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Thus is accounted the History of the Servers, from the beginnings in the Era of Fish, through to the Second Modding and Day of Return itself, as it was written by Valiec himself. It tells of the rise and fall of the Servers in the Eras of Fish, Mage, Tepel, and under the rule of Aragorn, of their return in the Era of Muffin and Valiec, and of the Second Era of Tepel.

## Of The Era of Fish and the First Golden Age

In the beginning, there was Fish. He saw the Mod and the Idea formed within his mind to change the Mod to create the Second Age, and open before the Players the world before it was Broken. He desired to edit the Source to change all things to suit his liking, but it was not fated that the Knowledge of that Craft was for him to discover. Fish followed the Path yet open to him, and made lesser changes, and after great work, the Second Age began. Thus began the First Golden Age of the Servers, as the Server attracted a great many Players. Kingdoms rose and kingdoms fell, wars were fought and battles won, and in this time the Server reached heights that have since only been reached again once, and shall not again now until the Second Modding and Day of Return. In the early days of this Server, there was a Man of Westernesse named Valiec. He was not of great account in these days, as the Knowledge had not yet come to him, and he soon vanished, not to be seen again on this Server. As time passed, the Golden Age faded, and one day the time came for Fish to end the Second Age. Thus passed the First Golden Age of the Servers, but the Work of Fish has not drawn to its end.

## Of The First Age

In later days, Fish brought into being another Age, the First Age, and made from it another Server. In the Fourth Year of the Mod, this Server was opened to the Players, and among the Players to join there were many names of note: That-Mage, Mythrandir, Alte-Ogre, Deathmuffin, Tepel, Turammarth, Tarandirion, Jack the Creator, Valiec, Myr-Flora, Tauregandeth, Telperonwe, Endertortoise, and many others. Many of these belong to the Admins, but some were known for other things. In the first days of the Server, two Players came to the Server, one of whom would see the coming of the Second Golden Age, and another who would be the unknowing instrument of its end. The names of the Players are Endertortoise and Valiec. On the first day of the Server, Endertortoise would become Finrod Felagund, King of Nargothrond, and Valiec would follow him. In these days, the realm of Nargothrond grew and prospered, becoming the greatest realm on the entire Server. However, Fish soon left the Server behind, giving it over to That-Mage, one of his loyal Admins. Thus ended the Era of Fish, and began the Era of Mage.

## Of The Eras of Mage and Tepel

In this Era, it became clear to Valiec that there were Errors in the Work of Fish. Among these Errors was that of the name of the Teleri of Erresea, who were named the Sindar, when the Lore named them Falmari. Valiec informed the Admins of this Error, and it was swiftly amended. In these days, Valiec became Reniol Dunedhel, Lord of Barad Nimras. With the passing of time, That-Mage passed on the governance of the Server as well, and in this time, it was passed to Tepel. Thus ended the Era of Mage, and began the Era of Tepel. In this Era began the Cult of the Blood God, under the leadership of Endertortoise. As the Cult spread, there arose a group calling themselves the Inquisition. They declared worship of the Lords of the West the only true faith, and pursued the Cult as heretics. The leader of the Inquisition was one known as Tariq, and he was assisted by the High Inquisitor Jakub. In these days, the realm of Nargothrond swelled to such size and power that the Admins decreed that no further Players should pledge themselves to that realm.

## Of The Amending of the Errors and the Second Golden Age

In this Era, there came an event that would change the Servers forever, bringing the First Age to new heights, as well as beginning a cascade of events that led to the end of the Second Golden Age of the Servers, but may yet lead to the Day of Return. Late in the Fourth Year of the Mod, Valiec began to perceive other Errors in the Work of Fish. Among these were the infestation of Doriath with spiders, the misplacement of Nan Dungortheb, and the Error that set these events in motion, the presence of Orcs in the vale of Tumladen. At first, these errors were accepted, as Valiec saw no way to amend them. This changed in the middle of the eleventh month of the Fourth Year of the Mod, when the Knowledge of the Craft, which had been denied to Fish and Noloite and Tepel before him, was granted to Valiec. Upon receiving this Knowledge, Valiec began to amend the Errors in the Work of Fish. As he did so, he came upon further Errors, and amended them too. Realms were removed, realms were added, lands changed their shape, hills were raised from the earth, rivers shifted their courses, peoples moved among the lands, alliances and enmities were forged and broken, and the lands were made anew in the image of the Lore.

