Where we come from...

The 3rdCorps 1805 is the result of a strong friendship between two Total-War-Veterans!

One of em, HelmeHaffax, made his way through different TW clans till he arrived here. He was one of the first members in a clan called "Desciples of Jupiter" (DOJ), as they recruited him in June 2005. He left DOJ in december 2005 to create the "New Order" (NO) with some close buds. NO ran really well for more than one year, before it split into two clans.HelmeHaffax left NO to follow some of his buds into the "Skilled Knights"
(-S_K-). -S_K- started with good intentions and the ones who wanted to lead brought up good ideas. But as fast as it started came the "sudden" death and -S_K- disbanded before it could establish itself in the TW community.

The other, LNDavout, is a first hour TW player. He plays the game since Shogun. He joined NO in 2006, while the clan had its best times. He made himself respected by a couple of members in and outside NO, especially on MTW II, and he became a welcome embassy on other forums. He also came along with -S_K- as NO broke into two pieces. He and HelmeHaffax are playing together since ages and they became a strong and inseperable team in the TW community.

After the short -S_K- intermezzo they created the German Knights Order (GKO). After some striking tourney matches and also through the good manners of the GKO members the clan got a good reputation all over the community. The GKO was created as medieval theme. With the knowledge that the next TW will play in the late 18th century and in the exited expectation of Histwar: Les Grognards, LND started the 3rdCorps forums in January 2008. Also at the beginning of the year 2008 the GKO started proceedings about a merge with other clans. At February the 22nd, a new clan was formed out of the GKO and the NO: the Varangian Guard. New forums got created, a whole new system build up and new members came quickly. The clan had great times and the reunion with the old friends from NO were definitely a good idea. The merged clans walked together till November 2008. With the "dying" of MTW II also many of the Varangian members got inactive at the TW series till fall 2008. Up from November the GKO ventured a restart on its own.
All over the month HelmeHaffax and above all LND kept the 3rdCorps idea growing. Members from the GKO, the VarangianGuard and some other clans, also out of the Histwar community, joined the 3rdCorps forums to show their interest in the growing of this clan-idea. At the latest up from January 2009 a couple of TW veterans like Helme, LND, Percyvalerius and Roryn worked hard to prepare the clan for the release of ETW in March. At the end of February they reached the point when they could say: "The clan is ready for ETW!"

The "3rdCorps" is a brotherhood of friendship and loyalty founded by TW-Fanatics. May the 3rdCorps and the ETW/Histwar communities have great times to come...