The Vanguard

"ok I'm gonna go snort massive amounts of coke" -Danesmark
== History ==
=== Genesis ===
Vanguard is a clan on AztecMC founded on November 6th, 2020 by Gastrogi_68 (now Gastrogi) and reefds (now c0rrupted0ne). The main base of operations was Gastro-reef, a base too close to spawn for the size it was. The first member of Vanguard besides the founders was WilkoMiner. WilkoMiner increased the wealth of Vanguard greatly. Vanguard devoted its wealth towards the construction of Victoria, the first Vanguard mega base with villagers and farms. Near the completion of Victoria, new members were invited. Some including MintGamer83723, Samuldacamul5673, VinceBD2006.
===The First Decay===
The Wilko Controversy sparked the First Decay. In essence, WilkoMiner claimed to have an insider on one of Moss_Manage's bases and gave those coordinates to Chasey_Wasey. Chasey, with a group, goes to those coordinates to realize that no base exists there. Chasey_Wasey than warranted a 48 hour search period for Victoria to be found and griefed. During this period, Victoria was found by a third party. Vanguard concluded that the raider was going to attempt to sell the coordinates to Chasey. Vanguard quickly began to evacuate resources to Gastro-reef. The raider, who was later too be found to be Saint_Skabungus, never did that and decided to just steal Victoria's most precious valuables. WilkoMiner, wanting to increase the morale of Vanguard bought multiple elytras. Danesmark, suspicious, reported WilkoMiner for x-ray. During this time, Wilko tp'd c0rrupted0ne and Gastrogi near the world border where they would begin to construct Conclave, a new mega base to replace Victoria. The x-ray report took several weeks for the admins to respond, with Danesmark reporting him 4 times. WilkoMiner was then banned by Solhys, decreasing the morale Vanguard. The members who became inactive during this period were MintGamer83723, VinceBD2006, Samuldacamul5673, and WilkoMiner. Members joined during this period was Hothands217.
===The Resurgence===
After the Wilko Controversy, Vanguard, which had been limited to 3 members (c0rrupted0ne, Gastrogi, and Hothands217) worked hard on Concave, even adding a guardian farm. Members who joined during this period were_JustInCase (now TwistedChip), imAbakedp0tat0, SeasonTriple360, and SourceCiting. The morale for Vanguard was at an all-time high and new extensions of Conclave were being added every day. With villagers now at Conclave, things seemed unstoppable, at least at that point in time.
===The Second Decay===
On December 14th, 2020, Conclave was raided by ClownPierce, Vandrayk, and Saint_Skabungus (Vandrayk under the alt of FrenchTickler88), known as "The Hell at Conclave". They destroyed everything but the guardian farm. Most members were lucky enough to escape, some including, Gastrogi, TwistedChip, SourceCiting, SeasonTriple360, and VinceBD2006. Hothands217 was later spawn killed by ClownPierce but had luckily put all his items in an ender chest beforehand. c0rrupted0ne hadn't been so lucky. While alt-tabbed, ClownPierce went invisible and killed c0rrupted0ne, effectively losing all of his gear. After this, Vanguard had been at the lowest morale it had seen since the First Decay. Vanguard had started construction on a new base, Elysium, but the main builder, Gastrogi couldn't find any motivation to work on it. Vanguard was nearly brought to the brink of collapse. Members who became inactive during this period are SeasonTriple360 and imAbakedp0tat0. Members who joined were BedDestroyer08.
===The Vanguard Renaissance===
The Vanguard Renaissance was sparked when Jaknarr asked the Vanguard to guard his mansion. Most Vanguard members were now eager to play now that there was something to do. Vanguard members made many farms including raid, creeper, sugarcane, pumpkins, and melons, guardian, bad omen, and other farms. Vanguard experienced a lot of notoriety and becoming one of the most prominent clans. More Vanguard bases have been constructed during this time, which include the Delian Vault, St. 
