FireshadowDark

FireshadowDark joined the server for the first time mid july 2022. Not long after spawn he immediatly went on a long journey trying to find a mangrove swamp. This has lead him far away from spawn, and so from most other players in the server. He also is the leader of the mudempire faction.

## Journey to the Mangroves

Already on the first day, he knew he wanted somewhere special to live, build his starter base, and all his builds. Since 1.19 was still new, and he had never seen a Mangrove in survival, it was inevitable he was going to choose this specific biome for the rest of his time on the server as it is right now.

###### Backstory

FireshadowDark has been picky with biomes where he builds his base for a long time. This likely originated in the original Quotient server, which was hosted by Acidquotient. While building his mine in a forest, FireshadowDark got ambushed by Acidquotient, who didn't knew he was making a mine there. It just so happenned that Acidquotient was making a top secret military camp nearby. While the camp didn't stay a secret much longer, FireshadowDark was filled with grief. Knowing that he had no chance in a fight, he just left his base, and went thousands of blocks away, until he found a nice mountain to make a new start. While the two got back to good terms with each other only a few days later, FireshadowDark still prefers to life in a beautiful isolated place. Preferably huge mountains, lush caves or the newest addition, a Mangrove Swamp.

### The wild SMP

Enough backstory, back to the wild SMP. While FireshadowDark didn't exactly have good armor and tools, he still didn't wait a second longer then neccesary to get enough stuff as needed. The biggest portion of his journey was by boat, and not really filled with interesting moments. However, he did find some interesting places.

> A frozen ocean.
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> A big hole in a savanna leading into a dripstone cave and having a waterfall coming from a river next to it.
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> Ocean ruins and sunken ships. (From this he got 1, and maybe even 2 heart of the seas. It's unknown where those are now)
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> And last but not least a Woodland Mansion.
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###### A night next to a Mansion

FireashadowDark was just sailing his boat, with the night coming, in probably the worst biome to spend a night: a Dark Forest. ''Luckily'' he found a open space next to the river. One problem: It was next to a huge Woodland Mansion. To avoid potential pillagers, and of course other mobs killing him he dug himself in. One time he starled because he accidentally made a hole in his little dirt cave. Turned out he just found a half underground body of water. It actually even helped him see if it was day again or not.

###### A night long in a tree

One time it became night. This time FireshadowDark was relatively save in a sparse jungle. He just climbed up the trees and waited for the sun to rise. While this seems simple, it still was pretty interesting. FireshadowDark wasn't the only player online at the moment, but still, for aa unknown reason, nobody slept to make it day. This eventually led to a total of 2-3 creepers, 2-3 skeletons 1-2 spiders and a bunch of zombies being packed together under his tree. When the day came most of course burned to death, however he still had to fight the creepers.

###### The last part

The next mornng, he immediatly entered a windswept savanna, and to his suprise, he could already see a Mangrove, which all the time just had been a few chunks away from being rendered in. Happy he ran through the Mangrove seeking for the best place for a base, or rather over the mangrove, since he mostly ran over the treetops. He spend a whole MC day or more trying to find a good place, and then he found it. Literally the same Windswept Savanna he entered the Mangrove from. This place had elevation and looked out over the Mangrove, with a big hill/mountain (actually more just three gigantic spikes) on the other side. There also was that Sparse Jungle, and on the other side of a river flowing through all this was a normal jungle. And as finishing touch there was a tiny bamboo jungle on the edge of the Windswept Savanna that is was smaller than a chunk, profiding fuel, and eventually enabling FIreshadowDark to make a bamboo farm.