Kings of the End

*"Pretty chill most of the time, live in the end and are the current largest faction"*

The Kings of the End were a Trapped SMP faction dedicated to the exploration and development of the End dimension. The faction grew rapidly as the popularity of MagicGum rose in 2021, and at its height the Kings of the End had four hundred registered members. It was characterized by shaky relationships with other factions, a monopoly over End resources, and its absolute monarchy under Dr. RTH and CTKiwi following its Christiendity faith.

The national anthem was coined by DejViii.

## History

The Kings of the End were founded by Dr. RTH on December 18th, 2020 and registered in the The Faction Assembly as soon as verification began. The banner was created on the 26th of December.

### Acquiring the Dragon Egg

As a result of the End-based faction's size and organization (many KOTE members had rehearsed speedrunning to the end the day before), it quickly acquired the dragon egg which was then named Endra.

## Political Structure

### Initial Structuring

* Watchers - led by procrast, these comprised the militaristic class, proficient in 1.9+ pvp. Above Watcher was Sentinel, and above Sentinel was Ender Guardian, the leader of the group.
* Farmers - led by Stanford, these comprised the farming class, proficient in building large scale manual or automated farms. Members would work to harvest and update them as the faction continued operations.
* Redstone engineers - led by Umber Soul, these comprised the engineer class, proficient in redstone builds
* Builders - led by Queen Elizabeth II, these comprised the carpenter class, proficient in building large bases, design and interior architecture.
* Deep members - led by Stanford, these were the most trusted members of the faction, entrusted with knowledge of KOTE's main farm locations.

Anyone not in any of the above divisions was delegated to being a miner or grinder.

### Restructuring

* Ministry of Development - encompasses building, redstone, transportation, and similar fields.
* Ministry of the Interior - includes departments such as diplomacy, trade deals, internal organization, and scribing.
* Ministry of War - competent in 1.9+ PvP. Ranks: Squire -> Minor Knight -> Knight -> High Knight.
* Ministry of Resources - willing to grind for KotE. Includes jobs like mining, hunting mobs, or gathering other types of resources.
* Deep Ministry - the most trusted members of the faction, entrusted with knowledge of KOTE's main farm locations.

More information on KOTE's political structure can be found here.

## Bases

### The Cauldron

The Cauldron was the first base established by the Deep ministry, located near the center of the map deep beneath the SMPs oceans. Despite initial successes with sugarcane/pumpkin farms and a villager breeder, several things compromised the efficacy of this location. The villager AI was dysfunctional in the early days of the server, significantly delaying trading. Additionally, Vandrayk and ClownPierce quickly discovered and looted the base, compromising its location. Finally, the base was discovered and badly griefed by Gamergeek105, deathimmortal, gr1ffyynburger, and cryptic\_haste, forcing Deep Members to move.

### The Sanctuary

Secondary base that had its coords leaked in less than 24 hours.

### The Citadel

Following the exposure of the Sanctuary, the faction's deep members established the Citadel. However, this location was short lived due to the establishment of smaller group bases and Athens. Shortly afterwards, it was discovered and griefed, likely by X-rayers.

### Hobbit Holes

A series of smaller bases were constructed, mainly as storage, in random areas around the map. Each of these areas was exclusive to 3-4 people and served to reduce the stakes if any one base were discovered.

### Exodus

Initial main base for the faction's members. Several instances of duping occurred here in the small window where a plugin was dysfunctional. Among the items duped were shulkers filled with diamonds, netherite tools/armor, gold, gaps, potions, blaze rods, ender pearls, etc. These kits were named *Arka Kits* :D

### Athens

   Athens became the main base of KOTE during the first official rendition of the Trapped SMP. Within its walls were a massive trading hall, storage area, pumpkin farm, mob grinder, potion room, enchanting room, and six maxed out beacons.

The structure was primarily made up of an outer sandstone tower, main lobby, and basement. Initial plans to have a hyper realistic ender pearl hovering atop the tower fell through as designs were either too 2D or unsatisfying.

### Other Locations

Of the six bases the Kings of the End constructed, four of them were based in strongholds to provide easy access to their home dimension. The Milestone, Hydro, Reach and Dawn bases were constructed in strongholds. The Melon and Winter bases, being creations of circumstance, were not.

## Foreign Policy

Though the faction had shaky relationships with most other factions, they prioritized neutrality and peace. This said, the militaristic branch of the faction had frequent issues with attacking members without provocation.

### Akatsuki

War against Akatsuki: a massive war against 300+ people

### Arka

War for the End: resolved with a peace treaty.

### Duck Union

Allied in the war against The Final Alliance.

## Accomplishments

Largest faction on Trapped SMP.

Owners of the dragon egg.

## Members

Dr. RTH and CTKiwi were the official monarchs of the Kings of the End, though Rohun, the deputy of Dr. RTH, and xPqin\_, the Minister of War, were the defacto leaders of the main faction and the military respectively.