Kinoko Kingdom

Overall view of Kinoko Kingdom

### Declared independence

July 16, 2021November 21, 2023 (destroyed but then restored on December 3, 2023)

January 7, 2024 (abandoned and destroyed)

## Citizens/Members

### Citizens

Pivotal (main builder)

Kinoko Kingdom is a kingdom formed by PolarIce and DexDude as a safe space from the leaders of New Vegas. However after the reclamation of Kinoko Kingdom from Hardcore Empire on August 29, 2023, Kinoko Kingdom instead became a faction for anyone to join if they need a peaceful place to retire in. The kingdom is north of New Vegas. It was annexed by Hardcore Empire on July 25, 2023 and became a district of the empire, but it is an independent country again since The Liberators turned Hardcore SMP back into a free server. On October 30, 2023, Pivotal made a deal with Alan Akbar where if Alan became president of Forksburg then he would provide social security checks to the citizens of Kinoko Kingdom in exchange for partial ownership of Kinoko Kingdom and votes from the other citizens. Now that Alan Akbar is the vice president of Forksburg, the deal has been fulfilled and Kinoko Kingdom is now a district of Forksburg.

## History

On July 16, 2021, PolarIce's second exile house was blown up by Lucky. Having nowhere else to go, PolarIce hid in a nearby forest. He stayed in there until later when DexDude joined the server. PolarIce met DexDude at spawn and asked DexDude to follow him back to the area. As they were walking back to the forest, PolarIce explained everything that happened to him that day and over the course of the past month. Then he told DexDude that he was thinking of creating a new nation free from the tyranny of New Vegas. DexDude thought it was a good idea and agreed to join him in creating this kingdom.

PolarIce and DexDude hired Pivotal to build Kinoko Kingdom for them in exchange for a free house in Kinoko Kingdom. Pivotal agreed to do this in case if he needed another house to fall back on if things get wild in the SMP. In late July/early August 2021, Pivotal finished building Kinoko Kingdom and the kings moved in.

When Kinoko Kingdom was created, the leaders of New Vegas did not approve. They didn't want to start directly attacking Kinoko Kingdom, but they did everything they possibly could to steer newcomers away from Kinoko Kingdom. Since Kinoko Kingdom was not a tourist attraction, the kings did not do anything to direct attention like the leaders of New Vegas had expected. Though they were open to anyone seeking to move to Kinoko Kingdom and get away from the drama in the rest of the server.

### Terrorism Arc

PolarIce from Kinoko Kingdom imprisoned the President of New Vegas with the help of Dev and Pivotal. But one day when PolarIce wasn't on the server, Lucky broke WeirdApe out of prison. The two fled the mainland of the server and built a base under the river bordering Hardcore SMP and America and created created the Villains Pact. While they were in the process of building, DexDude joined the Villains as a spy for the Heroes.

When the Heroes vs. Villains War broke out, WeirdApe held DexDude for ransom since he had no other way to win the war. When the heroes found out about this, Dev led WeirdApe out of the base so that Lucky could free DexDude. When Dev and WeirdApe returned to the Villains base, WeirdApe saw that DexDude had been freed as they were outside of the base. Dev and Lucky then forced WeirdApe to hand over all his gear and he was reincarcerated by PolarIce.

After the war, everyone signed the Heroes Pact and PolarIce was appointed as the Protector of Kinoko Kingdom. However PolarIce put DexDude in charge of Kinoko Kingdom as PolarIce had to torture and monitor WeirdApe in prison. When WeirdApe committed suicide, PolarIce was free to return to Kinoko Kingdom.

### Post-Terrorism Arc

A couple weeks after the Terrorism Arc concluded, nothing more really occurred in Kinoko Kingdom aside from the Kings participating in the first meeting between the world leaders of Hardcore. However on May 30, 2023, Lucky approached PolarIce with a proposition to start trading drugs from New Vegas in exchange for riches from Kinoko Kingdom. Considering that the Kings wanted to acquire potions in their arsenal, PolarIce agreed to start trading riches for drugs on behalf of Kinoko Kingdom. But on June 17, 2023 during one of the drug trades, Skull Tissue was spying on Lucky and Pivotal preparing drugs for Kinoko Kingdom. Skull Tissue went to report this intel back to Dev in Hardcore SMP. Once he told Dev about this, Dev ordered Lucky to admit if this was true, After Lucky admitted to engaging in illegal drug deals, Dev officially put a stop to the drug trade between New Vegas and Kinoko Kingdom.