WilkoMiner's Cathedral, Protostar, Alexandria, Zenith, The Oppidum, Megolovania longpenis, Asgard, and the Midasian Vault. Members that joined during this period are WillySkips, SomeDerpGuy, PhenomenalFear, Arice2005, milkman097, Jumpkicku1, SolUnderscore (note from Sol: hey thats me), Rymx, Riihari, Cleo_x3, Danesmark, Nekosocks, TheSpectrumHalo, CaramalFox, Shyfruitbat, Chasey_Wasey, NathanHalo11, _jobro, slobraster69, ImTHATnathanOwO, carlilejs, Jaknarr, MeesWasbeer (NetherRacc), PurplePersona, VaniXxx, and Superty1. Elysium was then later raided (presumed to be Saint_Skabungus but that is only speculation). Elysium then became a symbol of demoralization among the Vanguard. 
== Wars ==
===The Paltry War===
During the Vanguard Renaissance, many minor conflicts, referred to as, "The Paltry Wars" took place
====The Word0fGod Conflict====
One such conflict was the word0fgod conflict. This conflict started when word0fgod and Cryptosniper333 crystalled BedDestroyer08. BedDestroyer08 then put a 40 diamond block bounty on whoever brought word0fgod's head to the Vanguard. To get revenge Vanguard spawn camped word0fgod. PhenmonenalFear had set up a fall trap to kill him, which killed him 39 times before he did deleted his home point. There were then many skirmishes, most of them lead by PhenomenalFear. Most of these were unfair fights, usually being PhenomenalFear vs Word0fgod and Cryptosniper333, and most ended in draws. This conflict concluded when Rymx challenged word0fgod to fight him in the arena. The fight was an overwhelming victory for Rymx, popping multiple totems before the fight ended in under 30 seconds. This fight then made word0fgod quit the server. (Note from Sol: lmao destroyed nerd) 
====The War of Mees' Group====
Another conflict was the "War gainst Mees' Group." In essence, BedDestroyer08 found a base that belonged to MeesWasbeer, Riihari, sam_de_steen, Techno_rens, Technoducks, periander, kartingjack123, and gunnylo. BedDestroyer08 tp'd all online Vanguard members which included TwistedChip, Arice2005, and PhenomenalFear. This raid was a massacre in Vanguard's favor. TwistedChip had crystalled gunnylo, kartingjack123, periander, technoducks, and techno_rens, but techno_rens had been logging and sam_de_steen and MeesWasbeer had escaped. The next day, sam_de_steen was hunted down but had tridented away. The next week, Riihari attempted to bait Rymx into rtp, and as soon as that happened, Riihari tped techno_rens. Rymx, being one of the best Vanguard pvpers, popped 4 of their totems before they tridented away. By the time Rymx tp'd TwistedChip, they were already running. A couple days later, TwistedChip, Rymx, and sam_de_steen were pushing Danesmark into group rtp as a joke. Danesmark was genuinely afk at this time. sam_de_steen had accidentally stepped on the pressure plate and even almost killed (including popping a totem) before Danesmark got back to her computer and crystalled sam_de_steen in 3 seconds. This conflict never had any major conclusion and the last interaction was the one last described with the obvious victor of the war being Vanguard, the conflict eventually fizzled out, and both groups eventually coming to amends and some members joining/allying with Vanguard such as MeesWasBeer and Riihari and others joining Galactic Empire.
====The elfapper and elclapper Conflict====
Another conflict was the elfapper and elclapper Conflict. This conflict started when this duo had killed SolUnderscore and SourceCiting. They then took Broken Promise, SolUnderscore's sword (Note from Sol: technically it was ary3's sword), and Hephaestus' Wrath, SourceCiting's sword. clapper then rtp'd with Rymx, who clapper eventually died to. he then rtp'd with Rymx again, only for clapper to hastily flee the scene. Vanguard members were then able to make elfapper combat-log in the arena, and slowly more Vanguard members started showing up, with an average between 10-15 Vanguard members in arena camping fapper. The following week, Vanguard then made elclapper combat-log in arena, thus creating the "log pvp strat." that is when a player logs in, they gain 5 second invulnerability, and abusing that, would make you practically invincible. Vanguard still overwhelmed elclapper, even with him abusing the log in protection. In fact, clapper was able to kill ClownPierce, one of the most infamous PvPers on the server, using log in protection. This is now referred to on AztecMC as the "clapper strat." Vanguard then allied with Galactic Empire to try and retrieve Kyab's "Emperor's Saber." Vanguard and GE (Galactic Empire) had set up a crystal trap, which elfapper thought would be a Vanguard base that kyab was tp'ing him to for the Emperor's Saber. Unfortuneatly, elfapper came with the intention to scam, and all that happened was Vanguard spawn-camping elfapper a few times. Since elfapper had set a home to the fake base, he later came back in full gear and killed _jobro who was there. This conflict ended when fapper was banned for 2 weeks, and then permanently banned for ban evasion. elclapper then became less active due to his accomplice being banned. Rymx then purchased Hephaestus' Wrath from elclapper for "a mirror," miniVanarmy's sword, which has an admin blessing.
