The Vanguard was established by the Croatian royal family, English royal family and a Croatian businessman Josip Ban Titop as a world wide peacekeeping organization not attached to any country. The Vanguard was established to face any kind of threats Canopus faced. Over the years, more and more Diviners joined the Black Vanguard and finally it grew to be a world wide organization. After the Great War of Canopus, most of the Black Vanguard was greatly reduced in number. They went into hiding and slowly rebuilding their mighty forces.