History of the White Council

[Bruin]

Just thought it might be a good idea to preserve some of the history of the White Council and it's guilds by discussing it.  I've only been very active on Siege since 2003, so my knowledge only starts there, and most of it comes from heresay or a fuzzy recollection.  Please if someone knows fill in the blanks or by all means correct me if my memory is fading. 

First we must understand the background of UO in whole to understand how the WC came about.  Siege began in around June of 1999.  This is important because sometime in late 2008-early 2009 stat-loss was first introduced for reds, severely curtailing their freedom to murder without consequence.  So when Siege began, it had no stat-loss allowing reds to run rampant, and even allowed reds in towns, something that didn't exist on prodo shards.  Then with the advent of Trammel in around March 2000 and the eventual death of Felucca, this brought all sorts of 'felucca' type players (murderers and thieves) to Siege.  The whole point of this, is one must understand that back in 2000, Siege was a MUCH more difficult place.  Murderers were everywhere, unlike they are today.

So with murderers running rampant everywhere, the 'good' aligned guilds decided it was in their best interest to band together to defend themselves against these murderers.  So around I believe 2001-2002, Citizens of Wispwood Shire (CWS), Knights of the Round Table (KRT), House Lynn'Dannae (LDH), and Britain Militia (B*M) banded together to form the White Council.  At that time, it was mostly to put forth a common defense.

Through the years, many guilds joined and left the White Council.  Also the purpose of the White Council slowly morphed from common defense, to include joint hunts, looting rules, all to become what it is today.  Below I will list the current/former guilds of the White Council and their disposition (that I remember, and I know I'm missing several), and where they called 'home', if any:

CWS – Citizens of Wispwood Shire, 2001 – Present.  Wispwood, located near Yew.
KRT – Knights of the Round Table, 2001-2005 (Inactive).  Located NW of Trinsic, near Spirituality Shrine.
LDH – House Lynn'Dannae, 2001-2004 (Inactive).  Cove.
B*M – Britain Militia, 2001-2003 (Inactive).  Britain.
KSS  - Knights of the Silver Serpent, 2004-2008 (Joined as a house to Gilfane).  Wintermoor, NE Malas.
WAKA – Wakayama Clan, 2005-2006 (Left WC).  Near Homare moongate.
DTA – Delucia Trade Association, 2006 (Left WC).  SE of Trinsic Moongate.
DR – Devil's Rejects, 2006 (Left WC).
GIL – Gilfane, 2007 – Present.  Gilfane, S of Luna.

I know I'm missing several guilds, Keldon's guild being one of them. 

If anyone else can post more about history about the alliance, please do!

[Vortex]

SBVM - Skara Brea Village Militia (around 2006, inactive)