Netherbane-Piglin Kingdom Conflict

The Netherbane–Piglin Kingdom conflict took place between the and the Netherbane. Driven by the Netherbane member Ciara's bid for revenge against King Porkshire of the Piglin Kingdom, it took on a much larger importance due to the broader implications of the Nether War. Ciara eventually slayed Porkshire, leading to the Piglin Civil War. 
==Beginnings==
Some time between the Battle of the Frostbourne Castle and the Battle for Glacierford, Ciara makes way into the nether to steal some gold from the Piglin Kingdom. However, once she gets back to the Netherbane Tavern, Kane tells her to return the gold in order to keep the Netherbane out of the Piglin King's crosshair. Ciara refuses, however, and leaves to set a trap for the Piglins with the gold. A battalion of Piglijn Kingdom soldiers, led by General Tusk, burst into the Netherbane tavern, leading to a brief confrontation, before the Piglins depart to follow the trail of gold left by Ciara. After reaching the end of the trail, they choose to set up camp, before they are ambushed by Ciara. After slaughtering the Piglins, she enters the portal at the camp into the Nether to hunt down the Piglin King.
Kane, having been looking for Ciara, finds the Piglin Camp and makes his way through the portal to find her. Ciara herself is busy dispatching the Piglin forces at the Piglin Bastion, with her having found the Piglin King. As he run away, Ciara prepares to take his life, before being stopped in her tracks by the Nether Princess, who has been charged with defending the Piglin Kingdom due to a deal between them and the Nether Kingdom. The two engaged in a vicious battle, though Ciara proved to be no match for her opponent, leading to her being cut down by the Nether Princess. Kane soon arrives and attempts to attack the Nether princess, though he is swiftly disarmed.
==Ceasefire==
Before the princess can end Kane's life, he manages to bring up the idea that Lance, the rogue ender mage, could be a threat to the Nether Horde, and that they could work together to stop him. The Nether Princess agrees, allowing Kane to leave with Ciara's body. After some time, Kane meets with the princess after having gotten Ciara to the Nether Bane Tavern to be treated, and the two go off on their journey. 
Following a lengthy journey, the two arrive at Lance's Castle after having been forced to fight off Lance's Man-Dragon. Fighting immediately breaks out once they enter the Castle, with the Nether Princess initially taking Lance on solo, while Kane deals with his Vexes, though the two eventually manage to work together to take down the Rogue Ender Mage once and for all. however, unbeknownst to them, Lance manage to survive through transferring his consciousness to his pet frog. Following the event of their journey, the ceasefire deal between the Netherbane and Piglin Kingdom is implemented, with both Netherbane and Piglin Kingdom agreeing not to wander into each others territories. 
==Conflict Resurgence==
Following the formation of the Endstone Crusaders by Netherbane members Kane and Ciara, along with Frostbourne affiliates Rain Wynter and Stella, the group agrees to start the journey to Frostbourne Territory. Along the way, the group runs through a joint Nether Empire/Piglin Kingdom base in a forest, leading to a brief confrontation. The Crusaders successfully take out most of the guards without stopping their horseback advance through the forest, including a piglin stationed at one of the watch towers.
Upon arriving at the Frostbourne Castle, the group discus a plan to find the missing end crystals dispersed by the Ender Watchers prior to the factions destruction. Kane comes up with a plan to travel through the Piglin Kingdom to steal the end Crystal belonging to the Piglin King. The team agrees, with Ciara pledging to kill the Piglin King herself. The squad goes over the plan again, before creating a Nether Portal with the help of Stella, and entering the Nether. 
Upon entering the Nether, the Crusaiders quickly made way to the Piglin Bastion, where they were met by a battalion of Piglins and Pigmen. The group made quick work of the enemy forces, with Kane dealing the killing blow to their general. Following this victory, the Endstone Crusaders made the treacherous journey through the Crimson Forest, nearly being noticed by a Zoglin in the process. The Crusaders finally reached the Piglin Castle, where they would make quick work of two of the guards, providing am opening for Ciara to breach the doors to the throne room. A mutated Piglin, likely working as some kind of enforcer for the Piglin Kingdom, enter the castle grounds to take on the Kane, Stella, and Rain. With the doors closing behind her, Ciara quickly took out the throne room guards, while the others struggled against the Mutated Piglin. She was met with a significant challenge when facing Porkshire, as he put up a substantial fight. After getting her weapons knocked out of her hands, Ciara was chocked out and nearly killed by Porkshire. However, she managed to teleport one of her knives back to her hand to regain the upper hand and cut down Porkshire. One the others finished taking down the Mutated Piglin, the throne room door opened to reveal Ciara with the End Crystal in hand. 
==Aftermath==
Due to the death of Porkshire, his son Hamlett would be forced to take up control of the kingdom. Likely sensing weakness, Emperor Naeus of the Nether Empire would soon order Aurora Goldfist to lead an an army to invade the Piglin Kingdom, with the hope of vasalizing the kingdom and absorbing its manpower into the Imperial Army. This invasion would kick of the Piglin Civil War, and the eventual rise of the .
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