The Abyssal Isles

The Story behind the Isles:
The Isles are all that's left of a nation lost to time, a nation made up of floating islands, each of them powered by crystals similar to the one that powers the Isles. The crystal in the Isles is fueled by different minerals and gems fed to it each day, and in return The Crystal keeps the Isles floating and supplies the Isles inhabitants with mild buffs. At times The Crystal can be heard making a rhythmic humming, whether or not this proves The Crystal is alive is unknown, but it never ceases to feel like giving to it would result in it giving back.

The Founding:
The Isles started out as a small collection of floating plates of dirt and stone just by the northern border of Bardonia. It was created by ShockTurtle, a deceased Bardonian senator that has long since quit the server. The Isles were managed by ShockTurtle for about a month and a half, a large medieval building sitting on the largest island and becoming the main building over time.

The Transfer and Renovations:
The Isles were eventually transferred over to BackToTheHub almost a month after ShockTurtle had quit the server. After this Hub began renovating the Isles, hiring three different builders to improve the Isles and make them look more like floating islands. It was around here where dex_og and ViewedMarquis moved to the Isles, the two of them stayed in the main building with Hub, both of them renovating the main building and working on smaller scale renovations in the Isles. At one point dex_og had built a massive statue a few hundred blocks away from the Isles, this statue was eventually moved to The Last Bastion. This period of time was relatively calm, staying this way up until conflict with Bardonia began.

Tensions with Bardonia:
After the Bardonian Coup tensions between the Isles and Bardonia began to rise, the Isles were owned by an escaped Bardonian convict and inside of Bardonian territory. Hub had planned to coup the new Bardonian senate, but it was disbanded and replaced with Uni's dictatorship long before he could execute his plans. The Isles had continued to plan to coup Bardonia, leading to tensions rising more and more between the Isles and Bardonia. The Isles were renamed to The Dead Mans Isles during this. Eventually the Isles were attacked by a mix of Escharien spirits and Bardonian warriors, leading to a 2v6 between BackToTheHub, lilpuddintator and the group attacking the Isles. Almost two months after this attack tensions began to rise again, talk of war between the two groups had grown in the Isles, and Bardonia was planning an attack on the Isles soon. So the members of the Isles hatched a plan.

The Drifting of the Isles:


BackToTheHub had hatched a plan, the three members of the Isles would do a ritual to move the Isles, powering the crystal keeping it floating just enough to fly it across the world to the Abyss in Azuria, leaving them hovering about fifty blocks above the Abyss, the Isles were renamed to The Abyssal Isles during this. Every leaf on the Isles had transformed into glowstone, the magic energy fueling the crystal transforming them all at once, though they were later replaced with leaves again.