Guild:The Vanguard Of Asylum (historical)

The Vanguard Of Asylum [ASY]
The Vanguard of Asylum [ASY] was formed in September of 2005 by Mercyful Fate [IGN: King Mercyful Fate] and a friend from a browser-based MMOG. The initial wave of membership brought other players who had not yet completed the Prophecies Mission line and were all PvE oriented. Among the first members were Temperant Wind and Busty Mounds, both remain to this day Officers of the Guild.

As time went on, the membership within The Vanguard of Asylum increased, peaking at about 75-80 members including Officers and the Leader, Mercyful Fate (MF). However, towards the end of on March in 2006, MF made the decision to do a mass kicking of all members of the Guild, re-inviting only about half to two thirds of the membership. "The Cleansing" occurred on March 30th 2006 and the restructuring of the guild began. By ridding the guild of the players with poor attitudes, lack of commitment, and being above reproach when it came to criticism to help improve their skill, The Vanguard of Asylum began to see a very positive outcome from the pruning.

This also lead to the creation of a Guild called "Exodus from Fate". The co-founder of the guild, unhappy with some of the decisions made by Mercyful Fate and the Officers of Asylum broke off taking a handful of members. Exodus from Fate died within a month.

Over time the guild began more high end farming, having picked up some Fissure of Woe (FoW) farmers, ASY started to do regular 5-Man FoW farming groups. We also began to dabble with the old 2-man Underworld farming teams (Monk + Necromancer pair). The guild's main focus remained PvE only, striving for what would later be called "Protector" titles for all our players in the various continents, as well as the quest for high end weapons and armor.

With many of the core members having Mastered the missions of Tyria and Cantha, the guild turned to some off and on Alliance Battles to build up faction for the guild. Despite getting the guild's feet wet in PvP, ASY stuck to its' roots, PvE as the official guild stance. ASY also had one of its' long time allies, ARAN merge into it.

As the months went by, a few guild members started to experiment with Heroes' Ascent and ultimately the Hall of Heroes. With the introduction of Nightfall, the guild continued to hover around the 50-60 member mark (including Officers and MF). There were mild roster changes within the Officer line up, but since their original promotions, Temperant Wind, Busty Mounds, Survivor Aneelia, and Lady Trueheart remained active Officers throughout every period of the guild's existence, and Init Forthemoney since the merger of ARAN into ASY.

During this time The Vanguard of Asylum held it's second Item Giveaway, this time being featured in The Scribe, who actually made an appearance at the event.

http://www.guildwars.com/community/thescribe/scribe-070222.php

With the addition of the Domain of Anguish, the guild started looking into farming in DoA, and picked up a few veteran DoA farmers. Sadly, this resulted in yet another break off from the guild, taking 3 of our newer Officers along with a few other DoA farmers due to a growing elitist faction with The Vanguard of Asylum. With the elitists gone, ASY continued its' routine 5-man FoW and other PvE title hunting.

Around May of 2007, Mercyful Fate went on hiatus. For a year the guild sat quietly, as if in tombed by the ice of the Southern Shiverpeaks, the home of ASY's idol, King Jalis Ironhammer (the other guild idol being Paris Hilton, That's hot.) Eventually by April of 2008, even the most dedicated members of the guild assumed that MF would not return and departed their beloved guild. Less than a month later, Mercyful Fate returned and kicked out the remaining members, most of which had been inactive for months.

In June of 2008, the horn was sounded and many of the Officers that were still actively playing began to return to their former posts within the guild. And so began the rebuilding of The Vanguard of Asylum...

Recruitment
The Vanguard of Asylum [ASY] accepts PvE players with mature, amicable attitudes that are newbie friendly. We prefer 18+ and older, but maturity prevails over age. Elitist players will likely not care for the laid back nature of our core group of players.

Our main objectives at this time are Vanquisher and Guardian titles, as well as FoW/UW farming for high end armor and weapons. We also take time to work on other PvE oriented titles such as Cartographer, Wisdom, Treasure Hunter, Sunspear, Lightbringer, and Skill Hunter. Some of our members may begin working on Defender of Ascalon titles as well.

We hope to begin holding our Item Giveaways again in the near future as well. However, we do not accept new members during these giveaways as they are not for recruiting purposes. Players that meet us due to these events that are truly interested in guild membership are willing to wait until after the giveaway to inquire about membership. We do not tolerate leeches.

All of our players currently have accounts on the American servers, but we have had members on the European servers as well.

If you have patience and sickening dedication, The Vanguard of Asylum [ASY] may be the guild for you.

January 2009: We at Vanguard of Asylum wish everyone the best and brightest of New Years!!!!ReikiNurse 04:42, 3 January 2009 (UTC) ReikiNurse

Contact information
All Contact names are IN GAME NAMES.

Leader - King Mercyful Fate Officer - Duchess Aneelia Officer - Lady Trueheart Officer - Reiki Nurse Officer - Publilius Pico Officer - Kirin Zvhal Officer - Temperant Wind Officer - Strato Boom</li></ul>

For inquiries about the guild or membership speak with any Officer or the Leader.

For PvE Official Guild Activities speak with King Mercyful Fate.

For PvP Unofficial Member Activities speak with Publilius Pico.

Our current web address is http://vanguardofasylum.org however we will be moving to http://asy.mf-online.net in the near future.