Fall of the Piglin Kingdom

### Casualties and Losses

Porkshire, Mutated Piglin, Piglin General, General Tusk, many pigmen and piglins, Ciara (revived)

The **fall of the Piglin Kingdom** was the collapse of the  Piglin Kingdom's ruling authority — the Piglin King and his commanders. It occurred after Eternal.

The fall of the Piglin Kingdom was a major fight in second episode of Season 3 of the Fractures Series.

## Story

The film opens viewing Kane examining the gold that Ciara stole from the Piglins. He tells her that she has to return the loot back to the Bastion, stating that the Piglin King will probably send Piglins to hunt her down. However, Ciara insists that she keeps the loot, while Kane states that giving the loot to its rightful owner would be the safest choice she has. He adds that the Piglin King holds a lot of power in the Nether, with rumors saying he's under the Nether Princess's protection. Ciara, who now has had enough of Kane, turns around and walks out casually while Kane exclaims that she doesn't know how powerful the Nether's forces are, later asking Ciara to admit she's in danger. Ciara, offended, rebuts by stating that she's one of the best assassins in the Netherbane, without fail. She also says that she's not in danger, but IS the danger. She assumes that Kane thinks she's prey for the Piglin King, but believes it to be wrong.

Later, General Tusk and his group of Piglins approach the Netherbane Tavern. General Tusk breaks down the door and kicks one waiter out of the way. As the members of the Netherbane arm their weapons, Kane stops them. General Tusk slams his axe on the table, demanding the location of where Ciara went. Kane complies as to not invoke conflict. Meanwhile, Ciara leaves a trail of gold for the Piglins to follow. General Tusk examines the trail, and they recollect their gold, unknowingly being spied on by Ciara. At the Piglin Camp, she ambushes them, slaughtering all the Piglins with her katana and knives. General Tusk and Ciara fight, with Ciara coming in victorious. As she opens the door to the building, she notices a frightened Piglin and swifty ends its life.

At dawn, Kane approaches the camp and looks around the dead bodies of the Piglins and General Tusk. He opens the door to find a Nether Portal active. On the other side is where a massacre has taken place. The Piglin King is shown to be scared of Ciara, and runs away from her. As Ciara pursues after him, the Nether Princess intervenes, surprising Ciara. She then changes to her Netherkin form, turning her eyes white. The two girls engage in a duel, each of them suffering wounds, but Princess Abigail comes out victorious by ending Ciara's life in two swift stabs. As Abigail turns to leave, she hears something, which turns out to be the Netherbane Captain, charging at her with his cleaver. The story is continued right after in Poison.

In a Frostbourne Tavern, Kane describes to the rest of the Endstone Crusaders their plan to obtain an End Crystal guarded by the Piglin King. Stella, confused, questions why the Nether has two kings. Kane explains that the Piglins were an independent group that ran supply lines for King Naeus. Rain realizes that taking down the Piglin Kingdom will give the Frostbourne an advantage in the war. Ciara wishes to be the one to kill Porkshire, to which Kane strongly disagreed with. He brings up the point that the last time she hunted the Piglin King ended in her death. Ciara, knowing that being an Undead Human has its advantages, vows to end the battle she began so long ago.

Later, Frostbourne soldiers escort the horses the group used, back to the Netherbane Tavern. Stella waves goodbye to her horse, Kane shows Rain a Golden Flintlock, and Ciara watches from a distance, thinking about the events that would soon happen. The squad goes over the plan again, before creating a Nether Portal with the help of Stella's magic, and entering the hellish dimension. They travel to the Piglin Bastion, where a small army of Piglins was waiting for them. Kane helps Stella, Ciara, and Rain take out Piglins, before grabbing his cleaver and dueling the Piglin General. He eventually kills the Piglin, with Ciara and Stella's aid.

The squad ventures into the Crimson Forest. Narrowly avoiding a Zoglin, the group quickly makes their way to the Piglin Castle, passing a small hut. Ciara looks up at the castle, before drawing her karambits and charging inside. She easily takes down the guards at the entrance, and opens the gate to the throne room. As the gate closes shut, Rain, Kane, and Stella realize that the hut they passed housed a Mutated Piglin, and that the Zoglin they encountered earlier led him right to them. While the trio fights the Piglin, Ciara takes on Porkshire and his guards. Before long, Porkshire had disarmed Ciara and had started choking her. Rain, Stella, and Kane, after also having difficulties, regrouped, and worked together to take down the Piglin. Ciara, on the brink of passing out, grabs a karambit and stabs the Piglin King to death. She emerges from the throne room, End Crystal in behind her.