=== The Vanguard-Benchwarmer War ===
Following the elfapper and elclapper conflict, several members of Vanguard left to help create a break-off clan that focused on PvP and raiding. This new clan created more conflict for Vanguard and would ultimately determine those trustworthy, and those otherwise. 
==== Formation ====
After an argument in a voice call between Peekatchu_ and SolUnderscore, which provoked past ptsd triggers in SolUnderscore, c0rrupt kicked him from the server after 5 days of discussion with other higher ups in the server. Afterwords, with many highly ranked Vanguard members being friends with PeekAtChu_ and many other members as well, he was allowed another chance, but following more attempts at provoking multiple members of the server, he was banned for good. This upset Chasey_Wasey causing him and friends to secretly join PeekAtChu_ and after certain events that determined untrustworthiness, all three were later kicked from the clan, which included jobro_ and NathanHalo11 as they had made it clear that they didn't support any negative action towards an "OG"citation needed. Along with that, Chasey claimed that he owed clapped and fapper from the Paltry Wars, making it reasonable for him and his friends to join them in war. The most notable members initially were elclapper, Peekatchu_, and Chasey_Wasey. At an unknown point The Three Musketeers joined for support. PvPers from servers other than Aztec unofficially joined the Benchwarmers, but their involvement has been limited to none whatsoever.
==== The Raid of c0rrupted0ne's Base ====
This day was a true sign of the events Vanguard and it's members would soon be involved in. The first major event began when Gastrogi went to use the auto-smelter at c0rrupted0ne's base to find that the base was griefed. Vanguard has received anonymous word that a purge of Vanguard bases was soon to come, but the anonymous source would not tell who was going to cause it, which was soon found to be PeekAtChu_.
==== The Battle of Delian ====
After the raid of c0rrupt's base, Gastrogi, Rymx, and SourceCiting went to check on Delian Vault, the main storage base of the Vanguard, as it was about 200 blocks from c0rrupted0ne's base. When they arrived they found that the lights had been mined out and that on the member board was a sign that read, "elclapper." They three then went to check the actual contents of the storage base to find that most of the contents were in tact. As they were about to leave to do further investigation, elclapper appeared and began to crystal the three of them. Gastrogi, being ill-prepared for the fight as he had no obsidian or crystals, one totem, and an elytra and turtle shell on, immediately combat-logged. PeekAtChu_ was then tp'd by xXxwomanloverxXx, which was later found to be a Chasey_Wasey alt account. SourceCiting had to immediately flee the battle as he had run out of crystals, making his contribution to the fight useless. The remaining Vanguard forces left was Rymx and he was facing PeekAtChu_ and elclapper. This battle did see a lot of "log pvp" from both sides, but in the end, Rymx, was able to crystal both PeekAtChu_ and elclapper making the Battle of Delian a conclusive victory for Vanguard. Shortly after this battle "log pvp" was patched as now along with the 5-second invulnerability period, the player also had a 6-second period in which they could not do damage to another player.
