Larp Rebellion

The Larp Rebellion was a conflict that took place between the Kingdom of Anglunia and its rebellious vassal, Austonia. It took place between the 4th of August and the 8th of August. The result was a decisive victory for Anglunia.

Note that all times and dates in this article correlate to GMT+0, as it is what I am familiar with.

Background
Following the Andoran-Lechjan War, Anglunia managed to annex much of what used to be Andor's territory. They gained this land on the 11th of July 2021, and three days later, a new wave of players would emerge. Among these players would be the Larpclique, mightybeans, 00Perk00, Minecrapped and elbobbybobbino. These players would found the city of Austonia in Anglunia's new territories.

Three days later, a scout by the name of RomPlayZz found the settlement of Austonia and informed Anglunia of his findings. Austonia would send a representative to Anglunia's capital of Isaz, who would talk to Anglunia's Chancellor, Yinower Delas-Nuwan (JohnnyDJackson). The two talked and relations seemed friendly, later mightybeans came to sign a deal.

It was decided that Austonia would be a semi-autonomous territory under the vassalage of Queen Elyani Taygen-Blizun (QCoffee). Problems would arise, however. Due to their religion of 'larp', many Austonians refused to communicate properly with Anglunia, leading to their isolation from the greater Anglunian community. However much Anglunia tried to form ties with their vassals, it was all in vain.

Following the Clown War and Austonia's expansion with the creation of Shallowpeak, Chancellor Yinower Delas-Nuwan realised that Anglunia needed more clarified rules for its vassals, as he feared a rebellion in the nation. He created vassal restrictions for all vassals and had every lord swear a renewed oath to the kingdom. All would swear their oaths, except the Lords of Austonia and the Lord of Shallowpeak.

Lord mightybeans of Austonia invited the Anglunians to a 'larp dinner' to discuss these vassal restrictions, which would supposedly take place at 6 AM JohnnyDJackson's time. It was here he made fun of having to go to a '6 AM Larp Dinner' and it would become a prominent joke.

6 AM Larp Dinner
The 6 AM Larp Dinner took place on 4/8 (this took place at 5 AM GMT). During which the Queen of Anglunia herself and the highest ranking officials had come to discuss issues in Austonia, including how the town's expansion could be done without any conflict. During the dinner no hospitalities where spared, including a betrayal. The entrance to the feast was blocked off and potions of poison where thrown in as Great Lord, Lauge (PrinoBots) states:

"I was eating and all of a sudden the entrance to the feast was barricaded, soon as I saw this I donned my armor and stood up. Unfortunately it was too late. I had inhaled, though not fatal a large amount of poison. At this point the barricade had been replaced battlements as cold steel arrows hit the bodies of my fellow lords. The queen was in extreme danger and her safety was essential. I got her into the corner where she could use a spell to get to safety, shielding her from any stray attacks that may come her way. I knew it was time to draw my sword."

During this time some officials managed to escape including danishgamer:

"when we all came in over chat Yinower (JohnnyDJackson) discussed some things with them but I did not follow the conversation. When they were done discussing every Austonian left the room and blocked the entrance. It was the only way out. Then they took their bows out and began crossfiring on us. Many of us died buy some got into the corners and escaped and when we did Lauge (PrinoBots) went berserk on them. We then took some people and went to Shallowpeak and killed people there and threatened Will."

Lauge (PrinoBots) Continues:

"Once my sword was drawn I saw my opportunity to feast on blood. The battlements where taken down to kill the stragglers; lunging at the lot of them, me and those who where left fought approximately a 7 to 3 battle. At first I charged out and killed a man, looting his body, then turning to the next and doing the same, however I felt my pulse slowly fade as my comrades fell. I was backed into a corner as my consciousness faded."

Skirmish of Shallowpeak
The story of the 6 am Larp dinner continues as the very same day a disorganized but successful raid was conducted on Shallowpeak, the port of Austonia. Lauge had recovered and was racing back to the town, as was Yinower Delas-Nuwan, and many other valiant warriors including her majesty Elyani Taygen-Blizun, Queen of Anglunia, who had taken up arms against the heinous acts that threatened her citizens.

Yinower recounts the skirmish:

"Following the massacre of the 6 AM Larp Dinner, the Anglunians swiftly returned with a strong force of vengeful men. Around five of them went to Shallowpeak and a battle ensued between the people of Shallowpeak and the vengeful Anglunians.

From the beginning of this skirmish, it was clear that the Anglunians were winning. Many members on the Austonian side were not skilled enough to continue the fight, and even with reinforcements, there was no hope for victory. The Austonians retreated back to Austonia and hid behind their walls, while the people of Shallowpeak were being massacred. Not a single Anglunian died during the skirmish following the 6 AM Larp Dinner. The fight eventually cooled down and negotiations between Anglunia and the rebels began."

