Empt's Downfall

Empt's Downfall is the result of a rebellion that occurred during Season 2 of the Eminent SMP. It began with a group of rebels led by Hotshot overturning the Senate Election results and ended with the crowning of AlphaDove as the new king of the SMP to replace King Empt. In addition, there was a chain of assassinations, reprisals, and general violence that occurred during both the interregnum period and shortly after the coronation.

## Election Fraud & The Overthrow of Berny

Shortly after the Senate Election results were announced, allegations of election fraud began to run rampant. The victors of this election were Hotshot, Wolfy, and Berny. However, there was much controversy about this. Berny was accused of being a puppet for King Empt to further his agenda. Hotshot formed a group of rebels and decided to confront Snowseek while she was constructing the roof of Oceanizee's Colosseum. Hotshot, Wolfy, Lman, Moneymelon, and Bendy assembled and threatened her with crossbows while she was building. She tried to ignore them at first, but they summoned a bunch of withers and attacked her, forcing her to flee as she had no bodyguards and was low on food. She acquiesced to their demands: invalidation of Berny's victory, and appointment of Moneymelon to replace him as a Senator / Member of Parliament.

## Empt Confronts Snowseek

The overthrow of Berny caused waves in Empt's empire. King Empt immediately caught wind of this and summoned Snow to his office. He gave her an ultimatum: either 1) reinstate Berny as a Member of Parliament and exile Hotshot, 2) declare independence and fight a costly war, or 3) relinquish her rule as queen of Snowden. She instead gave a counteroffer: have Hotshot prove his worth via Trial by Combat by fighting Empt's greatest champion. He was intrigued, but reluctant, and Snow goaded him by questioning if he even knew someone who could handle Hotshot in a battle. He accepted, but still emphasized that he would have to take greater control over her people, as apparently she could not handle rebels in her lands.

## The Assassination of King Empt

As they negotiated, members from the Chaos Insurgency and their allies - most notably Airacle and his friend Salamander - as well as citizens of Snowden began to gather in Empt's territory. Hotshot accidentally hit Snow, causing Airacle (who served as somewhat of a bodyguard for Snow, but had his own devious plans) to pursue him and kill him. Harvey panicked about this and told Airacle to stand down. Later that day, in an event that was highly contested and controversially, Airacle and Empt got into some sort of armed conflict. Airacle alleges it was self-defense, but Empt would disagree.

In any case, Airacle and Salamander fought with Empt and chased him across his own city. In a huge plot twist, Snowseek - who did not initially plan to overthrow Empt - saw her chance to support Airacle in his quest, and she turned on Empt and began slashing at him. Many of her citizens joined in on the hunt, and Empt temporarily took shelter in Pengiu's house, nearly dying in its corridors as his attackers found their way in. He then took flight and fled far away, pursued mainly by Lman and Airacle. While running across the Nether, his elytra failed to deploy as he was possibly hit off of a bridge by one of his pursuers, and he ended up falling in the lava and perishing. As he burned to death, the silhouettes of Airacle and Lman were visible, circling above him like vultures. The king was dead.

## Interregnum and Coronation of AlphaDove

The death of Empt was a huge victory for his enemies, and Lman was officially given the crown and credit for his downfall. However, even at this time of celebration, there was conflict: Airacle, Salamander, Snow, and others supported Airacle for king. They decided to go to the End for safety and to get Salamander an elytra, and they flew thousands of blocks away into unloaded chunks to find end ships. Miraculously, they found Salamander an elytra on the first ship that Snow checked, and Snow began to farm shulker shells alone in the nearby end city. However, Baboosh suddenly appeared and attacked Snow, assassinating her with a few strikes of his trusty sword to avenge Empt's death.

In retaliation, Airacle hunted down Baboosh and killed him, but he and Salamander were also slain, although ultimately they did get most of Snow's gear back. Salamander would later retire to a desert and bury himself after Airacle was banned. Finally, Lman gave his crown to AlphaDove, as he believed Dove would be a stronger leader. This began a reign of terror where Empt was constantly burglarized, his people either abandoned him or were persecuted by the new regime, and Arcotics took over Empt's old imperial land to build Arcoland in its place.