The Wardens

The Wardens were an ancient group of highly trained warriors who bore a responsibility to ensure the protection of the time crystal. The origins of the organization date at least a few thousand years but the actual founding of the faction is shrouded in mystery.

The Wardens were almost constantly at war against The Timeseekers, a faction whose ideology was a near antithesis to the Wardens. While the Wardens sought to protect the time crystal from being found and used to protect innocents, the Timeseekers sought to use every bit of the crystal's power in order to bring stability to civilization.

For thousands of years the two factions were constantly at near equal strength until the crystal was shattered. After the crystal's shattering, many splinter groups broke off from the main factions and the Wardens found it difficult to stay under control in a world shrouded in doubt with the crystal's pieces scattered across the four corners.

The Wardens maintained through the years but slowly over time retreated more and more into secrecy, opting to work behind the scenes.

The Wardens were ultimately disbanded once and for all after Benjamin Beckindale and the Fellowship rebelled from the Wardens.