About

Founded in North Hollywood, California in 2018!

Practice

Location: Valley Village Park, North Hollywood, CA
Time and Day: Saturdays, 1:30pm-sunset; subject to change, please see Facebook or Instagram for updates.
Requirements: Garb is optional. Loaner equipment always available.

History

The Village Guard is a realm based in Valley Village, CA (Los Angeles). We are a friendly group of simple villagers that have come together to defend our village from the general evil shenanigans of the outside world. We are all that is left after the more seasoned and important warriors have gone off to do battle type things. Members of The Village Guard are known as, Guardspeoples.

We meet Saturdays in Valley Village Park at 1:30 pm-Sunset

Practice time is subject to change and is updated weekly via our village stump. (Our Facebook page)

Garb is optional and loaner weapons are always available.

Guardspeoples

Guardspeoples are grouped into, "groves." Their grove is chosen based on a balancing combination of experience, play-style and frequency of attendance. The below map shows The Village, and the map key markings to where everyone lives.

🌿CEDAR - A steady and intimidating presence on the field, the Cedar grove is designed to be the Village anchor. Of all the groves, Cedar holds the strongest center. This grove is designed to remain steadfast and allow wave after wave of opponents to break upon its defense.

Wilhelm (6) and Evan the Peasant (G) (Captains)
Ash
Big Tony (K)
Helgi (8)
Ichi (10)
Notch
Onyx
Rugg
Shepherd

🌳CYPRESS - Scrappy and creative, this wild card grove is designed to interrupt the plans and expectations of their opponents. If this grove seizes the right opportunity (which they are designed to hopefully create) they are capable of winning even against far more organized fighters. In a standard fight however; their ability is severely limited.

Ders (O) & Snarf (F) (Captains)
Excel
Admiral Goggles Goldgrin(7)
Gosht
Lady Luna (C)
Moo
Muze
Nicole
Thayden
The Mighty Tim (B)
Yosh (N)

🌲PINE - The Pine grove is a group of agile skirmishers with an aggressive flanking style, loose formations, combined with high individual stopping power, this group is designed to compromise their opponents early in a fight and then mop up the rest by running around like lol bandits.

Barker and Gar (Captains)
Admiral Aekien Toebiter (5)
Artai
Brandon
Brocair
Caleb
Loto
Meggan (5)
Pine Cone
Slick
Switchback
Trinket (2)

🌱SPRUCE - The Spruce grove is comprised of steady, knowledgeable figthers, designed to take up space and walk over their opponents like a herd of goats in a vegetable garden. Counter to other groves, every member of the Spruce grove, if given a specific instruction, will execute on said instruction.

Brutus (J) , Flatiron (Captains)
AJ (Z)
Bard
Corey
Godfrey
Golden Mane
Jonathan
Orin
Qix
Sam
Wackk
Whisper
Wolfsong

🍃HEMLOCK - Unconvientional and dangerous, Hemlock is the Village's classic trap build. At first sight, their loosely-formed line seems easily compromised. That is however by design. If the opponent takes the bait, they will be quickly punished by a simultaneous assault of arrows, rocks, and backstabs - all while attempting to deal with a chaotic and lethal front line that seems to be everywhere all at once.

Darius (M) , Hellebore (Captains); Sir Kyrian (Honorary Captain) (X)
Brooke
Cardio
Char
Kibbler
Moose (D)
Nez
Pluto
Rufio
Trick

🌴NON-COMBAT VILLAGERS

Bip
Thryn
Stephanie

🐾VILLAGE FAMILIARS

Herd of Goats
Dottie (dog)
Elspeth and Oko (dogs)
Henry and Pip (dogs)
Hiddily Skwanks - First Village Idiot (dog)
Kaylee and Klaus (cats)
Sir Mako and Sir Nine - Officially Knighted (dogs)
Mandy (dog)
Mazy (dog)
Neuro (dog)
Ripley (cat)
Shadow (dog)
Sid (cat)

🐾HONORARY VILLAGE FAMILIARS

Haku (cat)
Juniper - Famous from War of Wrath 2025 (cat)

"Trees" War Chant

Written by Snarf

(Unison)
From the roots we grow and rise it up!
From the roots we grow and rise it up!
From the roots we grow and rise it up!
From the roots we grow and rise it up!
From the roots!

(Call)
Can you see the forrest through the...

(Response)
Trees, trees, trees, trees, trees, trees, trees, trees, trees, trees, trees, trees...

(Call)
When a tree falls in the forrest...

(Response)
We hear it!

(Call)
When a tree falls in the forrest...

(Response)
We pick it up!

(Call)
When a tree falls in the forrest...

(Response)
We plant another one!

(Unison)
Trees, trees, trees, trees, trees, trees, trees, trees, trees, trees, trees, trees...

"War With The Village" War Chant

Written by Captain Evan the Peasant

(Call)
You don't want to go to war with the Village,

(Response)
You don't want to go to war with the Village,

(Call)
The beer all flat, and the bar's been pillaged!

(Response)
The beer all flat, and the bar's been pillaged!

(Call)
Don't have no gold, nor noble privilege.

(Response)
Don't have no gold, nor noble privilege.

(Call)
You don't want to go to war with the Village,

(Response)
You don't want to go to war with the Village,

(Call)
Even the rare, won't eat their biscuits,

(Response)
Even the rare, won't eat their biscuits,

(Call)
Storm the keep and leave them brick-less.

(Call)
You don't want to go to war with the Village,

(Response)
You don't want to go to war with the Village,

(Call)
No first class, they ride in steerage,

(Response)
No first class, they ride in steerage,

(Call)
Somehow, they got two dogs in peerage!

(Response)
Somehow, they got two dogs in peerage!

(Call)
You don't want to go to war with the Village!

(Response)
You don't want to go to war with the Village!

Awards

2nd Place Bardic - Battle For The Ring 2025 - Orin
3rd Place Bardic - Battle For The Ring 2025 - Hellebore
BftR Cup at Battle For The Ring 2025

Filk Songs