The Day of Desecrations

The **Day of Desecrations** was a series of events on August 17th, 2022 that began with the destruction of an Ostenbourgish angel erected outside of Wackel and lead to The Most Serene Republic of Ottacorp capturing the Pommern wall and desecrating the tomb of Yhorm at Mount Storkenkopf, and was nearly the breaking point for a war between the SRO and Ostenbourg.

## The Desecrations

### Destruction of the Angel

Following the Penzig Escalation, Maddoix erected a statue of the Dark Angel outside the Gates of Wackel, in front of the Watchmen. While it was quickly noticed by the SRO, most people quickly forgot about it. It wasn't until 17-8-2022 that Chairman Voterfraud decided to finally take action against what he viewed as an act of vandalism. Before this, the southern Watchman statue had been blasting the Dark angle statue with its ancient eye laser powers, and the Dark Angle statue was protecting itself with some sort of barrier, powered by the dark energy from the crying obsidian it was carrying. A sign was outside of it saying "Our lady WILL protect us"

Yung gathered a few blocks of TNT and invited Throneman Henryk Wieniawsky over to view the statue's destruction. He placed said TNT on the statue, before igniting it. After the explosion, which according to onlookers was a fabulous site to behold, only the Crying obsidian remained. Henryk gathered it before they both agreed to destroy it in T H E P I T under Wagner's estate.

### The Extinguishing of T H E P I T

Henryk and Yung soon arrived at the estate, Wagner and Swatman soon joined them. Henryk wanted to wait for VFox to arrive to witness the sacrifice before commencing it, giving Maddoix time to interrupt. He had gathered a handful of Ottacorp flags and was threatening to burn them if the crying obsidian was not handed over. They refused and told him to go away, and in retaliation Maddoix quickly lit a fire and tossed the flags in. Yung, however, was able to save the flags before they sustained any serious damage. Maddoix then decided to jump into T H E P I T and place a bucket of water, quickly turning it to obsidian. Henryk quickly declared Maddoix a terrorist, and soon a small party descended into T H E P I T to hunt down Maddoix. He escaped, however, and fled to the Pommern wall.

### The Fourth Battle of the Pommern Wall

Maddoix fled to the Pommern wall and quickly began to prepare the forces stationed there for a battle. When SRO forces arrived, he tried to negotiate while battling. His forces, however, were quickly overwhelmed by the forces from Fort Blaha combined with the search party and Maddoix withdrew while the SRO occupied the fort. It is unclear what happened to the rest of the forces stationed at the wall, however, Ostenbourg claims they are being treated poorly while the SRO claims the opposite.

### The Raid on Mount Storkenkopf and the Desecration of Yhorm's Tomb

Maddoix fled to Mount Storkenkopf and removed his armor as he pled for his life in the Mausoleum of Yhorm. He claimed that any action taken at the monastery would lead to war as it is a holy place. His pleads fell on deaf ears, and he was quickly slain by the Axe of Wackel wielded by Chairman Voterfraud. While the Monastery proper was left alone, The Regalia from Yhorms tomb was taken by Yung, and two flags of Ostenbourg were torn down, not to mention the blood across the tomb from the slaying of Maddoix.

### The Reigniting of T H E P I T and the sacrifice of the crying obsidian

Wagner, Yung, and Henryk worked to reignite T H E P I T, before returning to the chamber of sacrifice. This time, the crying obsidian was tossed into T H E P I T and the idol was forever destroyed.

## The Aftermath

The end of the desecrations was not the end of the day's events, and both The Chairhouse and Johansburg issued statements concerning the events.

### The Chairhouse's response

An official announcement made by Throneman Henryk Wieniawsky was put out following the incident

*Citizens of the Most Serene Republic of Ottacorp! On this day, the 17th of August, Ostenbourg official Pruski extinguished the P I T at Wagner Mansion, to prevent the sacrifice of crying obsidian taken from a dark idol the Empire erected at the gates of Wackel which was destroyed upon this truly fateful day of initial tragedy. Pruski has henceforth declared a terrorist with all that this status entails. Brave Ottacorp soldiers Yung and Swatman - decorations they shall receive! - hunted the disdainful specimen to Mount Storkenkopf, whence he was killed by the Axe of Wackel inside the mausoleum of Emperor Yhorm, which was desecrated in a rightful ecstatic state of triumph which overcame the great victors of this day. The P I T was quickly reignited by the tireless efforts of Wagner and Yung and the Ostenbourgish Pommern Wall was seized. To finalize the Republic's glorious victory, the crying obsidian of the dark idol has been sacrificed to the P I T, which consumed it with usual malevolence. Citizens! This truly disgraceful act of Ostenbourgish aggression, the Serene Republic has remained respectful in its diplomatic relations with the Empire. But, fellow Ottamen, such behavior can not and will not be tolerated! The Ottacorp ambassador to Ostenbourg in Johanburg has been recalled. The Chairhouse expects the perpetrator to be punished by the Imperial Government or else the Republic will have to take action! Glory to the Most Serene Republic! Glory to Ottacorp!*

### Johansburg's response

Archduke Calvin published an announcement on the incident later in the day

*People of Ostenbourg and the world, Once again our Empire got cowardly attacked by foreign terrorists. The Baron of the Pommern Wall endured constant harassment by those people, who even got officially congratulated by Ottacorp officials. The chairhouse of Ottacorp demanded that Pruski should get punished, this is a scandalous provocation that we take seriously. It should be known that the opposite will happen! All our fighters who work hard to defend our country will be rewarded! In addition to that, ottacorps terrorists profaned our most sacred mausoleum, the imperial regalia got stolen. This is an act that will not be forgiven! We will hunt down these terrorists and throw them in our deepest dungeon I make it my mission. For evident safety and national security reasons, we decided to cease and occupy the fort North of Hugenbirch. The Imperial regalia must immediately be returned to the mausoleum if Ottacorp wants to start thinking about talking Fort liberation trade from both sides. I still respect the personal contacts that I had with Ottacorp officials saying they regret the escalation. Glory to the Empire! Calvin Archduke of Johanburg, Duke of Yhorm Island and Hugenbirch, Count of South Port, Chief of New-Alsace*