Usurpation of Yimmu-Audal

On December 16th, Emperor Siegfried usurped the throne of Yimmu-Audal as part of Escharien. The claim was disputed by Gray_Is_Yes, who was made regent until Yimmu-Audal became independent following the collapse of Escharien at which point GrayIsYes became the recognized Lugal of Yimmu-Audal, no longer an Empire but a peaceful kingdom.

The Assassination
The Krakowsky Mafia set up a plan to corner the Empress of the Yimmu-Audal-Ardatian Empire. They killed the player Icebot201 and told Dalatra to bring her to Sironia to retrieve her stuff back. Once there in the royal gardens of Azevthir, they sprung a trap and killed her. A video of the assassination can be seen here

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BzWs8w3BnvY

Operation Sharpness
Dalatra sought compensation for the assassination by infiltrating Lileanen in a plan she coined Operation Sharpness. Knowing that Krakowksy had fled Sironia and temporarily taken shelter in the underground of Lileanen, she went there and had Axyr (who was a citizen of Dalatra's Ardat and Lileanen) open up the doors to the mafia's base. There, she killed Mr_Krakowsky and had the chests there destroyed. The items in these chest were actually SikkeOst's, however.

Response
SikkeOst saw this infiltration as a violation of the national sovereignty of Escharien, as Krakowsky was accepted and sheltered in their lands. D3Bi went to Utumno and killed Axyr as he was labeled a traitor. SikkeOst scoured Lileanen when Dalatra was still there, but she successfully escaped. SikkeOst then demanded the Dalatra resign from her position as Empress of Yimmu-Audal-Ardatia, and surprisingly, she did, because she wanted to return to being the Caliph of Ardat alone. She named Gray_Is_Yes as the official regent of Yimmu-Audal.

Crisis
Dalatra could not hand over national power to Gray_Is_Yes at that time, however, because the council of Yimmu-Audal was not online, and more importantly, the Crown of Yimmu-Audal which signified rulership had gone missing. It was originally placed in an item frame above Dalatra's bed in her Ardat casino penthouse, but it was taken and replaced with a mysterious note. At this point, SikkeOst and D3bi travelled to Urnu-Arrak and patrolled the streets.

Usurpation and the Netherrack Resistance
SikkeOst, with D3bi at his side, claimed the throne of Urnu-Arrak and Yimmu-Audal for himself. Many gathered in the capital throne room to witness him sitting in Dalatra's imperial seat, and a few nations (USBR, the Trillium Alliance nations, and briefly Aurlunor) pledged support for Sieg's claim, though it is condemned by the likes of The Crescent Concordant, Vastallosi Alliance of Western Rathnir. During the public taking of the throne, someone created a different helmet to be used as a crown, an unenchanted diamond helmet called "Imperial Mantle of Yimmu-Audal". While it was dropped for SikkeOst to take it, player gamersgaming picked it up and took it. This contrasts greatly the real crown of Yimmu-Audal, which is an enchanted golden helmet. Also at one point, ConnorBruh131 claimed in chat that he was the new Emperor of Yimmu-Audal, and was swiftly killed. While this was going on, there was sporadic fighting between several Escharien-allied fighters and the single resistance fighter Ean Carroweather. Players Exezeus, Comrade_Max_, D3bi and BacktotheHub were patrolling Urnu-Arrak as SikkeOst publically took the throne. Ean_Carroweather used netherrack to defensively barricade himself in rooms and on top of buildings, and thus this is called the Netherrack Resistance. D3bi killed Ean_Carroweather the first time in his resistance, and BacktotheHub killed him about 3 more times as they chased each other around Urnu-Arrak. At one point, Ean_Carroweather barricaded himself on a rooftop and hit BacktotheHub off the tall building to the ground. However, he landed in a small waterpool in a garden and could use his trident's riptide up to Ean_Carroweather, killing him. The next fight, Ean_Carroweather was barricaded in a room, trapped with BacktotheHub standing on the glass ceiling above him. He started building crazily with netherrack all around the building and putting redstone on the floor, but as he tried to escape, BacktotheHub killed him. Their final battle being on top of the temple towers. After this, Ean proceeded to shoot into the capital throne room, killing gamersgaming right behind Sieg, but not the usurping Emperor himself. Ean_Carroweather escaped to his home of Yirs-Rock across the bay from Urnu-Arrak. There was also a spy in Urnu-Arrak, gaining information about the coronation, architecture2, but he swiftly ran away after almost being killed multiple times.

Gray_Is_Yes confronted SikkeOst, standing in front of the throne, claiming that he had no claim to the throne, as it held no significance. He and Coffeeccubus asserted that for one to become the true ruler of Yimmu-Audal, they must be voted in by the Council of Elders. SikkeOst denied this claim and asserted that his power over the area was reason enough. Infinick weighed in that it was likely that the population of Yimmu-Audal would not accept Escharien as their ruler, as they might lose representative rights, though SikkeOst disagreed at this as well.

At 10:23 pm EST, SikkeOst declared the Soleannen Empire

Dalatra's Suicide
Dalatra and Coffeeccubus, her lover, got into a fight in her penthouse, where Dalatra believed Coffee had taken the crown. Coffee denied this, but suggested to Dalatra that she create a Holy Yimmu-Audalian Empire and let Yimmu-Audal fall from factionalism and infighting for the throne, but this didn't seem to go through well. Dalatra then jumped off the building and landed in water, taking a lot of damage.

She then went to Bardonia and met up with her wives Tzseu and Noodles24601. They went to Ardat, to her luxury spa room where Dalatra drank poison and harming potions, but Tzseu healed her with regen and healing potions. Dalatra then convinced Tzseu to kill her, and she was shot with a bow.

Uncertain Proceedings
As of now, the Crown of Yimmu-Audal is still missing or could be destroyed. Player Gamersgaming(Immortal Emperor of the Marleybone Empire) that he has possession of the Current Crown, and a couple other claims are made regarding the crown's location. The decision by the traditional Council of Elders of Yimmu-Audal is yet to be made, and Gray_Is_Yes still carries the official title of regent, as Dalatra stepped down and had possibly had full authority to confer the title onto him. These three factors could undermine SikkeOst's claimed Soleannen Empire. The Soleannen Empire may be a named temporary occupied zone in the long run. Coffeeccubus would proclaim this to be the end of the Yimmu-Audalian Empire, and the beginning of the Interregnum Period.