(A/N): this is more like a brief guild histories on my version of Rune Midgard. /gg

Disclamer: again, I don't own Ragnarok Online! I just wish I did… lolz!

Act V: Guild History

The War of the Emperium was the bloodiest war ever to take place in Rune Midgard. Hundreds of guilds sacrificed lives all over Midgard just to gain supremacy over the castles. Sadly, this was a drastic war. Population dramatically declined as only a few corpses were ever resurrected. The truth is, there were only a few veteran priests who are able to perform this complicated spell. So in short, thousands lost their lives for this seemingly senseless war.

Out of hundreds of guilds only three rose to power, considering themselves to be the strongest of all. As years pass, weaker guilds were slowly destroyed by stronger ones and some strong ones were absorbed by the powerhouses.

The three most powerful guilds:

The first guild is Backblade, a guild born in Morroc. As two of the most powerful warriors in Morroc (a rogue and an assassin) joined forces, they decided to create a guild. Thieves, rogues and assassins immediately wanted to join them, for their ferocious battle histories and deadly fighting styles simply made them the two deadliest men in Rune Midgard. It was shown in history that before the war would end; they would already have single-handedly killed hundreds of warriors on the battlefield. In the late years of the war, they decided to attack the green pastures of Danau. Considering that it was the weakest of all empires, Blackblade's sly but deadly war techniques easily conquered the castles of Greenwood.

Although places always crumble when thieves begin to rule it, the two Guild Masters seem to do an excellent job in maintaining order in Payon. The Guild Masters even gained the respect of the Payonese hunters; thus joining their guild. Currently, majority of the members are assassins and hunters. The current duo Guild Masters are: the raging rogue, Vional and the deadly tactician of an assassin, Cramar.

The second guild is Cinder. Because Guild Cinder was born in Geffen, it currently owns the castles in Britoniah. Guild history proclaims that five legendary wizards created the guild. As wizards and sages from all over Geffen heard of the guild's powerful pioneers, they began joining the guild; therefore majority of the members are wizards, mages and sages. As its power and influence grew, they started taking the Britoniah castles one by one. It is inevitable that Cinder can only become stronger as other kinds of warriors began joining it too (Knights, crusaders, and priests from Prontera, assassins and rogues from Morroc, and even hunters from Payon). The previous Guild Master was a legendary wizard named Calfalink; he was killed by single-handedly defending a castle from an army of Backblades attacking his favorite castle (Berggel). When Calfalink died, its position was automatically handed down to his child, a female wizard named Zerran.

The third and the strongest of all guilds is Ultima. A guild guild composed of Pronteran knights and Crusaders along with priests and monks; the pride of the great Pronteran Church. Seemingly as unstoppable as they appear to be, they also have their Battlesmiths and Battlealchemists to support them! Indeed an ideal force to be reckon with. As Guild Ultima's charisma and a promising future in the great Capital of Rune Midgard seems to do the job; warriors of different kinds are attracted to this guild like moths with lamps. Therefore strengthening their already awesome line up with other different fighters such as wizards, hunters, sages, assassins etc… They currently hold the Luina castles and the current Guild Master is Relkan a Master Knight-Mage.

End of the war

The war ended because of a truce from the three guilds. Agreeing that the war was becoming pointless, as none of them would budge from their respectable empires. They decided a truce would be the solution. Relkan was the first to offer the truce and as a sign of good fate, he offered two of his castle in Prontera (Guild Ultima use to control both Valkyrie and Luina). Svanhilt to Cinder and Creamhilt to Backblade.