The root
Protect what matters.
The motto names two duties: work for balance, and stand between danger and those who need protection. The Aldacron connects that ideal to helping outnumbered players. Explore the Guard’s purpose.
A brotherhood across worlds
The Sundered
Guard
We are Nature’s Sword
and the People’s Shield.
Kindred since 2002
Nature’s Sword · The People’s Shield
Many paths.
One brotherhood.
From the wilds of Shadowbane to the reaches of the ’verse. Different worlds. A shared history. A place to call home.
The Guard began with a reason to stand together: defend the living world and the people who could not defend themselves. In The Aldacron, that purpose follows the guild from Aerynth into other worlds. The setting changes; the responsibility travels with it.
The branch
Stand as kindred.
When friends left Shadowbane, the Guard risked losing more than players. Chapters grew from the resolve to keep those friendships alive, even across different games. Why the branches matter.
The bloom
Keep your honor.
The later chapter charter asks for respectful competition, maturity, and fair play. A worthy opponent deserves a good fight.
“We are Nature’s Sword and the People’s Shield.”
The original code · March 2002The guild library
A deeper path
into the Guard.
Explore the oaths, organization, memories, and stories preserved in archived pages and supplied guild documents. Each reading page keeps its sources and historical setting close at hand.
I / The promises
Codes of the Guard
Separate editions of the founding oath, chapter conduct, community rules, and bylaws.
II / The brotherhoodCharters & structure
The four Orders, Proper, chapter governance, ranks, and mentoring.
III / The remembered yearsHistory of the Guard
A real-world chronology and the gathering places that held the community together.
IV / The imagined worldsLore of Aldalonde
Treehaven, the Aldarem, chapter backstories, and a path into member-written fiction.
V / The living wordsNeth Ghrel · Feral
Find a greeting, a battle cry, or a vow. Explore the recorded language and the stories its words carry.
Through the Aldarem
Every realm,
another tale.
Each world gave the Guard a different setting for its story. These are chapters preserved in the public record, with their own lore and traditions.
The roots / Archived 2002
Shadowbane
Rangers and Druids devoted to Braialla, the Green Mother. A roleplaying brotherhood defending wilderness and wanderer alike, without seeking dominion over others.
Read the original identityThe wilds / Historical chapter lore
Darkfall
Black and green ribbons mark a path through Agon. The Sundered Claw and Heartland Guard unite after losing their homelands, dreaming of Aldalonde, a sanctuary known as tree-haven.
Explore the lore of AgonBeyond one game / Recorded history
Beyond the first realm
Surviving records also name World of Warcraft, EverQuest II, EVE, Saga of Ryzom, Warhammer Online, and Dark Age of Camelot in the Guard’s wider journey.
Read the multi-game historyThe ’verse / Chapter fiction
Star Citizen
Its chapter story follows former UEE soldiers and pilots into the Goss system: travelers, traders, and protectors returning to a shared home.
Visit the organization profileA record of the guild’s journey, not a current activity list. Chapter lore is fiction; historical listings do not confirm today’s roster, events, or recruitment.
Roots & recollections
A home called
Aldalonde.
In the Guard’s shared fiction, the Aldarem are tree-portals between worlds. Wherever they lead, Aldalonde, or Treehaven, is the home its kindred seek to build.
Read the guild’s historyA brotherhood begins.
A forum-based brotherhood gathers around Shadowbane. Surviving accounts differ on the exact founding date. Read both accounts.
A home in Aerynth.
With Shadowbane’s launch, the Guard enters the game and establishes Aldalonde on Mourning.
The paths open.
A multi-game structure brings new chapters into the same enduring community.
From The Aldacron · Guild fiction
What survives
the fire.
In the Guard’s fiction, Petrus Aduro finds five living seeds among the ashes of Aldalonde’s Tree of Life. The city has fallen, but the possibility of rebuilding remains.
Later Feral writings return to that image in their rites and vows: memory carried forward, with something living still to protect.
Read the story behind the words“nareth varna” · The Guard endures.
A ceremonial expression from the Feral expansions · Explore the languageThe promises we carry
Gentle of heart.
Steadfast in honor.
Protection, tolerance, and understanding sit at the heart of the 2002 code. Later chapter rules carry that spirit into how the Guard plays together.
Explore the codes & conductProtect the world around you
The founding roleplay code calls for care for nature and its people, patience toward those who misunderstand the brotherhood, and help freely given to kindred Rangers and Druids.
Respect the person behind the character
The Star Citizen charter rejects harassment and out-of-character insults. Disagreements should be handled calmly, with mediation when needed.
Compete without griefing
Honorable PvP leaves room for fierce opposition while remembering that the game should remain enjoyable for both sides.
Play fairly
The chapter charter rejects deliberate abuse of serious game bugs or exploits.
Original Darkfall-era guild artworkPages from the past
A little dust.
A lot of history.
In February 2002, the guild announced its move to thesunderedguard.com. The surviving March capture preserves its green-and-black crest, news, and familiar gathering places: The Glades, The Clearing, and The Shattered Sky.
Follow the original pages to explore where the Guard’s story began.
From the first home2002
The Sundered Guard
The worlds change.
The story carries on.
A home for the Guard’s identity, its remembered worlds, and the stories still worth telling.
