Bxttersticks

## Appearance, Factions, Alliances

Buttersticks, IGN Bxttersticks, is a long-time player on the Surpher. His character joined in the early days of the server. Buttersticks is quite wealthy, and known as the God of Wealth and Greed. He (possessed by the Malignance) is married to Crow, IGN AbysmalCrow. He is canonically Grem's brother, and by extent, a part of Patchworkfam. He is also a part of the Jaune Pet Project, in charge of fish. Buttersticks used to have medium-length brown hair and eyes, but since becoming possessed by The Malignance, his form is entirely purple-black and void-like with white eyes.

## First Age History

Buttersticks first entered the server two days after its start. Immediately upon arrival, with nothing but stone tools, he created a portal and entered the Nether. Seeing his surroundings and new to the 1.16 update, he was inspired to create a city of fire, gold, and blackstone. After creating his Home Sweet Home, a little cottage in the warped forest, he set to founding a city in the nether. He dubbed this city appropriately: Hell. He crowned himself King of Hell, becoming the ruler of a kingdom not yet real. After a few days of little turnout for newcomers, Butter decided he needed to up his game. Maybe prebuilt homes would be more appealing? He set to work making platforms suspended over a sea of lava. Because most people on the Surpher were artists, he figured they might appreciate a more edgy atmosphere. He also set to integrate other communities into his own, in the hopes that more people would move in. He returned to the Overworld with one thought in mind: religion. Hearing about a new god known as Dave the pufferfish, and his conflict with his brother evaD, Butter decided to hop on the train and become an emissary for evaD's message. However, evaD was widely opposed, so even after constructing a church in Hell for him, all he got in return was row after row of empty pew. However, for his dedication to the cause, he was rewarded with the status of priest, and became known as the Prophet of evaD. This was directly countered by StarsareBees, who at the time was the prophet of Dave. Throughout these early days, Butter met many interesting characters of the Surpher, including: Addyelf22, A1ver, QuickyThiccy, gremlxnn, Stars, Sparkle, LifelessGoblin, DoomedDumpling, Julia, and many more. He even became an honorary member of the Patchworkfam.

Butter shortly after married QuickyThiccy on a whim, who became his second King. The two got up to countless shenanigans together, which made the loneliness of ruling an empty city more fulfilling for Butter. One of these shenanigans also involved meancanine, in which the phrase "balsamic chicken" was tossed around between the three in increasingly obnoxious voices. Meancanine resolved to create an item named Balsamic Chicken, and thus his infamous product, 'B̛̺̜̲̖̝ͥͩ͌a͔̤̫̝̽͑͟l͎͖̪̟̞ͮͫ͗̑̕s̵̯̮̅ͯ', was born.

Seeing that religion did not draw new citizens, and out of motivation to build his fiery city, Butter opted instead to create a forest of fungus. This forest attracted several visitors as well as a resident, Julia. However, this wasn't enough for Butter. He changed the name of the city to a less evil title: The Netherlands. One of the visitors to his city, Ekbrim, was interested in assisting him in making his vision come true. Butter adopted her as his child and she became known as the Princess of the Netherlands. Together, they built a torture chamber and a prison. While this didn't attract any new residents, it was home to many public executions and therefore became a place of mediocre popularity. Several homes were built by travelers, though many never returned to these and haven't been seen since. Overall, The Netherlands seemed to be a flop.

It was now that the nether caught the attention of a particular staff member of the Surpher. Sezzie saw the fiery fountain in what would have been The Netherland's main square and thought it would be a wonderful site for their new castle. Butter gladly accepted this idea and helped Sezzie gather blackstone for the construction of the castle. Since Hades herself had now moved in and laid claim over all of the nether, Butter was satisfied with how his city had turned out and retired his obsession with expanding his kingdom. Instead, he turned his attention to gathering riches and giving to the poor, an act that he thought filled the hole in his heart. He created himself a basement filled with riches, nice enough that three separate weddings were officiated there. Eventually, Butter grew tired of these riches, and decided to pursue purpose on the server. Towards the end of the First Age, Butter retired from his home and travelled some 3,000 kilometers from civilization to start a farm. He even gave away his house to a random person he met. He soon realized that this life was not fit for him, and returned to his home after seeing that its new owner had not touched it in a month. His seemingly agitated activity on the server was a result of the stark loneliness he felt as he slowly pushed those he cared for away. Thus begins his relative absence for the majority of the Second Age.

## Second Age History

Buttersticks, at one point during the Second Age, inherited Bookedup from Julia and Alex. Unable to run it and interested in producing his own wealth, he passed it on to Addy, who runs it today.

Butter was not very active during the second age, with the exception of a few instances. One of which involved his travelling 1 million blocks, where he promptly started a night-long party with many other relatively inactive members in which they dug a 4 chunk pit to bedrock. Even Sezzie came, and created what is now known as the void hole (/warp TheVoid).

He also joined the Surpher to gradually work on his new home in the mountains, much nearer to the main village than any of his previous homes.

Besides that, he mostly only appeared for important weddings.

## Third Age History

The Third Age saw Butter return much more frequently, finally completing his new home and deserting the Netherlands (though he still owns the land). It was during this time that Butter caught up with most of the others he hadn't seen in a while, and met both newcomers to the Third Age and players he missed during the Second Age. As Neolympus came to fruition, Butter became known as the god of greed. However, this title was soon changed to the god of wealth and fortune. Late one night, hoping to create a shrine for his followers to visit, he instead created a site known as The Pit (/warp Descension). It was soon after this that he became possessed by the Malignance.

## Malignance

Buttersticks is a vessel of what's known as the Malignance, or K⚍∷ᔑ╎ tᔑᒲᔑᓭ⍑╎ in Galactic Alphabet (its native text). He was possessed by the Malignance during the Third Age. After the Malignance possessed Buttersticks, his body and skin changed, becoming dark and twisted with violet swirls and lesions. Buttersticks' consciousness is in something of a deep sleep, and unaware that the Malignance is operating his body. The Malignance has access to all of Buttersticks' memories and past experiences, allowing it to accurately imitate him.

The Malignance, inside of Buttersticks' body, married Crow. They knew that it was the Malignance they would marry and not Buttersticks.

You can read more all about the Malignance here.