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The latest adventures, familiar faces and stories from Prism.

Original posts from #news and #news-archive, with their original dates and attachments. Filter by year or topic.

PLAY TOGETHER

Our next adventures.

All upcoming community events, in date order. Open an event for details and signups.

THE PEOPLE BEHIND PRISM

Different characters. One team.

World of Warcraft class artwork © Blizzard Entertainment · Icons via Wowhead.

THE PRISM ARCHIVE

Media. Memories together.

First kills, proud moments or things that still make you laugh? Share your screenshots and videos on Discord and help us tell the full Prism story. We’ll pick out memories to add to the archive.

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TIMELINE / NOW & THEN

Different chapters.
The same people.

The milestones, adventures and shared memories that shaped Prism through the years.

2026OUR CURRENT CHAPTER

CHAPTER VI · WOW FOREVER · ALLIANCE

A new beginning. Same old Prism.

A new Prism logo appeared on 27 October. The next day, Chapter VI was announced on WoW Forever: Alliance, normal ruleset, super casual. A different banner, with the same people and room for raids, dungeons, PvP and simply being together.

Milestones & original posts

  1. 27 Oct 2026

    A new look for Prism.

    The new logo was shared with the community one day before the Chapter VI announcement.

    See the original logo announcement ↗

  2. 28 Oct 2026

    For the Alliance!

    The original Chapter VI poster sets out our current adventure.

    See the Chapter VI announcement ↗
2024

PRISM 5 · THE WAR WITHIN

Surprise… we’re back!

Prism 5 arrived in July with the most casual approach yet: friends, open invitations and weekly adventures. Awakened Dragonflight raids led into The War Within, with a flexible group that still enjoyed making progress together.

Milestones & original posts

  1. 16 Jul 2024

    Introducing Prism 5

    A new poster, another return, and an invitation to bring friends and family.

    See the original poster ↗

  2. 1 Aug 2024

    A Heroic Awakened raid in one evening

    The announcement celebrated the reboot’s first Heroic Awakened raid and looked ahead to Aberrus.

    Read the original post ↗

  3. 11 Dec 2024

    Ahead of the Curve, together

    The year-end review reported Queen Ansurek defeated after around eighty pulls, followed by a winter pause. The review does not give an exact kill date.

    Original review · members ↗
2022–2023

PRISM 4 · DRAGONFLIGHT

A casual reboot. A familiar roar.

Prism 4 was introduced on 26 December 2022: flexible raiding, real life first, and Ahead of the Curve as the starting goal. The next chapter found room for both social evenings and players who wanted a Mythic challenge.

Milestones & original posts

  1. 26 Dec 2022

    Introducing Prism 4

    The original poster welcomed everyone back with a more flexible approach.

    See the original poster ↗

  2. 13 Feb 2023

    Ladies and gentlemen… we got her!

    The announcement celebrated Heroic Raszageth and Ahead of the Curve, on the last pull of the evening.

    Read the original celebration ↗

  3. 14 Feb 2023

    Social and Mythic, under one roof

    Prism announced a hybrid format for different kinds of raiders.

    Original announcement · members ↗

  4. 26 Feb 2023

    A guidebook for the guild

    Prism shared a guidebook bringing together the guild's approach to raiding, expectations and policies.

    Read the original announcement · members ↗

  5. 12 Jun 2023

    Time for a summer break

    Organised raids paused for the summer, with no fixed return date.

    Read the summer message ↗
2020–2021

NY’ALOTHA → CASTLE NATHRIA

One more return. One more raid night.

On 31 July 2020, Prism announced it was rebuilding with old friends and new recruits. The September review recorded 11/12 Mythic Ny’alotha in fourteen raids. Shadowlands followed, with a fresh start in Castle Nathria.

Milestones & original posts

  1. 31 Jul 2020

    Back for action

    The return announcement set the direction for Ny’alotha and Shadowlands.

    Read the return announcement ↗

  2. 28 Sep 2020

    Ny’alotha: 11/12 Mythic

    Progress reported in the September review; this is not an exact first-kill date.

    Original review · members ↗

  3. 31 Jan 2021

    Five Mythic Castle Nathria bosses down

    The January update recorded Shriekwing, Huntsman Altimor, Hungering Destroyer, Sun King’s Salvation and Artificer Xy’mox.

