On April 15th 2005 the first Horde guild on the EU Hellscream realm saw the light of day. This guild was called The First Legion and was mainly created as a leveling guild. Shortly later another Horde guild called Might of Kalimdor was created. Both guilds had fast leveling players and it didn't take long for the first members to hit level 60. Both guilds had the need to run level 60 content like Dire Maul, UBRS and Stratholme, but lacked level 60 players to make this happen. After Gs (GM of The First Legion) and Shiraz (GM of Might of Kalimdor) had a chat with eachother, they concluded it would be in the best interest of both guilds to merge into a larger guild. This resulted in the birth of Red Moon on June 19th 2005.

The newly formed guild quickly turned into the first Horde end game guild on Hellscream with Shiraz as Guild Master. Back then the only end game content was Molten Core. In a competing fight against the top Alliance guild Eternal Dawn, Red Moon killed all MC bosses except Ragnaros. Combined with two server first kills (Onyxia and Azuregos), Red Moon became the top Horde guild on Hellscream.

Unfortunately, the stress that came with competing against Eternal Dawn combined with some epic hungry officers lead to a massive split in the guild. On September 2nd the majority of the core members and officers left Red Moon to form Zilthuras. A small group of Red Moon members decided to stay though. While Shiraz was considering to disband the guild, this group persuaded him to wait and see if something could be salvaged. However, later on he kept his decision to disband the guild and moved to a different server. Technically the guild got never disbanded though.

One of the members who decided to stay was Yuma, former Druid Class Commander. After the split he went to Laughing Skull PvP server, together with a small group of old Red Moon members. There they created a new guild called Deviant Ambitions and started leveling from scratch again. Their goal: to become an end game guild and go back to Molten Core. Due to several reasons they never managed to get Deviant Ambitions into Molten Core and after about three months Yuma and Nether had a legendary chat about a shared vision of returning to Hellscream and reforming Red Moon. Since Red Moon had built up a very good name during the Molten Core days, they decided that reforming Red Moon would be the best option.

End of November 2005 Yuma announced the resurrection of Red Moon on the Hellscream forum. He also opened recruitment for all classes. People still remembered the old Red Moon, so quite a lot of applications were posted on the guild forum. Within no time a guild was reformed with proper raiding capacity. MC attunements were quickly done for the whole guild and within the first days of the resurrection, Molten Core and Zul'Gurub became raid targets already. Friendships were formed and a strong bond was created between the members. Progress followed quickly and after clearing Molten Core, BWL and AQ20 soon followed. One month before the release of the Burning Crusade, Red Moon managed to kill up to and including the Twins in AQ40 and Razuvious in Naxxramas. And then the first WoW addon hit the stores, making all level 60 content redundant...

The first months of the Burning Crusade everyone was leveling to 70 and working on their professions, reputation and skills. After reaching 70, the raiding in Karazhan started, followed by Gruul's Lair and Magtheridon's Lair. Just before the release of Wrath of the Lich King, Red Moon cleared all of the Burning Crusade.

Since the launch of Wrath of the Lich Kingm we've cleared all available Tier 7 content, Ulduar (excluding Algalon) and Trial of the (Grand) Crusade. We're currently working on Algalon and on Icecrown Citadel.

Since its resurrection Red Moon has always been a very stable guild. Red Moon went through ups and downs like every end game guild, but in general the strong bond between the members has pulled the guild through the tougher times. Red Moon is not competing with other guilds anymore. The guild progresses through end game content in its own tempo. A constant search for the right balance between fun and end game progress is what makes Red Moon special. Teamwork, friendly members and a great atmosphere make Red Moon a highly respected guild on Hellscream.

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