Delphinium

The city of Delphinium is a city within Cornea, in the southwestern corner of the Central Map. It was the first city founded in the Simp Empire, being officially founded just days after the nation's declaration of independence and was named in honor of Belle Delphine, the de-jure Empress of the Simpire. It became the capital of the Simp Empire and later the capital of the Federal Republic of Cornea.

# History

Being officially founded on the 10th of April, Delphinium is the second oldest city in the world and continues to be an active city.

## Early History

The first settlement in the area of Delphinium was a small fort constructed of stone bricks, built by Simpmaster General timothy12139 on April 4, 2020, shortly after the general area had been colonized by the Simp Empire. It served as a command center and supply depot for the Simp Army during the Green India War and the Green Indian Revolt. During the two conflicts, this building would suffer minor damage due to attacks by the Green Indians.

## Under the Simp Empire

Soon after, XPH4N70MR34P3RX, then a lieutenant of timothy12139, drew up plans for the construction of the city, which he christened Delphinium. He also heavily remodeled the fort, which from that point on became the capitol building of the city and nation. spirit250 and timothy12139 assisted him in the landscaping of the area which was planned to be encompassed by the city. This included the deforestation of the forest in the surrounding area, much of which took place in land disputed by Graminica.

The first construction project was the creation of platforms on the First Island and Second Island, a low seawall on the coast of the mainland, and the Delphinium Lighthouse on a nearby unnamed island. However, the initial development was stalled for several days due to the focus on outward expansion, in particular the O Island the rising tensions and the eventual outbreak of war with Graminica.

### The Simp-Graminican War

During the Simp-Graminican War, the settlement was of little importance, as the Simperial forces established their command center on the Virgin For Life Islands and the captured Graminican fort on the Big Isle, and was almost always on the offensive and outside of Simperial territory for the duration of the war. However, following a Simperial raid on Gamertown, RaiderKillz121 was ordered by GramCanMineAway to attack the city, resulting in the destruction of the lighthouse. Following the event, the city would be bombarded by Graminican forces during Operation Blocky Thunder, though, as there was not much to destroy, it resulted in negligible damage.

### Post-War

Following the war, the city would resume construction on April 20th, coinciding with Adolf Hitler's birthday. A residential area on the First Island, the Italian restaurant and Blacksmith's shop on the Second Island, the Downtown area, and Capitol Hill began construction. The latter two would be completed within two weeks of the beginning of construction, while the Capitol Hill would not be completed for months and Downtown would continue to be developed to the current day.

The Satanic District was established by XPH4N70MR34P3RX and timothy12139 as compensation to spirit250 for the loss of the 1st Synagogue of Satan, which was ceded to Graminica along with the rest of the Virgin for Life Islands after the war and destroyed. The 2nd Synagogue of Satan was constructed by spirit250, though the quality of the building was so poor that it was torn down by XPH4N70MR34P3RX, who was then de-facto governor of the region, and replaced with the 3rd Synagogue of Satan, which was built without any involvement of Spirit. Also in the Satanic District was built an underground complex called the Gulag, though it did not much resemble it's real life counterparts in any way other than the presence of jail cells and torture chambers.

During this time, minecraft wizad would establish residence in the city, raising the population to 4, and Clay1889 and other foreigners would become invested in the construction of the city, though very little was constructed by people other than XPH4N70MR34P3RX and spirit250. The port of Virginium was created as well, but it was so underdeveloped that it had been absorbed into the growing Delphinium by the time anything had been built after the drydocks.

For several months, Delphinium saw considerable development and had become the second largest city in the world. The Capitol Hill and Capitol Building were completed, BLACKGUY2424's house and underground laboratory were built, with the former being destroyed by spirit250 not long after and the latter being integrated into the Gulag, and spirit250's mansion was built. In spite of this, many complaints of the Satanic District and Spirit's mansion being underdeveloped and practically abandoned were lodged, due to Spirit's refusal to complete his own projects.

### The Simp-Tapferite War

Delphinium was also a major center for the distribution of The Truth, much to the dismay of RaiderKillz121. Due to posting of lines from the book in chat by XPH4N70MR34P3RX, The Empire of Tapfer declared war on the Simp Empire, successfully attacking Delphinium and claiming the city as his own, as well as annexing the entirety of the continental Simp Empire. However, just hours before a planned Simperial counterattack, RaiderKillz121 extended an offer of peace, in which he retracted all of his claims of territory and promised friendship with the Simp Empire, so long as the 3rd Synagogue of Satan was removed and in it's place a Tapferite embassy was built. The 3rd Synagogue of Satan was indeed removed, but it was not destroyed, instead moved into a new section of the Gulag known as Hell. The embassy was also never built, as timothy12139 was completely unaware of that term of the treaty, and by the time he knew, Tapfer had ceased to be an independent nation and had been annexed in it's entirety by Graminica and the newly formed state of Excalibur.