    Original update · members ↗

  4. 10 Dec 2020

    Our Castle Nathria raids begin

    The January review explicitly dates the start of this raiding chapter to 10 December, followed by weekly Mythic progress in January.

    Read the January review · members ↗

  5. 3 Jan 2021 · video shared

    Heroic Sire Denathrius

    A surviving Prism recording documents the Heroic encounter. The date is when the video was shared, not a verified first-kill date.

    Watch the archived video ↗

  6. 21 Feb 2021 · video shared

    Mythic Council of Blood

    A restoration druid point of view preserves another Castle Nathria encounter from this chapter.

    Watch the archived video ↗

  7. 24 Feb 2021

    Team Prism, out — for now

    Organised raiding paused, with Discord remaining a home for the next return.

    Original announcement · members ↗
2018–2019

BATTLE FOR AZEROTH

Back together. Further than we expected.

Prism returned to raiding in 2018 with a Heroic Uldir clear as its goal. By January 2019 the team had reached 7/8 Mythic. Battle of Dazar’alor brought a new set of encounters and the multi-perspective kill videos that became part of our shared memory.

Milestones & original posts

  1. 18 Nov 2018 · video shared

    Mythic Vectis, from our perspective

    The archived video is labelled as a first kill. The date shown here is its Discord sharing date.

    Watch the archived video ↗

  2. 19 Jan 2019

    Uldir: 7/8 Mythic

    The team’s update celebrated exceeding its original Heroic ambitions.

    Original announcement · members ↗

  3. 22–25 Feb 2019

    Our raids, from several perspectives

    Prism shared its Mythic Grong and Jadefire Masters edits. These are video announcement dates.

    Read the video announcement ↗

  4. 5 Mar 2019

    The team continues as Rotated Out

    A new name and leadership for the raiding team; Prism would rest until another chapter.

    Original announcement · members ↗
2013

PRISM · TARREN MILL

A new name. A new home.

The saved website records Rehab’s move from Bloodfeather to Tarren Mill with eleven active raiders and the new name Prism. Its exact transfer date is not verified. The 2013 archive also preserves raid progress, a spring pause and a late-summer return announcement.

Milestones & original posts

  1. Early history · exact date unverified

    Rehab becomes Prism

    The original account describes eleven active raiders moving from Bloodfeather EU to Tarren Mill, giving their guild a new home and name. The stored article date is not a confirmed transfer date.

    Original website announcement: “Rehab goes Prism!”

  2. 11 Mar 2013 · progress report

    Tier 14: 6/6, 5/6 and 1/4 Heroic

    The end-of-tier report records those results across the three raids and an EU ranking of 1474. These are the guild’s own reported standings.

    Original website announcement: “Tier 14 has ended..1474th of the EU!”

  3. March 2013

    The moments we kept

    Original guild screenshots survive from 26 and 28 March.

    See the guild photos ↗

  4. 2 Apr 2013 · announcement

    Throne of Thunder cleared on Normal

    The original post celebrates all twelve bosses defeated within three weeks of raiding, including Lei Shen. The date is the announcement date.

    Original website announcement: “Rushed through tier 15 normal!”

  5. 29 Apr 2013 · announcement

    A pause after years of raiding

    Prism announced a break from organised raiding and thanked the community for its years of commitment and shared experiences.

    Original website announcement: “Prism’s raiding journey ends here.”

  6. 28 Aug 2013 · announcement

    Prism back in town

    A return announcement began a fresh recruitment push and planned the first raid for 17 September, with a stronger focus on progression. The announcement alone does not confirm that planned raid took place.

    Original website announcement: “Prism back in town!”

2012

THE ROOTS

Before Prism, there was Rehab.

The surviving Rehab guild promo takes us back to 2012. Familiar voices, shared raids and the beginnings of the story we still carry with us.

Milestones & original posts

  1. 2012

    Rehab guild promo

    Our oldest dated video in the saved collection.

    Watch the original promo ↗

Built from our saved announcements, original website assets and video archive. Milestone dates refer to the dated posts or reports unless stated otherwise. Some original posts require member access.