Welcome to our history page. Here you can read about the sacrifices made by our ancestors and our entire battle, from the beginning until today.
The Original GW
The original Ghosts of War is a clan we have both been built from and inspired by, which also makes their history ours as well, Today I will tell you their history from the eyes of our original Leader and Founder, Punisher.
Chapter 1: A tough beginning The creation of Ghosts of War was not an easy one as it had a lot of problems, for starters I had just gotten out of my very first clan UA and was still feeling a bit of doubt towards my leadership skills. I decided that I would create a new clan and do it right this time, I would branch off of my past mistakes with UA and use it as a stepping stone to create what would become the most powerful clan in the land of Sherwood. On my very first day that I wore the tag I was under the name GW-Chokehold, most that knew me hated me at the time due to the fact that I supposebly abandoned UA which I didn't. So I set out to recruit on my very first day and had a large amount of criticism towards my ideas of a new clan, I got comments like "Its just gonna fail like UA because you can't lead right", or "It won't ever be as a good as a clan like KO or BW those guys are unbeatable". So after suffering much criticism my morale was a bit low and getting lower...
Chapter 2: The first of many It was only until the middle of my second week that I got my very first member in GW, His name was BabyBoy. I wasn't too sure if he would actually stick around since my clan was very small and weak at the time. But it turns out that he had a knack for recruiting and brought in 6 new GW members the following day!. BabyBoy still currently holds his place in GW as the very first member of our amazing clan and has earned his spot among the GW legends.
Chapter 3: The numbers grow It was now our first month together as a clan and we were doing well, We were topping 36 players in total and most of them were active players. We had been building our forces up for weeks and weeks and still had not yet had our first taste of battle. With so many clans out there competing to be number one I worried how our clan would place into this fight. So we continued recruiting for a week or so more and topped 43 members in total by a month and a week into our clanship.
Chapter 4: The drawing of the first blade We were in our first month and 2 weeks of our clan when we finally tasted battle for the first time since our existence. There was rumors that the BW clan was planning a raid against us because they didn't like how much we had grown so quickly and they thought we were far too inexperienced to defend ourselves. So we decided to bring the fight to them before they had a chance to organize allied forces for a raid. We had no allies at the time except for a few other clan members who were friends with the clan but they happily helped us in the fight.
Chapter 5: The great BW wars It had now been a week into our constant struggle with the BW clan, We had drawn our weapons on them before they had the chance to strike us and war broke out. Day after day a raid had been taking place in either room 43 our base or their home base of 90. Through constant struggling the BW clan didn't seem to be hurting our forces very much as most of the time we pushed them back to their base then counter-raided them several times. We were become well known for Takeover raids now, which is where the clan enters the enemy base and immediately seizes control and remains in that room. We raided BW day after day and shattered their forces for weeks until they finally were defeated.
Chapter 6: The war that shocked the world It was fresh after the BW wars, and we had become quite popular after defeating them. We had proven that we were not to be played with and never to be underestimated. It wasn't long after that when the KO clan decided to try their hand at GW's throat, not only that but BW joined in as well to try and earn some retribution. We fought for weeks with the 2 clans standing our ground at ever corner each and every day fighting. Eventually it came down to one big war with KO and BW siding vs GW and allies from RE, The war lasted for 2 hours before we finally gained the upper hand on both sides and sweeped the room clean and claimed our victory.. We had become the best clan in sherwood...
Chapter 7: Elite Chaos X invades GW home turf We had been relaxing for a while after the BW wars and then the KO and BW vs GW war. We were trying to take a rest from the fighting and just hang out and have fun for a while. We soon found out that since we won that war everyone was now trying to battle us and prove their strength by trying their hand against the best. The clan of ECX raided us on October 7th, 2007, we fended them off several times. One day we decided to raid their home base as we had recently done some research and gained this information. We raided them daily for weeks until they gave up and surrendered to us.
Chapter 8: CTK vs GW A recently created clan called CTK had sprouted in the Sapphire server, They had vast numbers since their beginning and one day raided us. We had fought them for 45 mins before everything was stable again. We found out their base room was in 61 sapphire and decided to round up and raid them, so we raided them and the war lasted 2 and a half hours!. It was a massacre of the CTK players as they were inexperienced in wars. We continued the fight for weeks and weeks and the battle against CTK forces still continues up until this day, although we have the dominant control of the war.