These changes brought the Server to its greatest height, a Golden Age even to the Golden Ages themselves. During this time, the lands stretched from the Lonely Isle to the Eastern Sea, from Dor Daidelos to the jungles of Far Harad. The realms prospered, and players wandered the world seeking the fair lands that had been created. Kingdoms grew to even greater heights, and while some things were not perfect, the Golden Age showed no sign of fading. In Nargothrond, Valiec began the building of the tower of Barad Nimras in the Falas. However, none of these things would be destined to ever be completed, as a day would come that would bring the end of First Age for a time, and set in motion the events that ended the Second Golden Age of the Servers. Early in the Fifth Year of the Mod, Tepel, together with the Admins, brought the Server of the First Age to a close, to be restored when the Work of Valiec had been completed. At this time, Tepel promised that the lands would all be saved, to be restored when the Server returns, and upon this promise rested the fate of the Server: either it would be kept, and the Server would return in a Third Golden Age, or it would be broken, and the Servers would fall into darkness until the Second Modding and Day of Return.

## Of The Timeless Halls

However, the Second Golden Age did not yet end. Upon the very day that the Server closed, Valiec made ready a new Server, to last until the First Age returned. This server was known as the Timeless Halls, and brought the Players into the lands of the Third Age in the days when Balin returned to Moria. The Players rushed onto this server, and it nearly recapitulated the greatness of the First Age at its height. On this Server, Valiec took on the role of Balin, Tauregandeth became Arwen, then Maglor, and Endertortoise became a merchant of Dorwinion. Some of the original Admins came here, but some remained with First Age only. This Server continued the Second Golden Age of the Servers, as Valiec built Khazad-dum, Derian and Since-Rod build the West Gate of Moria, and Ereinion and Tauregandeth built Rivendell. A former Admin of First Age, Aragorn-Telcontar, someone of little note on the Server of the First Age, became here an Admin and the builder of the realm of Erebor. Through these deeds, his actions would shape the final destiny of the Silver and Bronze Ages to come.

In the later days of this Server, there came an event that would, like the Promise of Tepel, would shape the destiny of the Servers. A Change was made to when and how Players were allowed to do battle with each other. While some considered this Change to be for the better, as it guarded Players against being ambushed in their homes by their foes; those who carried out such ambushes, and those who agreed with them, were very much against the Change. The two groups entered into a battle so great that it began to tear the Server apart, and even threatened to break the unity of the Admins. This battle even began to drive away some of the Players. In a final effort to salvage the Server, this Change was undone a short while later.

Yet within weeks, the Server began to fall. This Change was likely not the sole cause of this Fall, as other events came to pass at this time. The First Age was soon to reopen. This caused many of the Players not driven away by the Battle of the Change to leave the Timeless Halls in search of the First Age. This alone did not determine the fate of the Servers, as this may have merely moved many of the Players back to the First Age, and may have even yet brought about a Third Golden Age, or at least a Silver Age that did not fall further. However, this was not to be. The Admins of the First Age now announced that the world would not be preserved when the First Age was restored. This broke the Promise of Tepel, and together with the aftermath of the Battle of the Change, this changed the fate of the Servers forever. The Third Golden Age was lost, and the Servers were set on a path that led inexorably into the Dark Age. Within a short time it came to pass that the Server of the Timeless Halls was nearly deserted.

## Of The Silver Age and the Rise of Aragorn

The First Age was restored, but with the world fresh, many Players did not return, or left soon after. Endertortoise began to rebuild Nargothrond, and Tauregandeth remained Maglor, but this was not to last. The Change about which there had been such a Battle was restored here, driving away even more of the Players. Within two weeks, the Server was deserted like the Timeless Halls before it, and ended once more, not to reopen until the Second Modding and Day of Return. This was not yet the Dark Age of the Servers, as though the Server would not reopen, the First Age was passed on to another. Valiec endeavored to restore the First Age and joined with Aragorn-Telcontar, and created a Server known as The Elder Days. In The Elder Days, the Fall was repeated yet again, though at a lesser scale, and unlike with the previous Server, The Elder Days did not close, and would yet last months longer. It was never as great as the Servers before it, but until the very end, as the Servers passed into the Bronze Age, it never truly died. In this time came two new Players of note: Silversita of the Many Cats and her son Joelco, Lord of Conkers. They founded the kingdom of Brethil, and along with Valiec and Aragorn, became some of the few Players to remain during this time. In these days, Valiec, J-21, and Silversita rebuilt Nargothrond greater than ever before, with great halls upon which the sun shone through great glass windows, and fountains, and vaults deep in the earth, and smithies and farms. Those Players who remained did not leave, and it seemed to many that this server would yet last a long while.

