ABOUT US

Our Story

The Formation:
For years the owners of Wolves of Amarok (WoA) seen the positive and negative experiences gamers had with gaming communities and wanted a hub where people could come together and game without the toxic environments. They partnered with a friend in May 2017 and started to brainstorm ideas for a clan that wasn’t like anything they’ve seen previously. The three individuals agreed they would create a hierarchy that resembled their favourite game, Diablo. This game became the basis of what they would soon call Banished Gaming Legends (BGL). Banished Gaming Legends was established July 27th, 2017 by BGL Justice V, BGL Mathael V, and BGL Basilisk V. Their board of directors was the Angiris Council made up of five or the “V” angels (Valor, Wisdom, Hope, Death, Justice). Over the next few months, the community grew rapidly and fell victim to other communities as a target which they believed may have been jealousy at the time. Ultimately, the three owners had a disagreement and split-up leaving Mathael in charge of BGL. This wasn’t entirely a bad arrangement because in October 2017 Justice and Basilisk started brainstorming together to fix things that went wrong, which later formed Wolves of Amarok.
 

The Beginning:
Wolves of Amarok was established on November 4th, 2017 by Justice and Basilisk who later became known as NightWolf and Wolf Bitten. Having recently been impacted both positively and negatively with clans in the past they were motivated to create a community that respected each other. Wolves of Amarok originally launched as a military-style clan with a hierarchy with many responsibilities. This helped to eliminate toxic and unwanted behaviours. However, it wasn’t long before members started becoming uninterested in ranking up. Wanting to meet the needs of their audience they reformed Wolves of Amarok on October 18th, 2018 giving their members the option to choose if they wanted the leisure side or structured side of the community. As WoA grew, it became more challenging to separate the interests of a leisure, and structured environment and the community became very inactive because members would join and never participate, or socialize with anyone.

The Devastation:
During this time, the previously owned Banished Gaming Legends was on the downfall and due to the disagreements the three owners weren’t all on speaking terms. Mathael, who was appointed as the owner was still being the target of other communities. Due to the lack of time the three of them had together, they were unable to create solid security and Banished Gaming Legends was stolen from Mathael and merged into another clan where it still stands today. Wolf Bitten and NightWolf didn’t find out until it was too late, and this caused an uproar of issues in 2018-2019 with many people who initially were never part of it to begin with. Unfortunately, the clan BGL was merged into was unwilling to come to a solution, or arrangement and kept it for their own growth and success without permission.

Moving Forward:

In 2019 Wolves of Amarok struggled with multiple issues ranging from cyber harassment due to BGL from outside sources, and inner clan problems that cause people to become less involved in activities throughout the community. Ultimately, making a community that wasn’t very active, or enjoyable for anyone. The owners eventually reached out to other clans that were also trying to bring back activity, and even created an organization on June 23rd, 2019 known as Shadows of Nonsense (SoNs). This organization was formed to support struggling clans to stay afloat by creating an environment where all of the members from each clan could come together to socialize and game. Four clans eventually all came together which gave Wolves of Amarok the opportunity to move away from the increased cyber harassment from those who felt the need to target them even more. The SoNs organization allowed everyone to build strong relationships with each other, and the ability to host game events for the different communities to still come together in a positive manner. Unfortunately, two of the communities disbanded because they were still in their early stages of development. Which only left Wolves of Amarok, and one other community to be the remaining communities of SoNs. The owners of each decided SoNs organization was no longer needed and they decided to establish an alliance with each other, which they still strongly support today.

The owners of Wolves of Amarok than decided since the organization of Shadows of Nonsense was no longer necessary, they rebranded it as Shadows of Nonsense Cooperative on July 2nd, 2020. Creating an environment where anyone could join to socialize and meet new people to game with without any other responsibilities, or prerequisites. This helped clear out the inactive people in Wolves of Amarok, placing them into SoNs Cooperative so they were able to be as active or inactive as they wished. SoNs Cooperative is still a community-based environment for anyone wishing to join.
 

As of Today:
Wolves of Amarok undoubtable has had many challenges in such a short amount of time and because of these challenges, have struggled to stay a community for like-minded gamers. They have watched other clans consecutively over the last few years observing what causes their successes, and failures. They have noted that since 2019 the clan/community environment is drastically changing with every coming year. They’ve watched exactly what is on the uprising, and becoming more popular with the shift in times. They have observed what creates an active and participative community, as well as taken in their own experiences, and members thoughts and opinions of what people would like to have available to them. As of June 7th, 2020, Wolves of Amarok decided to take a hiatus and reform their community, building an environment that can in fact support their range of interests and create a community that is in fact a community one can enjoy being a member of.

The Future:
Their goals for 2021, and moving forward are to create that environment they have always strived to build for their members since the beginning. Pushing past the struggles that they have had to overcome and not letting those negative experiences define who they are, and who they are trying to be. They want every single member to feel appreciated and feel like they are apart of something that will continue to grow in a positive direction. Building a solid community for those who are in search for a clan that focuses on the game, and not the dreaded responsibilities that make a clan unenjoyable. Removing the toxicity and drama, and creating an atmosphere where the members are the focus of the community. Taking in considerations, removing stressful unnecessary work, and ensuring that even their busiest members still have a place they can come and unwind at the end of the day. Lets face it, no one enjoys an inactive server that was meant to socialize. It defeats the purpose, therefore Wolves of Amarok wishes to ensure that moving forward their goal is to keep a participating and active community for the future. Additionally, they hope to reopen recruitment and watch as people build friendships, new skills, and a lifetime of enjoyable experiences as they grow once more.
 

Valuing continuous improvement through trial and error, and continuing to evolve with each gaming experience that is thrown their way.

#RunWithTheWolves!

Wolf Bitten, Owner & Founder. Chief Executive Officer, and Security Department Administrator. 

NightWolf, Owner & Founder. Chief of Operations.