Chapter 9: The Two Man Massacre It was on December 7th, 2008 at 7:35 PM that me and KurtCocaine of GW decided to have a fun 2 man raid on CTW, CTW was a clan created recently from CTK in order to gain more members. We entered the room and there was only 8 in the room at the time. Me and Kurt immediately started fighting 3 CTW and CTK at a time most of the time taking 2 down with us. Eventually after 10 mins people started hearing about the war and GW players started storming the room. More CTW showed up and tried to defend themselves but it was too late, GW and allies were slaughtering them already. They attempted to retreat to room 60 but our forces chased them to the room and killed them repeatedly, Then they attempted to return to 61 where we once again chased then killed them again. Eventually the CTW leader MicrosoftEmachine surrendered to us and we left. A truely legendary raid for the clan of GW!
Chapter 10: A dark reminder It was on this day in middle December that I decided that every clan needed to be reminded of our power as a clan, and it was from that point in time that we raided 5 times continuously attacking the clans of, CTK(3),FG(2) we destroyed them time after time and still have not recieved a raid from either of them since. A truely dark day for all opposition to GW..
"The sky pitch black, out of the blaze walks a force so powerful it cannot be stopped even in death.. Death to our enemies, the rise of a greater power is upon us..." -Punisher, last words on the old GW History page
~Ashes to Ashes, Dust to Dust~ Motto of the original Ghosts of War in 2007-2008
I am glad you had the time to read the story of our own ancestors.
I was a member of GW in my past and their blood still flows today because of our preceding brothers.
You are our current generation and your actions today will decide our future and our fate. We are counting on you.
The Neo War Ghosts
I remember it like if it were yesterday, I still remember the Old NWG clan well. I have been a member of the GW bloodline since the day I took arms with them, however I would be one of the few who refused to back down when so many other old members did in the times. Here is my story.
Chapter 11: The Birth of NWG I use to use a different name than Mephisto before NWG, it was MADDOGMIKE, I was just like any other sherwood player back then, I mostly had friends in a clan called the Ghosts of War, GW for short, thats where I met most of my friends on sherwood in those days, GW thrived in the past as a strong and mighty clan that reigned on Sapphire, but times started to change around 2008 and GW started became quieter and quieter, slowly beginning to die with no one there to stop it from falling, I finally thought of starting my own clan with the knowledge I learned from watching other leaders like Punisher, Laggin and Exile. So I decided to start on it one night under a hidden name, Mephisto. I then met the first person I ever recruited in my time with this new clan of mine, His name was Flame-Seeker, he was really just another room one player who was newer to the game but I decided to ask him if he wanted to join, we were still nameless, I then had the second, Damien who I asked to join next day after he had a confrontation with a player named Braintrust, And then later on we also had some GW rally to our cause, thats when we had the name, Neo War Ghosts, This name referred to us as a Next Generation of the dying GW due to the amount who rallied with me over time, the name stuck.
Chapter 12: Our place in Sherwood in 08 We weren't much of a clan, we weren't by numbers, or the quality that made us who we are, but Loyalty from our members really was what our clan was about, we had one-timers at some points, actually quite often, but those who were loyal always came back, which made me proud, Some members of other clans like BW, DV and LD also joined us in our times. When I saw a spammer named Shock recruiting in Room 1 for Soldiers of Vortex and being a nuisance by spamming "Change your guild to SoldiersOfVortex, go black and kill everyone in the room", thats when I had an idea, I managed to steal the majority their recruits after they went to another room and had them rally with me, That day we also had a fun fight with BW, not a raid but a simple clan battle for fun with General Shaman's consent, this was one of our peak moments where we had 8 on at the same time, sadly not many would return the next day under NWG's banner.
Chapter 13: A Final Stand As our people started quitting Sherwood and losing contact with other members, I slowly became the last man standing, I held my ground until I really felt it was over, it then came the point where I shut down the site and gave up on it, but it also meant I broke a promise when I said "NEVER Give Up, NEVER Surrender". I then tried rebuilding it under another name, GE, but sadly a second chance didn't go well, so I finally shut down and been a lone wolf and looked down on by some on Sherwood since then. I still question if it was actually my fault or if it just naturally happens on Sherwood, but at least I didn't go down without a fight and I did what I could to try and save it.
~They Will Never See Us Coming~ The original motto of NWG from 2008
I Shall Not Fall (NWG 2011)
Chapter 14: A Second Chance It was now 2011, 3 Years passed since I wore the tags of NWG. I was now with the Black Warriors at the time, but the guilt seemed the loom over me of the fall of NWG. I decided to pull off an experiment to see if I still had the blood of a Leader, I asked an old friend, a former member of NWG named DcFreak if we could possibly atempt to reboot NWG, and on April 5, 2011, I witnessed our work paying off, we had 2 new comrades named Rage and BloodSpiller, It seemed to inspire me to continue and I finally picked up where I left off.
