Kokomo-Kasson Conflict

**The Kokomo-Kassôn Conflict was a period of rising tension between the mentioned towns following the release of Wikicraft 4. While the duration of the conflict is disputed, it’s generally accepted that the conflict lasted roughly for two months. Additionally, the canon aspect of this article is limited, and there are many chronological and artistic liberties taken with the presentation of the lore.**

## Context

In the beginning days of the server, the first town was founded and named Kokomo, the village elder of said town was MC\_Zoomer, also known more commonly as Zoomer. Shortly after Kokomo’s creation, various figures led expeditions to settle in different areas, many of these explorers were the legendary Outlanders such as Cannonwalker, Benthamic, Jeremiah Garland, and Samuel Darkwalker.

Respectively, Cannonwalker met Ned Edgewalker, another Outlander, and would find the settlement of Skyhold, a mountainous fortress that would maintain neutrality throughout the conflict. Benthamic would have a revelation and dedicate his life to being an apiarist, mostly abandoning his life of chemistry, travelling north of Vuraki Island and founding Alabaster Farms, where budding chemists, scientists, and intellectuals would occasionally visit for his extensive knowledge. Jeremiah Garland would recreate the next rendition of the Templars under Skyhold, in an area known only as the Sanctum. Finally, Sam would cross the Narrow River into the Ashkhan Desert, and annihilated a village known as Zuzu, and found the city of Kassôn in its place.

Following a few weeks of each Outlander developing their settlement, two main settlements would soon contend for influence, and would eventually escalate into the Kokomo-Kassôn Conflict, or shortened as the KKC.

## Escalation

Since the founding of Kasson, Sam gathered followers in aid of the Kasson Wall, an ambitious project that would determine the layout of the city itself. As a result, many of the workers lived in tents and temporary housing, with little to no food and water. In contrast, Kokomo, a village that had expanded to include farms, housing, an alchemy store and a mayor’s home, still referred Kassôn as Zuzu, berating the “city” as a box, and looked down on the labour of Kassôn as a whole. Sam countered these insults, stating that Kokomo had many Outlanders and explorers leave in search of better and grander territory to call their own, and that the names “Kokomo” and “Zuzu” were poor names that Zoomer had come up with.

These factors came to a head roughly a few days later, When both Kassônites and Kokomese were spotted doing subterfuge; The Kassonites, overhearing sensitive information and stealing food in the process, and the Kokomese delaying the construction of the wall. For the Kassônites, they were thrown into the Narrow River to be drowned, and the Kokomese were thrown into a nearby lava pit in response. These actions spurred both leaders to gather what men they could, and eventually met in a swamp near Skyhold, which would eventually be given the name of the Fallen Marsh.

## Height of the Conflict

When both men led each of their forces to the Fallen Marsh, both had the intention of coercing the other to cease instigation, this however, was not the result. Instead, the opening instigation was by Sam, who challenged Zoomer to a duel, which expected to put an end to the conflict. Initially, Zoomer did well, as his agility and frame helped against Sam’s stockier build and strength. Both sides had fought until they were exhausted, and finally, after the tension was almost unbearable, Sam struck Zoomer in the face, knocking him out, and leading Sam to believe that was the end of the ordeal.

However, when Zoomer was knocked out, many of the Kokomese rushed ahead, and attacked the Kassônites. The battle was ruthless, and led to a Kassônite retreat towards Kassôn itself, where from there, the remaining Kokomese, recklessly trying to eradicate the remaining Kassônites, were met with archers atop the wall. The battle quickly turned to a massacre, leaving only a handful of Kokomese to retreat in shame, returning to a demotivated village with another turn of events for the worse.

## Hegemony

Zoomer had been incapacitated in his spar against Sam, dealing a decisive blow to the Kokomese spirit. The government of the archipelago village sued for peace, but Sam's arrival at the town square soon thereafter was met with stones and slings. An explorer and Kokomo resident by the name of Marc Warfury, who was in assumed correspondence with Sam, was selected to be the puppet leader of Kokomo, ensuring that Kassôn’s influence in the area was unchallenged.

The comatose Zoomer would rest in his cottage for the following weeks.