Aincrad Liberation Force

Aincrad Liberation Force is «Sword Art Online»'s largest guild. More commonly known as «The Army», it consists of three thousand players.

The Army's headquarters is at the «Black Iron Castle» of the first floor of Aincrad. It was originally formed by Thinker, but he was overthrown and left in seclusion by Kibaou until he was rescued by Kirito, Asuna and Yulier.

The main function of the Army was originally to clear the game, but it later turned into a organization for maintaining order among players. They were nicknamed the Army after they began to wear uniforms.

History
Formed by Thinker, chief editor of MMO Today, the guild started with the intent on clearing the game in an organized fashion. They followed this goal until they incurred heavy losses on the «25th Floor».

Known Members
Members were originally a group gathered by Thinker, but later took in players who exhausted their starting funds, and needed coll to pay for food.
 * Thinker - Leader and Founder
 * Yulier - Thinker's second in command
 * Cobert - Lieutenant Colonel, Deceased
 * Kibaou - Unofficial temporary leader