Aeginan independence movement

Author's Note
The guy who wrote all this is Des23, who was a former city manager of NDZ and resident of NDZ for four months. Hopefully you find me credible. I believe all of these events have some sort of significance in leading up to the conflict of Aeginan independence, even if it seems like this is just the history of Aegina. Enjoy.

= Background =

The land of Aegina was previously occupied by user Lost_ Tommy, who built two giant towers in the swamp, but not much more. Tommy went inactive for a while, and then New Danzilona took control of the land. Under NDZ control, not much was built on it except a fort and a few farms. Then, in the spring of 2014, power over Aegina was transferred to the new residents of it_needs_bees, Sir_Grettir, and a few others. They made an agreement with the NDZ saying that the Aeginan territory and government could be controlled by the gang, but the actual land Aegina was on would still be owned by NDZ. Trying to take the land away from NDZ or the DZF would be illegal. Through this transfer, Aegina joined the DZF and soon became a city.

= Early History =

After Bees came into power, Aegina started to develop into a real town. The original founder Lost_Tommy came back and joined the city. Many factories were built, along with a rail to NDZ and Eros Varos, another DZF town. Bees gathered lots of supplies and had plans to make automated farms, a wall around the city, and expanded road infrastructure. Unfortunately, most of these plans never saw the light of day or were only half complete. Many of Aegina's citizens also left to become a part of the SPQR. As the summer began, Bees started to not play as much, and development of Aegina declined as it fell into the hands of the other residents (notably AMBeaudry who had a really sweet pig farm).

= The Vale Incident =

On July 31st, three residents of Vale, jakemeister, strattmatt, and snorri raided Bees' home in Aegina and planted a diamond-reinforced Vale flag in the town. Bees had a history of harassing and sometimes griefing Vale, most of which took place around when Bees first joined Aegina. They had heard that Bees had not been around for a while, so they took this as their opportunity to get revenge. But in the eyes of the Danzilonans, this was not justified revenge; this was an attack on the city of Aegina. The majority threw their support behind Bees, and anti-Vale and pro-DZF feelings were rampant. Luckily, within a matter of a few days, the situation was defused by the cooperation of DZF officials and the three Vale citizens. Bees was paid reps, and everyone lived happily. Until about a week later.

= The Pearling of petlahk =

Since the town's creation, Aegina had always had strong relations with the town bordering Aegina to the north, Eros Varos. Bees had always gotten along with its leader, petlahk. They were the leaders of the two smallest (but still active) towns in the DZF, so they banded together when it came to small-town voting rights and how they were represented in the DZF government. Their relations were nice until a conflict arose in mid-August.

After the Vale Incident, Bees started claiming land like crazy. He claimed a snow biome east of Aegina and named it Kall O, along with a mushroom biome he named Mushroom Vista and a plains island named Regency. Bees was also on the brink of a dispute when he tried to claim land that was already built on by unknown newfriends. Bees' land-grabbing was very unpopular among the Danzilonans. Many believed that it was unfair for him to claim so much new land even though the land he already had was barely developed. Nevertheless, no one could really stop Bees, and he continued.

On August 12th, Bees ended up having a territorial dispute with his close neighbor and ally, petlahk. Bees had begun to use a mine that was in Eros Varos territory and owned by petlahk, but Bees argued that the two agreed to share it, which petlahk denied. Decked-out in prot, Bees refused to leave the mine after pet had demanded that he get out. He then began to not even respond to what pet was saying. To protect his land, petlahk hit Bees with a gold sword and threatened Bees with lava. In retaliation, Bees attacked and pearled pet. The news quickly sparked outrage among the Danzilonans. This was a major turning point in the conflict with Aegina, as public opinion of Bees dramatically changed from supporting him to opposing him. They believed pet had a right to defend his land and that he was unjustly pearled. Bees ignored their requests to free petlahk, vaulted him, and promptly went to sleep.

This hurt his case even more. The Danzilonans wanted pet freed, or at least thought a fair trial was in order. Later that night, petlahk was broken out of the Aegina vault by the DSF, Eldoorn, and civilian supporters. When Bees woke up, his anger did not yet kick in, but when it did, he demanded that a fair trial was in order. The majority consensus agreed that Bees was obviously in the wrong, and a trial was not held.

Bees was told to pay reps for the incident since he let petlahk's dropped items despawn and held him unjustly, but he didn't do so until two or so weeks later when he was pearled by the DSF. Many agreed that Bees showed immaturity throughout the whole situation, and the faith Danzilonans had in him quickly dwindled.

= The Conflict =

After the petlahk incident, most DZF citizens had no trust or faith in Bees. Bees continued to harass petlahk and the rest of the citizens of the DZF. Nevertheless, he retained power of Aegina and continued to develop it. He made a few recruitment posts, which gathered a good handful of citizens. He gathered more supplies, started to build more housing, finally designed and began construction of the wall, and expanded XP production. The idea of an Aeginan Empire came into Bees' mind. Bees claimed he wasn't going to declare independence, but the reality was quite the opposite.

In early September, Bees tried to move forward with beginning the talks of Aeginan independence. It was met by strong opposition by those who made the original claims on the land and those who have current claims, but a lot people were either sick of Bees and wanted him gone or just didn't really care. The talks were put on hold, but they were still fresh in everyone's minds.

On September 19th, the thought of Aeginan independence went down the drain when Bees griefed Eros Varos and intended to cause harm by spawning a ghast. Bees had been trolling petlahk and others for a while at this point, but this was the last straw. JPEGz, TheTrackball, and a few others attempted to pearl Bees, but he eluded their capture by killing himself and logging off. By now, Bees had been deemed POS by the DZF and was banned from Aegina. All power and legitimacy of Bees was lost.

= Current Situation =

Bees continued to threaten NDZ with griefed and political overthrow. He even faked a conversation with petlahk in order to save him, which just dug him into a deeper hole. With this and all of the other crimes he committed, a 150d bounty was placed on his head and is still in-effect now. Bees is still at large, and he claims to be gearing up himself and allies to retake Aegina, but has not lived up to any of his threats so far. He said he also might just forget Aegina and move to another city on an alt that he may or may not have. Sourdust2 assumed the role of leader of Aegina after Bees left and has done a pretty good job so far. Under him, Aegina has no intentions of leaving the DZF, effectively ending Bees' independence campaign. Only time will tell if Bees will come back and try again.

UPDATE
On October 14, 2014, Bees was pearled and most likely given to clone to be vaulted indefinitely. JUSTICE

Bees was later freed during the late 2014 HCF invasion when Clone's vault was broken. He returned to a life on the run.

Bees eventually wandered onto The Islamic Sultanate of Istanbul and Samarra, where members of the Islamic Militia led by Soccer37772 pearled him and handed him off to Augustan authorities for safekeeping.

Following this event he decided to quit the server, and has not been heard from since.