Antekstrian War

*"WE ARE GOING TO GATHER THIS ENTIRE SERVER AGAINST YOU AND END. YOUR. LIFE."*

-Bucket rallying shortly before the beginning of the Antekstrian War

**The Antekstrian War** was a major armed conflict that encompassed much of the plot of Season 1 of the Planet J'ark SMP. It was, for the most part, fought between the flowering nation of Antekstria and the brutal forces of Extreme and Potatoes. It was quite obviously a one-sided war, as Extreme and his followers were much more powerful than the Antekstrians and some of the other forces, but all of the sides believed they had a chance at winning. It sparked countless debates and heightened hostility and toxicity between the sides, and nearly all of the people in the SMP had some sort of role in it.

## August 2nd

This day was mostly comprised of the events that occurred during Episode 2 of Planet J'ark. Although the war had not yet started at the time of this episode's recording, hostility was already growing between Extreme and Bucket. Near the beginning of the episode, Extreme broke into Bucket's temporary shelter and murdered him, taking all of his items and sending him back to his spawn. Quickly, Extreme began to gain power and speed like some sort of egomaniac, and this made it easy for him to lie to Bucket about his status. He placed a chest in his base and told Bucket and Johark that it contained gold, iron, and other helpful materials. Eager, Bucket set out to take the contents from this chest, as Extreme told him that he was allowed to do so. Unfortunately, Bucket realized when he opened the chest that Extreme had lied and it only contained scraps, nothing of value. Angered, he contacted Johark about the discovery, who confronted Extreme, who made up a lie that he told the two that it contained Bucket's belongings from when he had been murdered earlier. This was not true, which prompted Johark to declare war on Extreme, and Bucket to do the same. Extreme thought nothing of the declaration at first. Nothing else happened for the remainder of August 2nd.

## August 3rd

August 3rd was an eventful day for the war. On this day, Episode 3 of the video series was being recorded. While Bucket and Johark were in the flooded Maze Hole, Extreme randomly joined the server, saying "am back". Out of shock and fear, both Bucket and Johark began screaming, and Bucket accidentally closed both his recording software and Minecraft itself. While he was reopening them, Extreme entered Antekstria, tracked down Johark, and murdered him. After he had taken all of Johark's items, Extreme set the grass on fire and threw all of Johark's belongings into the flames. This angered Johark heavily, and he immediately informed Bucket when he rejoined the server, who proceeded to exchange fierce words with Extreme. Extreme had already left Antekstria by this point, and Bucket decided to go track him down in his village home. This attack would later be known as the Fire of 4:23 PM. Unfortunately, when Bucket arrived, Extreme was not there. Later in the day, Bucket began to threaten Blendy and attempted to pressure him into entering the war on Antekstria's side, but he was not successful. Hostilities began to rise exponentially on this day. The power of the Antekstrians also began to rise, with both Bucket and Johark having full sets of iron armor.

## August 4th

August 4th was the penultimate day of the Antekstrian War. No major recordings took place on that day, but tensions were rising at an incredible level, giving Bucket even more incentive to perform the Siege of Antekstria. Blendy the server and visited Antekstria for the first time around 10:30 AM EST, and he took Bucket for a mining trip, where he acquired diamond tools and even more iron. Lots of toxicity was boiling in the Discord server, with Bucket and Extreme exchanging constant angered remarks with each other, as both of them are quite annoying people. On the evening of the 4th, something terrible happened that fanned the flames of war almost more than anything else to Bucket. Extreme entered the place that Bucket had been staying in at the time, stole all of his valuables, and destroyed his anvil, enchanting table, and other items. Bucket had worked very hard to gain these things, and when Extreme griefed it, he began to develop real hatred towards him, and even shortly left the Discord server to regain his self-control. Johark began to face the possibility of losing the war. Blendy stated that he may join "whatever side interested him most". The Anarchist side began to form itself around the time of this remark, as Bucket began to feel rebellious against the Antekstrian regime.

## August 5th

On August 5th, 2022, in a shower of fire and bombs, the Antekstrian War ended. Bucket began streaming the SMP on Twitch at 11:30 AM EST, and he went to Blendy's XP farm by traveling through the Nether.