Kettering

*This page includes a mixture of CANON and FANON information, each type of info will be marked accordingly.*

*"Kingdom of Corby" redirects to here. This article is about the Diarchy of Kettering from Second Era MUS. For user uses, see Kettering (disambiguation)*

**Kettering**, officially the **Diarchy** **of Kettering**, is a dual monarchy led by High King Raðulf1 and Emperor Strika997

Kettering was founded by previous members of Corby(1)

## History

Kettering was founded on 24th April 2023 by High King Raðulf1, although it's inhabitants had been active on the server since 3th April 2023 under the First Kingdom of Corby.

The First Kingdom of Corby was established on April 3rd, 2023 and was notably aggressive against server regulars. The founders Raðulf and Strika created "definitely the strongest Kingdom on the server"(2) and by the 4th of April, just one day after the kingdom was established, had respawned and defeated an Ender Dragon. With them to defeat the boss was SUPERWERTAN from Jefristan. Around this time, Corby made alliances with Khazad-Dum and United Knights led by Bosvruchten and Bram112all respectively.

On April 8th, Corby attacked the then Kingdom of Tursch (now known as Lochlann) and unintentionally destroyed its Nexus. Two days later on the 10th, they had returned to the Torch and had completely sacked the fortress, looting and destroying its storage room. Since this conflict, the Kingdom of Dyflin and First Kingdom of Corby (now refered to as Riki af Lochlann and Kingdom of Kettering respectively) have had long since been enemies.

Also on April 10th, Corby attacked the Kingdom of Rainvalle, led by SamuelStone. After the attack however, Corby felt remorse and returned all the looted items back to Samuel, allowed him to use Corby's villagers for enchantments, and eventually made an alliance with Rainvalle. This conflict however would eventually backfire, because on April 17th Samuel reported Corby for rule-breaking to MUS Admins, and this report was what eventually led to the forced disbanding of the First Kingdom of Corby.

On April 11th, Corby discovered the location of a castle that was built and owned by Jefristan. Corby and Jefristan had been feuding with each other since Corby's first days of activity, due in part to SUPERWERTAN teleporting around the map using the /sethome command. Bosvruchten from Khazad-Dum constructed a TNT cannon outside of Jefristan's walls, who joined in on the conflict due to previous known conflicts with SUPERWERTAN. The castle was soon sacked and looted, and Jefristan was forced to relocate after the conflict.

   After TheMuskratQueen from the Kingdom of Astyrnn claimed a chunk of land outside their borders, Corby retaliated by claiming and building a "national park"(3) on two chunks of land outside Astrynn territory, covered with random blocks and torches. This conflict would soon lead to Astyrnn Castle being invaded and held by Corby, but were soon claimed back with an alliance of Neekoris and SUPERWERTAN.

On April 17th, the First Kingdom of Corby was forcibly disbanded by Neekoris after it was decided that they had broken multiple rules, including using exploits. After the First Kingdom was disbanded, the Diarchy of Kettering was founded by Raðulf and Strika, and is now considered the most direct continuation of Corby.

## Politics

### Towns and Villages

* Kettering Castle (under construction)
* New Corby (planned)
* Loch Corby

### Affiliations

#### Enemies:

* Jefristan (historically)
* Astrynn (historically)
* Lochlann (historically)

## Economy

Kettering's economy is based largely of mining, which is proven by the fact that Strika997 and Raðulf1 are the 2 highest levels for mining on the /mctop on the server. Kettering can usually be found at or near the peak of the /ktop, due in part to its large and usually active playerbase. When Kettering Castle is completed in the near future, High King Raðulf has expressed interest in further integrating Kettering with the server as a whole, as opposed to being as isolated as it is presently.

## Notes

(1) Although Kettering was created by past members of the now mostly disbanded Corby, the Kingdom of Corby still technically exists, although it remains mostly inactive.

(2) Quote by Neekoris from MUS Discord Server, full quote is "To be fair, Kettering back when they were [Corby] were definitely the strongest Kingdom on the server XD we had to group like 4 kingdoms together to even have a chance"

(3) Quote by Raðulf in a previous version of this page, referring to Corby National Park