A brutal, dominating organisation is the only way anyone could describe the Neverwintian Vanguard. That is, if they live in Neverwinter. Away from Neverwinter, the Vanguard has a high reputation of defending the city at all costs and ensuring the safety of those who live within, but those who are familiar with the city and the vanguard know better.

Within the city, they're renowned for their heartless brutality and strength, working privately for the queen to ensure her protection over anyone else. Trying to get assistance from the Vanguard for anything is futile, and it's believed by many that they only exist so the queen can hold clout over every other major city in the world. ''Look at me, I have a big clan working just for me!''

People might be enraged with the Vanguard, but they can't doubt their power and the protection they provide the city. If it wasn't for them, the queen would likely be dead already, and without the queen the city would fall apart into mass chaos and fights to take the throne in her place. Additionally, they have the most major intimidation factor of any organisation, and hold back just about any attack from anyone who has a slither of sanity left within them.

The Vanguard began as a simple, resident made group intended to back the queen's claims of power. When she was first starting out, many doubted her ability despite her being an old, powerful scorcher, but there was a select group of individuals who believed in her and believed she could rule the city with an iron fist. It was these individuals who founded the original Vanguard, and the queen took notice of them fast.

The queen of course soon took notice to this group of 'brave individuals' as she dubbed them, and called for a private meeting with every single member of the original Vanguard in her castle. At the time, transcription wasn't a common thing (though it's doubted the queen would have allowed it anyway) and as such it's unclear what was said in this meeting, but many believe it to be what shaped the Vanguard into what it is today. The deal which shaped the Neverwintian Vanguard into the Neverwinter's Queen Vanguard.

From here, the Vanguard only began to grew in size. Individuals regularly joined the organisation if they believed in the queen's power and wished to serve her on a more personal level, running through the trials to prove themselves as an individual who could be of worth for her. Those in the vanguard are sworn to secrecy on what goes on in their base of operations, and as such no information has ever been leaked, not even from people who have joined and then left the Vanguard. This is likely out of fear of what could happen to them should they release it.