Exodus

The Family by Vio, 2020, showing all clans with WG as a common ancestor.

An exodus is an event where a significant number of members leave a clan and subsequently form a clan of their own. While the phrase mass-leave is more commonly used to describe the departure of a large number of players within a considerably short timeframe, the term "exodus" specifically refers to a new clan created by all or the majority of the leaving members (also called a breakaway clan); when the group of players joins a pre-existing clan or go their separate ways, it is simply referred to as a "mass-leave". The first recorded use of the term "exodus" to describe a mass-leave was on 30 December 2004, when a large amount of players resigned from WG following a public post by His Lordship critical of the U.S.A., resulting in the foundation of The Revolution.

The Wilderness Guardians has sustained several exodi over the course of its history, and several of the subsequent clans have sustained exodi of their own. Relationships with exodi vary - some have become allies and others rivals. The first and most successful exodus in terms of in-game strength was The Synergy (ranked #24 in 2006), while the longest-surviving is Oak Island Pirates (14 years as of 2020). The most recent exodus was Nothing Left (founded in 2019).

First Generation Clans

All of the first generation clans are exodi from Wilderness Guardians, except Oak Island Pirates which is an exodus of Descendant Guardians.

Clan	Founded	Founder(s)/Leader(s)	Relationship with WG	Status	Lifespan
The Synergy	April or August 2004	Eragon Cd	Rival, later ally	Closed (24 April 2008)	~4 years
The Revolution	~January 2005	Noricle, Rick Hamm	Rival	Closed (24 March 2005)	~3 months
Oak Island Pirates	January 2006	Oak Island	Hostile, later neutral	Active (RuneScape 3)	19+ years
Neverending Torment	Late 2006	Rick Hamm	Neutral	Closed (Late 2007/Early 2008)	~2 years
Fidelity	Early 2007	Draken Burst, Stokenut	Hostile	Closed (2007)	<1 year
Assassins of Shadow	~10 July 2007	Ubg-fcbruges	Neutral	Closed (29 October 2008)	~1 year, 3 months
The Blade Keepers	1 February 2011	Vio (TBK Amethyst)	Rival	Closed (4 May 2011)	3 months, 4 days
Nothing Left	5 July 2019	Ross	Rival	Merged with Playdead (14 July 2020)	1 year, 9 days

Second Generation Clans

These are clans which were exodi of the first generation clans. Syn had a total of eight exodi over the course of its lifetime, while OIP and TBK had two each. All of the second-generation clans have closed.

Clan	Parent	Founded	Founder(s)/Leader(s)	Relationship with WG	Status
Death Jesters	Syn	Early 2005	The Vicount	Ally (Federation)	Inactive since 2006
Sleeping Dragons	Syn	29 January 2005	Kanchellsis, LostNSpace	Ally (Federation)	Closed (2013)
Rune Titans	Syn	Early 2005	Brianlord6, Tempr209, Lancelot15	Neutral	Closed (May/June 2005)
Omega	Syn	Early 2005	bpl4ever	Neutral	Unknown
The Crusade	Syn	May 2006	Cocobug	Neutral	Closed (12 January 2009)
KnockOut	Syn	May 2006	unknown	Neutral	Unknown
Stoned Dragons	Syn	May 2006	Pokeurmom3, Theroamer	Neutral	Closed (~September 2006)
Malice	Syn	May 2006	Jin 89 rc	Neutral	Closed (~September 2006)
Radiant	TBK	April 2011	Sakura Kane	Neutral	Inactive since 2011
Colossus	TBK	April 2011	Madz	Neutral	Inactive since 2011
7th Circle	OIP	unknown	Kjarun	Neutral	Unknown
Nostrum Olympus	OIP	unknown	Knightseek, Magicsword3	Neutral	Unknown

The status of Valeria Victrix (VV) as a direct relative of WG is up for debate - it is believed that several members of The Synergy's junior clan The Synergizers joined or merged with the pre-existing VV. This would be considered a "mass-leave" rather than a "breakaway clan" - however details surrounding the event are unclear.

Third Generation Clans

Only one third generation clan is known to have existed - Raining Chaos, an exodus of The Crusade, which was an exodus of The Synergy, which was an exodus of WG.

Clan	Parent	Founded	Founder(s)/Leader(s)	Relationship with WG	Status
Raining Chaos	TC	January 2009	Zz Scooby Zz	Neutral	Closed (8 January 2010)