I once started a guild. Everything was going fine. I had some close friends as members, and we WoE'd actively, albeit never keeping the emperium.
Then, one day, we went to the top, going over every other guild. We had 50+ members, without counting the alts.
My best friend stole all the Mejingjards from guild storage.
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Then, I killed myself because I couldn't bear to watch my guild crumble into dust