Babylus

**Babylus** was a small squatter town located in the Northwestern deserts of the Holy Kingdom of Lutum. It was intended to be an autonomous city-state, and a holy one at that, with a religion that worshipped the Wither and other Demons. The city was created by Tucimam11 on the Thirteenth of November, 2021 (Summer of 103 TE). Three days after its creation, the squatter settlement was discovered by huyyvv, one of the party leaders of Lutum's government. Diplomacy was then conducted between Lutum and Babylus, but Tucimam11 acted belligerently and attacked two of Lutum's citizens during the negotiations, which led to an RP war where Tucimam11 surrendered the city and was exiled from Lutum. It was now claimed by a lutumite, Deeps20, who transformed the city in Port Lutum.

## History

### The Beginning

The player Tucimam11 was new to the world of Eldham, and wished to create his own kingdom modeled after the IRL civilization of Babylon. After searching for a short while, Tucimam11 started his Kingdom with the creation of the holy city of Babylus on the Thirteenth of November, 2021. He created the city alongside four other newcomers to Eldham, being CanadianMop, Biggpinggoo, SamyueruBR, and PieBD.

Unbeknownst to him, this claim lied within the Northwestern deserts of the Holy Kingdom of Lutum, making it a squatter city within the borders of Lutum. Three days after its creation, the squatter settlement was discovered by huyyvv, one of the party leaders of Lutum's government, after Tucimam and his citizens went to the neighboring Lutumite cities in an attempt to recruit new citizens. Huyyvv was in the city of Aurumshire when Tucimam11 asked him to join their kingdom. Curious, he informed the Prime Minister of Lutum, Lord Volt, of the potential squatter city within their borders, and went to investigate. Diplomacy was then conducted between Lutum and Babylus, with Huyyvv speaking to Tucimam11 and the citizens of Babylus in person, while Lord Volt spoke with Tucimam11 over discord.

### Diplomacy with Lutum

Huyyvv informed Tucimam11 and Babylus as a whole that their claim was within the border of the Kingdom of Lutum, warning them that this made them a squatter settlement and that they must join the Kingdom of Lutum or be forced from their lands as per normal squatter protocol. Tucimam11 refused, stating that his "Kingdom is free, these are my lands, I made this city." Immediately after this, two of the citizens of Babylus defected to Lutum upon finding out they were squatting on Lutum's lands in addition to the ridiculous taxes, which amounted to $1,000 per day. The Grand Knight of Lutum, DarkWolfD, was made aware of the event occuring within Lutum's borders, and rushed to investigate.

Upon arrival to Babylus' gates, DarkWolfD repeated the same warnings that huyyvv and Lord Volt had spoken to Tucimam11, promising that they would be removed from Lutum's land if they did not integrate. The squatter king again refused, promising that he would go to war to defend "his land". After this, huyyvv attempted to return to the city to continue diplomacy, but was attacked by Tucimam11 with an axe. Diplomacy with Lutum's Prime Minister also broke down, and soon after, the former King of Lutum, TheClarkyCat, decided to visit Babylus to see the squatter settlement with his own eyes and attempt to come to an understanding. Tucimam11 attacked and nearly killed Clarky with a lava bucket as soon as he arrived to the front gates. During this time, the rest of Babylus' citizens defected to Lutum, leaving Tucimam11 as the sole remaining member of the city.

Because of the complete desertion of his city, Tucimam11, dubbed by Lutumites as the Squatter King, attempted to rally forces from Eldham's to come defend his claim, playing the victim in Eldham's global chat. "domina at spiritus wither santi, in the name of gods, in the name of demons, please, I need help." Lutumites explained in global that in reality he was a squatter on Lutum's lands. The squatter king would continue playing the victim perpetually, even after giving up his claims in Lutum.

### War

Until now, the Prime Minister of Lutum had been attempting to keep the peace with Babylus while the citizens of Lutum wished to war with them. After the attack on their former king, however, as well as with the go-ahead from server admins, Volt and Clarky gathered the citizens of Lutum into an Expeditionary Force to declare war on the squatter settlement of Babylus. The force consisted of royal TheClarkyCat, Grand Knight DarkWolfD, Squire ohKoba, founding father 36reaper, defector CanadianMop, royal wife Samwise, as well as others. The Expeditionary Force, led by Clarky and Dark, arrived at the now-closed gates of Babylus to find Tucimam waiting for their arrival. Upon seeing the size of the force coming to declare war, he began monologuing.

"And now starts the End Of Babylus...come for me, Lutum, come..." He then descended from the outer walls of Babylus and moved to the main gate, saying "Please don't immediately kill me once I let you inside." He then opened the gate, removed his enchanted diamond armor, and dropped it on the ground. 36reaper picked up the items and put them on. Tucimam then began to monologue again, this time in local chat, saying "Follow me". He brought Lutum's Expeditionary Force slowly around the city, giving them a tour of what they had built. It was at this time that Lutum's current King, Blue\_Arbiter, logged on and began to make his way to Babylus alongside his political ally RageOfFire.

After touring the city, Tucimam11 brought the Lutumites to the top of the Ziggurat at the center, which contained his king's quarters. Saying that he had given up, the Lutumites in attendance attempted to get him to turn over the claim to them, but Tucimam11 was mostly unresponsive, stating that he was in grief at the loss of his town. Huyyvv accepted an invite to Babylus' claim, and immediately left when he saw that the daily taxes amounted to $1,000 dollars per day, relating this information to the other Lutumites present. Lutum's King arrived at the top of the Ziggurat at this time, and brought order to Lutum's chaotic forces. After a full in-game night, Blue\_Arbiter obtained Tucimam11's head via executing him, and was able to get Tucimam11 to remove his claim from the land in exchange for not being forced to dig in Lutum's sand mines as punishment for his actions as a squatter king. Tucimam11 was the exiled from the Kingdom of Lutum, and the Expeditionary Force disbanded.

### Aftermath

Tucimam11 Afterwards continued his victim attitude, vowing to seek revenge against Lutum and saying "lutus steal my builded town" in global chat.