Seven Day War

The Seven Day War for the Alleyvillage was a major event following the buildup of guild tensions during Divided We Fall. It was considered Phase 4 of the Guild War, and focused around the conflict between the AU, or Alleyverse United (consisting of the Ghostbloods, the Canton of Combat, the Liebrary and the Sentinels), the Black Crusade, TUBA and the guild Dark Alley. Although the thread was initially supposed to be structured around a day/night cycle much like the Sanderson Elimination games (thus contributing to the title), the system was quickly abandoned in favor of the more common freeform format.

The thread was started by Mraize on August 1, 2018, and concluded on August 18.[1]

## Forces

The war was largely between four major forces:

1. Alleyverse United, a collection of multiple guilds. Also referred to as the Allies. Members include:
	* The Ghostbloods, led by Solace (Mraize). They planned to break up the Worldspike into pieces to avoid detection from a powerful entity that they believed would feed off of the end-negativity of the spike, and swore to fight against the Black Crusade as they had attempted to assassinate Solace.
	* TUBA, led by Storm (Stormblessed Dolphin). They promised to oppose both Dark Alley, their sworn enemies, and Black Crusade, whose leader had revealed their existence. They occupied the TUBA headquarters.
	* The Canton of Combat, led by Devaan (Nohadon), who was also a member of the Ghostbloods.
	* The Liebrarians, led by ? (Kidpen).
	* The Sentinels, led by ? (BitBitio) They held forces outside of the city, and in a few guild buildings.

1. Dark Alley, led by Voidus Prime (Voidus). They fought against the Ghostbloods' plan to split up the Worldspike, as it would threaten the very fabric of the Alleyverse's reality. They held forces around the Worldspike.
2. Black Crusade, led by Drako He'Stan (Grey Knight). They swore to oppose the Ghostbloods and their plans, mainly due to rivalry.
3. Chaos Marines, an NPC group. They were corrupted by eldritch horrors and swore to follow them, and were against all other groups in the war (primarily Black Crusade). They invaded and occupied the entire city prior to the beginning of the war.

## Events

Following the events of Divided We Fall, Solace First (Mraize) assembles an army consisting of 750 heavy infantry, 150 Calvary, 50 units of siege equipment and two Hemalurgically-enhanced chasmfiends to the southwest of the city[2], which has been occupied by space marines (usually agreed to be Chaos Marines). Fellow Ghostbloods Li TaiRu (Arlin), Rashan Caer (Itiah), Veil Stormrise (ShardBreaker) and Devaan Sheonar (Nohadon) arrive at the Ghostblood camp. Solace takes 20 Knights Radiant to attack the southwest wall of the city, followed by Rashan, Devaan, Soul (Life&Death) and a number of other characters. Voidus Prime (Voidus) begins to evacuate the city.

Solace orders the Knights to withdraw, as the attack on the wall has not gone well, despite allowing several characters an entrance into the city. He kills several Chaos Marines. Rashan encounters an eldritch horror, which resurrects dead space marines, but is saved by one of the survivors named Kerith (Grey Knight). Veil is trapped in a metal sphere by Death (LopenTheTwoArmedHerdazian), but is rescued by Hellbent (Ark1002). Devaan swears the first Ideal of the Edgedancers and kills the resurrected space marines.

Mace Klasten (Archer) and his troops throw a pineapple at the Worldspike, which angers Voidus into releasing more abominations, including Kolossals. The Sentinels assist Mace in killing the Kolossal. Elkanah explains his plan to summon an Alleystorm to fuel the AU army and give them a chance. Gaan (Snipexe) summons eldritch horrors to assist DA; notably, he summons a large Shoggoth, which also goes after Mace. The Shoggoth begins slaughtering Mace's soldiers, and conventional weapons do not work to kill it. Mace and Rohan (BitBitio) attack the Shoggoth together. It fails, and Mace is mortally wounded, although he compounds gold to survive. Devaan and Rashan Steelrun through the streets, as Rashan struggles with the idea of war between former friends and notes that Fortune only allows random glimpses. Devaan and Rashan attack the Shoggoth with Shardblades. Mace prepares to compound brass while squeezed into the barrel and make massive amounts of energy to kill the Shoggoth. It destroys half of the eldritch god's body. Yzabet Montague (IAmWitless) helps to heal him.

Rashan has an idea and Steelruns away. Mace recommends regrouping and focusing their attack. Rashan realises that he needs an anchor to use his Spiritual Sight properly and that the Worldspike is connected to everything. Voidus agrees to talk with Rashan. Rashan says that if he can touch the Worldspike, then he could end the war by seeing the future - otherwise it would destroy the Alleyvillage.

