The Guardian Power

The Guardian Power is a RuneScape song created by His Lordship. It comes in two forms, a vocal[1] version and an instrumental[2] version.

Vocal Version

The first version of the Guardian Power was released on September 6th, 2009, in a forum Important Announcement. It is 3 minutes and 13 seconds long, and contains vocals (sung by His Lordship, noteably at 4:00 AM his time), the piano riffs, and some simplistic instrumental sections.

The lyrics are written in second-person narrative, and tell the story of a RuneScape clan battle in the wilderness. Less members of WildGuard have shown up than were signed up to attend, but the war is only minutes away. Upon arrival, the opposing clan also appear to outlevel the WG members by far, with the lines "Their levels red, your friends are green, you can't believe what's on the screen". For the final verse, the listener (Who plays the role of a Guardian in the fight) is out of food and being piled by the opposing clan. Their prayer is running low and they have been immobilised by a bind spell (Implying the war takes place in F2P) and there are no other WildGuard members within sight.

The choruses of the song refer to the "Guardian Power" as a source of strength held by WildGuard which provides a greater level of strength and unity. The lines "Fear not, you are a Guardian" and "You have strength beyond your numbers/Your levels will suffice/You will tank them for a while" give an underlying and morally strengthening belief that the abilities of the Guardians extends beyond the logical and statistical bounds of the game.

The coda of the song fades out with His Lordship speaking/whispering "You will fight them until they have" and ends with an echoing "Nothing Left!", a reference to the TeamSpeak rant.

Instrumental Edition

The second version of the Guardian Power was released on September 27th 2010 for the WG vs The Gladiatorz war. It is much more musically advanced than the original version.

The song is an instrumental. It begins with percussion and the original piano riff. However the original lyrics were replaced with a brass section during the first two verses. A synthesized guitar and drumkit were added for the chorus - under which strings play an impressive countermelody, more prominent during the second and final choruses. During the final verse, the guitar plays the piano riff while the piano replaces the brass section until the pre-chorus. A bridge was added between the third and final choruses, which includes a short guitar solo, not present in the original recording. The song ends with a pedal note following the final chorus.

The new song is 3 minutes and 55 seconds long - approximately 43 seconds longer than the original.

This article was largely taken from the RS Clans Wiki[3]