Hallowmere

“	"On second thought, let's not go to Hallowmere. 'tis a silly place."	”
 	—Tox cowers on the airship 	—Tox cowers on the airship
Hallowmere was a region of Dragonhollow settled during the Sixth Era.
Though widely considered to be the most beautiful land of its day, its natural splendor and incredible vistas came at a price. Hallowmere was an environment so dangerous that it challenged even hardened veterans, leading to unprecedented loss of life.
=Geography=
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	Acey: I just found a plain.. surrounded by a blue mountain.... like in a U shape<BR>Zen: I found an entire biome made of cyan hardened clay.<BR>Acey: xD	
	—Eris even surprised at her creation 	—Eris even surprised at her creation
Hallowmere was incredibly diverse, boasting a vivid landscape far more varied and visually stunning than any previously discovered regions of Dragonhollow.
It was a place of icy wastelands, tropical beaches, colored clay mountain ranges, haunted forests, snowy deserts, lava rivers, bald cypress swamps, and hundreds of other extraordinary biomes.
A great deal of the human habitation in Hallowmere was located on or near the Dire Straits, including the capital city of Hardship. The River Acheron also served as a major means of transportation and trade cooridor among those who lived upon it.
The land was also populated with many structures built prior to the Sixth Era, some in such disrepair to suggest they may have even existed in antiquity before the First Era. They ranged from simple brick cottages to maze-like underground labyrinths, soaring towers, and rotting shipwrecks.
Hallowmere was home to a number of Hyper Dungeons.
The region's border expanded every time a new resident arrived, a unique phenomenon made possible by the wizard Jack Firebane, though Tohbeh claimed credit for the idea itself.
=History=
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	"Welcome to hell."	
	—Tohbeh 	—Tohbeh
 Rumors slowly leaked out of the Twilight Project about a distant land with breathtaking scenery and magnificent treasure. 
On 5E:303, an airship docked above the cafe in Sanctuary, with cryptic references to a future date and warnings regarding its destination. However, passage required the purchase of an unobtainable airship ticket. 
The Herald accidentally mentioned offhand the "shores of Hallowmere" in the presence of MaccaMan, Bagger, and Tox on 5E:311. When Pandora's Box was opened a week later on 5E:319, residents of Pandora fled the complete annihilation of their homes and sought refuge in Sanctuary. Though the destruction had been carried out by her order as punishment, Eris took pity on her subjects and offered them free transport aboard the airship to Hallowmere. 
That airship first arrived on 6E:1 and those aboard became known as the Hallowmere Pioneers. 
Unfortunately, they soon discovered that they had simply traded one hellish nightmare for another as the supposed "pity" of Eris was replaced by gleeful amusement. Hallowmere was a deadly confluence of cave-ins, supermobs, bloodthirsty bandits, difficult terrain, and unyielding gravity. 
Absurd was the first person to die in Hallowmere after he fell from the airship. 
The propeller assembly on the original airship was damaged by charged creeper attacks and crashed into the sea not long after the Hallowmere Pioneers disembarked, stranding them in Mere Stop. Eris forcibly teleported them against their will to a new airship just arriving in an entirely different part of the region. 
Tohbeh was the first resident to discover diamond, as well as the first to construct an enchantment table and establish a brewery. He was later eclipsed by other ambitious adventurers; Hyperion acquired the land's first beacon by raiding Venomere, Zen constructed the first tier-two beacon with regenerative capability, while Bagger and MaccaMan slayed the deadly ender dragon Darkscale.
Citizens gradually built homes in the area surrounding the airship, giving rise to a community called Hardship that became the de facto capital.
A number of factions vied for control of the land but none were entirely successful. A recruitment effort bolstered the ranks of Greywatch, but they came under attack from the Scylfings briefly occupied the capital on 6E:36. After they were attacked by the DragonSlayers, Zaeric entered into an alliance and trade partnership with Hyperion. 
The Merry Men launched an invasion on 6E:44 that forced the Hooligans to flee twenty kilometers deeper into the wilderness.
On 6E:71, Eris named Retro as Hegemon and her sole representative in Dragonhollow, sparking a rebellion against his policies by outlaw revolutionaries. During the uprising, a series of explosions destroyed the airship and damaged sections of downtown Hardship.
The Hallowmere Best Build Contest ran from 6E:74 to 6E:118. Macca's residential tower Phoenix Spire was the competition's winning entry.
According to New Beginnings, a gigantic sinkhole swallowed Hardship and much of the surrounding environs on 6E:124. Retro ordered evacuations to Sanctuary, which had appeared in the skies above Hallowmere. The refugees relocated to the Hammerlands for the Seventh Era.
=Points of Interest=
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	"We're in Hallowmere, bitches!"	
