Guild leader:
Zapz Foulkin

Officers:
Berk, Klossi

To know who you are, it is important to know where you come from. This is where The Cult of the Angry Goblin comes from.

In 1999, EverQuest was enthralling people all over the world, and on the Bristlebane server, a group of crazed Gnomes all sharing the surname "Treetall" were getting a bit of a reputation. Mostly hailing from the strange and mystical moose-inhabited land know as 'Sweden' the Treetall's created, with a few American friends a guild called 'Familjen' (meaning family) so that they could stay in touch, and better organise their antics.

At the same time, a mostly US based guild known as 'Faydwer's Guardians' was dwindling, and in an effort to stay together the European members (again some Swedes and a few Brits) formed a new guild, known as Spirit Bond.

Through their shared Northern European heritages, and shared playtimes, the guilds embarked on some of the more challenging encounters that EverQuest had to offer as an alliance. Familjen's membership swelled, and aquired a distinctly Danish flavour (that's not to say it smelt of pickled herring) - while new games saw the membership of Spirit Bond dwindle, and a number of it's members finding refuge in Familjen.

It was an exiting time for the family. Challenges were undertaken that many thought impossible. A small family guild of crazy Europeans took on - and defeated - challenges that were previously thought to be the domain of 'uberguilds'.

More than just a collection of people who played a videogame together, the bonds formed within Familjen traversed into the real world, and yearly Summer Parties occurred, with members travelling from all over Europe to sit around a camp fire, and get incredibly drunk. Winter feasts also became part of the guilds calendar - and again much drinking was done.

With the advent of new games, the membership of Familjen has spread to other virtual worlds - and whilst the core of the guild in Norrath may no longer exist, it's spirit lives on.

The Cult of the Angry Goblin is the next incarnation of Familjen - this time in the land of Telon, in Vanguard:Saga of Heroes.

Fun and a lot of dead mobs :-).