YMCA

“	"this was always a seperate island trust me bro"	”
 	—Y asserts the legality of YMCA 	—Y asserts the legality of YMCA
YMCA, also called Newcomer Island, was the home of Y in Novigrad on Halfast during the Eleventh Era.
The site featured a villager farm, pumpkin farm, skeleton XP farm, cow pen, pier, nether portal, and the foundation of a residence. Though its owner compiled an extensive To-do list of future tasks, he eventually abandoned his efforts and YMCA remained incomplete.
=History=
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	KingOfDaWild: thanks for the dinner Y<BR>Y: very stinky of you >:(<BR>KingOfDaWild: nom nom nom<BR>KingOfDaWild: good beef<BR>FlyingPokemon: Come live with us I said, it'll be nice I said...	
	—KingOfDaWild raids the cow pen at YMCA 	—KingOfDaWild raids the cow pen at YMCA
After he first arrived in Novigrad, Y was contacted by FlyingPokemon, High Priest of the Knights of Ishtar, and invited to settle in the Archipelago, an oceanic expanse that served as home for the Knights and many of their friends. KOI's only requirement was that he not build on the same landmass as their holiest of headquarters, the colossal Sapphire Spires of Sagacity.
Y moved just 300 meters southwest from there along the coastline and began building his new home. This area initially had dubious status with the Knights of Ishtar, who suspected he had simply dug a shallow canal to turn his territory into a island so that he technically couldn't be in violation of their request not to build on the same landmass. Y put forth his own brilliant legal defense: "this was always a seperate island trust me bro", an argument FlyingPokemon could not refute and so officially
granted him the landed title Duke of the Isles.
Though they accepted his claim, the Knights were not without a sense of humor. Dr. Tech in particular teased Y by calling him YMCA, a name historians eventually gave to the area itself.
Y eventually expressed some regret about establishing a home in the Archipelago after learning the Knights were engaged in a holy war of conversion and that their allies were being targeted by warriors from the Unbroken Chain.
He constructed a To-do list with the following items:
*Get villagers and gear from em
*Finish home and fix the island
*Get an elytra and netherite
*commit heinous crimes (not optional)
*Make a map of the Archipelago
*Discuss the status of Newcomer island with Poke & others
Only the last item on the list was ever completed.
KingOfDaWild butchered the entirety of Y's cows, citing holy privilege on behalf of his Knights of Ishtar. The act elicited an apology from High Priest FlyingPokemon, but his livestock were never replaced.
After Y disappeared from Novigrad, his claim expired and raided for anything of value. The nether portal was broken after its obsidian was harvested. The villager farm was set on fire by unknown assailants, though the blaze was extinguished by Tox and the villagers themselves survived to wander the island. Despite the damage, most of the isle's structures remained largely intact very late into the 11th Era.
The graffiti artist Dadinzolo vandalized Y's To-do-list with the words, "'Dadinzolo was here.
The Knights of Ishtar later erected a new Temple of Ishtar on a hill near YMCA, with FlyingPokemon christening it Old Friends Temple in honor of Y.
Though long abandoned, TraumaticWheel began using YMCA's skeleton farm for her XP needs nearly 500 days after its construction.
=Gallery=
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File:2024-03-10_15.04.21.png|Residence foundation
File:2024-03-10_15.06.36.png|From above
File:2024-03-10_15.04.15.png|YMCA
File:2024-03-10_15.11.58.png|Pumpkin farm
File:2024-03-10_15.11.18.png|Villager trading post
File:2024-03-10_15.09.19.png|At night
File:2024-03-10_15.06.23.png|Newcomer island
File:2024-03-10_15.11.26.png|Villager farm
File:2024-03-10_15.05.03.png|The pier
File:2024-03-10_15.14.10.png|XP farm
File:2024-03-10_15.03.10.png|Cow pen
File:2024-03-10_15.09.52.png|The natives are restless
File:2024-03-10_15.11.40.png|"u seen Y lately?" "narp"
File:2022-11-29_03.43.14.png|trust me bro
File:2022-11-29_03.43.22.png|Poke's response
File:2022-11-29_03.44.17.png|YMCA LIVES HERE
File:2024-03-09_16.41.03.png|fernandinho was here XD
File:2024-03-11_13.49.10.png|Dadinzolo's graffiti
File:tw155.png|TraumaticWheel at YMCA
=Behind the Scenes=
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The following is out-of-universe information about real-world Halfast.
	Dr. Tech: ymca<BR>Y: not even a "hi", straight to the puns i see<BR>mickdm: Y would anyone do that<BR>Dr. Tech: y dont see why<BR>Dr. Tech: so y agree mick<BR>Y: >:(<BR>Y: stinkies	
	—The origin of YMCA 	—The origin of YMCA
The name YMCA came from a joke by the Knights of Ishtar, a play on Y's name. It was a reference to Y.M.C.A., a 1978 disco song by the group Village People, widely played a sporting events and school dances throughout the United States and Europe.
Category:Places
Category:Novigrad Locations
Category:Archipelago