	—Jinx 	—Jinx
Picture	Place 	Architect 	Notes
 	Hardship 	Many 	The capital of Hallowmere
 	Nova Zaeric 	Bagger, Macca 	Castle town of the Zaeric imperium
 	Shambhala 	Zen 	An oceanside castle built by Zen
 	Big Butte 	Tox, HyperSilence, Retro	Home of Hyperion
 	Safe Haven 	Absurd 	A public refuge with food and shelter
 	Mere Stop 	Eris 	First landing site of the Hallowmere Pioneers
 	Castle of Colour 	Jinx, Alec 	A treehouse complex built on the sea shallows
 	Drumfern 	Sleekit 	A forest manor
 	Lest We Forget 	Bagger 	A monument to Eris
 	Greywatch Garrison 	Lex 	Stronghold of Greywatch
 	Phoenix Spire 	MaccaMan 	A residential tower and winner of Hallowmere Best Build Contest
 	Fort Peet 	Peetmans 	A fort on the River Acheron
 	Westernmere 	Wojcik 	A frontier settlement
 	Home Tree 	Zen 	A pair of towering jungle trees
 	Tirconnell 	Sleekit 	The floating island home of Sleekit
 	Ice Temple 	Zen 	A frosty place of worship
 	Valley Forge 	Retro, Tox 	A hollowed-out island base on the River Acheron
 	Vigilance 	Tox 	A prismarine statue
 	Pumpkin Patch 	Terry 	A small village made from giant pumpkins
 	Dhyāna Sky 	Zen 	An airship docked at Shambhala
 	Castle Wolfenstein 	Ibrahana, Spectro 	The teleporting home of Tox
 	Tower of the Inane 	Absurd 	A tower house made from a ruin
 	Forest Lodge 	Peetmans 	A tower house in the woods
 	Wojcik's Roost 	Wojcik 	A treehouse overloooking the Dire Straits
 	Watchtowers of Hyperion	Hyperion 	A network of occupied ruins serving as outposts
 	Higashi Murayama 	DredGrimoire 	A shrine
 	Silt 	Tohbeh 	A small marshlands home on the River Acheron
 	Weyland House 	Sprankles 	A farmhouse amidst cropfields
 	Bonezyard 	BONEZ 	A walled jungle villa
 	Tox's Cabin 	Tox 	The teleporting home of Tox
 	Sans 	Zen 	A giant skeleton statue in Hardship
 	Meander 	Sophie, Hana 	A quaint homestead on the River Acheron
 	Aetherwing 	MaccaMan 	An airship docked in Nova Zaeric
 	Wolf's Lair 	Kimarastraz, Mandy 	A jungle residence on Hardship Trail
=Gallery=
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File:GOZxx3N.png|Aerial view
File:5uotWvI.jpg|River valley
File:7yuNCY2.png|Forested mesa plateaus
File:t6yk2bL.jpg|Cypress swamp
File:CekpBXB.jpg|Tropical rainforest
File:JrfAUVr.jpg|Ice plains forest
File:AOC32CA.jpg|Lush woods
File:Z1nnO33.jpg|Arctic mountains
File:2017-02-18_03.07.00.png|Typical Hallowmere
File:MZWtvWr.png|Scrublands
File:hExVLDf.jpg|Mesa
File:ZDjdoHA.jpg|lmao wtf
File:2017-02-17_21.47.34.png|Strange totem
File:2017-02-18_01.32.13.png|Ice cap
File:2017-02-18_05.17.34.png|Lava pits
File:2017-02-18_23.34.58.png|Ruined tower
File:2017-02-20_02.39.11.png|River valley
File:2017-02-20_03.15.03.png|Tower with Hyper Dungeon visible
File:2017-02-21_04.40.41.png|Sunset treeline
File:2017-02-21_04.51.36.png|Giant pumpkin
File:625f54501a5e5a1d19c1854d4eb08d5e.jpg|Blue mountains
File:2017-02-17 20.05.31.png|Airship at Olde Mere Stop
File:2017-02-17_20.02.49.png|Absurd and Dap look dubious
File:2017-02-17_20.44.01.png|Dap swims from the airship
File:2017-05-31 01.53.36.png|The capital, Hardship
=Behind the Scenes=
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The following is out-of-universe information about the real world Dragonhollow.
	As usual, Acey's goal is to make the server harder with each new idea she has. With that in mind, I introduce to you a plugin called Extra Hard Mode. This plugin not only changes the way the server behaves, but changes the way mobs act, certain biomes act, events, and much more.	
	—HyperSilence 	—HyperSilence
Hallowmere launched on February 17, 2017 and ran for 124 days until July 3, 2017, making it the fifth-longest Dragonhollow map.
It was the first map to go away from a mostly vanilla Minecraft experience, incorporating new terrain with the Terrain Control plugin, a wealth of new biomes and structures with Biome Bundle, and new mechanics and enemies using Extra Hard Mode. The changes were suggested and partially implemented by head admin HyperSilence and lead developer Retro before the project was taken over by Acey with the idea of injecting excitement back into the server and giving old veterans a true UHC challenge.
Because of compatibility issues with Terrain Control and Biome Bundle, DH downgraded back to Java Edition 1.10.2 for the duration of the Hallowmere map.
The results were mixed, however; while most players enjoyed the new terrain and structures, they were split on the changes brought by Extra Hard Mode. Many felt the plugin made the game too tedious and/or unforgiving and a number of players like Sprankles and the DragonSlayers left the server entirely, despite Acey's attempts to address concerns by tweaking the plugin settings and fixing bugs.
On April 21, 2017, Retro purchased the Dragonhollow server from Acey and took over the development of Hallowmere.
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