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Originally Posted by DangerMouse

Spoiler for Hourglass manga:

I'm quite curious about what has happened to the Guild since the Hourglass manga shows the real Guild on Earth seemingly active only 2 years ago since they were going after Alvis and expecting the returnees from our Prester like Claus/Anatoray to have been guided back by their Guild and submit like always, however something must have happened as hinted at by those Guild bodies since Luscinia, as at least a former Guilder, is using a lot of their stuff and they haven't yet made their full presence known or are letting him do it.

Spoiler for Hourglass manga speculation:

My theory is that since the last Exile has returned, the Guild is starting to shut down operations and are retrieving all the remaining Exile keys for "debriefing" (i.e. partial memory wipe so they don't remember being keys). Why? Perhaps the Guild is developing some sort of post-Exile mythology. Might explain why all of the returned Exiles are cocooned and most common people have no idea of what an Exile's purpose is. Since Anatoray's return was not Guild supervised, it's gonna throw a wrench into this plan.

The Guild is showing a lot of respect for Alvis (she is Guild nobility), and perhaps it is all a case of mistaken intent - a Guild noble would not normally associate with a group of "commoners", so she is being held against her will. The Guild does not seem to be hostile unless there is direct interference with their mission to retrieve Alvis.