OBW Holy War

A leaked image of an underwater Black Ridge nuclear test.

## Belligerents

* Church of Home Depot
* Church of Spider
* Eliland Government

* Lidels

Transcendentalists (Funded by Black Ridge)

Commanders and Leaders| * Supreme Allied Commander BrokenHerobrine
* President Elijah920 (Formerly)
* High Priest Molobot

Strength| * Approximately 120+ Nuclear Weapons
* Miniguns
* EFLN Grenades
* TNT
* 3 Tanks *(Disputed)*
* Approximately 12 Troops *(Disputed)*
* Miniguns
* EFLN Grenades
* TNT
* Flamethrowers
* Unconfirmed ballistic missile capabilities

Casualties| * 3 Tanks *(Disputed)*
* 12 Troops *(Disputed)*

The 2022 OBW Holy War was a war between the Lidels Transcendentalists and the Church of Home Depot. After tensions between the two groups started heating up in early March of 2022, BrokenHerobrine, head of the Church of Home Depot, declared war on TipsyKermit of the Lidels Transcendentalists. The war consisted of intermittent fighting, threats, and economic sanctions from both sides. The Treaty of Krecent officially ended the war on March 20, 2022.

## Sides

### **Allies**

#### Church of Home Depot

The Church of Home Depot was the main force of the allies. It was headed by BrokenHerobrine and officially began the war with its declaration of war on the 5th of March.

#### Church of Spider

The Church of Spider, though dissolved, still maintained an alliance with the Church of Home Depot. Thus, it was brought into the war even though there are no members.

### **Resistance**

#### The Lidels Transcendentalists

The Transcendentalists were the main faction opposing the allies. They were led by TipsyKermit, who is also CEO of Black Ridge. It is presumed that the weaponry and funds for the cult were supplied by Black Ridge.

### **Government Involvement**

The Federal Government of Eliland was also involved in the war, attempting to negotiate peace between the warring groups. Originally, Elijah920, the President, supported the Church of Home Depot, but his stance shifted towards attempting to end the war.

## Ending

The war was officially ended on March 20, 2022 with the Treaty of Krecent, named after the neutral city Krecent where virtual negotiations went down. The treaty provided the following terms:

* Immediate and permanent cease of hostilities;
* All territories gained during the war returned to their original owners;
* Cease of threats as required by law;
* Absolvement of all war crimes committed;
* Disarmament as required by law, including Weapons of Mass Destruction; and,
* Religious freedom for all and a promise of toleration.

## Battles and Incidents

There were no official battles, but according to BrokenHerobrine, his convoy consisting of the 17th Armored Detachment was entirely destroyed by resistance forces. He claimed that there is no evidence of this occurring because of "how deadly they are", but critics charged that this was a made-up false flag attack for propaganda purposes.

On March 18, BrokenHerobrine announced that he accidentally firebombed Desertview, killing over 50 sheep in the farm. No other casualties were reported.

On March 20, TipsyKermit announced in a press briefing that during a raid at SVNGS, Transcendentalist operators were forced to shoot 13 nuclear researchers from the University of Silver Valley after they were allegedly chasing them away. All students were shot in both legs, resulting in four deaths, and the rest in critical condition. Allied Commander BrokenHerobrine denounced TipsyKermit for the move, calling the attack a "direct act of war" and vowed to prepare a nuclear strike if the hostilities did not stop.

## Intelligence Leaks

There were multiple leaks of information regarding capturing Silver Valley for the war.

Per the Eliland government, their intelligence services reported that a joint force of Home Depot and Transcendentalist operatives would cooperatively take down the Eliland government. A leak by Transcendentalist intelligence operatives recovered a confidential war plan from Home Depot generals.

The Home Depot assault plans on SVC.The Eliland government released invasion plan from a cooperative force of Home Depotites and Transcendentalists.

## Peace Negotiations

### Non-Proliferation Treaty

On March 12, 2022, BrokenHerobrine and TipsyKermit signed a treaty against the proliferation of nuclear weapons. For the most part, both sides honored this treaty, but both are maintaining an active nuclear arsenal.

### Peace Talks

The Federal Government called all parties to the table to negotiate peace talks. Talks began on March 18th and continued until the 20th. Although some early headway was made, negotiations stalled for several days until finally reaching a conclusion on March 20th.

## Economic Sanctions

### Electrical Utilities

On March 13, 2022, BrokenHerobrine announced he would be terminating SVNGS's supply of power to the Transcendentalists. This would require all other citizens of Silver Valley to pay an additional 300% for their electricity. Defending the move, BrokenHerobrine said that people "needa shut up and just accept it and cough up some cash for me."

## Controversy and National Response

Following the sex scandal published by TWZ, players were enraged at the Transcendentalists' actions and supported the war effort against them. Other players were quick to criticize such a war with two nuclear powers, and called for peace. However, there were reports about a possible deal where BrokenHerobrine bought an order of fallout shelters from Black Ridge despite being at war, though, he has since disputed this claim. This has lead some to believe that the whole war was just political posturing to distract citizens from issues they face everyday. Leaks even suggest that BrokenHerobrine awarded opposing commander TipsyKermit the Order of the Cross of Home Depot for Distinguished Cyber Service, despite being on opposite sides of the conflict.