Legal Era (Squid Island)

The legal arc was the Era of Squid Island following the Regal arc and preceding the Broken arc. It is mainly known for its introduction of democracy at the request of a still burdened Jelly and beginning of rapid growth of land for Squid Island and rapid economic, strength and architectural growth of the boys. Trolls became less severe and less common, at about the pace of the foundational era. It began with the first mayoral election of Squid Island on December 13 2023 and ended with the January 10 group video where instability began. Unity was also consolidated at this time, and an explosion of characters began, where many characters had joined the series and none had left. Following the January 10 election, Jelly became dictator by extending his term to 4 weeks and by securing control, he could then be as aggressive and strict to Crainer and Slogo as he liked, beginning the Broken arc.
==Timeline==
This is a timeline for all of the events of the Legal Era, conveniently in bullet points for formatting and efficiency. Please remember that the numbers are supposed to represent actual days of each month.
=== December ===
13: The Squid Island government would be established, with every mayoral item being collected, and the first election being hosted. Slogo would defeat candidates Jelly and Crainer. This made him create Law 1, significantly reducing the chance of trolls by introducing a tax for trespassing.
15: Crainer would spend most of his solo episode doing his task awarded to him by Mayor Slogo since the previous group video, with him building a very questionable looking tower, a bigger knockoff of the Slogo Lighthouse.
16: Jelly, like Crainer, would also begin his work, with him doing "community service" on the island. He also swam down to the bottom of a giant pool, and stored his diamonds in an excavated cave to keep them safe from the others.
17: Slogo, since he didn't have any tasks to do, opened up a community pet shop on the north west side of the city. He inspected the tasks, also. This would be the introduction of the characters Bobby, Melvin and Anton since they would soon adopt pets.
20: On this day’s mayoral election, Jelly would defeat candidates Crainer and Slogo. He created Law 2, stating that no tower- type structures were allowed on the island, jeopardising the Slogo Lighthouse and Crainer's watchtower on his sand castle. They also built a central enchantment area and adopted their pets.
22: Slogo went on to move out of his old lighthouse, taking Bobby and his loot with him as well. But, Josh was not homeless as he built himself a new home. The Observatory. A giant dome shaped house perfect for looking out into the stars.
23: Crainer would open up a petting zoo on the island and, unlike Josh, had just cut down his watchtower a bit.
24: Jelly would go on to upgrade himself with epic enchantments on his weapons and armour, naming a diamond pickaxe THE BEAST, and was ready to flex his power on Crainer and Slogo next month.
=== January ===
3: The three get rid of King Glowey I’s enclosure and build large canals stretching through the town as his new residence. The King Glowey Statue is also burned down by Crainer, who ended up winning that day’s mayoral election. Law 3 is enacted, a getback on Jelly for forcing him to demolish his watchtower, as it forced Jelly to move back onto the island.
5: Jelly partially damages his residence, takes all of his belongings, and ventures to the opposite side of the island to construct his deepslate pyramid, the first in his now notable lava architecture.
6: Slogo diverts the flowing lava beam of Jelly’s deepslate pyramid to blanket the entire structure in lava, before framing it on Crainer. He additionally sets up a flower shop, done to both make it seem more legitimate that Crainer did it, and a way to deal with his storage of flowers he had acquired from his task.
7: Crainer constructs a doghouse for his pet Anton, and surveys the troll on Jelly’s pyramid conducted by Slogo, unaware that he was being framed beyond the cesspool of lava. He additionally builds an improved version of the community mine.
== Rulers ==
=== Monarchs ===
==== King Glowey I ====
King Glowey I (usually named King Glowey) was the first king and second leader of Squid Island in the titular series after Henward the Squid’s death after despawning. Unlike Henward, which was a regular squid, King Glowey, as the name suggests, is a glow squid, having a more turquoise appearance. He has been officially titled a monarch. Scroll down to the characters section to learn more (Or go to his page).
=== Mayors ===
Every Squid Island Mayor in the Legal Era.
Mayor 	Term	Term length
Slogo 	1st 	December 13, 2023 - December 20, 2023
Jelly 	1st 	December 20, 2023 - January 3, 2024
Crainer	1st 	January 3, 2024 - January 10, 2024
== Trolls ==
In this era, there were the same amount of trolls as the Regal era, but this time, the trolls would be a bit more destructive.
=== The Ban on Tower-Like Structures ===
Jelly makes Law 2, which forces Slogo and Crainer to either abandon their tower-like structures or destroy them.
=== Burning of King Glowey's Statue ===
When Crainer gets elected as the mayor, he burns down the "ugly" King Glowey Statue that Jelly built.
=== Crainer's Revenge ===
Crainer makes Law 3, which forces Jelly to partially destroy Floating Squid Island and move back onto the island. (This is a getback on Jelly for forcing him to demolish his sand castle watchtower).
