List of the Owners of Terra

Terra has had at least 20 owners, of a diverse set of ideals, vision and contributions toward the server. A unique aspect of Terra is that it has monthly elections, and although many have tried to liquidate said system, to this day Terra persists with it. Below is the list of Terra's owners and their contributions to Terra, as well as a description of their tenure.

## Terra Divided

### **Taka/Takamura** - Season 1

Taka is the founder of Terra and is the original Terran. He started the Nation RP with some friends and soon it grew into a thriving community. Of all the Owners of Terra it could be argued that Taka was the most important of all, setting down the frameworks and basis of what Terra would come to be.

### **Bookers** - Season 2

Bookers was the first elected owner of Terra and his tenure over Season 2 experienced a large influx of players who would come to define the Terran community.

### **Matte** - Season 3 - Season 11

Matte was the third owner of Terra and oversaw what many consider the 'Terran Golden Age'. Many memorable seasons took place under Matte's tenure as well as the economic and war systems that came to be very popular amongst Terrans. Terra's unique take on how wars are to be done in a nation RP saw flourishing under this era. Amongst all Owners, Matte has held power for the longest duration both totally and consecutively. Activity peaked during Season 9 - Season 11 where there were at least 50+ active players and a strong and competent staff team. This era has been looked at so fondly that many election campaigns promised a return to this era, but till date no one has succeeded.

### **Taka** - Season 12 - Season 13

Taka attained ownership for a second time and became the fourth owner of Terra, however his fourth tenure is not as great as his first one. Most agree that Taka's fourth Tenure marked the beginning of Terra's decline as Staff activity began to decrease and the established player base began to flock to other servers.

### **Neko** - Season 14 - Season 18

Neko is by far the most disliked owner of Terra. In the beginning, Neko's policies looked to boost activity as well as forming newer creative ideas for seasons. Although Terra did recover throughout the seasons and activity would improve, the greatest damage done yet to the server and the community would occur in Neko's tenure. After a dispute between Neko and Taka, Neko had deleted the original server of Terra and by that extent had divided the community. To this day the Terran community is divided and Terra was irreversibly damaged from this incident. 2 Servers and communities would rise out of this incident: Terra United and World Divided. Terra United would survive and outdo World divided, however it would never reach its former strength as Terra Divided (As it was formerly known). It is for this reason that Neko is often referred to as Terra's worst owner, however much forgiveness has been given since then.

## Terra United

### **Forvana** - Season 19 - Season 20

Forvana was the first elected owner of the new Terra and had seen a brief continuation of events since Season 18. Under Forvana, those who opposed Neko had solidified the new server 'Terra United' and had continued the Nation RP. It is during this time that a gradual change would occur as more infighting would occur in the leadership due to the Owner increasingly taking on a diminished role. Forvana was ultimately made to step down due to inactivity, along with much of his staff.

### **Grek** - Season 20 - Season 23

Grek's tenure had seen a brief return of activity however also saw stagnation. Due to an apathy to introduce new mechanics and RP styles, (or possibly conservation of the status quo), the server began to stagnate. This would represent a problem in the future as Terra would be divided between the conservatives (those who seek to maintain the status quo) and the innovatives (those who seek to innovate new RP styles) with both camps offering justification for their ideals.

### **Rose/Vinrossia** - Season 24 - Season 25

Rose was the first innovative owner to come to power after the conservative policies of Grek. The entire system was redone from war roleplay to economic roleplay. It was also in Rose's tenure that the community of Terra began to change as veterans began to leave the server while newer players would come and join, with completely different ideals as the veterans. Rose's policies did bring back activity to Terra after 2 inept owners however it did also raise a lot of opposition. Due to this Rose would ultimately have to step down later.

### **Taka** - Season 25 - Season 26

Taka, now in league with Luke/Arthur/Knitler, would seize power for a third time and would attempt to wheel back a few reforms which made Rose unpopular. However Taka would ultimately revert back to what Grek and Forvana were doing and would not do anything in his tenure. Taka would ultimately be overthrown by Lorin who by now had the support of most Terrans.