Hellbent whips himself into a killing frenzy, but Drako He'Stan (Grey Knight), leader of Black Crusade, rams his sword through Hellbent's back, and Devaan arrives to help stop the killer. Storm sits in the basement of the TUBA building, dictating the movements of Stone Soldiers, but Chaos Marines attack them. Rohan (BitBitio) uses Allomancy to create a tornado of shrapnel to hold back the Shoggoth while other AU members assist TUBA, and tears the eldritch horror to pieces with the metal.

Voidus considers Rashan's proposal, and gives him a test in the form of a single gold coin. He sees a vision and realises it is a map of all of the DA's alleys. Voidus, satisfied by Rashan's abilities, opens a portal into the Aonic shields and brings both of them inside. Rashan observes the chaos inside, and touches the Worldspike He sees a vision of Mac's funeral and how it brought people together, but his zincminds run out.

Elkanah practices summoning the Alleystorm. Shelan (BitBitio) possesses a corpse speeds towards the Worldspike, planning to connect himself to it, but is vaporised by its power. Yzabet slaughters the Chaos Marines attacking TUBA, but a final marine named Azrael survives and begins to duel her.

Rashan, realising how to end the war, Steelruns towards Devaan and Hellbent. Gaan goes insane when the Shoggoth is killed, and hallucinates a Voidus instructing him to let all the Hemalurgic constructs out of their cages, which he does, before realising his lucidity. The containment breach locks Voidus inside of the Aonic shield, and Rashan realises what has happened. Naerman (Gancho Libre) takes the side of the DA to prevent TUBA from reaching the Worldspike.

Hellbent and Azrael are killed. After being attacked by a Flamebringer and a Dread, Rashan plans to make a speech to the Alleyvillage to end the fighting and contain the breach, and asks Devaan for assistance. Through a number of different forms of Investiture, Rashan is able to transmit a plea for a truce throughout the city as the Phoenix breaks from its containment. Mace, Devaan and others flee to the Canton (which is being used as a safe haven for citizens and wounded fighters as Rashan and Rohan prepare to attack the Phoenix. Rohan is killed as the building is collapsed but Rashan manages to save two young orphans (Max and Mara) before being killed. Soul swears the fourth ideal of the Skydancers, and prepares to kill the Phoenix. Elkanah swears the fifth Ideal (of which order?) as so to summon the Alleystorm. There is a minor brawl in the Canton between Mace and Kane Mentiz (BitBitio) and several Black Crusade members.

Devaan, moved by Rashan's death, orders the Crusaders to stand down. Devaan incapacitates everyone still fighting, including the Crusaders. Kane gives Devaan a fragment of Voidus' rock, which Rashan had, as a gesture of peace. Devaan, Kane and Drako sit side by side, planning to broker a peace treaty in Rashan's name.

As the Alleystorm approaches, a number of characters attack the Phoenix, with Soul and several others managing to remove a few spikes. Kane and Mace plan to herd several abominations (including Koloctopi) using Amberite, but are attacked by Naerman. Tena (AxeliustheGreat) assists them, and kills Naerman.

Soul blows himself up over the Alleyvillage, causing large amounts of damage and causing the Phoenix to flee. Mace Klasten is attacked by a Kolossal, and possibly killed.

A Black Crusade warship named the Exterminatus flies over the Alleyvillage and launches a nuke in order to kill the remaining abominations in the city, as the civilians have all been evacuated. In a protected Canton of Combat, a Chaos Marine attempts to turn off the Aonic shielding but is stopped by Syen (Sorana) and Devaan. In the ensuing commotion, Syen and the marines are all killed.

As the dust settles from the blast, the surviving members of the Alleyverse begin to rebuild in the crater of their city, promising to uphold the peace.[1]

### Deceased Characters

* Shelan (BitBitio) - by the Worldspike
* Hellbent (Ark1002) - by Devaan Sheonar (Nohadon)
* Azrael (Grey Knight) - by Yzabet Montague (IAmWitless)
* Rohan (BitBitio) - by the Phoenix
* Rashan Caer (Itiah) - by the Phoenix
* Naerman (Gancho Libre) - by Tena (AxeliusTheGreat)
* Soul (Life&Death) - by the Phoenix
* Mace Klasten (Archer) - by a Kolossal (dubious)
* Syen (Sorana) - by Chaos Marines