The Viking Crusade

The Viking Crusade was a large faction run by Nathan6\_ and LordFortnite. The faction formed out of the consolidation of two other groups by DarthObsidian64; the Skeleton Crusade, and the Red Army. The Skeleton Crusade was previously run by a player named Jeblanski, but after growing bored of Vanillacraft, decided to transfer power to Darth. Darth had just formed the Red Army as a sorta meme, but following the Russian Invasion of Ukraine and Darth's insistence on players using Russian Cyrillic names in the Discord, many members left do to a perceived association with Russia. Darth decided to consolidate the two groups and rebrand as the Viking Crusade.

The group was characterized by its constant drama and infighting. As the Skeleton Crusade, the group had a reputation of griefing and being a group of "actual 12 year old's". After it's consolidation into the Viking Crusade, the group took a break from griefing externally to griefing internally, with all the drama associated with that. The group gained a reputation of being the "drug addict faction" and "Lord of the Flies in Minecraft".

During the period of recuperation, The Viking Crusade was renamed to the Mariner Order via a public referendum, and more present events about this group can be found there. is currently in a state of recuperation after the events of Jeblanski's Revenge Griefs, Internal Conflicts, and the Darth Rat Incident.

## History

### Jeblanski's Revenge Griefs

After transferring power to Darth, Darth decided to re-add Bibolicko to the Skeleton Crusade. Bibolicko and Jeblanski had a long standing grief, so after hearing this news, Jeblanski decided to rejoin the server and attempt to kill Bibolicko. This lead to the battle of Gulag 2. The defenders, DarthObsidian64, mob\_9, Catupus, and Bibolicko fought off Jeblanski's attack, but in the battle, much of Gulag 2 was destroyed and the base was abandoned. Shortly after, Darth decided to merge the Red Army with the Skeleton Crusade to form the Viking Crusade. Jeblanski's grudge grew to incorporate the whole of what was now the Viking Crusade, especially Darth, and Jeblanski would grief every Viking Crusade base he had access to.

(Please put in that onetime Jeblanski used a shared alt with Darth to grief a base)

(Also any other Jeblanski griefs)

## The Catupus Crisis

The lava cast over Catupus's base, dubbed, "The Axe of Lunaris" for it's axe head appearance.

### Performers

Catupus, the Viking Crusade, Captain\_N00B

##### *Rising Tension*

On (DATE), Catupus and Bibolicko had a misunderstanding over the ownership of an elytra, leading to him being kicked from the Crusade. Catupus at the time was a high ranking member, owner of Lunaris, and had contributed a lot to the construction of Gulag 2. Feeling slighted, Catupus threatened to kill Bibolicko and attempted to kill DarthObsidian64, but failed.

On March 20th(?), 2022, Catupus tried and failed to assassinate JustDilay, the leader of Armada, using her pearl set at Lunaris. This was in clear violation of a truce with Armada, and to avoid a diplomatic crisis, the Elite Vikings decided Catupus needed to be punished.

The Elite Vikings at the time; Bibolicko, Darth, Brycespotholes, I\_AM\_GROOT15, and D4RON, decided that they could not kick Catupus without him leaking the coordinates of Lunaris, his base. Instead, they decided to empty out the base and take all the resources to Midway. When the base was emptied out, Brycespotholes erected a large lavacast that he decided to call "the Axe of Lunaris" due to its axehead appearance. After Catupus discovered that he now had an empty, looted, and griefed base, he was kicked from the faction. This led to The Battle of No One Knows.

##### *The Battle of North Highway, 5k*

On March 21st, 2022, Catupus was heading toward spawn from Lunaris using the North Highway. After being encouraged to attack Catupus by Bryce, DarthObsidian64 ambushed Catupus 5k blocks away from spawn. Darthobsidian64 had better gear and PvP skills, leading to Darth trapping and nearly killing Catupus. Catupus would repeatedly use a strategy of combatlogging to prevent Darth from killing him. While Catupus was offline during a combatlog, Brycespotholes arrived and began digging a hole for Catupus to fall into. D4RON showed up a short time later and used TNT to make Bryces hole bigger. Chimes also showed up during this time to watch the combat take place.

Catupus relogged and spawned into the hole Bryce and D4RON had made. While the vikings descended into the hole, Captain\_N00B ambushed the vikings and began to aid Catupus. All of the vikings there scattered to avoid being killed by Captain\_N00B, except Darth. who began to 1v1 N00B. Darth was outmatched by N00B, and combatlogged to avoid being killed. However, he was spared by N00B. Everyone began to sorta hang out, and not fight, until Captain\_N00B brought out some end crystals and started to try and blow people up. Bryce would be his only victim, although he also tried to kill DarthObsidian64. In total, the battle lasted about 45 minutes.

