War of the Comet

The War of the Comet was an on-going conflict between two coalitions, roughly equating to one Rathnir side, one Eldham side, and a host of third party interest groups. The war began as a response to the imminent coming Iristor and his comet, which are prophesized to freeze the worlds of Rathnir and Eldham, and take its worthy inhabitants to a new world. The war was the culmination of century-long tensions between various groups on both worlds, such as Rathnir vs. Eldham, the Villagers vs. StoneyStoner, the Makerist G0NFists vs. the Gnostic G0NFists, and more. The war was the first true Great War.
==Out of Character Information==
The War of the Comet was a roleplay war organized by StoneyStoner and the player leaders of its various factions. The purpose of the war was to provide an exciting and collective "main narrative" end to the worlds of Rathnir and Eldham, in the context of the coming of Iristor and the freezing of the worlds.
The choice to have an inter-world roleplay war was motivated by attempting to fulfill the often joked-about and teased "Rathnir v Eldham Epic World War", which was a running gag for many players before the "real" war of the worlds, when the Eldham Entente intervened in the Uldarash Civil War, and won a symbolic victory for Eldham.
Participation in this event was absolutely optional, but staff had asked players who don't wish to involve themselves to not interfere with those who do. 
The event itself was planned by the leaders of large factions (Stoney, the Villagers, Rathnir and Eldham nation leaders). 4-5 battles in both worlds were planned according to the internal plans of each coalition side. Each coalition was responsible for the logistics and gearing of their own troops, however keepinventory to be on was allowed, and assured no lasting damage comes to the areas where battles take place.
The winner of the RP war (as determined by battle conditions) was going to be awarded by historical honors, a front-and-center place in an assured video about this conflict (in the future), and likely by gaining perpetual colonies in the defeated world. On top of this, either StoneyStoner or all the Villagers were going to be killed.
==Eldhamite Coalition==
The Eldhamite Coalition was generally the aggressor in this war, spurred on by StoneyStoner's aggressive and targeted genocidal rhetoric. The Eldhamite Coalition was composed of several groups with varying interests:
===Eldhamite Nations===
Many Eldhamite Nations were acting on animosities against Rathnir held for centuries. Rathnir players and nations originally colonized Eldham, and had consistently disrespected Eldham as the younger and more oddly-generated world. Eldhamite Nations in the coalition generally sought to recreate the success of the War of the Worlds, when the Eldham Entente defeated the powerful Kingdom of Aurora during their intervention in the Uldarash Civil War. Ideally, the Eldhamites wished to establish colonies in Rathnir (such as the Ashai presence in Haven), which will eternally persist after the freezing of Rathnir and Eldham and act as a perpetual symbol of Eldham's perceived dominance. The Nations so far involved in the Eldhamite Coalition were:
*Anglunia
*Abyss of Alzen
* Nova Drackar
*United Grenian Front
*The Gilded Gunpowder Pirates
*Solycia
*Lutum
===StoneyStoner===
StoneyStoner was the main motivator for aggressions against Rathnir, due to their high population of Villagers. StoneyStoner holds a genocidal hatred for the Villagers, as his main task in the beginning of Rathnir's generation was to purge them from the land to make way for Jagdasian settlers. He was widely successful in this, but not entirely, as some Villagers escaped his imprisonment and hid away in caves. The Villagers eventually emerged into Rathnir's player society in small numbers but grew in population roughly around the year 250 TE. The coming of Iristor and the prophecy that the worlds would be frozen and Stoney killed has made Stoney's perceived mission of exterminating the Villagers far more urgent. As a result, he tried to stir the resentment of Eldhamites against Rathnir as a means of hunting down and killing the remaining Villager population.
===Gnostic G0NFists===
The Gnostic G0NFists (a very small, conservative sect of G0NFism that developed out of the original Crab Wars) are a tiny group of players, mainly led by Stoney, who are at war with the Makerist G0NFists. This conflict has been brewing as small-scale tensions in the tiny group over theology, and is mainly branched off of StoneyStoner's conflict with the Villagers, since Makerism is a synthetic mix between traditional Villager beliefs and G0NFist beliefs.
=== The Gilded Gunpowder Pirates===
This influential pirate crew was founded by Captain Astrid Rackham, who was invited to the Eldham Legion by the Solycian war leaders Sophia and Jacob Liberatus. The pirates were hired after a discussion with the current leaders of the Eldham Legion and due to their growing influence over the seas of Eldham, striking terror in several smaller nations and cities. They did not have much interest in the genocide of Testificates, but were promised a great deal of plunder and gold in exchange for their services, however, due to the comet, they never received this pay.
