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If you're looking for a social guild that hosts a plethora of special events, read more in today's Guild Spotlight!
Today's Guild Spotlight features The Desert Lions, a social guild that enjoys celebrating achievements both large and small, and has a variety of daily activities to participate in. Don't let your guard down, though; you're likely to run into this Covenant guild in Cyrodiil on the battlefield, too!
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The Desert Lions
What is your guild's name? Does that name have a special history of significance?
Our guild's name is “Desert Lions"! The history behind the name is rather common: our founder and grandmaster is a Redguard! And one day...he decided to found a guild! So, what better name than the Desert Lions?! But much like the Daggerfall Covenant lion, our hearts are filled with pride and glory, such as a lion's heart.
When was your guild formed? Tell us the story of how the guild came to be.
The guild was formed on 01.01.2015, a rather iconic date. It was founded on the idea that one can enjoy playing this wonderful game with other people and by doing so, experience all that it has to offer.
What alliance has your guild sworn fealty to?
The Desert Lions are fighting under the Daggerfall Covenant banner.
Why did you choose that alliance?
We think High King Emeric and his alliance have the best intentions about all of Tamriel. But our guild is open to all races which intend to fight under his glorious banner.
How many members does your guild currently have?
We currently have 129 members, but we hope to get more. We want to give as many players as we can the possibility to have reliable and good people at their side.
What times and days is the guild most active?
We are most active in the evenings throughout the week, although there is always someone, at any time, exploring Tamriel.
What countries do your members span?
Our members gather from all over Europe like Sweden, Romania, Germany or Switzerland... and it goes even beyond. For example, we're happy to call us the home of an Australian member. The guild is English-speaking throughout.
What activities in ESOTU do your members enjoy doing together most?
We like all kinds of activities. As we are a social guild, we get together for events like member initiations, promotion celebrations and many others. Also we love to gather and fight in Cyrodill under the Daggerfall Covenant Banner.
What does your guild focus on in-game? Do your members prefer delving dungeons together, fighting for keeps in Cyrodiil, roleplaying in the taverns, crafting and trading, or a combination?
A combination of all of those things. We have a lot of activities that happen on nearly a daily basis and are much enjoyed by our members.
What makes your guild unique?
We are a guild that covers all aspects of the game from PVP to PVE, from having 10 ranks each with their own permissions to getting promoted when you are active and social, from having initiations when members rise in rank from recruit to squire to having celebrations afterwards, from having a lottery each week with a pretty crazy high prize to giving 10,000 gold as a gift to a random active player once in a while. And these are just some of the things that make our guild unique.
Is your guild part of a larger alliance of guilds? Why did you join them?
The Desert Lions is part of the White Sun Alliance, comprised of 10 other Guilds. The purpose is to find other people to play with... even if they are not in our guild.
Does your guild ever host special events? If so, tell us about them!
Our guild has initiations for recruits and big celebrations for the rest of the ranks. This is just as it sounds: when someone gets promoted from recruit to squire, we do these little initiations varying from a race, a hide and seek game with riddles, closing an anchor or more, defeating a world boss or more, and many others. Tamriel gives us to opportunity to be as creative as we like to be with our special events.
What is your favorite or most memorable moment as a guild so far in ESOTU?
We have many memorable moments with our guild. Because of that we won't name just one, but three:
- justified_jt90 or justi, Grandmaster of the Desert Lions:
“For me the most memorable moment was somewhat in the beginning, when we had like 20 members. I summoned a meeting. We just bought our tabard, and apart from me, there were not lot of people wearing it. But when fellow Lions started to arrive at the meeting...they all wore the tabard. There are few words to describe what I felt that day, but it surely made me proud that I was part of this guild, of this community." - Bobokula or Bob, Hero of the Desert Lions:
“There are a lot of those happy moments really, all the promotions, initiations and events are always something you will remember. But my most memorable one was two days after I joined the Desert Lions, when I had to do my initiation. We were only 15 members total at that time and only 2 people initiated me, but I liked it because I knew then that this is the guild I have been looking for since launch and I am happy to be a part of it now!" - Xunarra or Xun, Champion of the Desert Lions:
“The most memorable moment for me was the day we joined the procession in memory of Terry Pratchett. There were many players gathered and it was nice to see so many Lions there as well. Also, our Grandmaster led the whole procession so I couldn't be more proud!"
Does your guild secretly (or not so secretly) follow a specific Daedric Prince? If so, which one?
Our guild, as far as I know, does not worship any of the Daedric Princes. But there may be some members who do, because this is a casual guild and every member can do as he or she pleases.
After a long day of adventuring, where does your guild enjoy gathering to wind down?
Our favorite places are Rash Merchant's Plummet in Stros M'Kai, an island east of the Mines of Khuras in Glenumbra, where you can see the Direnni Tower in the distance, but our favorite spot remains in the closed courtyard of Pariah Abbey in Stormhaven. We gathered there more times than I can remember.
Tell us five fun facts about your guild.
- We are the only guild to have a Motucorn, a rare breed of unicorn! (Join to experience!)
- We have a certain Dark Elf that cannot kill his phone, even with a gun!
- We organize initiations for when a recruit becomes a squire.
- We plan and have big celebration parties after someone gets promoted. Drinking, music and dancing are a must!
- Speaking about dancing...our best dancing member is a flavored, big, dark, the darkest...type of chocolate!
If people are interested in joining your guild, who should they contact?
If someone is interested in joining our guild, please contact in-game: @justified_jt90 – Grandmaster of the Desert Lions.
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