=== Lava Covered Pyramid ===
Slogo diverts the flowing lava beam of Jelly’s deepslate pyramid to blanket the entire structure in lava, before framing it on Crainer. He additionally sets up a flower shop, done to both make it seem more legitimate that Crainer did it, and a way to deal with his storage of flowers he had acquired from his task.
== Area ==
In this era, more structures were constructed in various parts of the island. For example, the Squid Island Town Hall was constructed far behind Crainer's Sand Castle, and Jelly's Deepslate pyramid was located on the far western edge of the Island.
== Residences ==
In this era, Crainer would keep his Sand Castle, but Slogo would go on to make a complex dome called The Observatory. Jelly would build another pyramid on the west side of the island. The architecture would be starting to get more complex.
===Crainer's Sand Castle===
==== Upgrades ====
Crainer would start to upgrade his sandcastle by adding a tall tower in a similar architecture to Slogo’s Lighthouse at the center of the castle. Because of this, some people in the comments section started to suspect that it very much looked like a boner that Crainer just built, and that the title and thumbnail of the video was “racist”.
==== Against the law ====
After Jelly was elected mayor, his law was that any person living in a tower-like structure was now illegal. Because of this, effective within one week after December 20, 2023, Crainer's Sand Castle, alongside the Slogo Lighthouse was scheduled to be destroyed if the terms weren’t met by the 27th (postponed to the 3rd of the following month). Ultimately, Crainer decided to demolish the watchtower almost entirely aside for a few spare blocks for length as a reminder of the watchtower. The structure remained untouched mainly due to the effects of Law 1 for 10 days, before the entire building became a wreck. 
Soon, this structure would face its demise in the next era.
=== The Observatory ===
==== Pre-construction ====
After Slogo’s first term as mayor expired, a new election took place, determining who would become the next mayor of Squid Island. From a tiebreaker determined by King Glowey’s vote, Jelly narrowly won the election, and made Law 2, declaring that tower-like structures used for residential purposes, intentionally referring to those in the architecture of the Slogo Lighthouse, were now illegal, and that their tenants had to leave before the deadline, otherwise the structure would be demolished. Despite backlash from Crainer and Slogo, they eventually realised that they had to follow the rules, and gave up on resistance. 
==== Construction ====
Two days later, and Slogo decided to move out to save the structure from imminent demolition. He destroyed junk from chests, hoping it to despawn, and left to settle a new house, regardless of if the Slogo Lighthouse stays, accompanied by his newly adopted wolf Bobby. Slogo would build a giant dome shaped house perfect for looking out into the stars.
=== Jelly's Deepslate Pyramid ===
==== Pre-construction ====
After the passing of Law 3 by Mayor Crainer, Jelly was forced to leave Floating Squid Island.
==== Construction ====
Jelly decided to build a deepslate pyramid. The pyramid structure was made out of Deepslate Stairs. The floor was made up of stone bricks with a border of Green Wool around the rim; there were walls near the bottom of the structure which were made out of Birch Planks. There was a lava beam which goes through the middle of the pyramid which originated high in the sky.
==== Lava covered pyramid ====
Slogo diverts the flowing lava beam of Jelly’s deepslate pyramid to blanket the entire structure in lava, before framing it on Crainer. He additionally sets up a flower shop, done to both make it seem more legitimate that Crainer did it, and a way to deal with his storage of flowers he had acquired from his task.
== Characters ==
===Jelly===
When he won the December 20 election in a tiebreaker, he passed Law 2, stating that no tower like structures were allowed on the island, as a get back on Crainer and Josh after they demolished his former house and built an item-laundering well respectively. After he became the second mayor, he crafted full diamond armor and flexed his power, wealth and intelligence while building the Squid Island canals in place of the taboo Squid Island pathway and to relocate the residence of King Glowey. However, following the January 3 election, Crainer would be inaugurated as the third mayor, passing Law 3, stating that people living outside Squid Island would face execution by the January 10 election.
Jelly went go on to build a deepslate pyramid, as he was forced to move out of Floating Squid Island. In this era, Jelly was a semi-antagonist, as he didn't even cause any trolls, but he passed Law 2, which made him get revenge on the other two. Jelly would adopt a cat named Melvin from the pet store in this era. In the next era, Jelly would abuse his powers when he becomes the mayor again. 
===Slogo===
On December 13, Slogo would be elected mayor of Squid Island. According to the other two and the viewers, he was the best mayor. He would soon be succeeded by Jelly and Crainer respectively, with them making their own laws too. Slogo would adopt a dog named Bobby from the pet store. At the end of the era, Slogo would cover Jelly's deepslate pyramid with lava, planning to frame it on Crainer in the next group video.
===Crainer===
His relationship would be at a neutral state during the Legal arc. Crainer would adopt a dog named Anton from the pet store.
====Trivia====
*Crainer is the member that has made the darkest jokes out of the three.
*Crainer was the most peaceful person on the server in this era.
