Midnattia

The Town of Midnattia was a town in central Eldham, located in the province of Shattered Isles during the time of the Imperial Provinces of Aristios. It's mayor was Midnight Moon and the town itself was a precursor to the Nightshade Diarchy. It had multiple variations in multiple different nations. There is no Midnattia today.
== History ==
=== Pre-History ===
Before the founding of the First Midnattia, Midnight Moon was living in another town in Aristios, its name lost to history. That town was mostly underground, built into a mountain. It was run by one WebContractor, Midnight's best friend since the rise and fall of the first Takavia. For a while Midnight was content with simply being a citizen, regaining diamond gear and contributing to the town whenever he could, then disaster struck.
=== The Rattican Strikes ===
Somewhere along the way the Rattican, later merging with Ashai, managed to forcefully take over Aristios in under a day. Reports say the current Aristios leader betrayed everyone and "gave the nation to the rats". Everyone was immediately thrown into panic, and the brewings of a war began. 
Soon after this all happened, heir to the throne of the original Empire of Aristios, Otto Olea returned from exile, determined to put a stop to all of this. He proposed an ultimatum to all of the previous towns. Join the new Aristios, or don't. The Rattican came up with a similar proposal. Everyone was split, yet somehow the Imperial Provinces of Aristios arose from the ashes. 
The town Midnight was in though, his best friend, sided with the Rats due to them periodically raiding and attacking his town. He was pressured into submission. He was deemed a traitor to Aristios. Midnight was now homeless. 
Midnight, enraged by everything going on around him, and still loyal to Otto and his Aristios, proposed that despite the war he founds a town. Otto initially objected, giving Midnight another town instead. Midnight did not want to run a town that was already built however, he had his own ambitions. So, through some aggressive negotiating with Otto Olea, he permitted Midnight to build a town in the province of the Shattered Isles, Midnights home province. 
And so, the First Midnattia was born.
=== The first Ashai-Aristii war & First Midnattia ===
Due to the upcoming wartime, the construction of Midnattia was difficult. He recruited friends, alongside his longtime friend W_ASD_ whom is sadly no longer with us. Seeing as it was war, Midnattia was constructed with defense in mind. The central structure being a tall tower made of white, endowed in purple, with a wall around it. The Midnattian town banner was made soon after, which is still used to this day in the Nightshade Diarchy on Abexilas.
Throughout this Midnattia was raided various times, specifically by GamingDerp and a squad of Rats. Midnattia was unable to defend themselves due to being under-equipped, and resorted to hiding behind the newly constructed walls. They held strong. The raids were simply waited out whenever they occurred, and Midnattia continued forth.
It was the fastest growing town in Aristios, new members joining every single day, the town being featured by Aristios's domestic newspaper, the Ambered Tide multiple times. The Midnattians began constructing railways, doing semi-diplomacy with a neighboring town, creating a highway. They constructed a tavern, farms, docks, and just kept on growing. Until...
Until the war finally started to catch up. Otto had been inactive on what to do, and Midnight was beginning to grow more and more concerned. He went to most of the towns in the province of Shattered Isles and came up with a series of secret treaties to withdraw from the Imperial Provinces of Aristios should things get worse enough. The only one to reject this deal was StickmanPrime, whom was the mayor and founder of the First Katolis City. They made an alternate secret deal that came into play later.
Midnight attempted to continue strong, but was mostly focused on wartime preparation in case anything should happen. He made gear and sets for his citizens, and eventually found someone in need of assistance in the world. This person was Gus Moon, Midnights now adopted son. Gus was an amazing PVPer and was a substantial help to the First Midnattia. 
Continuing on, Otto became more and more consumed by the threat of war, until one day Midnight set up what was known as the "doomsday clock", which showed the amount of time until the First Midnattia and the rest of the towns declared independence. It got very close. Then, of course, disaster struck once more. The first signatory if the mini-alliance Midnight made snitched to Otto. All hell broke loose. Midnight was deemed a traitor and marked for public execution. Midnight had to move fast. All but one of his citizens still supported him, so he decided to move. Move everything.
Midnight deconstructed the entire town of the First Midnattia, only leaving scraps and remnants. He then called upon StickmanPrime for their hidden agreement from earlier and secretly moved to Katolis City, which was still apart of Aristios. Stickman hid Midnight, and Midnight managed to survive the witch hunt that had been put on him. Now it was time to rebuild.
=== Formation of the Midnight Empire ===
Before the Second Midnattia was too begin construction, Midnight needed to say "I AM STILL HERE." to all those whom had attempted to wrong him. Kill him. Capture him. He conspired with Stickman, and the two came up with an elaborate plan on how to form a nation, detached from Aristios. Stickman negotiated independence from Aristios and reformed the nation of Katolis for a short time. Then the two staged a fake civil war. To the citizens it was real. There was no bloodshed though, only slight violence and vandalism. Stickman and Midnight eventually "ended hostilities" despite the two never truly being hostile in the first place, and came up with a new system of government for their new nation they were planning.
This system of government was named Midnattian Diarchism, and was the basis for creating the Midnight Empire, which was later renamed to the Nightshade Diarchy. Finally, the Midnight Empire was formed. Midnight delivered a speech proclaiming such, and emphasized that it would be a Diarchy system to the citizens, with StickmanPrime as the other Diarch. 
Further down the line everything was going to plan, there was no war, and they were at peace. Though, the Midnight Empire was small. So, the two Diarchs sought out to acquire land. The issue? Land on Eldham was extremely expensive to buy and they did not currently have the funds to buy any. So, they looked to the ocean bordering them, and decided to make an artificial extension of land, and reform it into the Second Midnattia. The base was all cobblestone, and Midnight planned out a vast city. Only one building was ever constructed there. 
=== Edrina ===
Construction on the Second Midnattia was halted as the Midnight Empire was approached by the Second Aerius to create a merger nation called Edrina. This was the worst decision of the two Diarchs lives, but the details on why should be detailed on the file on Edrina itself. 
Midnight and Stickman helped lead Edrina for a while, and Irwin and Alessandro offered a spot for Midnight to build another town. So, the Third Midnattia was formed. 
The Third Midnattia was to be very similar to the First Midnattia in terms of structure. Once again the town was clad in white and purple with the town banners hung up. Things were looking up. Midnattia began to grow once more, and many veterans from the First Midnattia returned for it. Then... As per usual... Disaster struck.
Due to the extremely unstable political climate of Edrina and IJKs more... Communist... Approach, the entire nation was flung into a civil war, one the Midnight ended up losing. Once again he tore down Midnattia brick by brick with the help of his citizens and moved out of the area. After this was some dark days. Midnight was getting impatient and wanted to just leave. He was not seen for a while.
=== The Fourth Midnattia ===
We don't talk about the Fourth Midnattia
=== The 5th Midnattia ===
The 5th Midnattia was the most recent version, and was an attempted town semi-constructed on a horribly made artificial island. It too no longer exists.
== The Present ==
Midnight Moon wants to recreate Midnattia for a sixth and final time in the newly reformed Nightshade Diarchy on Abexilas. Though, admittedly, it is difficult to do so due to him running the Nightshade Diarchy itself along with the Anti Paranormal Association. Perhaps some day we will see a new Midnattia. Built anew, shining beautifully again. Until then there is only books, ashes, and dust.
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Category:Traveler's Era
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