### **Lorin** - Season 27 - Season 30

Lorin would come to be the most controversial owners in Terran history as people either love him or hate him. Lorin is credited for making Terra more democratic and making the system more open, something which would go on to be his brand. For the first time people who were not founding or early members of the Terran community were now holding high ranking positions such as moderator or admin (Lorin himself was a relatively new member). Many people loved Lorin for this, while others hated him. Lorin would be viewed on by such admiration that he would have an almost divine following (as seen in Nova). Some viewed Lorin as the savior of Terra for reforming the economic system as well as the electoral system however others had begged to differ. On the last week of August, leading members of Terra's veterans, led mainly by Rose and Caesar, would plan a coup to overthrow Lorin. Pagkosmios/Mamalakis, the owner of Terra, would agree to join in on this plan as the 3 had viewed Lorin's policies as harmful to Terra. On August 30th, Lorin would ban Rose and Caesar on the grounds of spreading fake information, which would be justification for the coup. The following day on the 31st, Lorin would be overthrown in a coup leading to him being replaced by Pagkosmios, Rose and Caesar whom would form a triumvirate. Lorin on the other hand would form a rival server, Nova, where he would attempt to continue his RP policies with many of his followers. This event would again irreversibly damage Terra as the community would be split again, leading to fewer RPers on either side.

### **Rose** (Titular) - Season 31

Rose, Caesar and Pagkosmios would hold power in a triumvirate in order to restabilise Terra. After Lorin was overthrown the server was in a state of chaos as all the competant administration had left with Lorin toward Nova. Rose would ultimately resign in a couple of days.

### **Caesar** - Season 31 - Season 35

Caesar would take power after Rose resigned and would become the first owner by Terra to attain ownership by a coup, and non-democratic means. Caesar's tenure would begin by routing out any loyalists to Nova and Lorin who may compromise Terra's safety while also putting the server on strict lockdown. Caesar established the 'Server Protectors' a group of people loyal to Caesar only and could ban and kick anyone who may have been of a threat to Terra. It is believed that around 50 people were kicked from the server during this time for various reasons. Caesar reversed many of the policies introduced by Lorin and had even reverted some of Rose's policies as well. Caesar had also outlawed the election of staff members and had instead opted for the appointment of staff members by the owner, a policy which has continued on afterwards. This had the benefits of staff being more competent rather than being good at making hollow promises. Caesar also had an aggressive server war with Nova whom was at their peak under Lorin, however it would be fair to say that the war had taken its toll on both servers. Although Caesar had abolished democracy by all means and had turned Terra back to the days of Season 19 style policies as well as locking down the full server, stability had been reestablished and the later seasons were a significant improvement from before as well as facilitating the recovery of Terra in general. The upcoming of competant staff members such as Generic, Zedomega and Zatanna was cultivated by Caesar as an attempt to build a new competant staff team, which would have its impact on future seasons.

### **Karl** - Season 35 - Season 36

Karl's tenure was seen by many as the beginning of a second golden age of Terra, facilitated by the stability and staff reforms of Caesar. Season 36 was particularly eventful and had a good amount of activity. This was partly due to Karl being more diplomatic than Caesar and accepting in Novans who wished to return to Terra. This was also due to Nova declining due to the server war fought earlier. Ultimately the efforts of Karl would lead to the success of Season 36, which by far is possibly the most successful season since Season 18. It was also under Karl that the server began seeing a greater unification between Novans and Terrans and the wounds of Nova-Terra split began to heal. Karl however would ultimately lose power when he lost an election to Envious.