Chapter 15: Tragedy Strikes As the new NWG began to grow we managed to raid a clan or 2 with our growing numbers, I ended up with some inactivity due to study time but I was still there for our brotherhood, But on the morning of June 20th, 2011, my mother died, I later on turned away from Sherwood after this incident, then it was like I put down my blade all over again.
~NEVER GIVE UP, NEVER SURRENDER~ The motto of NWG in 2011
In the end, NWG's sacrifice would give GW another chance, my hope would then be renewed, I was taught I could still be capable of being a leader after those many years of questioning myself if it was really my fault. DcFreak is remembered as a hero to the new GW for restoring hope in what was thought to be a lost battle back in 2008.
NWG's purpose was then served, with it's tags fully retired. The Ghosts of War would return from the depths it was sent to in it's past and walk again amongst the living.
Let the battle begin...
GHOSTS OF WAR: 43RD BATALLION
Chapter 16: Not Knowing When To Quit Since I felt beaten up after my mother's death, I remembered my promise, I remembered my brothers and wars of current and past, From that point, I opened my eyes again with new strength at my disposal, I walked out on to the field of battle again. I shined light on an old name again, Ghosts of War. Many of my old clanmates said it is Impossible to do it without Punisher, but with your help, we are seeking to prove them wrong.
Chapter 17: Reborn Legends We were beginning to do quite well by the 21st of March, 2012 with at least enough members to fill 2 friends lists. We were in base on this day when a clan known as Warriors of Destruction came in and attacked our forces. During the raid an argument about the old sherwood from 07 fired up between Mephisto, Greatful and Scarface. Scarface then went on to claim he was a GW Veteran, once WoD started returning to base I demanded to know who he was. He said that he was Infamous BabyBoy, the Co-Founder of GW in 2007, and the first man to join Punisher's ranks. This triggered the end of the war with WoD.
Chapter 18: A Hero Comes Home On April 19th, 2012. CryingWolf, a GW Veteran from the 2007 ranks came back to us. He was welcomed back into our ranks as Co-Leader, and became the 4th member of the GW Administration which watches over the clan, with only about 11 days to go before we went to war in May, our primary focus was preparing for war. An enemy was chosen for us to strike at, whose name was be revealed upon the date we went to war.
Chapter 19: David vs Goliath: Raising the blade to Bellicose Cavalcade (BC) On May 1st, 2012. We gathered 11 GW in base knowing it was time to go to war, we chose our target, one of the toughest clans on the server at the time, a clan which taked up most of Sherwood's best fighters, a clan that has no allies, nor any sympathy. On this day, we raided Bellicose Cavalcade, the successors to the infamous Knights of Old.
11 GW gathered at the bridge before 13 BC who were standing in the exact same place, except in room 89 planned to leave their base for a raid. And then suddenly all 11 GW entered the BC base attacking them on the spot before they had a chance to leave. This battle would be well heated with CryingWolf managing to hold the line extremely well with his professional stepback capabilities and BC hitting GW members agressively and GW doing all it can to hold the line, the battle lasted a long duration until Mephisto went away from the keyboard and BabyBoy appeared minutes later to recall them back to base after a long, desperate struggle against a powerful foe.
This wasn't all that would happen, GW got BC's attention and was immediately counter-raided upon our return to base, Though BC won both battles, a fearless GW felt rewarded for it's bravery for being the younger clan to have the nerve to stand up to a powerful and vicous opponent. In that moment the true meaning of victory was defined, it was not who won or lost, it was not who died or lived, but rather who had the courage to stand up and represent themselves, and GW fought long and hard, though lacking the kind of skills BC had. GW showed an astonishing amount of courage managing to fight the 2 raids for as long as they lasted without backing down, which would between the 2 raids possibly total about an hour.
Chapter 20: AND THEY SHALL KNOW NO FEAR!: The 3 Hour raid against BC Things went up and down since the raid on BC in May, we made it to a fairly good spot on the top 10 of a sherwood news site before it shut down and also had to put up with the pain of the exam season which did some damage to activity, Phoenix turned on us during a covert operation involving BC. CryingWolf also betrayed us and used a GW forum he once made and put BC advertisments on it to use it to turn our men though it mostly never really got any members out of it.
