About the guild · since 2022
Shadows of the Ancestors is a Ukrainian-speaking World of Warcraft guild on the European servers, founded on 10 June 2022 on the Earthshaker realm. Below is its story: realm moves, merges with other Ukrainian guilds and raiding milestones from Karazhan to the move to World of Warcraft: Forever.
Chronicle
Every milestone with screenshots from our raids.
10 June 2022 · The Burning Crusade
The guild was founded in June 2022 on the Earthshaker realm as a casual community — a place for Ukrainian players to gather, talk, and spend time together. Around 10–15 August 2022 it ran its first guild raid, into Karazhan. That is where, back in The Burning Crusade, the guild took its first steps as a team.
Winter 2022–2023 · Naxxramas
The guild grew steadily, and in the winter of 2022–2023 it fielded its first full roster — a 25-man raid into Naxxramas. It was the first real milestone: proof that the community could not only socialise but also clear endgame content as an organised team.
Spring 2023 · Ulduar
The mass power outages of that period hit many players hard. Even so, over the course of Ulduar the guild formed its own permanent roster — the Algalon Killers (AK) static. The name is a nod to Algalon, Ulduar’s hidden boss you first have to earn.
14 May 2023
As Ulduar wound down, the Nezlamni guild merged in — the union took place on 14 May 2023. Out of the two collectives a single guild 25-man static was formed, one that went on to raid Icecrown Citadel. For the first time the community felt that two teams could grow into something greater than the sum of their parts.
2024–2025 · Cataclysm
The start of Cataclysm again coincided with mass power outages. The 25-man broke apart into several 10-man statics, and with Earthshaker winding down the guild moved to Firemaw — one of the largest European Classic realms. Early in the first phase the forced fun (FF) static joined, set on progression. The whole of Cataclysm played out as a friendly progress race between three statics — AK, Nezlamni, and FF.
September 2025 · Mists of Pandaria
Pandaria brought the most change. In September 2025 the guild moved to the fresh Shek’zeer realm, where Armed Forces of Ukraine also joined with their AFK static. The defining milestone of this era was the merge with Trident from Pyrewood Village, an experienced Ukrainian collective that brought four ready-made statics at once: Diaraid (now Diaraider), Gachiraid (now Gachi), Torang Progress and Post Hardcore. The merge doubled the number of raid rosters and turned the guild from a single team into a multi-roster community.
December 2025 · Throne of Thunder
During Throne of Thunder, despite the mass power outages, the guild grew again. The Minus IQ static transferred over from the Horde. And from the Alliance side the «Бусик незламності» static joined — moving over with a dream of building its own 25-man static. The new rosters widened the raid grid and gave even more players a chance to find a team that fit their schedule and pace.
Summer 2026 · Siege of Orgrimmar
In summer 2026 the guild’s statics cleared Siege of Orgrimmar, the final raid of Mists of Pandaria: Garrosh Hellscream is down, and Classic Progression is complete from Karazhan to Orgrimmar.
Autumn 2026 · World of Warcraft: Forever
World of Warcraft: Forever launch: 4 November 2026. The guild moves there as a whole: Alliance faction, PvP ruleset (Forever has no realms — the ruleset takes the realm’s place), EU region. The guild goes the way it made every previous move: together, with a roster and raid leaders. In Mists of Pandaria Classic the guild carries on with its current roster. How to sign up is on the Join page.
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