People of Taernsbia

= People of Taernsbia =
== Prologue ==
This is a script I, MrFlappi, wrote for a video I was planning on making. However I didn't feel comfortable doing the voiceover and didn't want to use TTS, so I uploaded the rough script here if anyone want a more personal viewpoint of Taernsbia's history. I used my own memories, and also interviewed all my friends that were there to get a (hopefully) very accurate account. If anyone wants to turn this into a video documentary, feel free! Also feel free to add the video link for it to this page so everyone can see it from here.
== Script ==
Note: this is a first-person account so there may be some one-sided viewpoints here; there may also be inaccuracies as I was not 100% involved in the politics later on in the nation's history. Please take this into account when documenting this.
'May 26th, 2021, a player named Emmerman14 arrived on the Stoneworks Minecraft Server for the first time, initially joining the nation Floramia. Later, he was contacted by a player named Thas, inviting him to the House of Ellas. This is the story of the nation founded by this one player, and the people in it.
This is the story of the People of Taernsbia.
=== Emmerman ===
Emmerman, on being invited to Ellysia, joined with haste as he was unhappy in his place at Floramia. He worked in a fort named Oarai for some time before Eldham’s discovery. Emmer made friends in the fort, however there was an uneasy atmosphere. Emmerman became increasingly aware of Thas and his ‘personality’. His friends began to wander away until he, too, tried to escape.
But Thas dragged him back in, demanding of him multiple hours-worth of armour and tools. This was only the start of the tyrrany.
When Eldham was discovered, Emmer fought in the first coalition war (which they lost lol). After the loss, him and others moved to the north-east to start a new settlement, with him as mayor.
The name?
Taernsby.
=== Mr F ===
Technically, Mr F is just me. However, since he is a lore character and I am, well, not, I will address him from the third person. We also share some minor personality differences that I won’t get into.
Mr F arrived in the other world Rathnir a week before the discovery of Eldham. He was contacted by Thas on his arrival to the server and aided the House of Ellas for some time before they became a nation.
On Eldham’s discovery, everyone flooded to claim land there, including Ellas. So he had to abandon his place in Rathnir move to a new town in the deserts of Ellysia.
On his travels across Eldham, Mr F met a dog alone in a swamp. He named the dog Squash because I wanted to. This dog has followed since and lives to this day as the best squishy mfer ever.
Some time after this, he found his way to the new town of Taernsby. At this time, the town was nothing but a flat area of desert, however it wasn’t empty. Here he met his friends and his future love, Emmerman.
=== Lawliet0 ===
Lawliet too joined pre-Ellysia. He was an unknown character and rarely appeared. Upon arriving in Taernsby, and meeting Emmerman, he apparently thought he was a dick.
He looks more like a cat to me to be honest.
Lawliet was a traveller, and didn’t involve himself in the world until, like many others, he came across Thas of Ellas
He was skeptical to join a nation, however felt it time to step out of his comfort zone and meet new people. And so he made his way to Taernsby, like many others did too.
=== Taernsby ===
Now that all of the members of Taernsby had gathered, they began to build their new city.
Taernsby was a desert town, situated next to a large river and, while it was small in size, it was a good place for a dock. The building was a team effort, with roads and houses being constantly put together as the town took shape. The town hall was surrounded by farms and walls which kept intruders out, with housing mostly on the outskirts by the river.
The people of Taernsby began to develop drinks and loved to have ‘small’ drinks ‘some’ nights. Often people would find themselves lost in woodlands or rivers the next day.
However the town had one problem: Ellysia.
Mr F began as a strong supporter of the nation, unaware of the politics and war raging around the town since he was so invested in it’s development. But there were constant raids from Ellysian haters, to the point where Mr F, and many other members, began to conspire to leave the nation.
A citizen named Xeroise proposed to Emmerman about making the town independent. Emmer spoke to his members about this idea. Most strongly supported it, and Emmerman tried to break off the town as its own nation, however this was shut down quickly.
Emmer man spoke to Mr F. Emmer was considering giving up, but the nation was ruining his reputation so Mr F convinced him against this. Their decisions made, they both knew the only thing they could do to get out of the empires grasp would be to escape Ellysia.
=== Neurion ===
30th May 2021, and a new player named Neurion arrived in Eldham. Unlike the others, he found Ellysia by himself. He worked in the same fort as Emmerman, Fort Oarai, and began brewing and selling drinks in and outside the fort.
