On March 25 of 2014, the Fallen Vanguard was born. Nytec and I wanted to get our hands on those fancy Clan Research Blueprints we kept hearing about. We built the first keys to the Dojo, and cooked up a respectable number of rooms on our own, before running out of Forma and crying about it thereafter. We invite a few friends to give us a hand.


On April 18th of 2014, Nytec and I realized we actually had more than eight friends, and we couldn't fit them all in a Ghost Clan. We also ran out of Forma again, and figured we'd leech reach out to others for support. We moved up to Shadow Tier, and started accepting anyone and everyone into the Clan. Though our only advertising campaign was a copy/paste message in Recruiting chat every few minutes.

Nevertheless, our ranks grew, and I realized that Warframe was a game that I genuinely wanted to invest in. I've led Guilds/Clans in the past, and it's a pretty hefty amount of work. I was hesitant to take that step with Warframe, but I soon grew to love the game, its developers, and the community at large. I wanted to help facilitate that bond. I wanted to make A̶m̶e̶r̶i̶c̶a̶ the Fallen Vanguard great again.


On June 10th of 2014, the Clan steps into the Storm. We set up the infamous recruitment thread, and a rag-tag Council of sorts starts to take shape. Our Dojo expands rapidly -- rooms and wings and whole floors come to life. I meet folks from all walks of life, and they share their stories with me. The Vanguard becomes the crossroads for these stories, a truly global platform of communication.

We become the 7th most viewed/replied thread in the Storm Clan sub-forum. Applications pour in, and roster "clean-ups" become much more frequent. I almost decide to kick Dash, but concede that I could still make use of him (JUST KIDDING DASHY ILU).

We partner up with gaming community Lux Eterna, and the Vanguard reaches the peak of its community engagement. Runehawk went on to become a multi-millionaire with six wives and private yacht. Which is actually all true, except for the money and the wives.

And the yacht.


On February 22nd of 2016, the Fallen Vanguard became a Mountain Clan. And Runehawk may or may not have shed a few tears.

Seriously, you folks are amazing. Absolutely fantastic. If you folks were a fruit, you would be a banana. Sweet, good for the health, and even tastier when you peel the skin off.

I didn't really think that through, but I digress.

We're making it big, ladies 'n' gents. You and I have a bright future ahead of us. To all players, both old and new, I welcome you to write this new chapter with me.

We've got a lot more pages to go.

Regards,
Runehawk

Recruiment Thread: https://forums.warframe.com/topic/612151-fallen-vanguard-top-10-most-viewed-storm-thread-%E2%80%93-fully-revamped-images-~200-free-spots-full-dojo-ts3-casual/#comment-6904045