Exodus

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The Family by Vio, 2020, showing all clans with WG as a common ancestor.

An exodus is an event where a significant number of members leave a clan and subsequently form a clan of their own. 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". The first recorded use of the term "exodus" to describe a mass-leave was on 30 December 2004. A large amount of players resigned from WG following a public post by His Lordship critical of the U.S.A., resulting in the foundation of The Revolution.

The Wilderness Guardians has sustained several exodi over the course of its history, and several of the subsequent clans have sustained exodi of their own. Relationships with exodi vary - some have become allies and others rivals. 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 (14 years as of 2020). The most recent exodus is Nothing Left (founded in 2019).

First Generation Clans

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

Name	Founded	Founder(s)/Leader(s)	Status
The Synergy	April or August 2004	Eragon Cd	Closed (~29 June 2008)
The Revolution	~January 2005	Noricle, Rick Hamm	Closed (22 March 2005)
Oak Island Pirates	January 2006	Oak Island	Active (RuneScape 3)
Neverending Torment	Late 2006	Rick Hamm	Closed (Late 2007/Early 2008)
Fidelity	Early 2007	Draken Burst, Stokenut	Closed (2007)
Assassins of Shadow	July 2007	Ubg-fcbruges	Closed (29 October 2008)
The Blade Keepers	1 February 2011	Vio (TBK Amethyst)	Closed (4 May 2011)
Nothing Left	5 July 2019	Ross	Active (Old-School RuneScape)

Second Generation Clans

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. All of the second-generation clans have closed.

Name	Parent	Founded	Founder(s)/Leader(s)	Closed
Death Jesters	Syn	Late 2004/Early 2005	The Vicount	unknown
Sleeping Dragons	Syn	January 2005	Kanchellsis	2013
Rune Titans	Syn	Early 2005	Brianlord6, Tempr209, Lancelot15	May/June 2005
Omega	Syn	Early 2005	bpl4ever	unknown
The Crusade	Syn	May 2006	Cocobug	12 January 2009
KnockOut	Syn	May 2006	unknown	unknown
Stoned Dragons	Syn	May 2006	unknown	unknown
Malice	Syn	May 2006 18 April 2008	Jin 89 rc <0 Ra Ve N	~September 2006 unknown
Radiant	TBK	April 2011	Sakura Kane	2011
Colossus	TBK	April 2011	Madz	2011
7th Circle	OIP	unknown	Kjarun	unknown
Nostrum Olympus	OIP	unknown	Knightseek, Magicsword3	unknown

Third Generation Clans

Only one third generation clan is known to have existed - Raining Chaos, an exodus of The Crusade, which was an exodus of The Synergy, which was an exodus of WG.

Name	Parent	Founded	Founder(s)/Leader(s)	Closed
Raining Chaos	TC	January 2009	Zz Scooby Zz	8 January 2010