==== The Raid of Saint WilkoMiner's Cathedral ====
Shortly after the Battle of Delian, Gastrogi went to check on one of his greatest achievements on the server, St. WilkoMiner's Cathedral to find two people by the pews from the balcony. These two people were later to be discovered to be Chasey_Wasey and elclapper. Both of them had spotted Gastrogi and by the time Gastrogi had tp'd Rymx both had fled to make sure that Vanguard didn't know that Chasey_Wasey had betrayed them. So when Gastrogi had reported what had happened, he said he saw PeekAtChu_ and elclapper, but in reality, when PeekAtChu_ died at the Battle of Delian, he lost his only netherite set, and was wearing a diamond set at the time, while the other player was wearing a netherite set. Vanguard had already started to become suspicious of an insiding from this. Vanguard then received anonymous word that Chasey_Wasey was the one tp'ing elclapper to all the Vanguard bases, and was effectively removed from Vanguard along with jobro_ and NathanHalo11. Saint WilkoMiner's Cathedral was then completely griefed a day later after Gastrogi and Rymx were offline
==== The Raid of Alexandria ====
A few days after the Raid of Saint WilkoMiner's Cathedral, PeekAtChu_ named their group, "The Benchwarmers." They then recruited the Three Musketeers who are infamous in their part in the destruction of the Templar Order of Greywind. Shortly after this recruitment, The Benchwarmers raided Alexandria, the main villager base of the Vanguard.
==== The Battle of Dustbowl ====
After the Raid of Alexandria, Vanguard forces met the Benchwarmer forces at a desert called "Dustbowl." The Vanguard forces were SourceCiting, TwistedChip, slobraster69, and Goofable, which was later found to be an elclapper alt account attempting to inside Vanguard. The Benchwarmer forces were Peakky, Rattlerbite, NerdOnTrial, Chasey_Wasey, NathanHalo11, _jobro, and elclapper. Although Vanguard retreated in the end due to being utterly outnumbered, it was only a Pyrrhic victory for Benchwarmers as the Benchwarmers took two casualties of Rattlerbite and NathanHalo11, while Vanguard took no casualties, securing the moral victory for Vanguard.
==== The Battle of the River ====
Only minutes after the Battle of Dustbowl occurred, the Battle of the River occurred in which Goofable had log trapped Chasey_Wasey near a river. In reality, this was all a plot to lure Vanguard into a Benchwarmer victory as Goofable was an elclapper alt account. Vanguard forces were Rymx, SourceCiting, slobraster69, Goofable, and carlilejs. Benchwarmer forces were NerdOnTrial, Rattlerbite, Peakky, _jobro, Chasey_Wasey, and BabyKeegza. Again, Vanguard had to retreat from this battle from being outnumbered but took less casualties in the process as the Benchwarmers casulaties were Rattlerbite and NerdOnTrial and the only Vanguard casualty was slobraster69. Although the moral victory is still up for debate, this battle, although a martial victory for Benchwarmers, boosted morale among Vanguard.
==== The Battle of the Deep Seas ====
After a period of both sides avoiding each other, Vanguard forces finally met Benchwarmer forces in an ocean, and saw the use of barely any crystals. Vanguard forces were Rymx, SourceCiting, and slobraster69. Benchwarmer forces included Rattlerbite, NerdOnTrial, and Chasey_Wasey. Rattlerbite was the first to fly away, and then followed by Chasey_Wasey, which left a 3v1 of Rymx, SourceCiting, and slobraster69 versus NerdOnTrial. After NerdOnTrial's helemt broke, he too, fled. Securing the first martial victory for Vanguard in a long time. Soon after this battle, NerdOnTrial quit the server.
==== The Raid of the Vanguard Farming District ====
Being only a few hundred blocks from the Delian Vault, Vanguard knew the Benchwarmers were using the old Vanguard farming district to leech off of its precious resources. SolUnderscore and Rymx arrived there to find NathanHalo11, NathanHalo11's alt account, NathanHalo12, TheMormonChurch, and Bking1824. Although Bking1824 claims to have found the farm a few days prior and has no association with the Benchwarmers. Rymx then went in and crystalled both NathanHalo11 and NathanHalo12, which both had godsets on, and then made TheMormonChurch combat-log as Bking1824 fled the scene. TheMormonChurch then logged back in and flew away. Vanguard then bombed the entire area.
==== The Battle of LaddieMate's Gold Farm ====
Originally being a neutral ground between Vanguard and Benchwarmers, SMOL_COOKIE_GANG had logged on to find his old base became a community farming district shared among server regulars. SMOL_COOKIE_GANG, being unhappy about that fact, raided his own farm. Before negotiations between Vanguard and Benchwarmers could begin, NerdOnTrial killed zixle1, Rymx's alt account, which was afk at some of the in-tact farms. Rymx then tp'd SourceCiting, SeasonTriple360, and slobraster69. By the time Vanguard forces had arrived, NerdOnTrial had left but some Benchwarmer forces remained, which included Peakky, Rattlerbite, and Chasey_Wasey. It was a disorganized fight, holding no casualties. After a conclusive battle, the Benchwarmers retreated, securing a Vanguard victory. Soon after this battle, Rattlerbite quit the server.