## Battle of No One Knows

### Outcome

Catupus and Captain\_N00B victory.* Temporary expulsion of Catupus.
* Captain\_N00B labeled as an enemy.
* Bryce looses all of their gear.

## Belligerents

### Side 2

Darth and Bryce. D4RON near the end.Intel provided by LordFortnite for first half of battle.

##### *Resolution*

The battle and events leading up to it showed clear faults in how the Viking Crusade was being run. Catupus never informed any other Viking Crusade members that he was going to take such actions against the leader of Armada. He could have been informed the there was a truce with Armada. After the battle, Catupus claimed to have never even been informed that the truce with Armada existed in the first place, showing that the information related to the truce was not easy enough for a Viking to find on their own. The battle amplified preexisting toxicity and negative relationships, especially after Bibolicko demanded that Catupus be allowed to rejoin the Viking Crusade. Catupus was given no leadership roles, and no leverage within the Viking Crusade after rejoining, leading to strong feelings of animosity to grow within Catupus toward Bibolicko, DarthObsidian64, and Brycespotholes.

### Bibo-Bryce Fued

*Information in this section is complicated, and might even deserve its own wiki page article. Much of it even involved what was written in this page itself. This information will be presented below.*

Bibolicko and Brycespothole had a negative relationship since the start of the Viking Crusade. Bibolicko was banned for the Skeleton Crusade by Jeblanski for repeatedly attacking other members of the Crusade. During the merger of Skeleton Crusade and the Red Army, Brycespotholes was promoted to a leadership position and Bibolicko was reinvited and given a leadership position. After being reinvited to the group , Bibo believed that he was the true leader of the Viking Crusade, even above Darth, even though Darth owned the discord server and was put in charge by Jeblanski. When Darth promoted Bryce, this angered Bibo. Bryce would not make anything better for their relationship by antagonizing Bibo. At some point, Bryce would delete general chat because he did not like what Bibo was saying about him, leading to a lot of important information about the Viking Crusade to be lost, including the coordinates of Viking Crusade bases that have yet to be found today. Bryce would be demoted after this event, however, he still made it his own responsibility of finding new members and starting new bases. For this, he believed that he was and everone else saw him as a leader. Bibo would still continue to push for Bryce to be banned.

According to Darth, Bibo was constantly in his ear about demoting Bryce, which annoyed Darth, and after Bryce, in his words, jokingly suggested to Darth that they demote Bibo to show him how it feels, Darth would kick both of them from the group. This enraged Bibo, who began to threaten to destroy the Viking Crusade by creating a new faction of rich players he claimed to be aligned with. After the two were allowed to come back into the Viking Crusade, Bibo would go on a tirade and demanded to be promoted to a Earl, a co-leader of the Viking Crusade, a role previously only held by Groot. Bibo himself was one of the richest players on the server, and fearing that Bibo might follow through with his threats, Darth relented to his demands and made him an Earl.

Due to the toxicity this feud was causing, and the many internal griefs that had taken place, many important players began to either leave the Viking Crusade or become inactive. Bryce, however, did not relent. Following these events, the players decided to update this wiki page to portray events that had happened since the Viking Crusades founding. This wiki page was previously started by Catupus, and detailed his interpretation of the Catupus Crisis and was incorporated into that section of this page.

   Bryce would use this page to write one sided information about his relationship with Bibolicko, detailed on the right. After reading this section of the wiki, Bibo grew angry, and demanded an explanation from Bryce. After receiving none, Bibo started a vote to decide whether or not Bryce should be kicked, but kicked Bryce before anyone had even voted. Darth reacted by banning Bibo from the discord server, and Bryce publicly wallowed in his perceived victory over Bibo. Seeing these events, many players would come out and voice their displeasure with how the Viking Crusade was being run, and while accepting some blame, Bryce tried to push most of it onto Bibo and Darth. After refusing to stop arguing and bad mouth other Viking Crusade members, Bryce was muted.

