ExistantSerena

ExistantSerena, more commonly referred to as just Serena, is a Rebirther that first joined in early June, 2022. She is the queen of The Lilac Queendom; a faction known mostly for it's war against, and later merge with The Grape Empire.

## Beginnings

ExistantSerena first joined in early June, 2022. Her first family was the Newgarten family, which died out after she had no surviving children. She remained active for several days, spending many lives collecting lilacs she found.

ExistantSerena ascended to Obsidian rank after a little while in The Border, and joined the OHOL discord. Upon joining, she discovered something horrifying: The Grape Empire.

Goofy Gwape believed himself to be the rightful ruler of the entirety of OHOL, and ExistantSerena immediately opposed this idea, claiming that even she would be a better ruler than him. This eventually led to her rebelling against The Grape Empire.

## The Imperial War

ExistantSerena formed a rebellion against The Grape Empire, though she was alone in her opposal of imperialism. To combat the empire more efficiently, she declared her rebellion should be reformed into The Lilac Empire; but she remained alone in her conflict.

Grape had ammassed a large following, whilst she had few allies, her only advantage was in her wealth, which she used to hire a mercenary, and give herself better equipment than Grape and his soldiers. Eventually, she made contact with a non-rebirther species of fairies, who could use their magic to enhance a human's abilities, this allowed her to turn the tides, but it was not nearly enough.

As a last resort, BusyEvening3509 offered a marriage to ExistantSerena, in hopes that The Lilac Empire and The Grape Empire could join as one, sparing the former and increasing the power of the latter. ExistantSerena reluctantly accepted this marriage, and was married to Goofy Gwape in the Imperial Merge/Wedding on the 27th of June, 2022, becoming Empress of the Grape Empire.

## Pinkin' of You

Sometime during July, 2022, ExistantSerena sought and was granted permission to establish a small shop, which she affectionatley named "Pinkin' of You", selling ten of any kind of flower for just one diamond. The shop saw a small success, however most did not care for flowers when survival was their piority, so very few stopped by. Despite this, Serena was proud of her shop, until it was destroyed just before the season reset.

## Marriage with her Enemy

ExistantSerena immediately had plans for this marriage, and hopes to limit the power of the now Purple Empire. She secretly plotted the overthrowing of Goofy Gwape, but helped the Empire on the surface level. She worked to keep them in check, and to counter any imperialism they attempted, by working with their enemies and gaslighting Grape into believing his most trusted were incompetent or traitorous.

Whilst most of Grape's men did not trust and even actively berated Serena, she held a lot of power over the Empire, and eventually used that to devolve it into The Purple Kingdom, weakening it's hold over the server. Grape and Serena had two sons within the marriage, Mystrr and Tpixels, but Grape ignored them in favor of his oldest, eventually leading to the former to turn against him. It was during this time that Serena was promoted to moderator and joined the Staff Team.

Unfortunately, she did not have enough power to stop some of the atrocities committed by her husband, and their marriage was degrading quickly with their highly differing morals. It reached a tipping point when Grape began to keep slaves. She called for divorce soon after, and The Purple Kingdom reverted back into The Grape Kingdom and The Lilac Queendom.

## Haunting the Bedrocks

Around September, 2022, ExistantSerena found a village owned by the Bedrock family. She decided to move in to this village, planting rare trees and living inside one of them, and supplying animals for the villagers. She only requested that they do not harm her tree, being the source of her power. Despite this, the villagers grew uneasy and began to insult the foliage, attempting to harm it, enraging Serena.

As punishment, she cursed their village with an infestation, claiming the lives of many weaker Bedrocks, and forcing them to distrust even their own walls. At the height of her rage, she transformed a small child, Caden Bedrock, into a frog.

The villagers sought retribution for the harm she had done, and sent ItssadlyBat to champion their town and destroy Serena's tree, the source of her magic. In an attempt to defend her tree, she attacked Bat, but instead fell to his blade, and he was able to cut down the tree. Losing her magic, she was banished from the Bedrock's village until the end of time. This incident is referred to a lot in history, and children's stories have been written based on it, serving as a symbol to the anti-witchcraft sentiment within The Border.

## The Downfall of Grape

ExistantSerena did not rest after her divorce, she joined forces with The Eye, the faction her eldest and Chiefdog4213 had formed together. She provided them with resources and built for them, although stayed away from the front lines herself.

A lot of her support was focused in and near Riverbeach, a small farming and fishing village that she spent many a hour working to repair and renovate. The village became infamous for the atrocities Goofy Gwape commited there, including the enslavement of the rebirther villagers living there.

The Eye and The Grape Kingdom battled against eachother for a while, with The Eye coming out on top more often than not.

Eventually, Grape was defeated, his Empire humiliated. He was permanently banished from The Border and did not return for many millennia. There were traces of his empire left, but they eventually fell apart or hid their existence.

## Marriage with LordSkin

Sometime in early 2023, BusyEvening3509 proposed a marriage between Lordskin, a rising player and leader of The Polished Empire, and ExistantSerena. She eventually agreed, seeing the political benefit, and enjoying his company well enough.

On the 11th of February, 2023, the two held their wedding, officiated by dodi2020. The large venue and crowd made for an anxious setting, but the wedding was joyous regardless.

This marriage lasted happily for a time, with the two truly falling in love, until Lordskin was possessed by his father, the Polished God, who used Lordskin's body to become Darth Polished.

## Joining The Undercutters

The Polished God continued to expand The Polished Empire ruthlessly, using Lordskin's body as Darth Polished, killing those who refused to worship him and join the Empire. It got to the point where ExistantSerena could no longer stand by his side, wondering what had happened to the good man she married, and she abandoned him. Eventually, a group of active Rebirthers, decided to band up and create The Undercutters, a group dedicated to rebelling against The Polished Empire, Serena was invited to this group, and she accepted.

The Undercutters violently opposed Lordskin's armies, defending families where they could, despite their determination to protect, many still lost their lives to this Empire's brutality. Despite this, Serena defended Lordskin at every opportunity, declaring that it was not truly him, it was the cruel god possessing him, and seeking a peaceful resolution. At one point, Lordskin sent spies into their organization, bringing doubt about who the members could trust, with Serena herself accusing many of it's members before the true mole was discovered.

Eventually, Lordskin saw all the pain and suffering he had caused as Darth Polished, finally pushing him out and regaining control over his own body. Despite having restored himself, his regret led him to enter a self-imposed exile. He gave away all his powerful armor and weapons to members of The Undercutters, most notably his bow and sword to his wife, Serena, and was not seen again for the season, truly ending their marriage.

## The Unpolished Republic

After the tyranny of the The Polished Empire was ended, several factions agreed to form The Unpolished Republic, an intergovernmental faction. The Lilac Queendom joined this republic, and ExistantSerena represented her Queendom within it.

She tried to run for the Republic leader, under the banner of giving equal voting rights to all members, not just the representatives. She was defeated but still stood by the faction until it's disbandment, supporting it by providing flags, builds and- of course- lilacs.

## Achieving Immortality

Sometime during the Republic's time, ExistantSerena decided she should put her witchcraft to the test, intending to live as long as she could through sacrifices. Everytime she had a child, they would be devoured on the first chance she got, keeping her eternally young. Eventually, her own children was not enough, and she kidnapped children from other families so that she could sacrifice them.

She kept herself in eternal youth for almost a generation, before she could find no more neighbour children, and was unable to have more children of her own, so that she slowly aged and died of old age, leaving only a legacy of fear behind from that life.