Wizard's Guild Skirmish

The Wizard's Guild Skirmish was a military confrontation on September 2nd between the Germanian Empire and Wojcraft 3 players Terribad and g0ndola, resulting in a humiliating defeat for the Germanians. 
== BACKGROUND ==
The Germanian Empire was a nation formed under the idea of military strength, believing that due to their large numbers, they would be able to overwhelm and destroy any enemy nation they may encounter. Upon creating Germania, Chrissant created a military theory based on superior firepower, believing that due to the power of the rifle, armor would not matter as much as the amount of guns deployed on the battlefield, therefore iron armor with green leather leggings were issued to Germanian soldiers up until the Skirmish. The armor would be meant to protect the wearer from environmental hazards, as well as serving as an identifiable uniform. However, having no military experience, Chrissant's theory was based on pure speculation, meaning that Germania would have to test their theory before implementing it in future wars.
== BUILDUP ==
On September 2nd, the chatlogs of the server were filled with deaths from members of Germania killing each other, prompting Terribad of the Wizard's Guild to insult them, calling them "South Americans", among other things. The insulted Germanians began to retort in the chat, before Chrissant, seeing this as an opportunity to test out and refine their military strategy, decided to launch an attack on the Wizard's Guild to "teach him a lesson". 
== THE ATTACK ==
Germanian forces, clad in iron and green leather, landed on the shores of Wizard guild territory, numbering 5 men. Chrissant was clad in Protection IV netherite armor at the time of the attack. Germanian soldiers moved into the territory, where Terribad, clad in netherite, barricaded himself inside the house atop the hill as they surrounded his position, waiting for him to come outside. Meanwhile, gondola, responding to a call for help from Terribad, began sneaking towards the Germanian positions wearing enchanted diamond armor, where he was spotted by Chrissant, who, after a few seconds of deliberation, fired a shot at gondola.
Germanian forces, now alerted to gondola's position, fired shots at him, failing to kill him. Gondola began to pick off Germanian troops one by one, due to their inferior armor, it only took one shot from his rifle to kill a Germanian soldier. The combined firepower of the Germanians was irrelevant, as after every kill, gondola would run for cover, popping out again for seconds at a time to kill another. Eventually gondola would also kill Chrissant, who would die of fall damage caused by the blast of gondola's rifle launching him into the air. One of the last remaining Germanian soldiers, Hafizueco, would manage to kill gondola with his rifle. He and Eaglegaming23 would be the last remaining soldiers on the battlefield. Germanian forces regrouped and arrived at the area a second time, where gondola would join Terribad in his barricaded residence. The Germanians again surrounded the house, where they were shot at from the roofs by the defending Teribad and gondola. 
Eventually, after suffering more casualties, the Germanian troops withdrew, having gained only a single kill and losing most, if not all of their war materiel. 
== AFTERMATH ==
The defeat at the hands of 2 well armored players against their forces was somewhat of a humbling experience to Germania, who realized the playing field was not in their favor. Being new players to the server, it was clear that they would have to take much more time to prepare and train, and avoid war unless absolutely necessary. The encounter was less humbling however, and more of an embarrassment, as the nation, being so confident prior to the battle, had been completely destroyed by no more than two people. 
Chrissant's theory of 'Superior Firepower' was shattered, as he now realized a more guerrilla-esque or asymmetrical approach to fighting was required, which meant armor would need to withstand more than one bullet for an army to have a chance against an opposing force. This would influence Germania's mass production of designated war materiel, the armor of which was composed entirely of Projectile Protection enchanted armor.
The skirmish would sour gondola's reputation amongst the Germanians, who saw him and his nations a "world police"-like entity, as well as an adversary to the nation. It is still not known what gondola's motivation was for intervening, though it is likely that he and Terribad were simply close friends or acquaintances, and that gondola voluntarily aided him.
Category:Wojcraft 3
Category:Conflict