Palingenesis

## History

### **True Origins**

Having been tired of the dead air surrounding the city of Sanctuary, a bull called Usada left the city. On his journey throughout the world, he found a teenage human boy in the wilderness, taking him in. This boy was [OhhhLovejoy link], a soon-to-be powerful figure within Everglow. With the death of Usada, and Lovejoy settling within the ruins of Enderia, he began to make plans for a project. One that would benefit all, known as Point Zero. Being in the center of the world, he planned to make a center to aid newcomers with areas for them to grind and to save resources. Recognizing the huge task ahead of him, Lovejoy decided to recruit people. Through this search he found [FivesTheGreat link] and Honey Calhoon, one being amibitious and the other being an industrialist. It is through these individuals that Lovejoy's plans grew in scope and turned into Palingenesis.

## Pre-War Palingenesis

A beautiful banner, showing a white sun with a orange-yellow hue in the background.

The famed tower itself, a monument of Palinial architecture.

### Leader

OhhhLovejoy, FivesTheGreat, and SweetHoneyMcGee

## Succession

#### **Founding**

The three individuals became fast friends, realizing they could turn Point Zero into something bigger and greater. They came up with the name "Palingenesis" for their project, which had grown into a nation. Signaling a new age after the fall of many nations, they planned to rival Wisteria with their country. The trio gave themselves ultimate power in their land, naming themselves the Council. This nation had been born with two lands to its name, Grendor and Dunamis. With newcomers quickly flowing into Grendor to settle the land there, the nation quickly expanded.

#### **Resource Crisis**

With a nation of three growing to one of ten, the Council had their first issue to solve on their lands. Resources had been poorly gathered between the three, and as a result they didn't have the capability to provide to their new members. Lovejoy, having spent countless hours mining, was able to relieve some pressure regarding this issue. However, their big break in this crisis didn't come until the Council began working on gathering resources for its people.

With the trio working day and night to supply their people with wealth and luxuries, their hard work paid off once their citizens gained the ability to mine with ease. As the people of Early Palingenesis gained their resources, they were able to supply the national storage with ores and other valuables. This caused the crisis to slowly fade away, until it simply wasn't an issue anymore.

### **Golden Age**

#### **Dunamis**

With the efforts of the nation being poured into Dunamis, the city was seeing massive expansion and the repurposing of old Enderian buildings. Boasting a massive trading hall, a brewery, various beacons, the National Resource Deposit, and the tower that housed the police department. The city experienced several attacks during this time, all of which were from unknown groups or individuals. Sometimes from within their own leagues, but even then the city prospered. Always bouncing back and rebuilding, sometimes even improving upon what was lost.

During this Golden Age, the city saw the recruitment of almost 30 individuals, having the bulk of the nation's population constantly going across the city for different purposes. The quick expansion of Dunamis facilitated the creation of a lab, an underground farm, and a party area. Even going as far as making a housing district, the popularity and activity of Dunamis were reaching unprecedented levels.

#### **Grendor**

It wasn't only Dunamis with such a boom though, as Grendor saw success as well. With the establishment of a railroad, a hotel, a crop tower, housing, and a sheep farm. Along with all of this, they were a hefty producer of iron for the nation, producing blocks upon blocks of it. Grendor facilitated even bigger growth of the nation, creating a feedback loop between Dunamis and Grendor that would cause the success to be shared.

Thanks to the success of Grendor, many were able to get luxuries that others weren't able to find in the wild. Massive amounts of crops, iron, and other natural resources not present within Dunamis' borders. Even getting some religious prowess to their name with the construction of a church, it had become an agrictulural and somewhat religious power.

#### **Khobiria**

Being the land that it was, Khobiria was booming with citizens. Having constructed a wall and even having their own local government that mimicked the Council, they had been one of the lands to see the most growth during the early days. While this growth did slow down somewhat, they continued to expand, creating farms, houses, and a local storage for their citizens to contribute and take from.

#### **Amiotonu**

Having history that dates back to before the idea of Palingenesis even having been formed, the land of Amiotonu was a historical site and decently-sized land that was taken under Palingenesis' wing. Being offered the resources of the entire nation and the facilities in Dunamis, the people of Amiotonu that had come out of the conflicts unscathed thrived with the luxuries they were provided.

### **Aggressive Attitudes**

#### **The Declaration of Hostility**

During the Golden Age of Palingenesis, they decided to go to war with Wisteria to prove their might. After constant insults and ramblings being directed towards the Wisterians, the declaration of war was officially sent. Bolstering huge numbers, the people who joined the war effort were enourmous, being around 30% of the population of Dunamis, all of which were Khobirian. However, due to the huge amount of people, resources had dried up after multiple blunders had taken place. With Lovejoy himself having to take personal resources to fund the war effort, it seemed as though the nation was heading for a deadly war.

#### **The Palinial Strategies**

WIth Lovejoy and Honey leading the charge on land, they got to planning. Getting their hands on a map of Wisteria's capital, Aclana, they quickly plotted. With plans to take positions upon the hills and destroy the Wisterian forces before they could reach them, a proper battle strategy was formulated. Lacking the skills of the Wisterian army, but boasting a large amount of soldiers, they planned to wittle away at the enemy from the safety of a fort. Leaving them with nothing to fight with, they would break the front line with Fives coming in as naval support.

Unfortunately, the defensive plan didn't go as intended. The construction of the fort had been completely undone in a matter of minutes when Wisterian forces found it and killed the builders. With determination though, the Palinials moved forwards with their assault. They were going to fight, with or without the fort.