==== Raid of the Benchwarmer Base ====
After a month of no interactions between either side as many Benchwarmer members had quit in the following weeks after the departure of the Three Musketeers from AztecMC as Peakky was banned for the removal of packets, more Benchwarmers began to go inactive such as PeekAtChu_ and elclapper until all that remained was Chasey_Wasey, NathanHalo, and _jobro. With Vanguard having much more manpower, there was a month long period of no raids or battles. This period ended when Rymx found a base that he did not know the owner to. After consulting many Vanguard members and allies, to no avail of finding the owner, he griefed the base. He placed multiple withers named "Vanguard On Top" in the base. After a few hours, NathanHalo logged on but was having computer issues and lagged out while joining the server causing NathanHalo to be spawn camped by the withers after his gear blew up as well. 
[This War is still in progress and will be updated as new battles/raids occur]
=== The Vanguard-Turtle Gang War ===
During the Vanguard-Benchwarmer War, the Turtle Gang had started to become known for their pestering of admins and toxicity in chat. Not wanting to officially declare war on them yet due the the war Vanguard had been dealing with for the past month, but finally did after the Turtle Gang returned after they announced they would "quit" the server. 
==== The Raid of the Turtle Gang Base ====
after Bking1824 pretended to be afk in the old Turtle Gang base as it was looted, but not raided by Techno_rens, MeesWasBeer, and Bking1824. The Turtle Gang had publicly announced the coordinates of their base but we displeased that it had been raided as they thought they left a positive impact on the server and did not deserve it. Bking1824 then gave his coordinates to SourceCiting who flew there and tp'd Willyskips, PurplePersona, Jaknarr, Danesmark, slobraster69, and TwistedChip. Upon arrival, MooRijst combat-logged and Roebery was crystalled by Danesmark. Thormeneer then dug himself a hole and attempted to ledge crystal everyone nearby but to no avail. SourceCiting then attempted to place a respawn anchor which made him also combat log. Vanguard then proceeded to kill all the turtles at the base as a sign of humiliation and bombed the rest of the base. After this, Turtle Gang officially disbanded.
=== Vanguard-Peacekeeper War ===
During the period in which the tides of the Vanguard-Benchwarmer War had been changed to Vanguard's favor, a new group on AztecMC known as the "Peacekeepers" formed. This group comprised of MrPickleLess, Mr_MeatballXXX, Mcpicklesbelike, NetherTortoise01, and BabyKeegza. 
==== Raid of the Peacekeeper Temple ====
PurplePersona was able to gain knowledge of this group well before the general public had, he reported to the higher ups of Vanguard that they had planned to kill a few Vanguard members for revenge since a few members had killed a few Peacekeeper members before peacekeepers had formed such as slobraster69 and Rymx. PurplePersona then acquired coordinates to thier main building project at the time, which was a drained out ocean monument covered entirely in blackstone. PurplePersona then tp'd Danesmark, Gastrogi, SourceCiting, SeasonTriple, TwistedChip, Willyskips, SolUnderscore, Riihari, and Arice2005. The raid began when Danesmark "killed" PurplePersona and then killed NetherTortoise01. The other members began ravaging other parts of the base and looting the storage room. Riihari then spawned multiple withers and nearly half a shulker of TNT was used. In a last ditch effort, NetherTortoise01 tp'd elclapper. After using log pvp, mole tactics, and alt manuevers. Vanguard eventually had 3 of elclapper's alts combat-logged but because it was a very disorganized raid and Vanguard had planned no battle, Vanguard was caught off guard and Rymx and SeasonTriple were both casualties of the raid. After a few days, Pickles thought PurplePersona was an insider. 
