Ewaj

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**Ewaj** is a State player from Season 1.

*The Puppeteer*

*“Even death could not dismantle his words, tainted with deceit…”*

## Introduction

To an outsider, Ewaj might’ve even been mistaken for a tyrannical ruler.  He was a villain who created war, who controlled it like a grand puppeteer, but of all his machinations, the Great War was his finest.

## Rise to Power

Ewaj shortly rose to power after leading a group of plains island members to the top of a snowy mountain, building civilization upon the snowy peaks. Though, many defectors left ewaj's mountain base to seek more freedom in Smilechump's base, a neighboring player who had centralized themselves on a small island in the middle of a river. He also threatened to kill Smilechump if he were to challenge his authority. This led to player HitoriKage, a member of Smilechump's village, to start plans to assassinate ewaj.

## The Ewaj Assassination (Day 9)

At the beginning of day 9, there would be two attempts to kill Ewaj. Two players with the usernames \_drp, and HitoriKage were hoping to assassinate Ewaj and end Ewaj's rule over the plains, which would hopefully allow Smilechump to take full reign over the plains. Hitori was sent to kill Ewaj by a snow nation higher-up, whilst \_drp tried to assassinate Ewaj of his own free will. \_drp snuck up on Ewaj whilst he was in a furnace, successfully landing two hits. Ewaj managed to get away, but Hitori finished the assassination, finishing off Ewaj with a bow, then shortly escaping in an underground tunnel to Smilechumps village.

**"We believed Solev personally commissioned the assassins, but either way the Snow State was behind it." - *LordofLightning, Minister of War for the Plains Militia***

## Influence after death

After Ewaj died in the video, it seems that his tyrannical rule had come to an end. However, Ewaj proved to be a highly manipulative individual, influencing others even from his grave.

After Ewaj's assassination, he still had a minority of players who still following him. Using this small group of players, he sent these players as spies across the states internationally. Once he did, he was able to manipulate the *United Sands* into attacking *Solev's Union*, intentionally lying to the Sultanate and Zombta about their strength. These lies would lead to the both desert factions into declaring war on the snow state, starting the *Sands upon Snow* conflict.

**"He just basically lied about Solev for an hour and then asked if I was convinced" - Elanuelo, Former Emperor of the Jungle State**

## Tensions between Smilechump & Ewaj's villages

Upon the midst of day 2, Ewaj had visited Smilechump's village and "allegedly" stole some wheat. This would mark the beginning of the conflict between both villages, spanning several days. Eventually, Smilechump & Solev would ally with each other, with one of the snow island officials sending a hitman *HitoriKage* to assassinate ewaj. This would allow for Smilechump to take full control of the plains states, further allowing more power to siphon to him; indirectly strengthening the snow nation because they were both allied.

## Character Progression

Prior to Day 1, Ewaj had convinced The Sultanate that he was a spy for them, landing a position in their line of succession and becoming a General of the Sultanate Army while simultaneously serving as the acting leader of the plains militia. He used this position to convince the Sultanate leadership that two Snow State visitors were actually scouts for an invasion force. Utilizing the Sultanate’s close ties with The Amazon, he convinced them that siding with the Plains and stopping Solev in the upcoming conflict would be in their best interests.

On Day 2-8, he set the stage for the bloodiest conflict in State history, attempting to convince the Amazon & Solev's Union to battle throughout these six days. The last four days were the battles themselves.

**“Ewaj was pretty much a child who failed to lead the people under him, he tried to unite Plains but just insulted and berated them into leaving, was toxic enough, and threatened so much to get everyone to pretty much despise his existence. He failed at being diplomatic or charismatic in any way and was caught lying to the point where every single one of my officers, high commanders, and jungle members laughed at every lie he was caught in." - Solev**

**"ewaj's seeming lack of aptness when regarding diplomacy with the Snow and Jungle was a purposeful and reasoned action. His death is often mischaracterized and was the result of the owner failing to follow through on his promises. He was ultimately the puppeteer behind every major conflict with the exception of the Jungle Civil War. The lack of acknowledgment for his actions is no sign that he was a joke, as many other Season 1 players knowledgeable about his actions can attest. If anything, the lack of recognition even now just proves how successful he was. ”      -Lordoflightning**

**"We weren't involved in the war through the sultanate, it was directly through ewaj." - Zombta**

## Trivia

- Ewaj believed that the Desert island was the only state he needed on his side to beat Solev's Union.

- After drp's failed assassination, Ewaj was asked for an interview by ish13c. He was shortly assassinated after, which led to a loud outburst and confrontation with the State's staff. Ewaj claimed that ish13c should have protected him because of the interview, and threw several death threats and toxicity toward the moderation team.

- Ewaj got banned from the State experiment for making death threats towards one of the admins after he died in-game. In fact, he had previously made death threats to an admin before the server even started, Shayyde. He continuosly made excuses about it to this day, claiming that she overreacted or that he meant in-game, but the exact message was "people like you should be shot", because she had disagreed with him. He did not mean in-game, he did not mean that people *would* shoot her, nor was there any warrant in making this comment. It came at the end of a spree of toxicity, challenging everyone who spoke in the Plains channel to a 1v1 duel. Because he apologized, he was allowed to remain on the server and participate in State season 1.

- Ewaj was known for being a compulsive liar; he would constantly lie, cheat, and scam his way to the top. For instance, he once blamed the user *Smilechump* for his failed diplomacy with the snow nation, despite being solely responsible for the hostilities. The chat logs were later leaked, which caused many users to defect from to Smilechump's village.

- Ewaj claimed that his "irrational anger" towards the Jungle & Snow were acts. The authenticity of this claim was disputed by other plains members, who claim that Ewaj was aggressive towards them as well for seemingly no reason.

-Ewaj thought that HitoriKage was girl for the entirety of state. They were not.