January 11th, 2021 (Gladia)

## Unfinished rn, will work on later.

As the sun rose across the world's sky on a Monday morning, people woke. It was just another day of online school or work, but little did they know that the day would soon become one of the most turbulent days in documented Gladian history.

## Act Prelude: Domino Effects

Nothing happens without a reason, no nation goes to war without an end goal, even if it's just for profit. Events the previous days started to shape that'd lead to all this. The Global Federation was already suffering from unrelenting combat from all sides, sieges led by the Scythians at Grave Isle, the Thracians at the Global capital of Northern Republic. However, it wasn't just a beat-down, they were fighting at the Scythian capital of Praesidium, as well as fighting the Serbian Empire because they were in the Albanian Collective (AC), a huge coalition meant to rip the Serbian Empire apart.

The Serbian Empire, of course, still fighting the Albanian Collective, was even more war-torn (say that five times fast.) as Halchyonville was sieged by the Saharan Dominion, and Iron Mountain by the AC. Serbian allies were also at war, the Danish fighting off the African Union at Gulu, and the Russians fighting off the AC at Kazan. It seemed the European continent was raging with banners and diamond swords.

## Act 1: Catalyst for Lambsauce's Rapture

***~7:30 AM PST***

The world, or at least California, woke with message from Datblock News Network, specifically from Gladia Live. What could possibly happen so noteworthy so early in the day? Well, EnV rung the bells, declaring either smiles for it's victims, or grunts for it's allies. The Global Federation, a nation made up of 3 parts, Mexico, Australia, and the Northern Republic, has been disbanded. About an hour after, EnV posted the in-game chat message that declared it such. Little did we know, this was only the beginning of the storm, and this one is an F5 Hurricane.

***~9:00 AM PST***

Two nations working goals that ring each other's bells, Scythia and Serbia, merge under the Serbian name. This may seem irrelevant, those happen all the time, but this one is special. It was what set up the event that'd happen next.

***~9:45 AM PST***

Serbia was disbanded in a collaborative inside attack. A nation of two was gone within the blink of an eye. A short while after, one of the culprits, who'll be referred to as Jayaroni, admitted to committing the act. ShardTheDDon (who I'll refer to as just Shard) called him out, correctly assessing that Jayaroni has compatriots in his doing. Specifically whoever was responsible for the Scythia-Serbia merge. However, slightly earlier, Cvban posted an image in DNN's General, with an image of something Jayaroni said, with his remark being "this is the guy".

"May be looking to merge my nation soon, I did what I came to do. I just gotta find a nation that'll coking me and allow me to siege people, so I'm on the lookout." -Jayaroni

"My masters will never be found, god bless, and rest my soul" -Jayaroni (Datblock #gladia)

However, what's especially worth of note is just how shaky Jayaroni's motive is, what he truly means. Right before Shard called him out, Jayaroni's text implied that it was an accident that Serbia was disbanded.

"Yo uhhhhh so I deleted the Serbian nation today, can I get a ban appeal?" -Jayaroni (Datblock #gladia)

"Yooo uhhh, so like, can I get unbanned, I miss clicked, and it deleted Serbia, that's on me" -Jayaroni (DNN #general)

He even shifts the target onto his supposed little brother, Thomas, behind the deletion, of which is seen in this image.

Yet another contradiction shows up later in the day, confirming that him and RyaN are friends, giving us a lead onto who did the merge.

"Ryan's (in reference to RyaN) an irl buddy, I was in call." -Jayaroni (DNN #general)

## Jayaroni; 1 Story Told 5 Different Ways

Jayaroni is, as been established, a figure of mystery. He plays guilty, but then innocent. He plays afraid, then lion-hearted. Nothing of what he mutters is consistent. However, there are some things we can bet on being the truth;

***A***: Jayaroni wasn't alone. However, this has already been mention at length earlier, so let's focus on the others.

***B***: Jayaroni lurked in the shadows for a long while before he got the ball rolling. In the #gladia tag on the official Datblock discord, Jayaroni's earliest comments were only after the tragedy started. However, according to Cvban's words, he terrorized Hachimitusu\_uwu (supposedly Jayaroni, as seen in the picture to the right) back when he joined, months ago.

"I terrorized him when he first joined... months ago, I don't remember the exact date."- Cvban (DNN #General)

***C***: Jayaroni took advantage of a quirk in the towny system to achieve his ultimate goal.