Silver Sword

Silver Sword is a raiding guild in Elder Tale led by "Mithril Eyes" William Massachusetts.

At the time of the Catastrophe, was one of the Five Great Battle Guilds of Akiba, and the newest-established of them. Due to their influence in the city, Silver Sword was invited to the Round Table Alliance, but William declined to join.

After the establishment of the Round Table, Silver Sword moves to Susukino, freeing the city from Brigandia's tyranny and defending the city from Giants. Despite getting off to a rocky start with the Round Table, Silver Sword later proves an invaluably ally.

Overview


Silver Sword makes decisions based on the consensus of its members, but it's no secret that William, Dinclon, Prometheus, and Ukiyo are the guild's driving forces. If likened to a car, William steps on the acceleration, Prometheus steers, Ukiyo brakes, and Dinclon is the bumper in case they crash into something.

The guild's unity and tight-knight bond is its greatest strength. Even after most of the guild quit raiding, they still stuck together, and William is able to rally his guild mates after their miserable defeat at Abyssal Shaft.

The guild enjoys immense popularity with the People of the Land in the Ezzo Empire, who see them as "the guild that came all the way to this deserted land to drive off the powerful enemies of mankind."

Guild Hall
In Susukino, Silver Sword's guild hall is not located in the Guild Meeting Hall but is instead in a tavern that they bought and now own. The tavern employs Landers, and Shiroe notes that none of the employees fear Demiqas and simply find his sudden intrusion bothersome&mdash;a distinct difference from when Shiroe last visited the city.

Before the Catastrophe
Around the time William started playing Elder Tale, the Debauchery Tea Party was at the height of its fame. Hoping to join the legendary party one day, William threw himself into getting stronger. However, the Tea Party abruptly disbanded before he had a chance to join, greatly upsetting the young player.

Seeking to reach its heights, William decided to establish a guild of his own. Around that time, he met Dinclon, a wandering solo Guardian, and Prometheus. The two became the first members of his guild.

Round Table Alliance arc
After William decided to leave Akiba, Prometheus&mdash;sensing trouble in Holy Empire Westelande&mdash;advised William to head up towards the Ezzo Empire instead, which has traditionally been rather separated from Eastal and Westelande politics. The guild journeyed north and, after passing through Depths of Palm much like Shiroe and his companions did in the past, fell upon Susukino.

When Brigandia attempted to throw their weight around, Silver Sword did not take kindly to the act and quickly made short work of the guild. In particular, William defeated Demiqas in a one-on-one match, solidifying Brigandia's fall.

The guild makes the city its base of operation and, unlike Brigandia before it, defers from ruling it in any heavy-handed manner.

Gold of the Kunie arc
After failing to negotiate with Kinjo, Shiroe and Naotsugu request Silver Sword's assistance in clearing the Abyssal Shaft raid. By this time, however, all but twenty members of the guild had quit raiding; only by recruiting Tetora and Demiqas are they able to meet the dungeon's requirement.

Collapse of the Round Table arc
At the end of the arc, as Rayneshia is making her plea to rally under her, William appears as a representative of Silver Sword to demonstrate the now-functional Intercity Transport Gate. Afterwards, Silver Sword joins as a member of the New Round Table Council.

Akiba Guild Hall Raid arc
When Eirenus transforms Akiba into a raid zone and suppresses player levels, several members of Silver Sword in Akiba at the time find themselves desperately fighting for their lives.

Trivia

 * The Abyssal Shaft Raid Party was supposed to have illustrations and descriptions in the appendix of The Gold of the Kunie, but the editor forgot about them and thus they were never added in the volume. To amend that, Mamare put the sketches and information on his website.