@applejk I must say, you did a great job with the post above, considering you were not around at the time of both VE wars. Really good job man!
Some information on the wiki is either slightly wrong, or missing completely. Ill try to add this information to the wiki a little later, to make sure people don’t get too confused. Ill share what I know.
Here are a few corrections to apples post, plus some more detail:
~ Firstly, the May 2015 Elven ball was held at my port, back then the capital of the Ottoman Empire. Lego and Reptaria were the main organizers of the ball. It was Hardtimez and the Outlaws who turned it into a bloodbath, not Lego 😛
~ Secondly, the First Verussian War occurred due to several events:
I founded the Xenon Empire (XE) in mid August, after the fall of the Ottoman Empire. I lived on a quiet island continent, more or less by myself, claiming half of it as XE land. In early September, the Verussian Empire (VE) moved to the continent, claiming all of it for themselves as ‘the Verussian Continent’. They were adamant to turn my port and crew into a ‘state of Verussia’, threatening with military action if I did not cooperate. They eventually agreed to give me a small section of the continent for XE. For now, the issue was resolved, but XE were eager to get back the land they once owned, as they were running out of room.
Alongside of the above happening, the Verussian Empire (back then a member of the League of Nations), was being accused of betraying the League of Nations (LoN). I don’t know the details, but the VE were kicked from the LoN. XE on the other hand, was allowed to join the LoN now.
Each side insulted the other, tensions grew, and war was inevitable. The LoN wanted a sort of ‘revenge’ for VE betraying them (I don’t know the details). The Verussian Empire declared war on the League of nations (BE, EE, 13co, XE. IE remained neutral).
VE surrendered after a week or so, XE gained back a bit more land, and most of the LoN felt the debt had been paid.
~ The Second Verussian War occurred more or less how Apple described it:
After the first war, all nations started rebuilding, and sorting out new alliances. The VE, New Roman Republic (NRR), and Entarian Alliance (EA), formed a new alliance group called the Federated Nations Alliance (FNA); forming their own ‘LoN’ of sorts.
The LoN group on the forums still had many old and inactive players in it. Some of whom were now in the FNA. A few LoN members tried joining the FNA, to try and ‘keep an eye’ on the FNA and its actions. <span style=”line-height: 1.5;”>The XE joined the FNA to improve diplomatic relations with the VE and gain more allies. Not for espionage.</span>
The LoN caught wind of a ‘super weapon’ that the FNA were planning to build. EE and XE started planning their own ‘super weapon’ of sorts. The FNA had also a few spies of their own in the LoN, and they found out about the Elves’ planned bio weapon (or something like that).
But the FNA eventually found out about the espionage that was going on in their group. All spies were kicked from the group, including the XE. <span style=”line-height: 1.5;”>Tensions flared up again as they had done before the first war. Each side accusing the other of ‘starting it’. </span>
The BE and 13co in the meantime were still sceptical about the VE, despite the last war. They were not fond of ToxicKingRS’ leadership of the VE, and wanted to remove him from his seat of power in the VE.
The XE were fine with the VE leadership of the time. I soon finished planning the ‘Xenon Tower’, my 256m-tall answer to FNA’s plans of a super weapon. I started building it on the XE-VE border in the bay between our empires. Understandably the VE were extremely annoyed with this tower looking over their capital, boasting cannons and mortars, and reaching to block height.
After failed attempts to negotiate terms of peace between the FNA (primarily VE), and LoN (primarily XE, BE and 13co), war was declared again. The Elves and IE wanted to remain neutral as they had other problems.
After a barrage of cannon fire and lots of death, VE surrendered to XE, and then BE and 13co. KingRS resigned, and WilsonManzer took his place, turning the Verussian Empire into the Verussian Republic.
That is a pretty detailed summary of what started the two wars. I could go into more detail, but I would still be typing tomorrow.
As Apple said, if you want more information, ask people. The wiki can be a bit vague as people forget to update it. But the forums are also full of various posts relating to this.
Feel free to share your own versions, or update the wiki (some articles really do need updating or adding). Have fun reading!
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