==Rathnirian Coalition==
The Rathnirian Faction was composed of several different groups and was generally on the defense side of the war.
===Rathnir Nations===
Rathnir's political class has initially been less motivated than the radical militants of the Eldhamite Coalition, not seeing the younger world as a threat to their stability or nations. The nations so far involved in the Rathnir Coalition were: 
*Orion
*The Grand Empire of Fisk
*Tortuga
*Greatwhite Isles
*Stormforge Syndicate
*Tengalii Ejzen Kajzerryk
*Noksraj’Ilak
*Aurora Novum
*Seahaven
*Rathnirian Legion
*Sunite Holy Militants
*Westreach Federation / Askaru Federation & Central Ummarnu Mandate
*The Holy Empire of Kartek-Fjellheim
===The Villagers of Rathnir===
The Villagers are a specifically anti-StoneyStoner faction, as they seek revenge against StoneyStoner for the genocide against their kind at the very end of the Jagdasian Era. StoneyStoner and the Villagers of Rathnir came into conflict for about 50 years before the War of the Comet, as they agitated against each other in small skirmishes for revenge. The coming of the Iristorian Comet made this fight much more urgent.
===Core G0NFists & The Villagers of Eldham===
The Core G0NFists form the vast majority of modern G0NFists and are administered by the Core Gonfist Church which describes itself as the one true Church and the orthodox continuation of Gonfism. The Church emerged in Aeterna within Eldham and has since spread across both Eldham and Rathnir with the bulk of its adherents living in Eldham. The Church's holy texts are in part composed of the ancient texts of Villager Lore and has since entered into conflict with the Gnostic G0NFists due to their connection to Stoneystoner to which the Church believed was the one known as Emen who, as written in ancient Villager texts, destroyed much of Villager civilization and was seen as the embodiment of evil by the Church while those Gnostic G0NFists following him were seen as heretics and Emen worshippers by the Church. Notably, this meant that many of the Core Gonfists of Eldham had joined the Rathnirian Coalition to fight what the Church claims was the culmination of its continuous spiritual war against Emen and his followers.
===Aurora Novum & Plagori Pantheon===
The Plagos based Novians had joined the side of the Rathnirian Coalition by divine brainwash. There was a God of Hate named Rahth, whos father is The God of Death, Marduk. Among rising conflict between the entire pantheon, the elusive Lord of Eldham whom is known as Sisika has intervened and engaged in battles against Rathnir. Sisika slew the fabled omen hero Areckaelas in a battle in the misty fields of Iris, prompting the rage of Rahth as he mentored the hero. Rahth visited Black Hollow the Aurora Novum capital and casted his curse upon all its dezinens, leading them to be brainwashed into indiscriminate slaughter of all Eldhamites.
===Rathnirian Legion ===
The Legion was formed shortly after Eldham's raid on R-Nat as a common ground for members of the Rathnirian coalition. It started to attract soldiers and cititzens of neutral nations, due to this they had transferred to become a direct arm of the Coalition. The Legion then effectively served as foreign legion, taking players from foreign and hostile nations into their ranks. The Legion also tended to incorporate mercenary groups and other nations into its command structure.
===The Sunite Militants===
Earlier on 14th of January in what was supposed to be the 2nd Council of Eyon an unexpected event took place where demons attacked Eyon in mass before the Sunite God Yah spoke to the Sunites in Eyon, warning them about the false Prophet Emen, at the same time Emen appeared in Eyon and began attacking the Sunites, killing a villager infront of them and destroying Sunite Artifacts. Because of this unprovoked attack, The Sunites reached out to Twerkish and Ancap as Yah ordered in order to form an alliance in order to take down Emen, since the 2nd Council of Eyon several more attacks took place from demons and Dyren. Since then the Sunites aligned themselves with the Makerists and Rathnirians in the conflict and were by far the most revenge driven group.
===Noksraj'Ilak ===
While Noksraji construction workers were focused on constructing the capital, a small warship that had sailed over from Eldham bearing the flags of the A.O.A parked beside the island, and the admiral began to bark towards the people of Noksraj to give over their valuables, which the people refused, leading to the Destruction of the island and the subsequent reconstruction efforts. This would lead Vesayl to declare war on the AOA and the Eldham Coalition Despite the insignificance and small military of this Helmian Island.
===The Dwarves Of The Stormforge Syndicate===
The Stormforge Syndicate was a very large council consisting of around 100+ dwarves. Founded by Valwin Rose, Odin Thulgrim, and Thorgrim Stoneheart. After the death of the two, Thorgrim had his coronation, as he was about to become the ruler of all dwarves, thanks to his work in reviving the near extinct species. To that coronation came Twerkish. When Thorgrim found out about Twerkish's problems with Emen, he decided to compensate him for coming to his coronation by commanding his legions of dwarves to help defend Rathnir from the Eldham "scum".