==== The Raid of Helheim ====
An old enemy of Vanguard during the peak of the Vanguard-Benchwarmer War, BabyKeegza had later left Benchwarmers and joined the Peacekeepers. BabyKeegza had found most of the members to be irritating and annoying. He waited for them to devote hours on build projects, which included Moria and Helheim. After BabyKeegza was satisfied with the amount of work they had put it, BabyKeegza contacted Vanguard, or more specifically Rymx. BabyKeegza tp'd Rymx and SourceCiting to Helheim, a recruitment base for Peacekeepers. Upon arrival, McDonaldwifibro was killed by SourceCiting and AtomicPorK8 was killed by Rymx. Apollo_G15 then logged in and combat-logged to SourceCiting and BabyKeegza. The rest of the base was then blown up and trashed.
==== The Raid of Moria ====
Following the raid of Helheim, BabyKeegza tp'd SourceCiting, Rymx, Gastrogi, NetherRacc, and c0rrupted0ne to Moria, a Peacekeeper base reserved for the mostly highly trusted Peacekeeper members. No Peacekeeper members were at the base at the time of the grief except for NetherTortoise who was there without gear. Vanguard then placed multiple withers in the base, looted it, and killed all the villagers then left.
[This War Is Still In Progress And Will Be Updated As More Raids/Battles Occur]
=== The Second Paltry War ===
After a few major conflicts, more minor conflicts were tossed at Vanguard as they were once again established as the only major PvP power.
==== The ThorMeneer Conflict ====
After the purge and killing of Turtle Gang members in early March, ThorMeneer was the only active former Turtle Gang member on Aztec as he had survived the Vanguard raid of the Turtle Gang base by combat logging. Some other former Turtle Gang members had played to but barely at this point, so Vanguard focused their attacks at ThorMeneer. In mid March of 2021, Vanguard was able to combat-log ThunderxMoon1. Moojrist came naked to distract while ThorMeneer came to try and kill some Vanguard members that were camping Thunder. The Vanguard members camping Thunder were Gastrogi, SeasonTriple, SourceCiting, and Rymx. Moojrist's home point was found and Vanguard members trapped them in an obsidian box. For most of the encounter, ThorMeneer just flew around on elytra while Vanguard members were waiting on the ground, ready for an attack which never happened. In late April, a 6-month ceasefire for this conflict began when all former Turtle Gang members received a 6-month ban for toxicity and pestering of Aztec staff. 
==== The xChomp (Chompy) Conflict ====
Chompy, one of the most toxic players to have ever joined AztecMC had his permanent ban revoked by mid April of 2021. Immiadetly hearing word of this, Vanguard conspired to chase him off Aztec for good. In Chompy's first encounter with Vanguard, he, almost immiadetly, combat-logged to SourceCiting. An entity crammer log trap was later created but Chompy was later to escape it. In Chompy's proceeding encounter with Vanguard. He engaged with SourceCiting again, only for him to be actually killed this time.
[This War Is Still In Progress And Will Be Updated As More Raids/Battles Occur]
=== Organization ===
=== Ranks ===
During the Renaissance era, vanguard established ranks. These ranks were later discontinued around May of 2021 to be more appealing to players outside of AztecMC as Vanguard began campaigns on other servers, but c0rrupted0ne and Gastrogi both remained as the two heads of the clan.
====Grand Consul====
The Two heads of Vanguard. For a major choice to be made, both Grand Consuls must both agree to it. The two current Grand Consuls are Gastrogi and c0rrupted0ne.
====High Consul====
The most trusted member of the Grand Consul. Only one member can maintain this rank at any given time unless determined otherwise. Notable High Consuls are HotHands217, with the current High Consul being slobraster69.
====Counselor====
The elites of Vanguard that are usually experienced in pvp and combat, and have both developed trust in the clan and contributed to important initiatives. Notable Counselors include SourceCiting, Rymx, TwistedChip, and Willyskips.
====Guardsman First Class ====
This rank usually belongs to members who are either decent and pvp, building, and/or raiding.
====Guardsman Second Class====
This rank usually belongs to active players who assist the clan in some form
====Recruit====
This rank usually belongs to inactive members or newly joined members
===Guilds===
During the Renaissance era, Vanguard established guilds, which designated members for certain jobs.
====The Builder's Guild====
This guild is for members who help construct bases
====The Redstoner's Guild====
This guild is for members who help construct farms and machines.
====The Warrior's Guild====
This guild is for members who are renowned for pvp
====The Raider's Guild====
This guild is for members who help find and grief/raid bases
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