AotR

History of Ancients of the Realm

Ancients of the Realm got its start a little over five years ago in a game called Dark Age of Camelot. A few players from a guild called Old Geezers in Everquest decided to try out this little known game, and decided to make a new guild for their new home. Ancient was used in the title of the guild, not to represent the age of the guild, but rather the age of its members. In fact, early recruiting in DAOC included asking new recruits if they were over the age of 25! However, with all things, exceptions to this rule occurred; and some of the members in the guild who did not meet this age requirement at the time of joining, make up the core members of today.
Ancients, as we call ourselves, flourished in DAOC. Our guild grew in numbers, and our victories in battle were many. RvR, or Realm vs. Realm, became our passion, and as Hibernians it was our goal to fight and destroy the Midguard and Albion enemies met. We joined the most feared and successful alliance, the Blackthorne alliance, and our epic battles continued. Ancients were involved in many relic takes, as well as being a part of the first raid on the Gawaine server to take down the dragon. A new game was coming out, which after having spent over two years in DAOC the Ancients were ready to try something new.
World of Warcraft exploded online with its launch, and today is the most successful MMO out there with millions of subscribers. Ancients decided to move to Sargeras and fight on the side of the Horde. We were Hibs, after all, and were used to being the underdogs, and Horde seemed to be more of our playing style. Sadly, we lost touch with our Alliance in WoW, but our guild stayed strong. Not everyone came to WoW at the same time, there were a few members who felt it difficult to leave DAOC, but most of us found our way there.
WoW brought the Ancients many good times and battles. We formed new alliances, found new friends, and faced unending challenges in facing such raids as Molten Core. After some time, the guild began to splinter a bit and many found themselves in other games. Lord of the Rings Online, City of Heroes, and Age of Conan are a few. Again, these Ancients remained together, and found new and old friends again, which led us all up to our new passion: Warhammer Online.
The key that makes Ancients different from any other guild is our main goals in the guild. Our number one goal is always to have fun. We pride ourselves in striving for a mature, well rounded guild in which all Ancients favor Ancients first over all. We like to provide an atmosphere suitable for everyone.

Guild masters in order of time served:

• Gaidheil (original GM)
• Matecuss
• Karisa
• Hokanu

“Once an Ancient, always an Ancient” and “For the Ancients”!