==Third Parties==
The War of the Comet had several third-party interest groups involved in it, such as neutral nations, anarchists, war profiteers, and groups with opinions on Villagers, StoneyStoner, and the other world that differ from their peers. These third-party groups were numerous and tended to be less influential to the events of the War on the Comet, so they are not listed unless they otherwise have a place in the events.
==Events ==
===Eldhamite Raid on R-Nat===
The War of the Comet started on January 21st. The voice of Iristor spoke down over Rathnir, warning them that Stoney was about to rally the Eldhamite players into a fervent rage against them for the perceived misdeeds of Rathnir's colonization and disrespect. This was followed by Stoney announcing that he would be registering all Rathnirian players and "Villager-Lovers" onto a list, that they would receive specific disadvantages in war tickets and geopolitical conflicts, and that Eldham was free to disrupt their political bulletin in the R-National-Announcement channel. This was followed by excessive spamming and insults by Eldhamites (and confused Rathnirians) to Rathnirian players.
===Ecumenical Council of Eyon===
On Febuary 4th, 2024, The Core Gonfist Church held a meeting with Sunite representatives in the city of Eyon, Ummarnu. While there were several topics on the table including Core Gonfist/Sunite unity, they discussed StoneyStoner_'s behavior as a very public GONFist, and they voted unanimously to excommunicate him.
===Eldhamite Raid on Castonia===
Enraged at his excommunication, StoneyStoner_ rallied Eldhamite troops to launch to Rathnir and take revenge on the players involved. The Rathnir Entente, having been warned of the raid by sympathetic Eldhamites, gathered in the stronghold town of Castonia, Fjellheim. StoneyStoner_ and a small militia of Eldhamites gathered outside the town and snuck in through a broken sewer tunnel. They fought the defending Rathnirians on the walls and in the streets of the forteress city and gathered many kills, but later in the fight, the Eldhamites were dispersed, and the Rathnirians slew many more of them. Stoney called the militia to retreat and regather. He then struck the Rathnirian defenders with blindness and poison, declared the raid a victory, and retreated back to Eldham. Stoney publicly proclaimed the victory of Eldhamite militia over the Rathnirian Entente and threw a party at TheOvermind in order to cement this perception, but the Rathnir Entente was successful in their number of kills and driving off the sudden raid.
===Massacre at Aeterna===
Later in the night, while a few Core GONFists, and random bystanders, met in the church of Aeterna, StoneyStoner_ stormed in and accused them of treason, particularly Silus IV (IGN: Ancap_). Stoney called the radical Eldhamite militia to the town, and they gathered there fully armored with weapons drawn. Stoney and Silus got into an argument over G0NF's response to Stoney's actions, Silus saying that G0NF would accept and forgive Stoney so long as he stopped this unnecessary conflict, and Stoney saying he did not know G0NF, nor the righteous wars fought in the deep annals of the religion's history. Ultimately, Silus turned to the Eldhamites, and told them to always seek G0NF's love and forgiveness. Stoney slew him with a diamond katana given to him by the militiaman Vesayl Habbei. The militia then began brawling, and slaying many of the innocent GONFists and Eldhamites in the church. Stoney then rained explosions down on the church, destroying its main sanctuary and killing many more. Silus's friend, E_Rex08, greatly grieved his friend's death. Upon seeing this, Stoney confronted him and ordered him to renounce his friend and join with the proper people of Eldham, who were crusading against Rathnir. E_Rex08 refused to do so, so Stoney slew him, too.
After all had settled down and the militia had dispersed, Silus's voice echoed from the sky over all Eldham. It said that his words about GONF were correct, that he is love and forgiveness, and that his righteousness accepted him into the afterlife. He continued on to say that all should seek the peaceful and admirable path of GONF, and not to follow the misguided path Stoney was bringing them down, for he will one day see his errors and be forgiven by his Lord. The present GONFists took this sign as affirmation in their beliefs and siding in the war, and Stoney lashed out against the praising GONFists, ordering the Eldhamite militia to hunt several of them down and slay them.
