Vestfold

**Vestfold** is a town located in Bergen, Norway. It is the Capital City of the former Greater Nordic Empire. It is an unpeaceful town & built as a defensive Fort. The town specializes in producing all siege-related items such as Armors Sets, Weapons, Movecrafts, Potions, etc. in addition to having public mob farms for the entire Empire. Besides that, the town also produces 32 Raw Copper, 32 Prismarine & 0 gravel.

### **Founding of Vestfold**

Originally founded by a group of Italians PvPers, Vestfold now acts as The Greater Nordic Empire's last stand in defending the entire nation. The founder of Vestfold is Power747, who are described by most as the one who demonstrated a lot of interest in CCNet & its features. Power747 then transferred the mayorship to Kaytetsu.

#### The "Italian Invasion" of Vestfold

Vestfold's original population is a group consisting of 30-40 Italians players who joined & played thanks to their friends who played in the server in the earlier iteration of Nations. During this time, players such as PandaDivino,PandaIracondo,PandaTalebano,power747,CroceInversa666, Oryon, Eremitadelle6vie, xDarthFenerx and Ineluttabile, ... joined & made history in the server. Other players joined later like Lapix and Indomabile joined later on to help out in Vestfold.

During this time, the builders of the city, CroceInversa666 and Oryon, started making many Viking/Nordic style houses as well as the townhall of Vestfold, a longhouse style building. However, in late April early May 2021, after realising how vulnerable Vestfold would be to future attacks, all of the original buildings & walls were demolished ,the size of the fort reduced and later replaced with deepslates in order to better defend the town. The Vestfold as we know it was born.

### **The Sieges of Vestfold**

During its course of existence, Vestfold has been sieged twice by enemies, and came out winning both times.

#### **The First siege of Vestfold**

On the 18th of April 2021, Vestfold attempted to siege Kiev, the capital city of The Teutonic Order. The Teutonic Order responded by forming a coalition of allies to push back the attackers, but it was to no avail. To counteract this, Coalition forces of about 30 members attacked the Vestfold Fort on the 19th of April. The attackers managed to breach the walls of Vestfold, but were quickly killed off by the Nordics, with one account stating that up to 3/4th of the Coalition force were downed by the defenders.

After the disastrous attempt, the attackers retreated & Vestfold got to fixing its walls & breach spots. The attackers arrived later & managed to climb over to the walls, where bloody fighting happens in the tower & both sides got off killing several people before Kaytetsu & Eremita arrived and opened the tower, ending the fights. After this failed attempt of overwhelming Vestfold, Coalition forces retreated back to their positions & Nordic forces got to defensive positions to defend the banner, The Defenders managed to do a big reversal on banners as well as killing many members of the Coalition thanks to support from the city of Mainart and The British Empire. Fighting was rough due to the fact that Vestfold is surrounded by waters & with mountainous terrain. After seeing how futile it was so attempt a 4th attack on Vestfold, Coalition forces gave up & retreated back home. The 1st siege of Vestfold ended in decisive victory for the defenders.

In the aftermath of the siege, Vestfold retaliated against the invasion by siegeing the Spanish town of Zafra on the 23rd April 2021. The siege of Zafra ended on the 26th April 2021 with Nordic forces managing to capture Zafra, putting the then-Spanish Syndicate under occupation.

#### **The Second Siege of Vestfold**

In May 2021, The Nordic Empire had almost the entire North-Western Europe under their control as well as parts of North Africa. The recent merging of the Repvbblica of Italia as well as the fact that the Germany & the Balkan Area lies empty means certain Nordic domination in the area.

However, on the 22nd of May 2021, a massive coalition was formed consisted of Zafra, Carthage & two other minor towns. They revolted as well as attacking Vestfold & Paris. The second siege of Vestfold has begun. In response to these attacks, the Nordic Empire attacked Norston & Kiev.

This second siege saw not as much direct fighting as the first one as by this point in time, most of the players are tired of the then-siege mechanics. The attacking Coalition also knew they could not directly charge Vestfold without getting their forces obliterated, so they dug in & fought carefully. Most of the fighting are done via cannons & laid traps near the banner. The Coalition was observed digging tunnels directly from their base to the banner to attack and several Nordic ships was sunk. The attack also witness the first time a ship was brought to the siege, with Policepig commanding a corvette to attack the base from the West side.

However, this fighting has proven to be too much for both sides, as the war on the other fronts weighted down the effort made in Vestfold. And so a treaty was signed, whereby The Nordic Empire released Zafra & Carthage from occupation & in return the attackers withdrew from Paris & Vestfold. The Second siege of Vestfold while technically ended in surrendering from the attacker side, it also brought out the end of the occupation of Zafra & Carthage, breaking the Nordic dominance in the region.

### **The Fall of Vestfold & Disband of the Greater Nordic Empire**

On the 18th February 2023, the Thracian Dominion started besieging Vestfold. A series of mishaps soon followed as both Nordic forces & allied forces realized that the structure of Vestfold is flawed, with many gaps on the ceilings allowing enemy forces to bomb their way through. Combining with enemy gunships firing directly at Vestfold, it was soon decided that Vestfold will surrender. The total time of the Siege was 2 hours, which has been mocked by many as the Shortest "Big" Siege in the Entirety of the Server's History.

After the fall of Vestfold, the Greater Nordic Empire, sick & beaten up, finally capitulated & disbanded the next day, merging into the Imperium Romanum.

### **Merging into Imperium Romanum & Peaceful days**

During the next month or so, Vestfold prepared itself for a Revolt Siege, with the help of the Roman Leadership. On March 9 2023, a revolt occurred with a much quicker surrender by the coalition. Within the next month or so, Vestfold revolted several times, each with no success due to the integral structure of the Fort making it difficult for Allied Forces to navigate, as well as overwhelming Coalition forces. However, Vestfold was finally freed in early April 2023 and immediately turned Peaceful afterwards, ending its role as a Defensive Fort.

Today Vestfold is a Peaceful town. Its Fort Architecture still stands as a reminder of how arrogance can rot out the sturdiest structures inside out.

#### **Infrastructures**

Vestfold is the start of the Nordic trains network, with trains running from the Fort down South to the town of Celle & To the East to Swedish Empire territory. To the East of the town lies the New Ikea Ports, which acts as its port.