Warriors

"The Warriors fight to the death. The only reason they haven't been willing to die in battle is because they simply are unable to."

~Tristan Stanley, FAQ at his middle school

The Warriors are a faction of powerful Immortals lead by Kaleb Long, who are bent on the ideology that they have everlasting youth, as opposed to the Shadows' theory of eternal death. They are supposed to be almost godlike, each being able to control an element of nature. Apparently, they worship the concept of the One, due to the fact that the One, in fact, ages, disproving the Shadows' concept of eternal death.

Their first appearance was throughout the rising action of The Phantom's Tool. Then, they were not explained as being Warriors, or even being Immortals. The first time they appeared, explained as Warriors, was in close to the end of the book, one of the last chapters of the rising action of The Phantom's Tool, titled simply "Explanations'"''. '''The Warriors' history was illustrated by Jake, who informed the One, William Goy, that they were created by extraordinary weather patterns, usually hurricanes. The type of cataclysmic event determined what element they were destined to control.

At the end of the first novel, as Will and Jake escape from the Shadows' Temple, with Jake injured, as they walked, Jake revealed to him that he was Edward V, and that Kaleb had recruited him after his brother, Richard and him, according to the mortals, had "died". Back then, there were Kaleb and a few others. We find, due to this wiki's incredible analysis team, that this may imply that Kaleb formed the Warriors, obviously before the thirteenth century.