End War

Aftermath of the war

*Not to be confused with the Season 2 event, the End incident.*
The **End War** is an event featured in the first season of the Empires SMP. An event that happened on September 4, 2021, the war was fought between the empire rulers to keep the dragon alive or dead, in order to decide Xornoth's fate. It was triggered after the Codfather Alliance, without Katherine Elizabeth, have been transported to the End during the Codfather's Head War by FWhip.

## Events

### The Pre-End War

In episodes published on the Sept. 4, 2021, the Codfather Alliance adventured toward the Grimlands to get the Codfather's head back. In doing this, the Codfather Alliance, without the help of Katherine, adventured through many rooms and puzzles to then finally find "The Codfather's head", once the head was taken, the last trap was activated, sending them to The End. The alliance was trapped in The End and they cannot die because that meant in losing all their items, including the head. They knew that the only way to get out was to slay the Dragon.

At the same time the Codfather Alliance got into The End, MythicalSausage, after being expelled from the Wither Rose Alliance, with Joey Graceffa, were the second group to enter The End, unbeknownst to everyone. They were the only ones aware of Xornoth's link to The Dragon and wanted the demon to be released. They supported the Codfather Alliance and helped kill the dragon

> "*But fWhip and Wizard Gem failed to realize, through their plans with MythicalSausage, was how the demon was linked to The Dragon. If the Dragon is killed, The Demon will be loose on the server." — GeminiTay's narration*
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Back at House Blossom, Katherine Elizabeth and Shubble learn from Dangthatsalongname about the Dragon and his own connection with Xornoth. He tells them that the Dragon should not be killed or Xornoth will be fully released. With this information, they, along with the Wither Rose Alliance, went to the End to place down more End Crystals in order to heal the Dragon.

### The End War and the Release of Xornoth

The first in the End were the Codfather Alliance, immediately followed by Joey Graceffa and MythicalSausage, and shortly after the Wither Rose Alliance, with Dangthatsalongname, Katherine Elizabeth and Shubble were present as well.

The battle begun with no hesitation, Pixlriffs and Solidarity begun to take down the end crystals, followed by SmallishBeans. Quickly, nearly all crystals exploded leaving the Dragon defenseless. However, FWhip gave Solidarity his Codfather head, causing Jimmy and the rest of the Codfather Alliance to start trying to replace the crystals to keep the dragon alive.

The Wither Rose Alliance was stuck on the spawn platform, not able to pass through due to Dragon's Breath blocking the way. When the smoke cleared, they were able to approach the others and start replacing End Crystals but their efforts were quickly negated by the Codfather Alliance, Joey, and MythicalSausage. Finally, the crystals were all broken and the Dragon's health begun to decrease.

The final blow to the Dragon was given by Joey. The only rulers who were truly happy were MythicalSausage and Joey Graceffa.

After the Dragon had been slain, the imperial leaders gathered in a pool of water to stay safe from Endermen. The Wither Rose Alliance criticized the Codfather Alliance, Joey, and MythicalSausage, before Pixlriffs placed blame on the Wither Rose Alliance for trapping the Codfather Head in the End, as Pixlriffs said that Solidarity was a literal fish and that he fell for the bait every time. Joey referred to the demon, leaving everyone surprised, as his husband, questioning a wedding. At that moment, Xornoth appeared on one of the obsidian pillars. It appeared with grown horns, indicating its full power.

### Post-End War events

Right after the Dragon was slain, GeminiTay grabbed the dragon egg. She placed it on a peak in the Crystal Cliffs on a shrine built to house it and let it hatch peacefully. The Wither Rose Alliance would be hopeful that one day, the dragon egg would hatch and that peace would be restored.

After the Dragon was killed, Pixlriffs fled his empire, and would be out in exile, ashamed of his deeds.

MythicalSausage and Joey Graceffa celebrated the fact that Xornoth has been freed.

## Extra Notes

* Lizzie tried to keep the dragon alive, without knowing about the consequence, because fWhip told her and gave her end crystals.