New Sisanctum

Flag of New Sisanctum

New Sisanctum was an old civilization from Dimension S-2012. It was founded by refugees from Sisanctum on the planet Aesir in Dimension A-2011. Notable Sisanctans include Christian, Siberius and Kevinius.

## History

### The Legend of Old Sisanctum (10BA-0AA)

The following is the legend of Old Sisanctum, which may or may not be historically accurate.

Sisanctans were in origin from another planet, Aesir, in Dimension A-2011. After many years of war with a faction called Legends, Legends used a secret weapon to defeat Sisanctum. They came with a wooden bird. From the belly of the bird came lava. The city was on fire. When the inhabitants fled to a network of underground tunnels, the king of Sisanctum surrendered. The remaining inhabitants were afraid and didn't know what to do. Until suddenly 3 brave knights built a metal bird. Their names were Christian, Siberius and Henricus. 10 people could fit in it. So they could each pick 2 people. The last one would be picked through a lottery. As the refugees entered the craft and took off. Legends shot arrows at the craft. A chase began. Not much later, the ground was gone. Both the wooden bird and the metal bird went higher and higher and began to shake more and more. The smartest knight of the 3, Siberius (who owned a library) had heard stories of an atmosphere which kept poisonous elements away. The wooden bird became hotter and hotter. At a certain moment it caught on fire. The metal bird shot through space not much later. The 10 Sisanctans could realize their dream; travelling through space. The looked for a habitable planet to colonize. After several hours, they found a planet and named it after their old city. Because they were looking for a new beginning, they found the name perfect; New Sisanctum.

In reality, the escape from Aesir was much less heroic and was the result of a failed attack on the sky fortresses which Legends used to bombard Sisanctum. The refugees made it off planet more due to their own luck than to bravery or brilliance. It is theorized that while travelling through space, they went through a black hole, taking them to Dimension S-2012.

### New Sisanctum and the First War (0AA-2AA)

The Sisanctans landed in an open field with some trees. The woodcutter, who supposedly had won the lottery, immediately started chopping wood. While Christian was busy looking for gold and metal, Henricus had wandered off, knowing he would lose his power. The 2 other knights wanted a republic and not a kingdom. And so he left in secret to found his own city, ironically named Legends. when the 2 other knights found out, they became mad and built enormous diamond walls. They built houses and trained soldiers to attack the city. But King Henricus had also fortified his city with walls and soldiers. The battle between the two took 10 days. New Sisanctum won. As a punishment, Christian put Henricus in the mines so he would get lost. Henricus' Kingdom was annexed into New Sisanctum as a colony. Meanwhile, the first elections were held in New Sisanctum, resulting in Christian and Siberius becoming co-consuls.

### The Founding of Hadespoort (2AA-5AA)

Soon a new problem arose. A scout had discovered a non-human native, a Piglin. Researchers asked him questions, but he only answered in a strange language and wrote with weird signs. They looked for his city and tried to communicate, until his leader arrived. Apparently he knew the language. He talked about the Hades, the portal to the underworld, the Nether which was recently discovered. It was a shortcut for trade. Apparently the natives saw the Sisanctans as friends, not as enemies. Several years later, Consul Siberius discovered a secret underground room. It was a large room made out of silver filled with old books and notes. He called two of his strongest guards and let them bring the books to the library. The notes, he took for himself to his private residence in Spabor, a small settlement in the desert to the east across the sea. He researched them and gave the order to construct an airfield. While digging a large hole, two mysterious things were discovered. A square with weird stones and an old house with the following inscription: "The old counterpart in the depths of the earth is strategically more worth than this one." The Senate discussed this topic and sent elite troops to the Hades. Beyond the portal was a bastion. They built an antenna and took contact with the capital. The soldiers founded Hadespoort and colonized the underworld.

### New Sisanctum becomes a Kingdom (5AA-10AA)

After the discoveries of the Hades, consul Siberius became ever more intrigued with its secrets and eventually moved to Hadespoort to oversee its growth. In the meantime, consul Christian continued to govern New Sisanctum, which rapidly expanded into a larger capital. The Senate was housed in a dome-shaped obsidian building. The diamond walls were made higher to protect from outside evils. A colosseum and a hypodrome were built to entertain the New Sisanctans, while a library and a school had the purpose of generating new knowledge. But as consul Siberius and consul Christian grew further apart due to their different interests, consul Christian expanded his influence in the Senate by allying himself to Kevinius, a wealthy merchant from the capital's southern district. Through Kevinius, consul Christian was able to expand his personal wealth and his power. In 7AA, consul Christian ordered closing the portal to the Hades after several zombified piglins crossed over and killed five people. Hadespoort was cut off from New Sisanctum, and so was consul Siberius. In 8AA, consul Christian was declared sole consul by the Senate, after a false report on Siberius' death had arrived to the capital. Eventually, in 10AA, Christian declared himself King of New Sisanctum and a golden palace was built in his name.

### Growth of the Kingdom (10AA-50AA)

During King Christian's reign, New Sisanctum further expanded and settled several colonies around the world. Global rail networks were set up to encourage trade and a proto-industrial revolution swept through New Sisanctum. In Henricus' former kingdom, large factories were built to supply the capital with resources. In addition, the airfield south of the city was expanded and a space station made out of pure gold was launched to oversee and protect New Sisanctum from outside threats. As New Sisanctum continued to grow, however, signs of change started to show, as the climate began to become colder as a result of climate change.

### The Decline of New Sisanctum (50AA-100AA)

Around 50AA, the climate in New Sisanctum suddenly shifted as the hot and humid swamp weather turned into a cold biome. The capital snowed under and crop harvests began to decline, further making the city dependent on foreign production. As the climate became more and more inhospitable, emigration began to take hold of New Sisanctum. Former colonies such as Spabor and Treetopia began to see their population grow. While initially this led to new independent nations, a growing international community and the founding of an international exposition where different countries could show off their architecture (see World Expo), eventually it would lead to the decline of New Sisanctum and the beginning of the Dark Ages. In 79AA, a devestating earthquake destroyed most of New Sisanctum. The city never recovered from it and by 100AA it had been abandoned and turned into ruins, signaling in the beginning of the Dark Ages.

### Later claims to Sisanctan heritage

Many empires and nations would later claim the title of a "New" New Sisanctum, either through their culture, their architecture or the expanse of their empire.

* The Bokalian Empire claimed the title of a "New" New Sisanctum by constructing large diamond walls on its border with the Merchant Republic of Columbia.
* The Merchant Republic of Columbia used the same flag as New Sisanctum.
* Several empires and nations have copied New Sisanctan architecture, including the Kingdom of Frozyland and Empire.

## Culture and religion

New Sisanctan culture was very similar to Sisanctan culture, but also diverged on several aspects. Most notably, New Sisanctans kept the old worship of the Holy Mushroom, but also introduced a new worship of Roman deities. Architecture was also very similar to Sisanctan architecture, using stonebrick and oak wood as the main ingredients in walls and roofs. However, New Sisanctans also used more precious metals in their buildings to show their wealth, for example in the Golden Palace of in the Diamond Walls.

## Meta Info

New Sisanctum was the first server world of our independent server, still using Hamachi to connect to the server. It was first played on November 7 2011. A corruption of the save file resulted in weird chunks randomly appearing all over the city and the world in general being very laggy and prone to crashes. Efforts have been made to restore the world, but none have succeeded.