### Imperialism Arc

After Dev cut the drug trade between New Vegas and Kinoko Kingdom, he reformed Hardcore SMP into an empire. With this newly created empire, Dev planned to annex New Vegas and Kinoko Kingdom so that he could monitor their power and ensure that they cannot get more powerful than they should. After succeeding in annexing New Vegas, Dev and Skull Tissue went over to Kinoko Kingdom and attempted to annex them next. However the Kings did not agree to this and resisted Hardcore Empire's force. This upset Dev and Skull Tissue and it caused them to almost fight with the Kings, but Pivotal stepped in between Hardcore Empire and Kinoko Kingdom to protect the Kings. Since Dev didn't want to attack Pivotal, him and Skull Tissue backed down and left Kinoko Kingdom alone.

On July 10, 2023, DexDude didn't feel comfortable with being unfriendly with Hardcore Empire anymore. He decided to ask if they wanted to come to DexDude's speech and forget the past. The members of Hardcore Empire agreed to come to the speech the next day and became friendly with Kinoko Kingdom again. On July 11, 2023, DexDude gave his speech with Dev, Lucky, and Fundy in the audience. DexDude was in the middle of talking about how awesome it is that Hardcore Empire and Kinoko Kingdom were friendly again when he was suddenly shot and killed by Skull Tissue. PolarIce then confronted the members of Hardcore Empire and asked what the meaning of what this was. Dev then revealed that he doesn't care about having a relationship with other countries and that he wants everyone to be attached to his empire. With this, he told PolarIce and DexDude to give the kingdom up to the empire or they would go at war. PolarIce and DexDude still refused to give up Kinoko Kingdom, so the members of Hardcore Empire declared war on them and then ran after Dev detonated TNT in the Kinoko Kingdom Dojo. The members of Kinoko Kingdom then used this downtime to prepare for war.

When July 25, 2023 arrived, Kinoko Kingdom was bombarded by the soldiers of Hardcore Empire. They first attacked PolarIce who showed up to defend Kinoko Kingdom, but he quickly became overpowered and was nearly killed. Lucky and Skull Tissue then searched around for Pivotal, eventually finding him in his house. Pivotal shot at Lucky and Skull Tissue to keep them at bay, but Lucky charged in and almost killed Pivotal as well. Lucky then tracked down DexDude and killed him, taking his second canon life. This caused PolarIce to surrender on behalf of Kinoko Kingdom since enough damage had been done. Because of this, Kinoko Kingdom was forcefully given up to the empire as well. This allowed for them to officially annex Kinoko as one of Hardcore Empire's districts. The members then ordered the citizens of Kinoko Kingdom around; prompting PolarIce as simply the Protector of Kinoko Kingdom, letting Pivotal continue living in Kinoko, and leading DexDude to Atlantis' Palace where he was incarcerated for a second time. The empire then tore down the surrounding wall that Kinoko Kingdom had built for the war and began marking their territory.

DexDude was executed on August 15, 2023, and Pivotal betrayed Hardcore Empire during this by killing Fundy. He then fled for a week before coming back to revive WeirdApe and to break PolarIce out of Atlantis' Palace. PolarIce had been imprisoned before DexDude's execution since he couldn't be trusted, but he was only in there for a week before Pivotal broke him out. The reason Pivotal did these actions was to form an alliance with PolarIce and WeirdApe to revert the server back to being a free server like it was before Hardcore Empire was created. They called themselves The Liberators and addressed their cause to the members of Hardcore Empire. Eventually within a week, The Liberators acquired every member of the server except for Dev into The Liberators. The members of The Liberators arrested Emperor Dev on August 29, 2023, which meant that Hardcore SMP became a free server once again. This also meant that Kinoko Kingdom returned to the way it was before it was annexed by Hardcore Empire.

### Former citizens

* DexDude - (founder, former King, imprisoned)
* Dev
* WeirdApe
* PolarIce - (founder, king, and protector of Kinoko Kingdom. Died on January 6, 2024)

## Geography

### Territory

Kinoko Kingdom is located in a plains biome north of New Vegas. Kinoko has claimed the plains biome surrounding the kingdom all the way to PolarIce's second exile house and the rest of New Vegas.

### Locations

* Pivotal's mushroom house - A house next to the Kinoko Kingdom dojo.
* Kinoko Kingdom dojo - An empty dojo where PolarIce is planning to build a stage.
* PolarIce's mushroom house - A house in the main square of Kinoko Kingdom.
* Fountain - Located in the main square of Kinoko Kingdom.
* Cherry tree - A tree built in the middle of the main square of Kinoko Kingdom.
* Road/Path - A stone path leading throughout the entirety of Kinoko Kingdom.
* Empty mushroom house - An average-sized house located down the path from the main square.
* Yin-yang lake - A lake located in the center of Kinoko Kingdom with the yin-yang symbol at the bottom of it.

## Diplomatic relations

Diplomatic relations with other factions

PolarIce's mushroom houseKinoko Kingdom fountainKinoko Kingdom dojoPivotal's mushroom houseWeirdApe's mushroom house