The Great War

## Rising Action

After the events of the Elliomer-ALOT War, an international coalition was created against the Kingdom of Elliom. However, this coalition made a fatal mistake: Beet, one of its founders, invited raiisleep, an Elliomer, to the coalition's meeting place. Raiisleep slowly collected information about the coalition's plans and reported it back to the Kingdom of Elliom until they were finally discovered on September 5th, 2023. This led to the Summit of LimitedHistory and CanineMinecraft, a meeting that included an exchange of information regarding plans, technology, and a respectful duel in hopes that a peaceful wind-down in hostilities could take place. However, both sides agreed that such a peaceful coexistence simply could not exist, with the Doshist religious fanaticism of the Kingdom of Elliom clashing with the ideals of the peace- and stability-loving coalition members. Everyone knew war was eventually inevitable and that one side was destined to eventually cannibalize the other. This was confirmed to all when the Kingdom of Coalition, led by KachowMapping and Timmy56, declared war on the Kingdom of Elliom in the Coalition-Elliom War. They had some success, taking over the towns of Crowmure, Grayvale, and ALOT, but they were ultimately defeated on the Elliom Roadway Network's E1 outside the Elliom Border Settlements by Vectronr after killing Conn5r on a bridge. Soon after, the town of Coalition fell to Elliom, and its residents were taken in as Elliom slaves. It is not entirely known if this group was representing the Anti-Elliom Coalition or if they were merely a rogue group taking the name of "Coalition" to show alignment or mutual interests.

## The War Begins

For these reasons, on the morn of September 6th, 2023, LimitedHistory, King of the Kingdom of Elliom, declared The Great War against the kingdoms of the Wildlands, Träd, Hardur, Monastery, Usaje, and Kektania; all former residents of the Kingdom of ALOT; and TicketBee1738, a barbarian settler who had had two previous altercations with Kingdom of Elliom knight raiisleep in the First and Second Ransack of Camp TicketBee1738. The Kingdom of Aetherreich remained the only neutral kingdom in expectation of an impending alliance between Elliom and itself. In the days following the war's beginning, the newly-founded Kingdom of Solely, with AirZeus21 at its head, declared war on the Kingdom of Elliom and allied with the defenders. The war caused the server much distress and is the primary reason credited for the beginning of The Dark Age. Late in the evening on September 8th, 2023, LimitedHistory also declared war against the aforementioned neutral Kingdom of Aetherreich despite an ongoing agreement to create an alliance due to fears that it would fall into the wrong hands after JustJeans9896 had joined it and due to Shadowmoorish territorial ambitions for the area that had existed since its founding since it was so close by. Having little in way of defenses, manpower, or resources, the Kingdom of Aetherreich's towns of Aetherreich and Skyridge were swiftly transferred to Elliomer control, and their third settlement of Cloudhaven, having no residents remaining and no infrastructure or buildings to speak of, ceased to be. LimitedHistory reestablished the town of Cloudhaven some days later.

### The Battle of Solely

On September 14th, LimitedHistory founded the town of Mesopotamia to create a portal trap as a joke against AirZeus21 of the Kingdom of Solely right outside her borders. AirZeus21 claimed she would take over the town, and later in the day, the Kingdom of Solely struck the town of Mesopotamia, taking it over. In response, LimitedHistory took over the Kingdom of Solely, deleting the town of Mesopotamia. Then AirZeus21, as a barbarian, took over the town of Solely, deleting it. Then she remade it again, and the two once again declared war on each other.

### The End of The Great War

On September 15th, LimitedHistory took over the Kingdom of Monastery and its capital, integrating it into the realm of Elliom. With the city of Monastery being the headquarters of the Anti-Elliom Coalition, the war essentially ended. Shortly after the fall of the Kingdom of Monastery, three of the primary combatants fell to inactivity during The Dark Age, those being the kingdoms of Wildlands, Kektania, and Usaje. The Kingdom of Elliom swiftly annexed the regions where their capitals once stood as the towns of Wildlands, Kektania, and Usaje. The Kingdom of Elliom formally proposed a white peace with the remaining kingdoms of Träd, Hardur, and Solely, with Träd accepting soon after, Hardur falling to inactivity during the period between them and marking the end of The Dark Age, and Solely finally agreeing on September 17th, marking the official end to all hostilities.

## Aftermath

Some may consider The Great War an extension of the Elliomer-ALOT War, but the sheer magnitude of it suggests it was something else entirely. With not a single camp or nation on the server remaining either neutral or surviving The Dark Age, The Great War, in effect, acted as a sort of reset to the server's general situation. It is believed that the Kingdom of Elliom will be far less aggressive following the war's end due to being overextended and rich in resources taken from conquered lands, but only time will tell.