===Golem===
The creatively-named Golem is an iron golem that has served as the chief protector of Squid Island from November 15 2023 onwards. Golem originated as a default iron golem in a spruce village close by to Squid Island, which was found by Jelly, Slogo and Crainer on the hunt for a protector for their new town. In order to make Golem follow them back to the island to capture them, they began hitting the golem; however, Golem did not follow them, forcing the three to kill them and use some of the iron ingots dropped and mine a bunch of iron to make 4 iron blocks and a pumpkin to rebuild the golem. Once rebuilt, they trapped the golem and Jelly was given the task of knighting the golem, knighting the golem as Golem the Protector.
====Trivia====
*Golem does not have a kill count because there is no monsters on the surface
*Golem does NOT have a name tag
===King Glowey I===
King Glowey I (usually named King Glowey) was the first king and second leader of Squid Island in the titular series after Henward the Squid’s death after despawning. Unlike Henward, which was a regular squid, King Glowey, as the name suggests, is a glow squid, having a more turquoise appearance. He has been officially titled a monarch.
====Name====
His name was created by Josh, after he and Crainer voted against Jelly creating the name. Josh chose to name it 'King Glowey', after its glowing coloration, incorrectly spelling "Glowy" with an 'E'. Jelly later dubbed him 'King Glowey I", much to Josh's discomfort.
====Origin====
In their third group video, the three looked for a formal king of Squid Island after Henward had died. In a nearby mineshaft, they would start looking for underground lakes. They would find Glowey and would start to transport him up onto the surface and then onto his new residence, which replaced the peninsula of Squid Island near Crainer's house. Slogo would then name him King Glowey.
=== Melvin ===
Melvin is Jelly's main pet in the Squid Island series. He is a side character not usually seen in Jelly's videos, but is mostly seen when he is in his house. He is a pet cat originally adopted from the pet store, and was brought to his former residence, Floating Squid Island, where he stayed there until he moved out due to Law 3, in which he was brought to Jelly's Deepslate Pyramid to stay there. Melvin almost died when Slogo covered the citadel in lava, but miraculously survived the incident.
=== Anton ===
Anton was Crainer's main pet in the Squid Island series. He plays the role as a protector of Crainer's Viking Boat, and was usually taken care of by Crainer. He was a pet dog originally adopted from the pet store, and was brought to his former residence, his sand castle. Crainer then built him a house which he lived in for a couple of weeks. Unfortunately, in the next era, something bad would happen to him.
=== Bobby ===
Bobby was Slogo's main pet before Bork in the Squid Island series. He was first debuted as an ordinary wolf at the adoption centre on the 15th of December 2023, and off-camera was given the name Bobby after Crainer’s pet dog in real life first seen in the following group recording with the name. He was adopted by Slogo, with two other pets from the adoption centre being adopted by Jelly, Melvin, and Crainer, Anton. He briefly lived in the Slogo Lighthouse before forcibly being moved out by the passing of Law 2 by Mayor Jelly defining that ‘all tower-like structures are now illegal’. He remained in the Slogo Dome for the rest of his life. Unfortunately, he would be put in danger in the next era.
== Episodes ==
=== Episode Information===
The Legal Era covers Episodes 22 - 33 of Squid Island. Squid Island The Movie (Episode 1) only contains Episodes 22 and 24. The era covers almost a fifth of Squid Island The Movie (Episode 2). 
===Episode List===
Here is a list of all episodes in this era.
Key:
*	Group video
*	Semi-group video
(If it's blank, it's a solo video)
Every episode in the Legal Era.
Jelly	Slogo	Crainer
* The MAYOR Has Come To SQUID ISLAND... (Minecraft)
Doing COMMUNITY SERVICE In Our Survival World! (Minecraft Squid Island)
* I Am The NEW MAYOR Of Squid Island! (Minecraft Survival)
I Am The STRONGEST PLAYER On Squid Island! (Minecraft Survival)
* I Was Forced To DESTROY MY HOUSE! (Minecraft Squid Island)
My *NEW* Armored LAVA BASE On Squid Island! (Minecraft Survival)	* I Became The MAYOR Of SQUID ISLAND! (Minecraft)
I Opened A PET SHOP In Minecraft! (Squid Island)
* Jelly REPLACED ME As The NEW MAYOR! (Minecraft Squid Island)
I WAS KICKED OUT Of MY HOUSE! (Minecraft Squid Island)
* Crainer Became The NEW MAYOR Of Squid Island! (Minecraft)
I Trolled Jelly's House with LAVA and BLAMED Crainer! (Minecraft Squid Island)	* The MAYOR Of Squid Island.. (Minecraft)
MAYOR SLOGO Put Me To WORK... (Minecraft Squid Island)
* JELLY DESTROYS My House.. (Minecraft Squid Island)
Opening Up A PETTING ZOO In Minecraft! (Squid Island)
* I Am The MAYOR Of SQUID ISLAND! (Minecraft)
Building My Dog A HOUSE In MINECRAFT! (Squid Island)
==Gallery==
File:Sloligview.jpeg|The picture used to represent this era.
File:Pet store.png|Squid Island Adoption Centre
File:TurtleHelmet.webp|Mayor's Helmet
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