After Darth leaked the coordinates of Geneva and was banned from the main Vanillacraft discord for the Rat Incident, Darth stepped down and promoted LordFortnite to the leader of the Viking Crusade. Brycespothole immediately left, and when asked, said he had left because someone would start punishing him for breaking the rules. He also claimed to have apologized to Bibolicko, and is not very active anymore. Bibolicko rejoined the Viking Crusade for a week as a normal member to see how things were going, but bad mouthed the Crusade and then left.

This concludes the Bibo-Bryce Fued, at least for now.

 Bibolicko doesn't know how to write in English very well.
* Bryce said he was better than Bibo.

## Administrative Structure

Before the period of recuperation, power was handed down at Darth's executive decision. He was often easily manipulated, leading to conflict between members. Following the period of recuperation, the Elite-Vikings took more of an active role in the administrative structure, and power was rewarded to active members of the Viking Crusade. While the administrative structure was previously described as tribalistic, it can now best be described as meritocratic.

#### Elite-Vikings

This group of roles is made up of the Konungr, the Earls, the Thanes, and Lords. Usually before making big decisions, the Konungr will ask for advice and opinions from this group.

##### Konungr

This role gets its name from the Norse word for king. This is the highest position within the Viking Crusade. The Konungr is the executive.

##### Earl

This role is responsible for administering the group if the Konungr is ever absent. The Earls act as co-leaders, and often lead public hearings and group projects.

##### Thane

This role is responsible for administering the group if the Konungr or Earl are absent. The Earls act as administrators.

#### Lords

This role is responsible for administering the group if the Konungr, Earls, or Thanes are absent. The Lord acts as moderators.

## Culture

The internal culture of the Viking Crusade is a very relaxed.

## Midway

### Griefed

Yes, by Jeblanski, using Darth's shared alt

### Members

Brycespotholes, Bibolicko, Darthobsidian64, Mob\_9 I\_AM\_GROOT15, Catupus

Midway was a base largely used by Brycespotholes during the first 2 months of the 1.18 server. Founded by Darthobsidian64 and Bibolicko, it was supposed to be nothing more then a supply base used during the digging of the north highway during the highway race with D4RON.

Midway was inhabited by Brycespotholes until the start of March, when he got an invite to Lunaris, and he left the base as a gear stash incase of an emergency (forshadowing). Brycespotholes would return after the Catupus Crisis left Lunaris a threat to live in.

#### The end of Midway

In the end, Jeblanski, using a 3 person shared alt that had been unused at Midway, griefed and leaked coords to midway publicly. The grief included nuking the blaze grinder, and building a lavacast in the sheep farm.

### Gulag

The Gulag was founded right after the Viking Crusade lush cave base was found by Fwar. Darth, Groot, and PixerPinecone had all just gotten elytra's. They flew out a little bit in the nether and made a base. It happened to have a snow biome nearby and Darth alongside Popbob and Fran had created a Gulag the previous map. However the last Gulag was just an ice farm. This new Gulag had villagers, a tree farm, a massive laggy cow farm, a sheep farm with only red and yellow sheep for communist colors, a town, a mine, and on the last day a proper storage house. Mob also joined the Red Army by wandering around spawn and finding this base. He and Cat always liked killing eachother. Mob was a prankster and liked to kill people for fun. Eventually everyone decided that Gulag 1 was too close so they founded Gulag 2 afterwards.

## Gulag

### Gulag 2

Gulag 2 was a ambitious base project. It had great meme location of 69k 42k. This was the height of the Red Army soon to be reformed into the Viking Crusade a few days after the griefing of Gulag 2. Darth had planned where to put a gunpowder farm, trading hall, villager breeder, gold farm, and iron farm. unfortunately Jeblanski decided he was tired of being friendly in a faction and wanted to kill Bibo for being annoying. He pearl trapped the members of Gulag 2. Mob and Darth heroically fought Jeblanksi in the pearl chamber and blew up the door to it. They then got two more people to help in killing Jeb. Bibo and Catupus joined in the fight once the fighting was out of the pearl room. Darth killed Jeblanski with a bow bought from Becka. This victory united the Red Army and a few days later due to the Ukraine war they renamed themselves Viking Crusade and also added all active members of Skeleton Crusade. Jeblanski asked his fellow griefing friend Captain Noob to get revenge on the Red Army by griefing Gulag 2. This is the reason why we have the coords. There is nothing left of this meme base.

### Blazeville

Groot and Darth were not happy about this villager lag since Bryce had not put the villagers in a trading hall to reduce their moving ai. Darth decided to salvage parts from the Lunaris villager trading hall to make the Blazeville trading hall. It has not been finished since Groot is not active and Darth is stuck.