's peak, the clan reached just over 400 members, had multiple rounds of clan wars every single day, and had typically 4-5 simultaneous conversations going on in the clan chat.

The descent of the clan began when the leaders started to become inactive. Many were faced with real life obligations that prevented them from being active on Runescape. This inactivity caused other clan members to be given the deputy owner rank as well as access to the owner account. As is usually the case, these new leaders had neither the maturity nor the passion required to keep a clan of this size and caliber operating smoothly. The clan finally died in 2012, once a player known as "Darkshiva8" seized control of the clan by making himself the leader. After going on a mad kicking spree, removing around 300 members from the clan, Shiva then quit and passed the leadership on to Urpoo360, who had quit the game a year prior. The clan now sits dead and inactive.

This however, is not the end of the story. Coleandt9, one of the old founders, has recently returned to Runescape and has started a new clan in memory of Darken Kings with Broken Hal0, a beloved clan member. They are now known as Cole Z and Wolfy Z and their clan is called Darken Knights.