After the coalition war, Neurion moved to Nordinbad, a fort not far from Taernsby. He aided Geister, the mayor, and was a builder there, helping to construct towers and walls.
=== Escape ===
On June 17th, Emmerman and Mr F made their way out of Ellysia carefully, hastily. The Second Coalition war was raging around them, with the Coalition marching troops to Taernsby right then.
The task to escape, with everyone safe, was a difficult one.
They travelled to Nordinbad, and stayed with Neurion as he and Emmer were relatively acquainted. The two began organising where they would travel next. After scouring the map for hours, they found a small, unclaimed island out on the East coast of Aristios.
It was titchy, but it was far from Ellysia and the rest of the war – maybe they could make a new life there. They named the island New Taernsby, before making the voyage across Eldham to greet it.
They escaped the nation by the skin of their teeth. Soon after their escape, they heard the news that the coalition had taken Tasernsby. While it was saddening, they would rather it not be in the hands of the Ellysian Empire.
The two arrived on the island to find it much, much smaller than anticipated. They tried to make a life there, however the hunt was still on for them. They knew if they wanted to start a nation they would have to find someplace else.
During this time, Mr F and Emmerman decided to get married, and called each other ‘wifie’ despite both being male.
=== Taernsbia ===
June 22nd 2021.
That’s when the deal was struck between Emmerman and representatives from Limuria to claim some of their land. This time, there was plenty of space to build a nation, and the two rushed to the area to build their new life.
The new land, now named Taernsbia based on the name Taernsby (my idea btw), was made mostly of desert and savanna, however that doesn’t mean it was empty.
Within lore, the native Taerni, those who lived in the land before them, were primitive and, while they had a language, it was unstructured and derived only from their natural tongue. This language, over time, merged with the Ellysian language and became modern Tarnian (link in bio for a guide on how to speak Tarnian).
The people built very few structures, however one was a great desert temple in the centre of the desert which later became the capital city of Taernsbia, Thosamlo meaning ‘Desert City’ (actually that would technically be Amlothos but some idiot fudged up the word ordering).
Upon their arrival, the native Taerni worhsiped the two as gods as they brought a substance that was new to them: water.
Living in the desert had forced the Taerni to thrive off leaves from the savanna, their only source of nutrience. They had also evolved over the years to be capable of surviving without any of these leaves for up to a week.
The (rather small) supply of water brought held by them, especially past mayor Emmerman, kept them nourished for months; and so they worshiped him and appointed him as king of their land, in exchange for more water.
The temple became his palace, and alongside Mr F, they called upon their old friends, and some new ones, to kickstart their new world.
=== Old Friends ===
Neurion, who had been away for some time, had come back to a dead Ellysia and a settling war. He asked Emmerman, what had happened, before he was invited to Taernsbia. At this point, they still were planning on living on the island, so he made his way there.
Oh boy.
He then made his way to the REAL Taernsbia, bought from Limuria, north of Skjoldobrodir.
Meanwhile, Lawliet, who had been fighting for the Empire so far in this war, was looking for a way out, too. It was only after he was contacted by Emmer did he leave. He strongly considered leaving Eldham altogether, however, he gave Taernsbia a chance, for old times sake, and made the journey to his new home.
The group began to build their new life in Taernsbia. Neurion founded and led the city Thosamlo, based around the temple built by the Taerni. The town hall was built up from the ground, it was a terrific building, 4 or 5 stories high with rooms and spaces and furniture.
There also was the Great Cactus, a cactus that grew so incredibly tall it pierced the clouds. This cactus likely spurred the first religion in the nation, of which there were many.
The members, for some time, were at peace, building the city and growing their new home.
However, things were not all cupcakes and rainbows.
The Taerni migrators were still haunted by a past working for the evil Ellysian Empire. Essentially, a huge X was drawn on all their foreheads and they could not rub it off.
Days upon days, they were raided by bandits from both sides: unforgiving enemies of Ellysia, and forever loyal ex-members of the empire.
The people of Taernsbia could never be safe.
The nation was also poor. The native Taerni had not provided a particularly large collection of riches and the claiming of the land had already been expensive enough. It wouldn’t be long before the nation crumbled and fell before it had barely begun.
Regnum Drakes, a rather large nation, was offering that they become a princely state of their nation.
