Gexlands Saga

The **Gexlands Saga** was the first (and so far only) story and lore arc of the VillageCraft SMP. It followed AGM8, leader of several empires throughout the arc, and his forces against the forces of 404 Account Not Found, leader of several theocracies throughout the arc, and Spectre, leader of several kingdoms throughout the arc.

The arc follows the rise and fall of AGM8 in the Gexlands Wars fought by 404 Account Not Found for religious reasons.

## Background Information

In the beginning, following Creation, there were two religions. The religions were Odinism and Gexism. Odinists believed in peace by freedom, and Gexists believed in peace by religious control. Due to the opposition in belief systems and proximity to one another, the first Gexist civilization attacked the first Odinist civilization. The Gexist society was the Democratic People's Republic of Gex (DPRG), led by 404 Account Not Found, and the Odinist society was the Intermediate Domain of AGM8 (IDA), led by AGM8. Both city-states were located in the modern-day City of Gex in the Gexlands of the Mainland.

## The Beginning of the First War

In the wake of the First War between the two city-states, therefore a clash of religion, the Intermediate Domain of AGM8 was forced to move to the Western Gexlands, towards the coast facing the Western Archipelago. This impoverished the city-state, leading to a United Nations meeting planned by AGM8 in the wake of his great emergency. He requested foreign aid from Spectre, leader of the Valkyrian Kingdom, and Dia, leader of the Union of Dia's Communist Republic (UDCR). Both refused to give the IDA money for support, and 404 assassinated AGM8 on the spot. After AGM8 respawned, he blamed Spectre for allowing the attack to occur, and he attacked Spectre.

The United Nations incident ruined the IDA, and its collapse was cemented by 404 attacking the city-state and burning it to the ground. The IDA was soon no more, however it had reformed into a nomadic terrorist tribe known as AGM8's Annihilators (AA). The AA attacked the City of Gex, stealing lots of national resources. 404 managed to defeat AGM8 in battle once again, but not before AGM8 had destroyed all of what he stole to ensure that 404 would not reobtain it.

## Ending of the First War and Rise of the Village Empire

The AA returned to the City of Gex shortly after, defacing 404's home and official government office. The AA then fled far west to the end of the Western Archipelago, becoming the Western Village of AGM8 (WVA). It began as another autocracy on the server, yet capitalist unlike much of the communist world. Not only were there now religious conflicts, but also economic conflicts.

The WVA hired TwentTii, a stateless mercenary, to assassinate 404 and steal national resources from him. He succeeded, giving everything to AGM8. As soon as 404 respawned, AGM8 and 404 made a deal between themselves. As long as 404 held political power and resources, the DPRG would be annexed by the WVA. Therefore, the Gexlands were then controlled by the WVA. The WVA then became the Global Empire of the Village of AGM8, Village Empire for short.

## The Valkyrian War and the Rise of the Gexlands Rebellion

The Village Empire conquered the lands between the capital, The Village, and the Gexlands, the Western Archipelago's midlands. He designated the three areas as Domains, the Capital Domain, the Red Domain, and the Gex Domain. Seeking power, the Village Empire then threatened the rule of the Valkyrian Kingdom and the UDCR. AGM8 fought Valkyrian King Spectre and lost, but Spectre thought of an alternative plan and fled to the Siberian continent many miles southeast, allowing AGM8 to annex Valkyria and make it the Valkyrian Domain.

Spectre returned with the Secret Police of his newly formed Siberian Empire. He took back the Valkyrian Domain, and ended the Valkyrian War with the Treaty of Boreas (Boreas being the capital of the Siberian Empire). The Treaty of Boreas reformed the Village Empire to a communist state and changed its official name to the People's Republic of the Village Empire. The whole time, 404 had been a double agent working for the Siberian Empire, which changed its name to the Union of Siberian Socialist Republics (USSR) after the end of the war.

404 soon revealed his unsurprising betrayal of the Village Empire, and was exiled. He later returned with the Gexlands Rebellion, a rebellion against the Village Empire seeking to destroy the empire and conquer the Gexlands. Spectre violated the treaty by using his great power to financially back the rebellion. Abusing the treaty's terms but not violating them, Spectre released fake news that AGM8 had funded terrorists that attacked Boreas, using it as a scapegoat to threaten the Village Empire.

AGM8 responded by violating the treaty. He reverted to a capitalist state with the official name only being "Village Empire" and conquering Spawn and its surrounding areas as the Spawn Domain. This caused 404 and Spectre to declare war on the Village Empire, with the support of the UDCR leader Dia. AGM8 soon formed the Trans-Mainland Alliance (TMA) with the Andromeda Kingdom.

## World War and Finale of the Saga

Despite the UDCR forming an alliance with the Gexlands Allies (and later switching to the side of the Village Empire) and the Andromeda Kingdom forming an alliance with the Village Empire, neither side fought in any actual battles. The Village Empire reformed into a democratic nation rather than an autocratic empire as it had been before, in an attempt to give the people power and "be better than" the USSR and Gexlands Rebellion.

The two sides' armies clashed at the Village Empire's Spawn Domain, directly in Spawn. 404 singlehandedly took out AGM8's underpowered army, with one major warrior of the Village Empire betraying AGM8 and siding with the Gexlands Rebellion for better equipment. The Gexlands Rebellion soon changed its name to the Democratic Autonomous Republic of Gex (DARG), as it became a nation rather than just a group of rebels. In the next battle, AGM8's army was better equipped with weapons and armor than the last, but they lost the Gex Domain to the Autonomous Republic of Gex.

The capital was attacked and annihilated moments later, marking the end of the Village Empire and AGM8's power. The Treaty of Gex was signed, dissolving the empire and forcing AGM8 to repay damages to the DARG and USSR starting from nothing. The Gexlands were returned to a theocratic dictator, however the world remained at peace after the end of the World War.

## Results

The World War over the Gexlands and national power was won by the Gexlands Alliance, knocking out the Village Empire from the international scene. The people of the Gexlands lived under theocratic rule once more and the Village Empire was destroyed in the final battle, causing much of its people to either be dead or lost. The world is currently at peace since the war ended, so it is unknown what the next saga will be about.