Guardian Corporations

The major Corporations of Guardia, with the exception of MerthCorp, are in one way or another descendents of the Guardian Technology Syndicate.

The Tech Syndicate

Founded in 1978 AD, the Tech Syndicate was tasked by the Royal Government with modernizing the Kingdom's industrial (and especially military industrial) infrastructure during the Second Guardian-Porrean War. Guardia's victory over Porre, and subsequent political dominance over the Gate Dimension, was at least in part due to the Syndicate's development of advanced military hardware. Through the 1980s, the Syndicate accrued substantial post-war political power, trumping that of both Guardia's Parliament and its King and entrenched Nobility. By 1992 AD, the Syndicate was the dominant political authority in both Guardia and the larger Gate Dimension.

The Three Syndicates

In 1999 AD, on the Day of Lavos, the Syndicate's director was killed in the massive volcanic eruption that created Death Peak. The resulting struggle for power on the Board of Directors resulted in a three-way split of the Syndicate. The corporation and its assets were divided evenly between the Vice Directors of the Syndicate's three largest branch offices: Arris, Trann and Proto. The three Syndicates would co-exist peacefully until the year 2270 AD, when open war broke out between the divided corps for control of Guardia's government.