Most Taerni frowned upon this idea: wasn’t the whole point of this nation to be free and independent? But the numbers, the decreasing numbers, spoke louder. Emmerman knew Drakes would not take no for an answer either way, and so he reluctantly agreed to the terms.
Taernsbia was independent no more.
=== Lemon Man ===
Limedrake, also known as Lemon Man, was invited to Taernsbia July 2021.
He is a lemon. Obviously.
He was famous for his alcohol brewery and, in Taernsbia, was the national drinks producer person (there is probably a word I forgot while writing script idk don’t kill me). This was probably the most important position in all of Taernsbia, seeing as everyone was a junkie.
He also contributed to the construction of many of the famous Tarnian landmarks which, while they are all gone now, were crucial to the nation’s development.
(He also built me a statue).
=== Paco el Franco ===
Paco el Franco was originally a member of the nation Maximus. However, upon it’s annexing by Ravenguard, Franco escaped and moved to Tierre in which he became the ruler a province alongside his friend.
However, his time there did not last.
Tierre, too, became a protectorate of Ravenguard soon after. Feeling betrayed, Franco ditched Tierre and travelled alone and unseen for some time. Only after he came across a desert nation, Taernsbia, did he re-join society.
=== Oh No ===
The Taerni were in hate of Drakaesland for robbing them of what they founded the nation for. They had gone against their word, providing no protection against bandits and practically no resources. Meanwhile, tensions were hight between Barbossa and Drakaesland.
The Taerni, going against their “protectors” allied with Barbossa in their wars, before eventually, the Regnum Drakes fell and Taernsbia was free. Barbossa, grateful toward Taernsbia’s help, became an ally of the small nation (and yes we were kinda titchy)
However, independence did not mean everything.
The nation was still poor, and heading for destruction.
Emmerman and Lawliet began to consider selling to nearby nation Skjoldobrodir. However, in the end, after a national vote, a different decision was made. As a nation, Taernsbia decided to join Barbossa, their close friends, as a region.
Mr F, the co-founder of the nation, began to consider leaving the nation. He had no role in the nation, and felt useless. He also strongly disagreed with joining Barbossa.
He announced his leaving, and disappeared, not seen again for multiple months.
Mr F chose Neurion to look after Squash. Neurion, the founder of Thosamlo, was tasked with taking down the city he built himself, since there were plans to build a brand new city, Solisia, over it. This was all part of Emmerman’s plans to rebuild Taernsbia.
However, this scheme would not last.
Barbossa lost a war with Uraka and, according to their terms, Taernsbia was now independent again. This time, it was not good news.
Emmerman, stressed by all these transfers of ownership, wished to step down as leader. He found a new one in Lawliet, his second in command, and Lawliet became new king.
But Lawliet, too, felt unfit for ruling. Him and Emmer man thought of who to appoint, before Neurion stepped forward.
Neurion, for now at least, was up to the task. He was king now, and Emmerman finally could relax.
However him, and the rest of Taernsbia, missed their dearest Flappi. I mean, probably. Of course they did do you have any idea how desirable I am?
Neurion, who had been ruling for some time, had begun to see the stress of running a nation. The player counts were dwindling in Taernsbia - maybe not going down but certainly not going up.
Many players were entirely inactive, despite Solisia's construction.
And then, when all hope was lost, he came…
The Messiah..
MR FLAPPI :OOOOOO (P.S While MrFlappi was just taking a Minecraft break, MrF was in hell being a Doom Slayer. Idk I needed some kinda lore reason so im just going with it.)
Mr F came back to a crumbled nation. His friends remained, however the strength that had come with them to maintain this land had gone. Nonetheless, his return was celebrated.
The officials gathered now to speak about the future of Taernsbia.
Inside they all knew what was inevitable.
When Neurion announced his desire to step down, to give up, some considered for taking his place, however it was just thoughts in a sea of doubt. Even the loving founders, Emmerman and Mr F, knew it was best to let Taernsbia go.
Neurion recieved offers from multiple nations. After the meeting, the outcome was decided.
Taernsbia would be no more.
=== The End ===
The last remaining members of Taernsbia stood together in their desert, looking upon their nation.
It was a mess. Both unfinished and crumbling from age. It was imperfect.
But it was home. And always would be.
The people of Taernsbia took one last look at the sands, and at each other, before finally going their separate ways.'
Category:Literature
Category:Traveler's Era
Category:Drakaes