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Summary

A Guild is a group of players managed by a game engine in MMO games with a structure, leader, and usually clearly defined goals.

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DDA

The most active and one of the highest-ranked Clearers in SAO . They are trying to catch up with KoB, hoping to seize the name of the most powerful guild. They do not share the information they have and own their own farmland. There are more than twice as many people in DDA as in KoB.

Chef: Lind
Deputy Chief (Defense Forces): Schmitt

DDA often resorted to underhanded tactics to get their hands on rare loot, and even turned orange to attack a Flag Mob. They were tracking Klein to a rare Christmas-exclusive drop from Nicholas the Renegade, the Soul Return Godstone, but WWFM stopped them. They're working to get the final attack boost during the floor's boss fights.

In August 2024, several members of the DDA and other guild teams were confronted by LC.

Fumaningun (FMNG)

A ninja guild, known especially during the beta test for its speed. Since its members were focused on agility, the common tactic was to attack from the front lines and then spread out. The monsters they attacked ended up being attacked at nearby parties, so Kirito hated them.

Members of the FMNG wear dark gray cloth armor, pirate masks and bandanas, as well as light chainmail. They fight with light scimitars. Their name may be an imitation of a real Fūma ninja clan once active in Kanagawa Prefecture.

Reason for the mustaches

Two FMNG members, Kotaru and Isuke, chased Argo through the second floor, trying to extort information from him about an additional skill hidden by the force. Kirito intervened, and then a quivering cow monster attacked them, forcing them to retreat.

FMW

A compensation guild founded by Klein and several of his real-world friends, who had queued up together to buy copies of the game. Petit , the current guild master, helped all of his friends become accomplished fighters.

The guild's name likely refers to Sun Tzu's warrior creed: "Move as swift as the wind, be as orderly as the forest, as fierce as fire, as steadfast as the mountain." Abbreviations have their own field in the guild's registration data, and they were entered into WWFM, but it wasn't used by players—perhaps because the Japanese name is easier to pronounce.

Klein told Kirito that he was the leader of a guild in another MMORPG. He refused to follow Kirito and get ahead of the loot and experience because he couldn't leave his friends behind in the fateful square. Klein reunited with his friends, they completed the necessary quest on the 3rd floor, and formed the guild.

Red-nosed reindeer

Kirito encountered Klein and WWFM on the 28th floor while they were training on Blood Wolf Leaders in the Wolf Plains. Later, Kirito was looking for Nicholas the Renegade to try to resurrect a friend from MBC, and WWFM followed Kirito, but they were also followed by DDA who wanted all the loot. After a brief confrontation, Klein's team stalled DDA to give Kirito time to fight the boss.

In August 2024, WWFM participated in a raid against LC.

In October 2024, WWFM met Asuna and Kirito in the Labyrinth of Floor 74. They left Asuna and Kirito to realize that the Army Squad had gone to fight the floor boss in an incomplete raid group and rescued most of the Army members.

Fairy Dance Arc

After the SAO incident, WWFM was reformed. The guild members went to the SAO festival to thank Kirito for saving them.

Georgia

A six-member guild dedicated to completing the game. Founded very early on.

Chef: Griselda
Sous-chef: Grimlock

A murder case in the region

Kirito and Asuna witness what appears to be a murder scene in the Safe Zone and investigate. After several twists and turns, they apprehend the deceased leader's husband, Grimlock, who was unhappy that his wife had become a different SAO, determined and outspoken. He had her killed by a mercenary from LC, a PK guild, and former members Yolko and Caynz developed a seemingly impossible murder case to bring the investigators closer to the truth and seek revenge. After Kirito and Asune solve the case (briefly meeting with LC members) and Grimlock is arrested, they see the ghost of a grateful Griselda above his grave for a brief moment.

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References

• Guilds - Fan Wiki