The Dark Days (lore)

The Dark Days are a series of days between September 3rd and ??? when the world of Jagdas was in an inaccessible death spiral.

Upon learning of the buildup of the Steves and their acquiring of super weapons, Jagdas returned to the world and set a series of events to halt their progress. First he seduced many players to his side by promises of riches and glory for the destruction of Jagdas. Then he attempted to anchor the players down into the void, making it so they couldn't move. The players successfully got around these obstacles, banding together against the seduced peoples of Crab Season and WesNutSackClub, as well as holding themselves up by turning to philosophies or worshipping higher powers, as seen in G0NFism, Kelpism, Salmonism, and Hallowism. Jagdas took drastic measures then. He carried a pack of Ghasts into the world, and he bombarded the sun and moon with their fireballs. This weakened the sun and moon, and as they wavered in their place in the sky, Jagdas took the bow Beastfeller and shot them loose. Without the sun or moon to hold the world of Jagdas up, the entire world entered a spiral, which the Steves could not orient themselves in.

Now spinning endlessly in the void, Jagdas was able to shake multiple new entities from the depths which would further cement his ability to control the world. These are their names in the ancient villager Enchanting language:


 * Lelgeth, master of lava and new order
 * As soon as Lelgeth was born, he expanded the underground lava pools. He then fled to the nether where he spoke with Hadst. Hadst struck a deal with Lelgeth to allow her entrance into Jagdas as blazes, in exchange for dominion over the great lava seas. Lelgeth is also notable for having hid the sword Smuggler.
 * Totenes, master of enchanting and flow
 * As soon as Totenes was born, she took a census of all the souls in Jagdas, Hadst, and Froyim. She took possession of all the life forms imbued with 'experience' energy. She took from Jagdas the ability to spawn monsters and peaceful entities, as well as the usage of the souls in tools and armor. Jagdas, however, betrayed Totenes by destroying all the world's mob spawners.
 * Balhezel, master of war and pillaging
 * As soon as Balhezel was born, he reached out in the four directions of Jagdas and strangled the four great cities of the players. He also smote other towns using lightning and fire. Many players followed Balhezel for his strength and glory, though some eventually found his ire and were themselves destroyed.
 * Diantomat, master of redstone and society
 * The last to be born, Diantomat gathered up the other four new entities and brought them to an agreement not to harm each other nor Jagdas, as he was responsible for their creation. All except for Lelgeth agreed, who was now loyal to Hadst. The four entities agreed to only manipulate the players of Jagdas to further their goals beyond what they had already done. Diantomat then spoke through many players, and fostered the building of their libraries, councils, and religions.