War of the Comet

The War of the Comet is an on-going conflict between two coalitions, roughly equating to one Rathnir side, one Eldham side, and a host of third party interest groups. The war began as a response to the imminent coming Iristor and his comet, which are prophesized to freeze the worlds of Rathnir and Eldham, and take its worthy inhabitants to a new world. The war is the culmination of century-long tensions between various groups on both worlds, such as Rathnir vs. Eldham, the Villagers vs. StoneyStoner, the Makerist G0NFists vs. the Gnostic G0NFists, and more.

Out of Character Information
The War of the Comet is a roleplay war organized by StoneyStoner and the player leaders of its various factions. The purpose of the war is to provide an exciting and collective "main narrative" end to the worlds of Rathnir and Eldham, in the context of the coming of Iristor and the freezing of the worlds.

The choice to have an inter-world roleplay war was motivated by attempting to fulfill the often joked-about and teased "Rathnir v Eldham Epic World War", which was a running gag for many players before the "real" war of the worlds, when the Eldham Entente intervened in the Uldarash Civil War, and won a symbolic victory for Eldham.

Participation in this event is absolutely option, but staff has asked players who don't wish to involve themselves to please not interfere with those who do.

The event itself will be planned by the leaders of large factions (Stoney, the Villagers, Rathnir and Eldham nation leaders). We will plan 4-5 battles in both worlds according to the internal plans of each coalition side. Each coalition will be responsible for the logistics and gearing of their own troops, however we will allow keepinventory to be on, and will assure no lasting damage comes to the areas where battles take place.

The winner of the RP war (as determined by battle conditions) will be given historical honors, a front-and-center place in an assured video about this conflict (in the future), and will likely gain perpetual colonies in the defeated world. On top of this, either StoneyStoner or all the Villagers will be killed.

Eldhamite Coalition
The Eldhamite Coalition is generally the aggressor in this war, spurred on by StoneyStoner's aggressive and targeted genocidal rhetoric. The Eldhamite Coalition is composed of several groups with varying interests:

Eldhamite Nations
Many Eldhamite Nations are acting on animosities against Rathnir held for centuries. Rathnir players and nations originally colonized Eldham, and have consistently disrespected Eldham as the younger and more oddly-generated world. Eldhamite Nations in the coalition generally seek to recreate the success of the War of the Worlds, when the Eldham Entente defeated the powerful Kingdom of Aurora during their intervention in the Uldarash Civil War. Ideally, the Eldhamites wish to establish colonies in Rathnir (such as the Ashai presence in Haven), which will eternally persist after the freezing of Rathnir and Eldham and act as a perpetual symbol of Eldham's perceived dominance. The Nations so far involved in the Eldhamite Coalition are:


 * Anglunia
 * Abyss of Alzen

StoneyStoner
StoneyStoner has been the main motivator for aggressions against Rathnir, due to their high population of Villagers. StoneyStoner holds a genocidal hatred for the Villagers, as his main task in the beginning of Rathnir's generation was to purge them from the land to make way for Jagdasian settlers. He was widely successful in this, but not entirely, as some Villagers escaped his imprisonment and hid away in caves. The Villagers eventually emerged into Rathnir's player society in small numbers, but grew in population roughly around the year 250 TE. The coming of Iristor and the prophecy that the worlds would be frozen and Stoney killed has made Stoney's perceived mission of exterminating the Villagers far more urgent. As a result, he has tried to stir the resentment of Eldhamites against Rathnir as a means of hunting down and killing the remaining Villager population.

Gnostic G0NFists
The Gnostic G0NFists (a very small, conservative sect of G0NFism that developed out of the original Crab Wars) are a tiny group of players, mainly led by Stoney, who are at war with the Makerist G0NFists. This conflict has been brewing as small-scale tensions in the tiny group over theology, and is mainly branched off of StoneyStoner's conflict with the Villagers, since Makerism is a synthetic mix between traditional Villager beliefs and G0NFist beliefs.

Rathnirian Coalition
The Rathnirian Faction is composed of several different groups, and is generally on the defense of the war.

Rathnir Nations
Rathnir's political class has initially been less motivated than the radical militants of the Eldhamite Coalition, not seeing the younger world as a threat to their stability or nations. The nations so far involved in the Rathnir Coalition are:


 * Orion Isles
 * Tortuga
 * Escharii Aakros
 * Greatwhite Isles
 * Stormforge Syndicate
 * Tengalii Ejzen Kajzerryk

The Villagers of Rathnir
The Villagers are a specifically anti-StoneyStoner faction, as they seek revenge against StoneyStoner for the genocide against their kind at the very end of the Jagdasian Era. StoneyStoner and the Villagers of Rathnir came into conflict for about 50 years before the War of the Comet, as they agitated against each other in small skirmishes for revenge. The coming of the Iristorian Comet has made this fight much more urgent.

Makerist G0NFists & The Villagers of Eldham
The Makerist G0NFists (a sect of G0NFism that emerged in the USSE, and is heavily syncretized with traditional Rathnirian Villager Lore) have joined the side of the Rathnirian Coalition in order to kill StoneyStoner, destroy his oppressive influence, and correct the perceived heresies of his Gnostic G0NFists. Notably, this means that many Villager players of Eldham have joined the Rathnirian Coalition against their Eldhamite cohabitants. This has given the Makerists and Eldhamite Villagers a precarious place in the Rathnirian faction.

Third Parties
The War of the Comet has several third party interest groups involved in it, such as neutral nations, anarchists, war profiteers, and groups with opinions on Villagers, StoneyStoner, and the other world that differ from their peers. These third party groups are numerous and tend to be less influential to the events of the War on the Comet, so they will not be listed unless they otherwise have a place in the events.

Eldhamite Raid on R-Nat
The War of the Comet started on January 21st. The voice of Iristor spoke down over Rathnir, warning them that Stoney was about to rally the Eldhamite players into a fervent rage against them for the perceived misdeeds of Rathnir's colonization and disrespect. This was followed by Stoney announcing that he would be registering all Rathnirian players and "Villager-Lovers" onto a list, that they would receive specific disadvantages in war tickets and geopolitical conflicts, and that Eldham was free to disrupt their political bulletin in the R-National-Announcement channel. This was followed by excessive spamming and insults to Rathnirian players.