The Idaho Division

just some of the members

The Northwest Division is a sub division of the War Hawks which was formed in mid 2013 when leader Elliot moved to Idaho. Initially consisting of Elliot, Steph, Beth, Chris, Amber, and Stephen, the group grew as they brought in more people. Expanding to include TJ, Brittany, Stephen, Lily, Zoe, Elli, James, Hannah, Caveman, Nick, and Lucie among others.

The group is often found in livestreams with each other, either on their individual channels separate from each other, or all together in one place. Depending on the situation, like Elliot's 29th birthday when most of the group came to their apartment and they took turns alternating who he was playing with for a livestream he was doing. Each individual member has their own twitch channel and most of them have YouTube Channels, though not all of them have uploaded often.

## History (2013-)

### Formation (2013-2014)

The group was technically founded in 2013 when Elliot moved up to be with Steph from his initial home of Texas. Though at the time it only consisted of him and Steph since he didn't really know anyone there and she didn't have many friends. They spent the rest of the year keeping mostly to themselves and not really making many friends outside of work. This all changed the next year when Elliot changed jobs, as he finally let his outgoing nature and eagerness to make friends get the better of him.

First to be drawn in was Beth, who he constantly pestered when at work, so much so she had to tell him to stop or she was going to get in trouble. After attending a party at the house of a mutual friend, Amber, Chris, and Stephen were brought in as well. With said mutual friend and his girlfriend initially being invited to join the group as well, but being removed after a falling out. James also joined the group at this time, and the other members of the team attended Elliot and Steph's wedding in 2015.

### Expansion (2014-2020)

Other members joined, such as James' significant other at the time and her daughter. They also attended the wedding but were removed after James decided to end the relationship for his own reasons. In the build up to the wedding, TJ was brought up and incorporated into the division as he was moving there and not going back. Finally in 2015, toward the end of the year when Elliot started using the name of the group for YouTube and Twitch, Lily moved up as well and rounded out the team at 8, not including the members that were later removed.

In 2016 things were quiet for the most part. Most of the year went by without anyone joining the group, though the aforementioned friend who they had met through and his girlfriend left. In October, however, Brittany joined after starting dating TJ, Beth and Chris, as well as Amber and Lily, were married and thus solidified their permanent positions in the group. It was also in 2016 that the term Northwest Division was coined. As Elliot had realized during a vacation back to Texas that there was a clear divide in the way things were done in Texas as opposed to the way they were done in his new home. Instead of resisting it, he decided to embrace it and thus the divisions were acknowledged on screen for the first time.

In 2017, while playing a video game together with Amber and Lily, the latter brought in some friends from her work and they were invited to join the group. This included Nick first, then later Hannah and Caveman. They had a bit of a rocky start, mostly not being used to Elliot's overbearing personality. But eventually became good friends and solid additions to the division. Hannah and Caveman even bringing Elliot over to go to a convention with them when they moved from the city they lived in. Around this time, Britt also introduced her brothers to the group, who also joined.

In 2018, once again the year started out quiet, no one really leaving or joining. However, Britt solidified her permanent place in the group by marrying TJ, and her friend Jordan, who had been friends with Elliot since working with him but had never really been invited to officially join the group, did so. Also that year, the group was struck with its first major loss. Beth and Chris moved states and thus the group was down two members. They were still members of the War Hawks overall, but it was a lot harder to coordinate things given the time difference. But they always say, when one door closes, another door opens. That October, Elliot and Steph moved from the place they were living and made quick friends with one of the people at their new place, Lucie. She was made aware of the group and accepted an invitation to join.

In 2019, the group hit another loss, as James decided to end the relationship he was in, thus bringing them down a further 2 members as revelations led to all ties being cut with the people in question. James, however, chose to stay with the group, and with a little help from Elliot and Steph, moved down to live with Beth and Chris as if it weren't for Elliot and Steph, he never would have met them. Later in the year, Zoe moved up to live with her sister Lily and was quickly welcomed into the group. At the tail end of 2019, Beth decided she was ready to come back, and with a little scheming and help from Elliot, planned a surprise for everyone for the start of the next year. However, Stephen moved down to Texas during this year.

In 2020, on New Years Day, Beth, Chris and James all moved back up and rejoined the division. Elli also joined, however they also gained and lost Chris' sister Paula. Thus bringing them to a solid number of fourteen members. The global crisis going on as well as a personal tragedy striking Elliot that year meant that not a lot of members wound up being added to the division as it was kind of hard to do. However, they did manage to add one more member, Ashly, a friend of Elliot, Steph, Britt and TJ who they had all met through working with her, accepted an invitation to join the goup.