Scæþing
The Scæþing Empire (/skæθɪŋ/, also written Scaething), and later the Scæþing Republic was a faction initially founded by Cflip_ on Scæþing Island during the first day of the PrikPack v16 server. It was known for the great Scæþing Fortress and the sprawling Scæþing City. Scæþing in all of its' forms was symbolically succeeded by New Scathing following its calamitous end during the Massacre on Midway.
History
Early Settlement
The Scæþing Empire was originally founded when Cflip_, jusipat and Kjolt947 established a dirt fort on the highest hill on Scæþing island. In order to defend from the hordes of monsters coming in from the night, a massive castle was constructed around the dirt hut. For some time, the castle was a mere shell around the original dirt fort as it was built from the outside inwards. At the same time, the Scæþing Empire saw a rapid influx of players, 6 at its highest. This precipitated a major food shortage and the large mass of players severely congested the castle while under construction which made it a highly inconvenient place to live.
Punitive War and Golden Age
After Kjolt947's house became subject to multiple acts of vandalization from Wikaros, the Scæþing Empire declared war on the Magical Empire in a conflict known as the Scæþing Punitive War. Many valuables were stolen from the Scæþing fortress, however the first settlement on Midway Island was established. Although the peace deal was decided to be a white peace, the members of the Scæþing Empire believed to have won the war. Scæþing military innovations and experience taken from this war would eventually be used in following conflicts. Following the war, military exercises involving combined arms naval and aerial assault drills were undertaken on Midway island.
The outcome of the war created new interest in the military and locational strategic importance of Midway Island, while exploring the yet uncharted island, jusipat discovered a huge dungeon system filled with enchanted diamond underneath the island. The primitive outpost on the gravel peninsula was transformed into a fortress and village to strengthen Scæþing influence on the island. At first, Scæþing did not claim any territory on the island as to not appear expansionist to the opposing faction, but once the Magical Empire set up a village of their own and claimed its surrounding territory Scæþing was quick to follow.
This period coincided with the development of a huge industrial city on the western side of the island. This region provided electrical power to the rest of the nation, and harboured multiple factories, including an iron factory.
Republican Era
Midway Massacre and Collapse
Main article: Massacre on Midway
As Kjolt947's term as Consul started to come to a close, members of Scæþing were starting to become restless, and it seemed that a civil war was on the horizon. Possibly as an attempt to redirect their restlessness elsewhere, Scæþing chose to claim the rest of Midway and fight against the Magic Kingdom to take over their claimed territory on the island. jusipat took over as emergency war-consul and began the conflict which would be known as the Massacre on Midway, a calamity which would bring the end of all participating nations.
At first, Scæþing forces occupied the Magic Kingdom's base without resistance, and all seemed to be going well. However, the power of baconpancakes36 was hugely underestimated and the campaign came to a complete halt. jusipat infiltrated baconpancakes36's base and stole his Refined Storage items as a last resort to get some war score, thus escalating the war and
The last act act of jusipat as Consul of the Scæþing Republic was to mark its dissolution and to sign peace between all involved parties. The signing of this peace took place at the Tuff House, the head government building in Scæþing.
New Scathia
New Scathia was a short-lived nation founded by Cflip_ after the peace treaty was signed and the Scæþing Empire was dissolved. New Scathia was built from the ruins left on the western Scæþing island, and attempted to bring back its former economic power. Cflip_ was able to bring back the refined storage drives that were stashed away from the war, and also restored the fully intact iron generator built by jusipat. New Scathia then joined the Western Economic Zone, an economic and military alliance with former Scæþing member Kjolt947 and former enemy Wikaros. This alliance would later become the nation of Tianchao, thus turning New Scathia into a province within this empire.