### **Envious** (Titular) - Season 37

Envious would come to be owner after defeating Karl in an election. Envious however would not hold much power as the majority of it would be held by Rose. It was during Envious's tenure that some of Karl's and Caesar's policies would be reversed and Terra would move closer toward Season 24/25's ways. As a result Season 37 was a fantastic season with loads of activity. Nova came to an end effectively and Terra made a significant recovery. The increased activity would also lead to more players as well as the community expanding. Envious and Rose however would ultimately come to have to resign as both of them were disliked for having taken power from Karl who was still popular.

### **Caesar** - Season 37 - Season 39

Caesar would win elections by a landslide with the promise to conserve what Envious and Rose have achieved while also getting rid of Terran democracy completely. Caesar however would come to be Terra's last owner as along with Pagkosmios, the owner position was abolished with centralised more power between Caesar, Pagkosmios and 2 other trusted members, who became the Gamemasters. This was a new form of governance of Terra. After Caesar had stepped down from power, so had the last owner of Terra, as Terra would never again have an owner…. until Karl.

### **Karl** - Season 39 - Season 50

While there isn’t much information on this part of the lore of Terra as all the historians of the server had either gone inactive or left, Karl perhaps won every election and is one of the longest running owners to date because of his popularity and because of the declining activity in the server. Although Vinrossia and his people went around and ruined much of the server during this time, it was none the less still for the most part functioning. The server even seemed to gradually recover however because of a alliance known as “Conpact” simultaneously leaving the server after seeing that they had no chance to win, the server almost indefinitely died. Season 50 was perhaps the most inactive Terra had ever been, with only maybe four players in total being active and others coming around from time to time to do things. However, this is when Karl decided to step down from ownership and as one of his last acts, established the Holder and Owner system so that there would be no maniacal owners like Vinrossia ever again. He was then replaced by Xavier.

### **Xavier / Charles** - Season 51 - ???

Holder - Batüo

After the inactivity of Season 50; Xavier, one of the four active members of Season 50, climbed the staff ranks extremely quickly, almost going to admin within the first week of joining. Being a rather new player, he was skeptical about whether or not he would win the owner position if he ran for it. The server people, who believed and were behind him trusted that he would be a good owner thus voted from him. He then ran for owner elections against Skyriss who he won against by three votes. Immediately before and when coming into power as owner, Xavier introduced the concepts of multiple new staff roles and roleplay systems. Season 51, following a theme of a custom 1900’s, was perhaps one of the most active Terra had ever been. Boasting around thirty to forty active members approximately, the season was continuously updated and worked on by Xav and the staff who ran for the positions as well as members that he hand picked over the course of the season. The season ran for an impressive 23+ days, which is perhaps one of the longest if not the longest a season has gone for in Terra.

Although his tenure has had its fair share of troubles, this season was perhaps one of the best seasons in Terra in a long time. His popularity was from what can be seen, sky high and he plans to run for elections and keep the server growing and active and perhaps bring about Terra’s third golden age.

**Karl - ??? - ???**

## Terra Divided

### **Rose/Vinrossia** - Season 1 (2023)

Vinrossia took charge of the server after Karl's abdication. Introducing systems like the AI-GM and self-GM, he removed a great burden from the mod team. Other major focuses of Rose consisted in making the new season more RP-focused aswell as reworking the staff and channel layout. Under Rose's administration Terra United was again renamed to Terra Divided which marks the beginning of a new period in Terra's history. The first season of this period, which Rose had great part in leading and managing lasted for a staggering five months and brought much activity to the server.

### **TheLonePro -** Season 2 (2023)

As activity in season one of Terra Divided waned, Rose stepped down from the Owner position and appointed TheLonePro as his successor. Lone's first action was the discharging of the admin Ham, as he was accused of bias and abusing his powers. Lone then began preparations for a second season of Terra Divided, low activity towards the end of the year however caused the season to slow down considerably.

### Lilin - Season 2 (2023)

Lone's inactivity caused an Owner vote between Lilin and Ham. Lilin promised to slow down RP and prepared a timeskip in the season.