The Succession

The Succession is an important event in *Songs of War* history, and marks the beginning of the "AfterSoW" community. It began on June 14th, 2020, when a video was uploaded to Black Plasma Community announcing the cancellation of the upcoming two seasons of *Songs of War*. This prompted many members of the fandom to soon form their own teams and attempt to create the episodes themselves with the assets David left behind.

## History

(Special thanks to Brett/Unseen Minecraft for information and research)

Following the cancellation, the SoW Union, a server of dedicated fans was created by Goldebrine. There were four main members - Goldebrine, Arcanean Voltaris, Chief E and Kapitein. Later, Tazu joined and also became a notable member. Other groups formed beside the Union, but they tended to be small and the Union's attempts to unite the groups into one collective workforce failed.

Tazu was the director of another mysterious Songs of War project, and dropped it when the opportunity arose to create his own workforce for Season 2: Sendaria Studios on June 15th. At the same time, Pat The Wizard created a Discord group DM in another attempt to unite the groups under one director. Many started to go against Tazu, as he left the Union and removed permissions in the Sendaria server from members of the Union. Tazu has since been accused of censoring and banning those who disagreed with or questioned his strict authority over production in Sendaria Studios.

Another group by the name of "Knights of Ardonia" was created by the Union member Arcanean Voltaris shortly after. The server was initially created in the hopes of exposing Tazu, but soon, the Season 1 members who were participating in the Succession - Pixel, Spy, Luukjah, Lux, Judo and Red migrated over to the server. Luukjah assumed the director position here, but Arcanean remained the owner. Roughly 30 minutes after Tazu discovered KoA, Luukjah became a co-director in Sendaria Studios. Tazu went on to "step down" from his leadership position in Sendaria Studios, but later claimed that he was forced to by the Knights of Ardonia server. However, he never forfeited his ownership of the server, so Luukjah moved the entire project over to the Knights of Ardonia, where it remains to this day. Following more drama with classic Union member Chief E, it was determined that Tazu had used his last chance. This prompted a group to head into Sendaria Studios and tell people what was really happening, as users were leaving over the drama.

Tazu later officially stepped down, citing his other projects as the reason. Luukjah, however, claimed that Tazu was forced to step down as the only way to keep his pride, though he remained as a producer. He later claimed that the community they built would "die" as it was no longer about the creation of Songs of War. Tazu created a brand new server, "Sendaria 2", where he made unfounded but very serious accusations against the Knights of Ardonia. He remained confident that if KoA fell apart, he would be able to restore it. Tazu later deleted his account, though he created a new account and is now a peaceful member of the Knights of Ardonia server.

Other smaller groups have surfaced in more recent times - Megste Studios, and Nine Tails Studios.

## Notable figures

* David R.B. (S1)
* Goldebrine (Union, KoA)
* Arcanean Voltaris (Union, KoA)
* Tazu (Union, Sendaria)
* Chief E (Union, Sendaria, KoA)
* Kapitein Grasparkiet (Union, Sendaria, KoA)
* Pat The Wizard (Union, Sendaria)
* Luukjah (S1, Sendaria, KoA)
* PixelZnimation (S1, Sendaria, KoA)
* Megste (Megste Studios)
* Lord3009 (Nine Tails)
* Samuel Bobro (Oakendale)
* Tundrabolt (Oakendale)