#### **The Battle of Aclana**

With Palinial forces stepping foot onto Wisterian soil, a portion of the army was taken out by a trap. On top of this, the Wisterians were scanning the borders to prevent anyone from invading head-on. The Palinial army regrouped in a small bowl-like area near Aclana and had to wait for reinforcements to arrive. These reinforcements would come in the form of Fives' naval force, and they waited for them to arrive. Unfortunately, they never came. The army was spotted and they had to go on the move, being no match for the Wisterians without their numbers.

The Palinial army retreated into the thick forests surrounding Aclana, trying to figure out how to proceed with the mission. Honey and Lovejoy decided to make a charge into Aclana, and tried to capture a spot outside of the city. Surrounded by the enemy, a full battle had broken out between the armies. WIth Lovejoy being captured, and soon Honey joining him in the underground Aclana prison. The army retreated to Dunamis, living to fight another day.

## Post-War Palingenesis

Sharing the banner of the pre-war era, it seems as though nothing has changed.

## Succession

#### **Dissolution of the Council**

This day would never come, as Lovejoy and Honey were taken to the streets of Dunamis and executed. Falling from their positions of power, they died on the grounds they had founded. With no one around to witness their deaths, they laid there on the streets for hours before being found by the populace of Dunamis.

With 2/3 of the members of the Council dead, the Council dissolved. Fives, the only surviving member, having lived because of a blunder in the navigation of his fleet. With the Council gone, Palingenesis had no government. The Khobirian council discussed a grab at power, but ultimately it was Fives that was able to ascend to fill the power vacuum.

### **Post-War Era**

#### **The Rise of Emperor Fives**

After returning from the failed naval attack on Aclana, Fives found the bodies of his comrades on the streets of Dunamis. Slaughtered by those he deemed evil, he swore revenge and asked the populace to throne him as Emperor of Palingenesis. Being widely popular among Palinials, he was sworn in very quickly. Being crowned at a party held by Fives himself, he was coronated and a celebration began.

With the coronation of Emperor Fives, festivities began and the nation appeared to be on its way back to its former glory. After some weeks, though, this new government appeared to be slow and sluggish. Some within the ranks of the government began to feel as though their nation had begun to die.

#### **Palinial Polarization**

Radicals began to spring up, as some held a strong patriotic attitude towards the nation they had joined, while others questioned why the government was even still in power. As time went on after the Empire of Palingenesis being established, the radicals only become more radical, and the ends of the political spectrum began to diverge further and further.

As Usada, Reality Reimagined emerged within Dunamis' borders, he saw the government and how it had treated its people and the land. Filled with rage, he united the anti-empire side of Palingenesis and started a rebellion. In his name, and the peoples, he started what one could call a war.

#### **Dimmed Future**

As the rebellion geared up, they operated in secrecy. Gathering resources to begin their campaign, they scoured the Nether to obtain a somewhat rare item: Wither Skulls. With immense dedication, the rebels were able to secure a good amount, and began to draw up their plans for war.

With Usada being the face of the rebellion, he decided to go all in and had his assistant, Coolpenguin1778, plant withers within Dunamis as an event was held. While only a small number of people attended the event, the attack was successful. They eliminated everyone who attended and those who found themselves at the scene afterward.

#### **The Slow Dance of Death**

After the rebellion's initial victory over Palingenesis, the nation became a shell of its former self. The streets were empty and its members were leaving to chase other ambitions outside of a once great nation. Examples exist in the story of Danasty, a scientist who once worked with Palingenesis and fled the capital after someone robbed his lab of its valuables, and Nath, the nation's leading redstone engineer who followed Danasty on his path.

Many rejected the idea that Palingenesis had died, but at the very end it was a husk of a bustling nation that once proudly showed off its land and achievements.

## Culture

### **Early Palinial Culture**

With the founding of Palingenesis came the introduction of a new culture to the world. From interviews to threats of violence, the early Palinial culture was very intense. The founders would often take those who they seeked to recruit into the depths of the hotel and trap them. Forcing the individuals to answer questions in a way that satisfied the founders. This tradition, while odd, shows the nature of the nation during the early days of Season 4.

A tradition that came with the interviews was the Spinning. The Spinning is a tradition that can also find its roots within the Everglow hotel, and bleeding into the interviews of early Palinials. They would often do this in groups, using it as an intimidation tactic against new members. This further increased the pressure that the interviewees would be under.

The final tradition that came during the early days of Palingenesis is the appreciation of music between the Council. While being a somewhat niche tradition, it is noteworthy nonetheless. This tradition can date back to before the founding of Palingenesis, when the Council had been setting up the area where the tower would rest. They got a jukebox and began playing a song, finding that they all enjoyed the song and began bobbing their heads up and down. This tradition became very personal to the Council, and allowed for closer friendships within the trio that made up the Council.

### **Divergence**

Soon after the beginning of Palingenesis, people began to question the organization of the council and others pledged their loyalty to the nation, with some giving their lives for the nation at the Battle of Aclana. This difference in thinking would become the point of seperation of two identities Palinials held: doubtful and loyal.

Those who held doubts often kept to themselves, expressing their thoughts to the Council at times but never outright calling them out. Those of the doubting culture would often work for themselves and lend to those they trusted. Others who pledged loyalty to the nation would often be in the bustling areas of the nation. These individuals would often give out items as needed, as they were indoctrinated into the belief of acting for the good of the nation by giving away.

### **Extremes**

After the Battle of Aclana, the polarized cultures came head to head, with most of those that were doubtful fleeing and a small subset fighting for the dissolution of the country. The loyalist culture began to fight for their country once again during this time, however they ultimately faded away into obscurity due to a lack of government oversight.