History
Phoenix Legion was formed in the closed beta of Dark Ages of Camelot over 7 years ago by a group of players with similar goals and playing styles of friendliness and fun above all else.
We quickly established ourselves as a well organised guild, with leaders capable and respected enough to lead huge numbers into battle for our realms glory, those who played DaoC on the Prydwen server could not have missed Lairds Relic raids or unity Alliances organised forays. Our battle cry “MON THEN!!” was heard with fear, ok, sometimes with derision as we threw ourselves into battle.
As time passed the guild branched out into other games running concurrently with Dark Ages, all sanctioned and running under the Phoenix Legion banner and following the same guild rules up to present day where the guild has a presence in 5 separate MMO’s and is involved with beta testing another 4. With a current roster approaching 500 players there is inevitably drama and friends leave. However, it is extremely rare to lose a guildie totally and not unusual to see them turn up some years after they departed for real life, marriage, and children.
Ethos
The guild has never professed or claimed to be “Uber” or “Leet” in fact the inner council led by Defoe ( original guild creator ) who oversee the whole of the guild would likely step in and remove a section of the guild who attempted to turn the guild into something it was never envisioned to be.
We are all primarily friends, some newer than others from all over the world, but once the guild is joined and an initiate is made a full member they instantly become part of the family. This sense of family is reinforced with regular guild meets, where guildies from all over the world meet up to imbibe, and catch up with guildies from games they have never played. It is not lost on us the effort some guildies make to attend these meets. With one guildie travelling from Italy for a mere night of friendly banter and exuberance.
In all the games we play, we hold to our principles. Racism, cheating, loot whores and egotists will be stamped on, chewed up, spat out, locked away in a very small room, the door bricked up and the brickie beheaded. Joining us is not easy, Initiates may see a smooth transition to full member, but in the background there is much discussion on guildies suitability, Uber gear and a high level character does not mean you will be accepted if you can’t work as a team for the whole guild.
The above may lead you to think we think a lot of ourselves, in truth we do. The guild has an enviable reputation in the gaming community and amongst game developers, something we guard and protect jealously.
Personal thoughts
We aren’t all serious and studious; Warhammer may yet see the reintroduction of Phoenix Legions famous Ninja Monks, an elite party of level 1 characters who try to take keeps, taunt the enemy at their home base or anything else that falls into the realms of “silly”.
Phoenix legion has become to some of us, more than a name or association where we play a game, when you spend so much time together, and meet in real life, knowing the person behind the pixels has strengthened our bonds. I always liken the guild to an ant colony, individually we are weak, and together we move mountains (I know ants don’t move mountains but you get the drift).
If you are interested in joining us in Warhammer please visit our recruitment forums here http://www.plforums.co.uk/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=66
For all of our forums go here http://www.plforums.co.uk/forums/
Drac,
GM of Phoenix Legion’s Warhammer Online branch.