===The Battle of Neapovil in Eldham===
The first large battle occurred at the stronghold of Neapovil in Eldham, a strongly defensive and military city, which was once the capital of Drackar. The Rathnir Entente blew holes in the fortress walls using catapults and fireballs, and attempted to breach the fortress for the better part of half an hour. Several players found an entrance into the fort at the bottom of one of the deep gank trenches, and the Rathnirians infiltrated the fort from the bottom up. With heavy fighting on the eastern side of the wall, and lots of explosive fighting beneath the fort, the Eldhamites eventually repelled the Rathnirians from their fortress and secured central Eldham against the invading force.
===The Battle of Fort Stoneheart in Rathnir===
In retaliation for the failed assault on Neapovil, the Eldham Legion invaded into Rathnir on March 9th. The dwarves of Rathnir, led by Thorgrim Stoneheart (Icyy200) and the Legion Builders led by Charles York (Dukeofyorkshire), created Fort Stoneheart in preparation for the legion's assault. The fort had tall outer walls with several layers of sand, deep ganks, and a small boxy center with a floor of sweetberry bushes before the main center with the fort's supplies and respawn room. After some minor skirmishes outside of the castle, the Eldham Legion coalesced outside the fort's eastern wall and began shooting fireballs in it to create holes. Rathnirian defenders fired down from the ramparts, and the Eldhamite defenders tried to bridge over the ganks to the holes in the wall. This process took several minutes, but eventually the Eldham Legion penetrated into the courtyard of the keep. The Rathnirian defenders mostly stayed along the walls, or stationed inside the secondary defenses, pouring out to fight the groups of Eldhamites coming through. At one point, the Eldhamites broke through the Rathnirian defenders, and were able to blow a hole into the secondary defenses, fighting a vicious brawl in a narrow corridor of the castle. The Rathnirians repelled them after heavy fighting, and the fighting continued mostly on the inner courtyard and outside the walls of Fort Stoneheart. As the fighting became more vicious out here, the Eldham Legion launched TNT over the castle walls and dealt severe damage to the castle's roof and high walls. The casualties on both side were seemingly even, when the Eldhamites penetrated into the second layer of defenses, where the ground was sewn with sweetberry bushes.
===March on Urnu Arrak & Establishment of the Eldham Legion Empire===
On March 17th, StoneyStoner_ and members of the Eldham Legion marched on the city of Urnu-Arrak, fighting off defending members of the Rathnir Entente, and coronating StoneyStoner_ on the throne of Yimmu-Audal. Here, StoneyStoner declared himself the avatar of the god Solaris, and proclaiemd the territories that once fell under Soleannen regimes to be part of the new Eldham Legion Empire, taking up over half of Rathnir's landmass. The Rathnirian response was largely one of disbelief and concern, so the members of the Eldham Legion began flying and teleporting all around the world to commit acts of terrorism, killing dozens of innocent Rathnirian players, and disrupting the coronation that was simultaneously happening in Aurora. StoneyStoner_ then proclaimed the House of Paxia and adoption of several notable players into his new royal family in order to administer the vast Eldham Legion Empire. The day ended with a platoon of the Eldham Legion occupying the town of Eyon in Ummarnu, killing a dozen villagers held there, and stealing their machine which is said to have been built with divine technology, to transfer them to the world of Abexilas, gifted to them by their God Yah, The World Anchor.
===The Search for the Paxian Bow===
The players Twerkish, Tannerm270, Inferno_Games, CoinBottle, and StativeDoughnut found StoneyStoner_'s tomb on an island off the coast of Urnu-Arrak. There, some of them built Port Stoner, and others found a way into the vault beneath the tomb. The players went through a prolonged dungeon with several layers of security- mob fights, puzzles, and obtaining three keys. Eventually, they found a vault containing the Wall of Prophecy. In a previous ritual several weeks earlier, the Villagers were alerted to this Wall of Prophecy, particularly that they could use it to enter into the mind of StoneyStoner_, and retrieve a bow from Paxia that was part of his memories.
Twerkish entered into the Wall of Prophecy with the others, and in a dim landscape with stone and naturalized ruins in it, they found a small island with a bedrock vault in it. After breaking through the door, they were confronted with the image of a bedroom, an image of StoneyStoner_ meeting with G0NF surrounded by spirits, and a library full of Paxian artifacts. In the bedroom, the players found a book called "Justifications & the True Secret of Hraam", which revealed to them why StoneyStoner genocided the Villagers, and the fact that Stoney was, in fact, half Villager himself. In the library of Paxian artifacts, they were confronted by a warden-like image of Stoney, which killed several of them, but was ultimately defeated. The players then saw images of Stoney Villager mother and divine Paxian father, and retrieved the Paxian Hunter's Bow, alongside other artifacts.