Though these days were diminished from the Golden Ages of the Servers, they did not yet anticipate the Fall that was yet to come. In truth, it seemed to some that the Server was to either remain in the Silver Age for many days yet to come, or even to rise yet again to a Third Golden Age. But this was not to be. In the later days of this Server, Aragorn-Telcontar began the creation of a new server. It was to be a new Server in the world of the Second Age, and many times Aragorn-Telcontar said that when it began, First Age would end, and as many times he said otherwise. The Players, not believing that First Age would continue, left for the new Server. Unlike First Age before it, which was jointly ruled by Valiec and Aragorn-Telcontar, this new Server was totally under the control of Aragorn-Telcontar, and neither Valiec, nor any other staff, were able to greatly influence the declarations of Aragorn-Telcontar from this day forward. Thus began the Great Reworking, in which many fair things were cast aside for the sake of scale and progress, and that which made the Servers what they were was nearly lost.

## Of The Later Ages and the Fall of the Servers

In these days, Valiec was Tar-Telperien, Queen of Numenor, Silversita was Galadriel, and Aragorn-Telcontar was Sauron, Dark Lord of Mordor. In these days there came one other to Numenor: Edward Lucan, Dragonborn, Bane of Wargs. Under these Lords rose the realms of Eregion and Numenor as the two great realms of the Server. Mordor, though under the rule of Aragorn-Telcontar, never waxed as great as the other two. In the final Fall of the Server, he and Valiec were two of the last Players to yet linger in its final days. Early in the Sixth Year of the Mod, Aragorn-Telcontar brought an end to the First Age, leaving only the Second Age. Upon this day, the Silver Age of the Servers at last drew to a close, beginning the last and shortest Age of the Servers before the final Fall into the Dark Age. In the Bronze Age of the Servers, Numenor and Eregion remained the great realms, and Edward Lucan began to aid Valiec in his building on the Isle of Numenor. In this time was raised the tower of Minas Calandil upon the coasts of Numenor. The Server slowly lost Players, emptying bit by bit, but it still appeared that it would remain.

Such a thing was not to be. In the latter half of the Sixth Year of the Mod, Aragorn-Telcontar brought the Second Age to a close. This event marked the final Fall of the Servers, which began with the Closing of the First Age in the Golden Age of the Servers. Some say that there were at least two moments where this fate may have been averted, but none did so. The first of these two was when the Second Golden Age first began to fall, and the second was at its end. The first was when the Admins were set against the Players in the Battle of the Change, and Valiec was the last who was not involved. At this time, Tepel offered the ownership of the Server to Valiec, but he declined. If this had been accepted, the Battle of the Change may not have ended the Server, and the Third Golden Age may yet have come to pass. The second point where the Fall could have been averted, and where it came the closest to being thus, was when Valiec began the First Age again after it was brought to an end by Tepel. If he had not joined with Aragorn and brought about the Great Reworking, the remainder of the Fall may have never come to pass, bringing about either a Silver Age, or even a Third Golden Age. However, neither time was this Fall averted, and so it continued on to its inevitable conclusion with the closing of the Second Age. Thus ended the Bronze Age of the Servers, and began the Dark Age of the Servers.

Even in these days, not all hope was lost to the Players. It is said that when "the Lord of Shadow-Horror returns, and with him the Lord of Hewn Caves, the Day of Return will have come." Few knew the meaning of this Prophecy, but among the Wise it was believed that the Lord of Shadow-Horror was a dread warrior of Dor Daedeloth, and the Lord of Hewn Caves was Finrod, lord of Nargothrond. Dor Daedeloth had scattered and was lost, so many among the Wise believed that this would never come to pass, but yet some held fast to the Old Hope of the Servers.

## Of The Second Modding

After the Fall of the Servers, there were a few who still held to the hope of a Second Modding and Day of Return. Among their names were Valiec, Tepel, Arkira, Dwarfy-Assassin, Noloite, Muffin, Alte-Ogre, Mythrandir, Sindavar, Myr-Flora, and Tarandirion. With the ending of the Second Age, Aragorn cast aside his power over the Servers, and the Work of the Second Modding began with Valiec and Tepel. In these early days there were many false starts, but nevertheless was progress made. During this time it was decided that the Server would bear the name of The War of the Jewels, and the Work of creating the new Server began. Upon this day the Second Modding was said to have begun.

