Exodus

The Family by Vio, 2020, showing all clans with WG as a common ancestor. United Honor is not present, as evidence for its relation was not discovered until 2025.

An exodus is an event where a significant number of members leave a RuneScape clan and subsequently form a clan of their own. The Wilderness Guardians has created several exodi over the course of its history, and several of these clans have created exodi of their own. Relationships with exodi vary - some have become allies and others rivals.

The first recorded use of the term "exodus" to describe a mass-leave and the founding of a new clan was on 30 December 2004, when a large amount of members resigned from WG following a public post by His Lordship critical of the U.S.A. - resulting in the founding of The Revolution. While the phrase mass-leave is more commonly used to describe the departure of a large number of players within a considerably short timeframe, the term "exodus" specifically refers to a new clan created by all or the majority of the leaving members (also called a breakaway clan); when the group of players joins a pre-existing clan or go their separate ways, it is simply referred to as a "mass-leave".

As follows is a list of all the clans which share WG as a common ancestor. The first and most successful exodus in terms of in-game strength was The Synergy (ranked #24 in 2006), while the longest-surviving is Oak Island Pirates (19 years as of 2025). The most recent exodus was Nothing Left (founded in 2019).

First Generation

All of the first generation clans are exodi from Wilderness Guardians, except Oak Island Pirates which is an exodus of Descendant Guardians.

Clan	Founded	Founder(s)/Leader(s)	Relationship with WG	Status	Lifespan
The Synergy	April or August 2004	Eragon Cd	Rival, later ally	Closed (24 April 2008)	~4 years
The Revolution	1 January 2005	Noricle, Rick Hamm	Rival	Closed (24 March 2005)	~3 months
Assassins of Shadow	~2005*	Ubg Fcbruges	Neutral	Closed (29 October 2008)	~3 years
Oak Island Pirates	January 2006	Oak Island	Hostile, later neutral	Active (RuneScape 3)	19+ years
Neverending Torment	Late 2006	Rick Hamm	Neutral	Closed (Late 2007/Early 2008)	~1 year
Fidelity	23 April 2007	Draken Burst	Hostile	Closed (~1 December 2007)	~8 months
The Blade Keepers	1 February 2011	Vio (TBK Amethyst)	Rival	Closed/merged with Exalt (4 May 2011)	3 months, 4 days
Nothing Left	5 July 2019	Ross	Rival	Closed/merged with Playdead (14 July 2020)	1 year, 9 days

• * - No verifiable evidence has been found to support the founding of AS in 2005.

Second Generation

These are clans which were exodi of the first generation clans. Syn had a total of eight exodi over the course of its lifetime, while OIP and TBK had two each.

Clan	Parent	Founded	Founder(s)/Leader(s)	Relationship with WG	Status	Lifespan
Death Jesters	The Synergy	Early 2005	The Vicount	Ally (Federation)	Inactive since 2006	~1 year
Sleeping Dragons	The Synergy	29 January 2005	Kanchellsis, LostNSpace	Ally (Federation)	Closed (2013)	~8 years
Rune Titans	The Synergy	Early 2005	Brianlord6, Tempr209, Lancelot15	Neutral	Closed (May/June 2005)	~5 months
Omega	The Synergy	Early 2005	bpl4ever	Neutral	unknown	unknown
The Crusade	The Synergy	May 2006	Cocobug	Ally	Closed (12 January 2009)	~2 years, 8 months
KnockOut	The Synergy	May 2006	unknown	Neutral	unknown	unknown
Stoned Dragons	The Synergy	May 2006	Pokeurmom3, Theroamer	Neutral	Closed (~September 2006)	~4 months
Malice	The Synergy	May 2006	Jin 89 rc	Neutral	Closed (~September 2006)	~4 months
Radiant	The Blade Keepers	April 2011	Sakura Kane	Neutral	Inactive since 2011	<1 year
Colossus	The Blade Keepers	April 2011	Madz	Neutral	Inactive since 2011	<1 year
7th Circle	Oak Island Pirates	unknown	Kjarun	Neutral	unknown	unknown
Nostrum Olympus	Oak Island Pirates	unknown	Knightseek, Magicsword3	Neutral	unknown	unknown

The status of Valeria Victrix (VV) as a direct relative of WG is up for debate - it is believed that several members of The Synergy's junior clan The Synergizers joined or merged with the pre-existing VV. This would be considered a "mass-leave" rather than a "breakaway clan" - however details surrounding the event are unclear.

Third Generation

These are clans which were exodi of the second generation clans.

Clan	Parent	Founded	Founder(s)/Leader(s)	Relationship with WG	Status	Lifespan
Raining Chaos	The Crusade	January 2009	Zz Scooby Zz	Neutral	Closed (8 January 2010)	~1 year
United Honor (formerly Skillers United)	Sleeping Dragons	Late 2007	unknown	Neutral	unknown, presumed closed	unknown