It was on Thursday, June 21st, 2012 around 5:30 when GW was hanging out in 43 and got a report about Antico Imperio Romano (or Ancient Roman Empire when translated to English from Italian) raiding Bellicose Cavalcade, Now AIR is a noob clan and BC is packed with trashers and barbarians as we all know by witnessing their attempts to recruit in our base and such.
At about 5:35 PM, GW entered 89 where BC and AIR were still fighting. But instead of helping one of the 2 sides, the Ghosts of War turned it into a 3-way fight. As a result, the raid became GW (Blue) vs BC (Black) vs AIR (Red).
Around 9 GW fought in this battle fighting both BC and AIR forces in the room, AIR after a while of fighing left the room, which would result in the battle being fought between the forces of the righteous Ghosts of War: 43rd Batallion and the egoistic Bellicose Cavalcade Empire. This allowed for some more GW to get in but also opened the door for more BC members to join the fight.
GW was outnumbered in this raid with BC having around 150%-200% more people in the room in comparison to GW. BabyBoy, our Co-Founder joined in the raid to assist his creation with one of their most glorious moments and helped maintain order within GW during this long fight by making sure we worked together.
Some outraged GW were also giving CryingWolf hell in the chat over betraying a clan he was once loyal to since the original in 2007. (Shown Below)
Andrew was also assisting BabyBoy with his tactic of keeping GW in a single group where we had eachother's backs which helped combat effectivness in this raid.
The battle was now 15 minutes away from the 2-hour mark when some of the members of BC started threatening to Ignore us, proving that they were becoming tired of the Ghosts of War raiding them which technically would give us the win. However they did not ignore us around the 2 hour mark and kept the fight going.
Around 8:00 PM EST one of the BC Daevas (Leaders) named Blackheartz (Shown Below on the Left) arrived in room 89, becoming witness to our epic battle between the Ghosts of War and Bellicose Cavalcade, He would command the Bellicose Cavalcade Empire in the raid from that point on.
The battle seemed to get bloodier as it continued on, both sides getting exhausted and the Ghosts of War still pushing forward in a most violent manner with BC doing the same trying to hold us back.
After all the constant fighting, The GW / BC Raid finally reached the 3 hour mark, an exhausted Bellicose Cavalcade would be the first to lower their swords, giving us the moment we hoped for. The photo below on the right clearly shows the final words of the battle between GW and BC, with Daeva)Blackheartz(BC saying the following words to order his clan to stand down and yet also deny defeat.
"now just get out" "OK BC" "WE WONT IGNORE THEM" "LET THEM STAY" "WE WON" "FEEL FREE TO CHANGE COLORS" "AND FIGHT" "OR DO W/E"
Truly a glorious moment for GW in 2012!
Chapter 21: Vida Eterna: Recognizing the meaning behind the Ghosts of War Our times have been made challenging with a Co-Leader in hospital and other core members vanishing around mid-July. If there was anything we learned, it was to not give up when you still have a chance. Since the chaos with the activity occured in July, we been having difficulties trying to keep ourselves together, and it started wreaking havoc in our ranks. We maybe have defeated BC as a result of a chain reaction starting at a raid we did against them, But it wasn't BC that we came for.
Our battle is still being fought even if we sit there with the sword in our chest, Sherwood in the recent years has lowered it's bar to the point where there is barely any humanity in this game anymore. This has caused damage to how some people bahave and how others are treated, I have seen some really good people become consumed by this growing malice and turn into nothing but cruel and hateful beasts. It all started when the English clans and players from Sapphire and Ruby were migrated to Emerald in 2009 due to Gene altering how the servers functioned inwhich he created Default room and server configurations. However it was not just the English communities that were impacted by the sacrilege that he commited.
An example of what it use to be like (2006-2008) English >> Random Spanish >> Random Portugese >> Random French >> Random Polish >> Random
How it is worked out today (2009-Present) Thanks to Roadkill for confirming some of these public rooms. English >> Emerald 1-10 Spanish >> Ruby 51-60 Portugese >> Sapphire 41-50 French >>Emerald 80 Polish >> Sapphire 61-70
Sapphire was a clean and pure population with only a rare chance of finding an asshole on the server, the same rule applying to Ruby. However the third server, Emerald was the black sheep which set more of a negative example compared to the other two. It was when we were migrated to Emerald that things turned bad. So as you see, the server migration is what triggered the chaos on our side, which began to prevent clans on both Ruby and Sapphire from growing. As a result, we were forced on to the corrupt Emerald server just to survive.
