The Blade Keepers
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The Blade Keepers |
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| Leaders | Vio (TBK Amethyst) |
| Founders | Vio |
| Founded | February 2011 |
| Status | Closed (4 May 2011) |
| Members | N/A |
| Focuses | F2P Multi |
| Ideologies | Honour ARPK |
| Colours | Green |
| Heraldry |  Team-37 Cape |
| Motto | Your Blade is only as strong as your Heart |
The Blade Keepers (TBK) was an exodus of the Wilderness Guardians, formed by Vio in 2011. A rivalry occured between TBK and WG which lasted for around two months, before the clan's closure in May 2011.
Contents
Formation
In January 2011 Vio (as WG Amethyst, the Historian of WG at the time) recieved a temporary suspension from the clan for an unrelated issue. After offering and rescinding his resignation, he reached an agreement with WG staff to leave for an indefinite period. Around this time, Jagex had announced the "re-release" of the Wilderness, reverting PvP to near it's original state prior to the updates on 10 December 2007. Having previously founded and led a number of moderately successful clans before joining WG in 2009, Vio chose to found a new clan once again. He adopted the RuneScape display name TBK Amethyst for the majority of the clan's lifespan.
TBK saw a reasonable amount of success at the start, mainly through in-game recruitment. Although not intended as an exodus from WG, TBK recieved a number of former WG members including former warlord WG Justin.[1] Even so, TBK was initially on considerably peaceful terms with WG for the first two weeks of February 2011. The initial aim of TBK had been to support WG with PvP events such as raids and anticrash services. While joint trips were not officially held, members of the two clans would often be permitted (and sometimes requested) to attend the other clan's raids without issue, and on at least one occasion the two clans met in full force within the Wilderness, without engaging in a fight.
Within 2 months of opening TBK had over 50 members - more than WG at the time - though WG had better levels and significantly more experience. An important factor in TBK's numbers was a merge between TBK and another small clan, The Vigilantes. The merged clan retained the name and attributes of TBK, though grew considerably in size, and the TV leader Madz was given a staff rank - much to the displeasure of a number of the original TBK members. This would cause significant internal issues further down the line.
Rivalry
Closure
Trivia
- The name "The Blade Keepers" was inspired by a ficticious clan name His Lordship had created several years prior to TBK's opening, though exact details are unknown.
- TBK took a large amount of inspiration from WG - adopting an ARPK policy, referring to PK trips as "raids", using a Team-37 Cape as it was the green version of the Team-17 Cape which WG used during their peak around 2007 and 2007, and even sharing the same font WG used for their media at the time ("Kelt").
- Despite leading hostile clans, Vio and His Lordship maintained their friendship during the rivalry, with Vio even attending one of WG's real life meetings while still leading TBK.
References
- ↑ FALL IN SOUTH, 10 March 2011, Fallinsouth's Application, The Blade Keepers.
