The Great Truth of 8a4

G0NF

My username is 8a4, and I was online to hear many of G0NF’s words. He spoke of peace, harmony, and love among nations when the world was at its most violent and tumultuous. Many of Jagdas loved G0NF, many of Jagdas respected and revered his message to the point of struggle and death.

On the morning of August 19th, there was a great rainstorm which would not end for hours, but when G0NF appeared on the roofed forests of Jagdas during the sunrise, the rain stopped. The player G0NF told everyone of the era of peace, where nations would cooperate in harmony, and all people of opposing views would find their common ground. He shouted from the forest rooftops that life would be good, satisfying, and full of love among brothers, sisters, and the rest. Salvation would finally be at hand with the acceptance that the world would speak and not shout, shake hands and not strike them, and find warmth at the fire- not desolation.

He was satisfied in his place in the world. In that mystical dark-oak forest he created G0NFtown, a small cabin with a small mine, where he would fulfill the minimum of his corporeal livelihood. He survived off the minimum, and carried no riches. He did not have sheep, no pigs, no chickens, and especially no cows or horses. G0NF simply was and is, and he was happy. He understood the rules of the world, starving to death just to wake up in his bed, and he was happy. G0NF saw himself as an illusion, where the squares that made up his skin were no different than those which made up the dirt, stone, gravel, and netherite. His speech was a part of himself, a phenomenon which he attached no meaning to- besides that of the white squares in the bottom left corner. But in the infinite knowledge of the Greater Truth, G0NF spoke the essence of the almighty, a radical nonsense which could be understood by the lame and verbose, the charlatan and true, those of extroversion and introversion alike. Connecting with G0NF, all could find love and understanding.

G0NF is a set of eyes of no mind- they who disillusion the outside and inside, they who see all as one, and one as all. Once one figures that all edges are connected with the filling of the pixel, and that the filling of the pixel constitutes the edge, then they receive G0NF into their heart’s mind. Once one fulfills their obligation unto the other as the obligation unto themselves, then they receive G0NF into their mind’s heart. We all know the neighbor and the alien to be a dearly beloved best friend, but struggle in manifesting this reality into the deep and melancholy emotions of our heart. The differences that we point out in each other are the other side of the stone block, simply the same, but of a different space, such as G0NF declares.

In the time of G0NF’s arrival, the state of Borealis saw itself divided among its own. They brought forth the revolutionaries of the Red Sun cult, and laid them down before the judges who would decide their sentence. They asked G0NF, “You claim to know the divine will, what do they say about these traitors, those who grab greedily for power and control?”, but G0NF raised a potion of Healing II, and said, “YOU SPEAK SUCH A JUDGEMENT ON THESE LIVES, YOU CRAZE WITH SUCH A POWER OF YOUR OWN. THEREFORE, LET THOSE WHO DO NOT SEEK CONTROL STRIKE VERILY”, and G0NF threw the potion at the traitors, and broke the obsidian blocks that bound them to set them free. From then on, they did not cause trouble, but were removed from Borealis.

It was then that G0NF found a vein of diamonds, a normal occurrence which signifies the new power of the player, though here from these he crafted a hoe and nothing else- giving the rest to the newest players of the world of Jagdas.

In those days, the peaceful and passionate message of G0NF earned the ire of those who walked the server like an earthquake, the lords of control and rampage- the warriors of Crab Season. Along with the nation of RUSSIA, they plotted in their gripping ways. On the late night of August 20, those who denied his message trekked into the dark oak woods in which he lived, and slew him repeatedly in his humble home. A mortal player among everyone else, he hid in his mines, scared and depraved of the safety granted to him by his followers. The_Schlank and BobiTheCrab, and Doubble_MBA and AlexCreate towered over his home while he feared, and in their strength they slew the Man of the Word G0NF. His supporters Fishboy9972 and StaleKale0936 stood guard at his side and struck those violent controllers, but G0NF was struck down and killed in his town. He disbanded it and ran- fleeing far into the unknown desert islands of Jagdas. Finally, he came upon the small town of Tuba, a cobblestone shack where Chad_Thundercuk would provide him a place to rest. But Katcinsky001 of Dhufarya came upon G0NF and judged him with a heart full of the lust for power, sentencing him to the blade of Crab Season. He banished the Man of the Word G0NF from Tuba into the grasp of Crab Season and RUSSIA, who appeared soon after at Katcinsky001’s behest. G0NF understood the way of the game, and he accepted his position as a sacrifice made under the fire of Crab Season and RUSSIA.

The_Schlank and BobiTheCrab set up a symbolic crucifix of dark oak wood, and they fixed above G0NF the head which they chopped off before in a display of power and control. They bound him to the logs, and brought all the server above him to look upon this body of helplessness and suffering, and showed their power to undermine the greatness of the Man of the Word. He was made less than a player, willingly, he became simply a villager, existing among the tides that would be. The people asked G0NF what they must do, and he responded, “TAKE CARE OF YOUR FELLOW, YOUR FRIEND, YOUR ENEMY, YOUR BELOVED, YOUR DESPISED.”, and, “IF YOU DO THIS, I AM WITH YOU. REMIND YOURSELF AND ALL THAT I AM WITH YOU!” The_Schlank wielded his axe and there slew G0NF in front of the people, and the day turned to night, and the sun turned to rain. And there, the first great rain poured for hours upon Crab Season’s execution of the noble G0NF. Lightning struck around the beach where he was executed, and his captors rejoiced in their triumph.

The server was then left without a light or guiding force, without a noble truth or defining feature. To join the server now would be to look upon your lover without their face, your father without his arms. For three days, violence rampaged in coups, raids, and destruction among nations, and the world was in chaos. His devout- DarkbaneHU, Duggy101, StaleKale0936, FlippantNerd, TheBlazeMaster, Keechoo, _Chirp_, Starlorde123, Highlord_Buibui, Tyson123404, and Fishboy9972, gathered in remembrance of their guide, and built a holy temple of flame to the Word.

But upon the final day of this torment, the Man of the Word returned, and his entrance saw the sun return with relief. G0NF appeared himself to the doubter Katcinsky001, who was now made a believer in the majesty of the Great Truth. The rest bowed at his feet, though he told them to rise, and himself he made low like the grass. He addressed his followers, and said these righteous words in humble lowercase-

“I have learned much in my time away. As the clouds wept for me, I saw incredible things. I saw the sun and the moon and felt their pull, and I saw the fine line between light and dark. I saw dancing spirits and palaces of ice. I saw the sin of mankind.

But I also saw his salvation. I saw things that, as a mere man, I could not comprehend. I was bathed in a light too bright to describe. Having seen the Greater Truth, I know now my sin, my pride. I should never have made a kingdom to be the sole home of my word, for it belongs to all Mankind.

I should never have sought to expand and include other towns in it. I was prideful of my word, and sought to make all mankind heed it, and neglected that it is that very politicking of mankind that causes his ruin.

From hereon in, the world is a free place. The word is a noble spirit. I accept the sins of mankind unto myself, and carry them into the Greater Truth. All who relinquish control and understanding will be brought into the light, and will see the world with unblinded eyes.”

And so, G0NF ascended to the realms of the Greater Truth, where the crusades of mortals are more minimal than infantile babbles, and only greater than the stresses of the grass beneath one’s feet. G0NF exists amongst our midsts now, but only as an ordinary man who has crossed the barrier of the Great Truth into our realm, as he has carried all our burdens on his tired back through the hellish turmoil, only to emerge an ordinary fellow amongst the ranks of the rest of us. Upon this great hardship, he was happy, he found freedom and tranquility.