August War

The *August War* was a major conflict in CrocMC during Season 4. It came as a result of the aftermath of the *July Crisis* and the formation of **Neo-Nordic** to combat the power monopoly of **Kmerhine** and **Anatolian**. The war would last several weeks and caused widespread economic damage to multiple groups on the server. The conclusion of the war would mark the beginning of *The Great Decline*, leading to the server's longest and most crippling dormant period.

## Background

**Neo-Nordic,** a restoration of the Nordic Nation, and Anatolian were both formed from remnants of **Nordic Nation** and **Anzac**, with primarily the Anzacs forming Anatolian with Grimm and dingo. Primarily Nordic members joined **Neo-Nordic**, along with a fairly new group **Khmerine,** which had been around since only the last season founded by Zentaly and Turtle. **Anatolian** and **Kmerhine** were the current great powers of the server, due to Zentaly and Dingos close friendship. The two factions became close allies, sharing resources and eventually providing refuge to retreating **Kmerhine** soldiers during the August War before **Anatolian's** official entry into the war a day after it began.

## August War

### Location

Kmerhine bases, Anatolian, Neo-Nordic bases, spillovers at Alzaria and Spawn

### Result

StalemateAugust Truce signed, status quo ante bellum, Onset of the Great Decline

## Belligerents

### Combatants

Kmerhine: Zentaly, Mythblood†Anatolian: Dingo

Neo-Nordic: Nick, Charge, Ethan, Sil, Myxxo

## Strength

### Number of Bases

Kmerhine: 2Anatolian: 1

Neo-Nordic: 2 (excluding Alzaria)

Nick and Ethan recruited insiders from ever major team on the server and kept their membership a secrecy. Ethan lead this pseudo-group known as **The Blackhats**. The group's formation and subsequent taunting of **Kmerhine** and **Anatolian** became known as the *July Crisis.* The group would reform into **Neo-Nordic** and declare war.

## Events

Upon the formation of **Neo-Nordic** and its immediate declaration of war, a series of crippling defeats were suffered by **Kmerhine** to **Neo-Nordic** in the early hours, both **Kmerhine** bases were under Nordic occupation with Zentaly, Mythblood, and Turtle making routine guerilla attacks but being unsuccessful in the end.

4 hours after the war began, **Anatolian** started providing refuge to the retreating **Kmerhine** soldiers. With the housing of fugitives within a base not sanctioned under the *Haven Accords*, a UN meeting was called to discuss the legality of this act. It was deemed legal for a warring faction to enter a neutral base with the intention of combatting enemies seeking refuge there, so long as no griefing occured.

The next day **Anatolian** officially entered the war in retaliation to a breach of security after **Neo-Nordic**'s Ethan snuck into neutral Anatolian land and killed the exiled Mythblood, Zentaly and Turtle and almost harming **Anatolian** citizen Yoboinoahisop (Noah), who was caught in the crossfire. Another UN meeting was called and it was decided that neutrals who were on the battlefield are part of the playing field, and that the unintentional harm of a neutral player during the course of battle is not illegal.

Following **Anatolian**'s entry, **Kmerhine** griefed one of its own bases and relocated all supplies to **Anatolian** in order to prevent **Neo-Nordic** from reaping the resources from the base. Soon the war became gridlocked, with constant guerilla attacks on both sides every hour

Bases went from being held by **Nordic**, to being held by **Kmerhine** forces and then back into **Nordic** hands within minutes constantly. A final UN meeting was called to discuss changes in the war system to make base occupations more challenging. It was ultimately decided that the active rules would remain, and soon both alliances became bored with the regular fighting.

Eventually this lead to both sides being exhausted and signing an armistice in late August.

## Aftermath

The August Truce was signed, ending the long war which up until the present day was the bloodiest conflict in CrocMC's history. Major economic damaged had been done to both sides, and trading with neutral teams halted as a result. **Falcrest**, the only other politically influential group at the time, diminished after the griefing of **Haven**. Members from **Tato** also joined less regularly. With no major groups left, the server entered the dead period which became known as *The Great Decline*.