Fortress

The Fortress is a highly fortified village-city complex, well-known for having near-impenetrable defenses. It is also the home of infamous Steve the Slime Slayer. Its leader is Mayor.

## General Information

The village soon was able to become much more powerful and stronger once Steve settled there. Walls and trenches were soon built around the village, allowing protection from the monster plague. The constant upgrades in protection began to attract businesses and threats. But as the Fortress endured, it gained a well-known reputation of sustaining itself against sieges and invasions and overcome stronger enemies due to its powerful army and defenses.

## Buildings

As of the present, the city now houses assortments of several households, shops, utilities, farms, and other important buildings. and has established connections with other villages via the minecart system, making it one of the most urbanized cities. In the middle, there are iconic features such as the town hall and the walls. The city also has a minecart system going to the mines and Wanda's Hut.

As the Fortress is square, it is based on a grid system, where each building occupies a cell in the grid. The Fortress is divided into three districts: shopping, entertainment, and military. Residences are spread over.

### Shopping

The most prominent buildings serve cuisines. There are several local restaurants, including Grant's (the first one ever), Pizzalicious, the Pastry Shop, Granny's Croissants, Rhyming Ramen and many more. The restaurants also cater to special events and parties.

There are other interesting stores such as Paul’s Potion Shop and Pet City. There was even a grocery store, but it closed down after the Creeper-Fortress Battle. The pig and horse stables can also be found outside the Fortress, run by Dante and his brother, Thane.

### Entertainment

The Entertainment district is currently empty, but there is an arena around where challengers can do battles, ran by Autumn. As well as that, there is also a karaoke business, Bowling Alley, and dance studio.

### Military

Whilst archers and guards train regularly in the training grounds, the other divisions train in locations more specialized for their class. For example, rogues are trained in Shadow's Dojo, whilst cavalry is trained outside at the stables. The Sniper Tower is located there as well.

### Others

There are still significant buildings that do not belong in any of these locations, including the Town Hall, the laboratory, Steve's Home and other residences.

## Defenses

At first, the village had no defenses. Once Steve moved in, the defenses started being built. Originally, there were only 3 planned "phases", which were enacted to protect the village. Creating the trench earned the name Phase 1, building the wall as Phase 2 and filling water in the trench as Phase 3. Bob suggested *lava* and it is lava, now water now. Whilst these were the early stages of security, the defenses were heavily upgraded as the village expanded and became a target for more powerful threats.

### Trench

The Fortress was once a regular village under attack from many outside monsters, until Steve, Bob, and other villagers managed to create a long two-block deep trench surrounding the village, making most mobs unable to make it through without falling in. Later in the story, this trench was filled with lava from the mines to further advance security, and it was extremely powerful.

### Wall

As a second means of protection, a wall was erected around the village, leaving the village protected mainly by arrows and ranged attacks. This also stopped slimes from entering as well. The wall, in early stages, was two blocks high and made of dirt, but the wall's material slowly transcended into stone, then obsidian. The height and thickness were increased as well. The height of the wall is currently 40 blocks.

Along the wall are several ballistae manned by the archers, as well as many more TNT cannons. Arrow dispenser turrets are being added on and under the platform of the wall. At the main gate is a confiscation deck for security reasons.

### Sniper Tower

Next to the Town Hall is a tall tower in which snipers use and easily aim at incoming enemies with their superb range and accuracy. It is extremely tall, past 40 blocks.

### Cole's Inventions

#### Laser Canon

The Laser Cannon is a direct-energy weapon that fires a pure beam of plasma that instantly destroys enemies. It has been shown to fatally injure Dr. Z's ultimate form. It used as a last resort if an enemy has broken through the defenses and the army, and has a high cooldown. It is powered by many Redstone gems made by compressing Redstone dust a scientist named Elizabeth discovered.

#### Golem Mech

The Golem Mech is a mechanical robot just about bigger than an iron golem. The mech fits a full Redstone block underneath as a power source. The golem is made of metal plates. Four levers are used to man the suit: the leftmost to move the suit forward and backward, whilst the rightmost takes the suit side to side. The two others move the arms.

#### Golem Suit

An advanced form of the Golem Mech, the suit is more compact and uses Redstone gems. The suit can fly and has amazing reflexes and strength. It also has laser vision. However, it uses the Redstone gems quickly, and cannot be used for long.

#### Giant Golem (destroyed)

The Giant Golem was a five-man controlled suit completely powered with a beacon and Redstone circuitry. The golem has to be controlled in sync with the other members, and the power output has to be shifted in order to make effective moves. The beacon's effect also helps change the mode of the Giant Golem. The Giant Golem was destroyed when it was used to defeat the Giant Zombie in Gavin's first invasion with the Wither Skeleton Army.

### Military

There are four main divisions in the Fortress' army, all of which's captains are under General Steve's command.

* Guards: The guards' division is made up of several warriors, gladiators, knights, Samurais, berserkers, and Paladins. These make up the main body of the army, who protect the front lines using melee attacks. The division is trained and lead by Paladin-Captain Devlin, and his lieutenant Lennox.
* Archers: The archers' division is comprised of archers, rangers, snipers, elemental rangers and marksmen. The divisions take on enemies with ranged attacks and provide the guards with cover fire. They are also responsible for the ballistae. The division is trained and lead by Captain Arceus, and his lieutenant, Calvin.
* Cavalry: This group is mainly comprised of knights and paladins. The division utilizes horses to charge and overpower weakened enemies quickly whilst maintaining a good defense. The division is trained and lead by General Alex who leaves Knight Kyler in charge when she is gone.
* Rogues: This group is a branch of rogues, ninjas, thieves, Nightwing, and assassins. This division takes on enemies with speed and surprise to damage opponents, then duck and dodge back into safety. The division is lead by Shadow, a Nightwing and lieutenant Peyton, an assasin.

As well as these, there are other people who are allies who sometimes work with the military, but are not necessarily part of it. These included:

* The Fighter's Club: A group of fighters and monks who practice fights underneath The Fortress. Despite not being in the military, they are still incredibly powerful. They are led by Jasmine, a monk.
* Bob: Bob once played his part as an excellent axe-thrower and friend of Steve. Now as a Redstone gem- powered golem, Bob packs some serious firepower in punches and laser vision.
* Mercenaries: A group of mercenaries, made up of gladiators, thieves, rangers and base classes. They are a sword-for-hire group that is paid to help execute battles. They do not necessarily have a leader, though the most leader-like figure is Vincent, a gladiator.

## City Council + Government

The city council is run in the city hall. It is run by the captains of the military (Devlin, Arceus, Alex, Shadow and Steve) The Science division (Cole & Orion) The library branch (Emily) The hospital service (Ema) The Construction Crew (Tommy) Potions Division (Cindy) The Mayor, The Elders (Lisa, Douglas & the rest of the elders). The Council makes all of the city's decisions for the residents.