However, everyone has limits to how much they will tolerate, and this is when I, Mephisto, formerly known as MaddogMike from the original Ghosts of War decided to bring us back into the fight.
The Ghosts of War name has a meaning of it's own that even Punisher himself did not understand. The "Ghosts" part of the name is in reference to his first clan, Unholy Alliance (Otherwise known as UA). Now, let me show you something, The definition of Ghost is "The spirit of a dead person, especially one believed to appear in bodily likeness to living persons or to haunt former habitats." which proves the name's reference to UA. And a Ghost as I read several times before is immortal and will only rest when given peace.
Now we look at the full name "Ghosts of War", The name shows the definition of "a spirit that directly refuses to rest in peace". Therefore if looked at in this manner, if a Ghost can never rest in peace, it never goes away, and if you were to shorten the definition to one word, that would be "Immortal". There have actually been clans such as "Black Warriors" in the past that have followed by such concepts that made them immortal. However we were the ones to give the concept a name. But being how we are named after it, I feel we deserve the right to live up to it.
Maybe someone has left us on the ground with the sword in our chest, now I ask for us to work together to pull it out of the wound and wield it against them, It's time we, as a Safiran clan by origin and by birthright, take back what is rightfully ours from the corrupt Emerald legions and put our enemies back in their place. We are far better than what Emerald can be, therefore we do not belong to them. We are independent, we walk forward towards salvation, a decision of our own accord.
Because we are the Ghosts of War, and as the Ghosts of War, we are not finished yet.
Let the battle begin...
GHOSTS OF WAR: UNIDADE DE SAFIRA
Chapter 22: Irmãos e Irmãs: Making new friends on Sapphire It was now 2013, and with a new year comes some new changes, our recent change has been making our friends out in the Sapphire Server. The fact they speak Portugese is what has made a barrier between them and the English population of Emerald. However I, Mephisto started on Sapphire in 2007, before the server alterations which created these language barriers between people from different servers. However I found that you don't really need to speak Portugese to make some friends out in Sapphire.
One of the first I met was named Pesty, who was visiting Emerald. He was a bilingual player who knew both English and Portugese and he also was the leader of a clan named "Comando da Morte" (Known as CM for short.) which means "Command Death" in the Portugese tongue.
Not long afterwards, during a CROWS raid, I met Hugo, who was himself also bilingual. This is when I first began to get to know CROWS, It would not be long until I found myself introduced to more of the clan. The next member I would get to know from CROWS was Emerson, who's rank was "Comandante". Now if you look at the CM clan's name, It would be more than obvious that his rank was "Commander" if you translate it, I found myself proven right, Emerson was one of the administrative members in CROWS along with Cine who I met sometime later.
On the 2nd of February in 2013, Me and Pandemonium assisted CROWS in a battle against the Blue Angels clan from Emerald. The battle started in the CROWS base of Sapphire 29 and would be continued in the BA base of Emerald 49 where Pandemonium had trouble getting in because the room was full, leaving just me alone to assist CROWS in their counter-raid against the Blue Angels. I would also encounter GODS, another Sapphire clan which was helping BA during the battle in Emerald 49. It then ended in a victory for CROWS and us. I would then go to the CROWS base shortly after the raid for a chat with some of them. The conversation would conclude with me using the word "Irmao" which means "Brother" in the Portugese tongue.
You may have also noticed Cine in this photo (Shown Below) using the words "Safira Para Sempre" which means "Sapphire Forever", which was one of the first phrases I learned in Portugese.
Chapter 23: Unity in any Language
After gaining experience with knowing communities outside the English community of Emerald, the decision finally came to look into the benefits of running our clan operating among multiple communities. With the English community turned upside down and two foreign communities being successful, it was finally decided that it might be a good idea to break down the language barriers and start welcoming new members from outside of the English community.
However, there is a challenge when it comes to different languages, with the core problem being communication. But the challenge has now been accepted, now it is time to bring the idea to life and welcome the Spanish community of Ruby and the Portuguese community of Sapphire into our ranks.
As of 4:00 AM EST on the 19th of June in 2014, we completed the Spanish translations, resulting in our site becoming officially bilingual between English and Spanish.
It did not take long for the Portuguese translations to follow along, it was completed at 9:17 PM EST on the 8th of July, which has resulted in our site becoming officially trilingual. With the requirements now taken care of, it is now possible to support a clan that is capable of breaking the primary language barriers in Sherwood.
Our days as the Ghosts of War: Unidade De Safira have officially begun.