The Sand Republic

The Sand Republic has currently set up a defensive camp in an island to the north. Sharing the island with Lemebah. They were first seen on 22nd of October, 2020. They are led by 3 council members. Ronoriginal, nurakid, and TNTPiggles. They are part of The Sterling Crownlands

History & Culture
The Sand Republic is a nomadic militia made up of people recruited from their travels. Comprised of misfits who turned to the blade. They travel from land to land, temporarily settling until the land offers them no more fun. Since members come from all separate lands, religious beliefs differ from person to person. They are currently settled in Rathnir, setting up camp in the north. Their society operates around a culture of war, honor, and sand. They consist of only soldiers and only allow new members based on their combat capabilities. They follow seven main principles. Those who violate it are sentenced to trial by combat or exiled. They are commonly mistaken for barbarians but generally not seek war, but rather thrills and jolly times. Keeping to themselves and throwing secretive parties. Since most members abandoned education to join, very few of them know how to read.

The Code of Honor



 * 1) No drawing weapons on fellow soldiers unless in a area reserved for duels
 * 2) If something serves no tactical advantage whatsoever, it will not serve the republic (i.e engravings)
 * 3) Dishonorable actions are punishable by death (culling the weak, petty thievery, cheap tactics, betraying comrades)
 * 4) Eating sand is punishable by death.
 * 5) Being unarmed or unarmored is considered a sign of weakness. All members should be armed at all times.
 * 6) True Comradery is sacred, there is no justifying betrayal those closest to you.
 * 7) All above rules are null in an arena settings.

Their Actions in Urnu-Arrack
During The Battle of Urnu-Arrack The Sand Republic, under the new rule of Dark Saigard (Darkblade_T2) was forced to become allies with Yimmu-audal who was previously established to be enemies of The Sand Republic due to their "sand crimes". As well as being forced to go to war against the Trillium Alliance. They made the decision to falesly join the side of Urnu-Arrack in order to deplete their resources from the inside and assassinate the new king as the kings guards. They successfully broke multiple beds and killed King Dark Saigard of the Sterling Crownlands. Announcing the following reasons to backup their actions:" The Sand Republic [which comprised the Kingsguard] sabotaged the coalition supply and killed the king. We are responsible for most of the bed breaks. We did so to avenge our fallen king [Avreham Basha]. The Sterling Crown was forcefully taken, and The(sic) Sand Republic was forced to fight their allies [in Trillium] ever since. We refuse to fight alongside Yimmu Audal, a nation known for sand crimes and funding dishonorable mercenaries. The fact that this was so overlooked shows just how weak the leaders are. Our true allies are the ones the new king [Dark] labeled the enemy. We independently stand behind this action however interested revolutionaries are welcome. We are independent in our decision. [Our Grievances are as follows:] "" 1. Our King [Avreham Basha] was a peaceful one, however this kindness was exploited as the crown was taken from him by killing him. He was one of our closest allies and fellow sand person, we could not let his death go in vain. "" 2. Urnu Arrack(sic) has broken our code of honor in many ways. Hiring dishonorable mercenaries, betrayal amongst(sic) comrades, eating sand. "" 3. Athaz, A map making guild member within the YA alliance, he labeled us as 'Shit Land' in his native language of Latin. "" 4. Bardonia, Escharia, have long been allies to us since we set up camp in Rathnir. To expect us to suddenly go to war with them is foolish. "" 5. It is unreasonable to expect the entirety of the Sterling Crownlands to be fully content with the decisions made my our new, false king and the queen he turned simpleton to appease. "" 6. The SC is not safe in YA hands, just looking at accommodations, we were greeted to a two bed tent as apposed to the massive noxxnor(sic) tent. "After the Battle, as Dark's heir Juli Aulder took to the Sterling Throne, the former Kingsguard released a statement explaining their actions as restorative to their honor, implying further resistance unless the revolt lead by The Sand Republic grievances were met.

On the 11th The Sand republic presented their demands to the High Silver King. The meeting worked out smoothly and TSR was reestablished into the Crownlands. Labelled "loyalists" rather than traitors.

The execution of TNTPiggles
TNTPiggles was executed on January 15th, of 2021. He was officially executed for eating a grain of sand which was stuck to a potato he had dropped on the floor. The execution was held in front of a public audience at TNTPiggles' summer home and took place on his custom made execution platform. The official executioners were nurakid and RonOriginal, however RonOriginal could not make it due to his poor balance. During the execution's proceedings, TNTPiggles made a final statement which claimed he put all his wealth, treasure, and artifacts all in one place. With this, TNTPiggles announced a treasure hunt which spanned the entirety of Rathnir and had no clear linear approach.

Hints were occasionally posted on the Stoneworks Minecraft discord.

The treasure hunt is now concluded. It ended 2 days after it began on the 15th. The treasure was found by BackToTheHub of Bardonia.

Structures
Wherever They travel, they always leave a trail of monuments, currently in Rathnir they've built:


 * The Colosseum of Fools
 * Atlas
 * Prometheus

OOC History
The Sand Republic has gone through 3 iterations over a few years on private survival servers. The Sand Republic is a friend group that has been building TSR lore before Rathnir. As of now all people in TSR are within the friend group.