As the Sixth Year of the Mod drew to a close, it came to pass that Valiec, Tepel, and Noloite joined with three others, two new and one returned from days of yore. Arkira and Dwarfy-Assassin had been granted the Knowledge of the Craft, and worked alongside Valiec to carry out the Second Modding. They were aided by Sindavar, returned from times long passed. Through their great work, the Mod of the First Age was made anew and given once again to the Players. Thus began those events that would bring about the end of the Dark Age of the Servers, and through which the Second Modding and Day of Return shall come about.

In these days, it was seen that Endertortoise, who was Finrod of old, had returned, fulfilling half of the Old Hope of the Servers. There were two who were thought to be the warrior of Dor Daedeloth prophecied. One of them was Polar-Clad, who had returned, so to some this prophecy had been fulfilled. But some few, including Polar-Clad himself, believed it was another, one who had left long ago, and who was believed to have left never to return.

As the Second Modding began, some Players who had departed the Server in previous times began to return. Among them were jonnymoomoomoo, Polar-Clad, Gaja, Shadow-Derian, Master Ink, and Endertortoise. However, the prospect of the Day of Return also brought with it once again many of the conflicts that had brought about the end of the past Servers. The worst among these was the Battle of the Change. On one side was Alte-Ogre, Valiec, and Tauregandeth, and on the other Gaja, Polar-Clad, and Sir Wung.

## Of The Era of Valiec and Muffin

In the final days of the Sixth Year of the Mod, it came to pass that Tepel passed on the governance of the Server just as Mage had before him, and in this time, it was passed to Muffin and Valiec. Thus ended the First Era of Tepel, the longest of the Eras of the Servers, and began the Era of Valiec and Muffin.

In the Era of Valiec and Muffin, Valiec began the Creation of a second Server, to create the world during the Fall of the North-kingdom of Arnor. He was aided by two others to whom had been granted the Knowledge of the Craft. They were Arkira, aiding in the creation of both this and the First Age, and Super-Sam, who was granted the Knowledge of the Craft in days past and was known to Valiec as possessing skill in this Work. In these days as well was a great Reworking, when Additions had been made to the Mod, and a great many Changes were required to obtain these Additions in the First Age. This Reworking was a great Work of Dwarfy-Assassin and Valiec, and changed the Source in many ways, though little of this was apparent in the world of the First Age.

At last, in the very final days of the Sixth Year of the Mod, the warrior of Dor Daedeloth believed by the Wise to be the one whom the prophecy tells of returned, beyond the hope of all. It was thought that this day marked the first fulfillment of the Old Hope of the Servers, and a Sign that the Third Golden Age shall come one day.

## Of the Fracturing and the Battle of the Change

In the beginning of the Seventh Year of the Mod, the Battle of the Change returned to the Servers, and as has happened twice before at the end of the Second Golden Age, it brought about a great Fracturing in the Server. Against the Change were Ink, Gaja, Wung, Jonny Moo-moo-moo, J\_21, and JZ-Gamez. The numbers of the Players for the Change had greatly diminished since the previous Battles, as many saw that the Change was too great, and destroyed most battles between Players, not ambushes alone. In fact, in this Battle, beyond the early days, no one supported the original Change in full, and all those who supported the Change supported it in some partial form. Among those who did are Valiec and Alte-Ogre. There were many who remained relatively neutral in this Battle as well, unlike the Battles of old. Among those who remained neutral were The Magical Teratoma, Tepel, Nol, Tarandirion, Mythrandir, and Muffin. It may have seemed from this that this final Battle would be lesser than those that preceded it, but it became combined with two other disputes in what is known as the Fracturing.

The first of these disputes was the Splitting of the Fall of Arnor. In these days, the ownership of the Server that will be set in the lands of Middle-earth during the Fall of Arnor was transferred to Ink. Shortly after, the opening of Fall of Arnor was unexpectedly delayed, and as a result Valiec split off of it a second project, known either as the Shadow in the North, or more commonly, as the Realms of Arnor.

The second of these disputes was over whether changes to the Mod would be given to the Players each and every day, or more slowly. On the side of giving out changes each day, at least in part, were Valiec, Durin, Muffin, and Dwarfy-Assassin, among others. On the side of giving out changes more slowly were Jonny Moo-moo-moo, Sindavar, Arkira, and Noloite, among others. In this dispute, the Admins were split, and Sir Wung and Gaja gave up their positions among the Admins.