Lauge recounts a similar story with some extra detail:

"... Once I had donned new armor and equipped with the royal magic brew provided by her majesty's sister I rode back into the fray... I had scaled the walls with a makeshift bridge and strong tea after a short engagement with archers in a building... I had found Will, the mayor of Shallowpeak and engaged in a do or die battle, however Will had contributed to the pot more, as he had extremely valuable gear. There was a point in the fight where I was on the verge of death, however the royal magic saved me; for which I owe this victory to her majesty. Slaying Will had completely ended the skirmish, as negotiations began and I held an heirloom of Shallowpeak... Following this I had raided Shallowpeak twice a few days apart. There is not much to say other than that I had managed to collect the powerful weaponry forged by supernatural hands that once belonged to Shallowpeak"

Negotiations and Call to Arms
Following the Skirmish of Shallowpeak, Great Lord Welpish took it upon himself to make a deal with the Austonians. This was met with great resistance, as the Austonians quite literally stabbed the Anglunians in the back. Chancellor Yinower Delas-Nuwan and Prince Panorh Panheddas-Penhator fervently disagreed, and after quite some debate in the Anglunian Council, it was decided that an official declaration of war would come. The Anglunians would not forgive another betrayal.

Following this declaration, both parties did some raids on each others' discord, sending many memes in chats, until all Austonians were banned from the Anglunian server and all Anglunians were banned from the Austonian server. Diplomacy was attempted between the two parties to decide the time and date for war, but the Austonians refused to communicate for a while. Eventually, Lord mightybeans of Austonia gave in and attempted a compromise, but the Anglunians would not compromise further. A time and date for war was decided between the two parties.

Hearing the news of a rebellion in Anglunia, many of Anglunia's allies jumped to defend their ally. The Soolianic Congregation and Areveyi were invited to join, to which they accepted. Phoenia, as their king was married to Anglunia's queen, also joined in the war. Avaricia joined as well, since they were a sister city of Renpaard. And finally, even TheClarkyCat, leader of Lutum, decided to join in. His people were disgusted that the king of Phoenia, whom they still had ties with, was so insulted by the attack on his wife.

The Rally
The day of the battle came, a plan had been drafted, the army was organized, and everyone was ready. Several hours before the war, Anglunian troops rallied at Isaz. Cofko of Anglunia noticed that a player from New Luxenstein, an ally of Austonia, had come to the city and logged out. Anglunians camped his spawnpoint and killed him once he got back on. The man tried to come back innumerous amount of times, but was met by Anglunian sword and bow.

The troops gathered around the spawn point of Isaz, expecting another visit from their Luxensteiner friend. But a bandit named _unstoppable__ spawned instead, immediately ganged up on by five Anglunians. He was chased for around 15 minutes, until he found the chance to log out. Great Lord Lauge made a deal with _unstoppable__ to raid New Luxenstein and not attack Anglunia, but this deal would not be fulfilled. Later, Welpish and Lauge would raid New Luxenstein, stopping many of them from defending their ally.

The Battle
The time came for the battle. Sixty men from all around the Midwest of Eldham gathered and marched on Austonia, singing songs as they marched. And when they arrived, there was no one there. Not a single Austonian had shown up to defend their city. And so the plan that had been designed carefully was thrown away. The regiments broke up as soon as they arrived and all marched wildly into the center of Austonia, waiting for the war to begin.

The battle started, and the Anglunian Mining Corps blew up both the entrance to the keep and made a way into the Austonian sewers, as there were three people inside, running. The forces broke apart even further. Some chased the Austonians, while others stayed behind to loot. The hunters were led to Shallowpeak, again, with not a single man present. More looting would happen and the attackers noticed someone invisible. They assumed it was one of their own, but little did they know that it was a mercenary, hired by Austonia.

There were several mercenaries hailing from Aristios and they managed to kill some of the disorganized Anglunian forces. For them, this was in vain. The Anglunian forces grouped back up and Welpish led them, defeating the mercenaries with relative ease. The Anglunian forces then once again entered the keep of Austonia, killing mightybeans. The battle was a victory, but at what cost?

Here is a description of the battle from Lauge's perspective:

"Before the war had even begun, I had chased off 2 bandits, Unstoppable and GamingDerp, both of which had to disconnect because of heavy losses to bodily fluids. At first I was stationed as a defender of the capitol, Isaz, but defended my empty home, Rannikko. I saw at my post that a mercenary flying Aristios nationality. I was intrigued on why he was here and he told me where was here for the war that was to be in an hour; as there where 2 other conflicts going on at the time I did not bat an eye, unfortunately though I could have legally killed him I let him go. Once it was clear that there was not force available to attack my homeland I rallied our men under our banner to sortie out to the enemy homeland. I knew from my status reports that there was little threat that the enemies posed. I had reached the enemy walls before anyone else had done so and met up with some people from the third regiment standing around doing nothing while being confused about why Aristios men were at Austonia. I directly asked the Aristios troops what allegiance they had. As soon as they announced that they where defensive forces I rallied the men I was with who the enemy was and an all out brawl occurred. I sadly was taken out of the fight as I was the one they all targeted first, being the man who raised the banner. However I did not lose any of my gear."

Results
The result was a decisive victory for Anglunia, with some losses that could have been avoided. The Austonians refused to accept the Anglunian demands, and a second ghost battle would follow.