Citadel of Phantoms

The **Citadel of Phantoms** was a base and vanity project built by Corsair during Season 4. It was host to the season's dragon egg and Corsair's incomplete Player Archive.

## Overview

With the new nether update coming out and the nether reset of Season 4, players were excited at the prospect of new resources to be used in combat and future builds.

Corsair wanted to use the new blackstone and basalt blocks for a template for a vanity project that was long overdue. After helping to establish Texas as a thriving base, Corsair headed into the depths to collect as much material for the upcoming work. Corsair luckily built a nether portal that connected to a deep cavern in the overworld, and he decided this would be the perfect spot for a sequel to the **Ole Legendary** base he had built on CocoaMC many months earlier.

## History

Corsair first built the entrance area, an open space connecting to the natural cave that had a fire altar in the middle. The entrance to the citadel itself was labeled with warped signs, so Corsair used soul soil to line the walls of the build with blue fire to complement the color scheme.

With the entrance complete, Corsair began carving out the cloister which would serve as the main room for the build. He first built the entrance level and outfitted it to make it look similar to the entrance. Corsair then carved out the lower section of the cloister and made it into a small arena. With the lower portion of the citadel complete, Corsair began work on the upper floors, making a complex staircase to connect the three floors. The upper section of the cloister would finish off the main room to the citadel. Corsair created three side rooms from this upper floor, those three being the "Basalt Farm", the "Sombrous Vault", and "Angel's Imprisonment".

The Basalt Farm was a large manual machine that served as the season's largest basalt grinder, though hardly ever used. The Sombrous Vault was meant to be a memorial to past builds and deceased pets, but the room remained empty throughout the citadel's existence. Angel's Imprisonment housed Season 4's only dragon egg, given to Corsair by Nick for his accomplishments, which sat atop a pedestal labeled, "'Angel', Property of the Wither Bros."

Corsair carved out a large cavern at the back end of the citadel and made it into a throne room, named "The Hall of Legends". Corsair had planned to make the room into a player archive, displaying a written history of the server's most notable players. However, the project was never seen through, as only four or so books were ever filled out, when the plan included at least 12.

Corsair was content with the final outcome of the **Citadel of Phantoms**, and in early July he went off to build the solitary base of **Thin Slice**, and later he briefly joined **Alzaria.**

## Legacy

The citadel would remain ungriefed throughout the rest of Season 4. Many players, including members of Texas and the admin team, would regularly visit the citadel. Among its visitors included Potato, Bullet, Fin, and Noah.

The citadel was threatened with griefing after Plague had griefed **Haven** for the first time, in which he recovered a lodestone compass pointing directly to the build. However, it is assumed that Plague nor any other griefer ever made it to the **Citadel of Phantoms**.