Monarchy of Halo

The Monarchy of Halo (MOH) was a sovereign state, 17th century style clan kingdom in the Archaic Era (Halo 3) from August 18 2009 to December 3 2009. The clan came into being following the resignation of ShadowSniper172 from the United Spartan Command (USC). The monarchy, originally governed by one king and military generals; following the MOH Civil War, three kings and an appointed parliament government remained in use in their respective positions. It was one of the first documented clans in the HCC to have a lengthy military based ranking system.

Origins
The clans origins were heavily influenced from the Kingdom of Great Britain around the time of the 1700's. Even going so far as to constitute regimental battle colors of red and strict line formations in the use of clan battle and discipline training, like the volley fire. The kingdom eventually began to modernize in it's later stages, with the development of a Green beret team and a air force.



Formation
The Monarchy of Halo began after ShadowSniper172 resigned in protest due to his brother General JB172 taking control of the United Spartan Command on June 15 2009. Shadow and a few of his remaining loyal retainers went into Matchmaking and started recruiting. Ironically, Shadow's resignation crippled the USC member population, having little faith in General JB's clan leading abilities, eventually forming into a "great depression".

Clan mobilization started out slow, but picked up gradually in September. Member uniforms wore strictly red, but armor requirements were very laxed. Wearing the Hayabusa katana was seen as a great honor and prestige in the clan, but only the king could wear the whole set to distinguish himself separately on the battlefield.

It was around this time that Shadow encountered players from the Hidden League Gaming (HLG) community, including HLG Edge and HLG Whitey whos specialties were gaining the lead and hiding themselves on special parts of maps. Impressed by their combative abilities, Shadow recruited them into the fold.

MOH Civil War
With a successful month of clan recruiting, member population reached a healthy and active 40+ members with extensive internal activity. Major internal issues however began to surface with HLG members claiming the majority of the clan population were letting them down and were of poor satisfactory for combative games. A single argument during a team slayer game led to high levels of inner clan debate and the leaving of many HLG members. Both Edge and Whitey formed a small 10 member sized rebellion to fight the monarchy.

The coined MOH Civil War began September 17 2009 when HLG footmen overwhelmed MOH defenses on Valhalla and taking the field against Shadow 50-42 while on the same day, both armies contested Guardian, with none unable to take a major foothold resulting in a stalemate. Shadow later noted that Edge and Whiteys members were "more skilled" and "knew how to gain control of a game faster." After a week of no extensive combat activity, Shadow called upon the Lone Wolf Regiment under MadClearJack and the United Spartan Command's remaining forces under JB to form a pact of ending the war in one day. On September 25th, Shadow's counter attack began and the HLG attempted various aggressive counters to the allied armies pushes but failed, placing the rebels on the defensive. The same night, the attack to retake Valhalla came underway and allied forces took advantage of numerical members in game by taking control of the maps center; which in turn caused HLG forces to retreat. The rebel leaders surrendered soon after, with many of its members including its leaders joining back MOH ranks, ending the week long conflict.