Due to the conflict as well as inactivity of key citizens of the Simpire, the country fell into a deep decline until the disestablishment of the Simp Empire and proclamation of the Federal Republic of Cornea.

## Under the Federal Republic of Cornea

### The First Era

Almost immediately after the official takeover, there was another, worse period of inactivity due to the absence of XPH4N70MR34P3RX lasting until August 2nd. During this time, there would be no activity at all in Delphinium.
Upon XPH4N70MR34P3RX's return, there would be slow growth of the city, with the capitol building being finished and a few houses and the library being built. However, not much else was accomplished as efforts were being focused on an advanced weapons program and the new city of Three Holes.

The Satanic District would see a brief revival with the repair of old buildings and the construction of the Satanic Strip Club by spirit250, but would again lapse into inactivity.

### The LARP War

The city became a battleground again during the LARP War, in which GramCanMineAway, pretending to be a Kyranian Noctem racist, intentionally heightened tensions between Graminica and Cornea. During attempted mediation by minecraft wizad, who only made things worse (also intentionally), XPH4N70MR34P3RX was assassinated by GramCanMineAway in Downtown, who then declared war on Cornea. The conflict would be short, lasting only around 30 minutes before GramCanMineAway was driven out of the city and peace concluded.

### The Shit War

A few weeks later, Delphinium would again be involved in conflict during the Shit War, when XPH4N70MR34P3RX drove spirit250 out of Three Holes back to Delphinium. Graminica was again involved in the conflict, directly aiding spirit250, though this did not have an effect on the outcome of the war. A treaty was signed in which spirit250 rejoined Cornea on the condition that his right to take a shit was not infringed upon (though there was never any violation of this right to begin with) and a flushable toilet was installed in the BOD Office.
The city, save for the Satanic District and Spirit's Mansion, which accounted for almost half of it's entire area, continued slow growth after the war. At the same time as Lesbia, Three Holes, and the advanced weapons program made significant progress, and new territory was purchased from Graminica. This era was generally seen as the height of Cornean power and prosperity at the time, and the height of spirit250's productivity to that date. However, this would be ended by the November Election Crisis.

### The November Election Crisis

The Cornean government was preparing to restructure itself from a dictatorship to a democratic system. Due to the existence of two executive offices, though XPH4N70MR34P3RX was predicted to win one seat, the other was open to the rest of the general populace. EndoGaming16 would briefly consider running, but would drop out of the race when it became apparent that he would not have enough support. The former Simpmaster General, timothy12139, would regain interest in politics and also enter the race. Finally, spirit250, seeing his chance to exert his satanic authority over Cornea and the entire world, announced that he would be running for "President of Cornea", threatening to commit a terrorist attack if he lost the election.

When he realized that he not only lost, but also had such a small share of the vote, he immediately bombed the Italian Restaurant and attempted to destroy sections of the Aqueduct and the Virginium Shipyard. The latter two were stopped by XPH4N70MR34P3RX, and Cornea declared war on the Spirit Nation that had been established a few days before, officially joining the Second Asshole War.

The Italian Restaurant was repaired to as close as possible to it's original condition, but not exact as there were no detailed documents or photographs of it's original state. The Satanic District fell into it's final and worst decline in this time.

### The Second Era

During the Second Era, the Church of Chernabog was moved to Gram's Swastitown, and Spirit's Mansion relocated to Macville. Much of the Satanic District was reclaimed and ruined as well, including Endo's Island, which was reclaimed and made into a new district. timothy12139's house was moved from the south bank of the river to this island as well.

### The Third Era

Following Chattyswadgen's secession, the Satanic District was finally completely destroyed. It's building were all relocated to Hell, and in it's place was built the Capitol Plaza and the New City. timothy12139's house was also moved from Endo's Island to the New City.

After this, the New City was further developed, and currently has 5 buildings; 3 unnamed buildings, timothy12139's Courthouse, and the under construction New Calestine Republic Embassy.

Following the founding of the Confederate States of Aurelia, Delphinium was considered for the provisional capital of the nation before Claudia began construction. Delphinium remains the state capital of the Federal Republic of Cornea to this day. It was also the site of Christmas celebrations on Calestine, during which Fortnite Horror and other late Calestinian literature was published. LeGrenadier7453 hid a grenade inside of minecraft wizad's Christmas present, which resulted in the tree completely burning down upon opening. Fortunately, it was later replaced without further incident.

# Notable Locations in Delphinium

- Old Capitol Building

- New Capitol Building

- Library

- The Gulag

- Hell

- Delphinium Lighthouse

- The marketplace

- Clayton's Pharmacy

- Clayton's Apartments

- The Delphinium Daily Office building

- First Island

- Second Island

- The Italian Restaurant

- Delphinium Court

- The Black House

- Bakery

- St. Beater's Brazilica

## Gallery

St. Beater's Brazilica, the first church constructed by XPH4N70MR34P3RX in CorneaCapitol Square during Christmas celebrations