Later that day, Twerkish brought the Paxian Hunter's Bow to the master dwarven smith Thorgrim Stoneheart (Icyy200). Thorgrim was able to repair and restore the bow to its original power, with strength given to him from the dwarven god Modsognir, and also help from Modsognir himself (Dropping anvils from the skies for him, speeding up the process of setting the wood, etc.), which in the end created the weapon that could kill StoneyStoner for good.
===The Battle of Eyon===
The day after the Eldham Legion's occupation of the town of Eyon, the Rathnir Entente marched on it to claim it back. After about 20 minutes of fighting in the streets to control the town center, as well as Tunnel Rats led by _Anm0_ harassing Eldhemite forces within the buildings and street, and the warriors being confined to a trapped bedrock arena to decide the final victory, the Rathnirians ultimately won. StoneyStoner_, in his anger, lied and told the Rathnirians that the Eldhamites won the battle, and futilely justified this with several misconceptions about the battle.
===Invasion of Jcon===
Following the Eldhamite defeat in the Battle of Eyon, Jconian civilians rose up from Eldhamite rule in the Second Kingdom of Jcon, which was a vassal of the legion, and engaged in brutal urban combat, tying up the already meager Eldhamite forces in the exclave. The ruler of the Eldhamite vassal, Astralium Zratki Fujilad-Arraki, turned against the Eldhamites in support of his people and sent out a distress call to the Thanedom of Aldane, urging them to send in forces to liberate the area from their rule. They responded and accepted, sending in an army the day after. In a joint military operation, Jconian revolutionaries pushed the Eldhamites out of the city of Neu Jkon and Aldane forces entered Volksberg, splitting Eldhamite forces.
Following these Rathnirian successes, the Eldhamites attempted to pull out but were blocked by Aldane forces, with most of them surrendering and a small chunk being slaughtered by the rebels.
===Rathnirian Raid on Idraeyina===
In response to the Eldhamite loss in Eyon, the Rathnir Entente attacked into the Eldhamite town of Idraeyina. The Eldhamite knights who aided in StoneyStoner_'s march on Urnu-Arrak were able to fly, so the Rathnirian leaders used magic to enable themselves to fly, and fight the Eldhamites in the air over the city. During the battle, StoneyStoner_ showed up, and was attacked by many players. He only successfully killed one of them, but was able to escape and pull away by flying far above the battle. In frustration, he summoned several small fragments of Iristor's comet upon the battle, and destroyed much of the town. 
===Battle of Evermore Bridge & Killing of StoneyStoner_===
The final battle of the War of the Comet took place in the frozen tundra of the southern continent of Sorgliste. The area had become a flashpoint of conflict between ex-Eldhamites who settled there, Rathnirians who resisted the Paxian Empire, and Eldhamite knights suppressing unrest. Stoney led the Eldham army southward until they found the organized Rathnirian forces on the other side of a frozen river running through the town of Evermore. The armies began fighting over the bridge, pushing each other back and forth for several hours. When the Rathnir Entente gave an overwhelming push and broke the Eldhamite line on their side of the bridge, StoneyStoner_ summoned a section of Iristor's comet down upon the battlefield, killing almost everyone on the battlefield, and finishing it in a self-destructive stalemate.
After this, Stoney stood on the comet and chastized the surviving Rathnirian fighters for not submitting to the Eldhamite forces and causing unnecessary death. he then took a speech admitting to his many crimes and announceing the house of Paxia: "Screaming into the cold air So let us end this. I am now adopting Tannerm270 Terradore Crazyking Zenohun and the greats into the house of Paxia.' During this, the villager Twerkish snuck up behind him on the comet, said "This is for my people!", and shot him with the Paxian Bow, once in the chest, once in the inner thigh through his leaf. Stoney toppled off the comet, and by the time he hit the stone ground below, he was dead. The Rathnirians cheered for Twerkish. Stoney's spirit got up out of his body, and G0NF descended from heaven, grabbed him, and brought him up to the heavens for rehabilitation. On the way up, they were circled by elytra-flying players Inferno_Games and I_am_a_human.
===Aftermath & Transport to Iristor's Comet===
Immediately following the final battle, the Eldham Legion's Paxian Empire collapsed, and Rathnir's nations balkanized into their final form. Twerkish and his followers returned to his village, where he found the villagers that Stoney had recently killed descended down from heaven, resurrected by his death. 
A few days later, now in the year 320 T.E, Iristor's Comet was at its perigee, the citizens of both Rathnir and Eldham were called to get together in a final celebration of their worlds. They got together, collectively drank koolaid that blinded and poisoned them, and awoke on Iristor's comet headed for the world of Abexilas. Rathnir and Eldham then went dark, freezing for all eternity.
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