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(not a "very small" portion participated, 7 were at the initial breaking out of an active population of maybe 10 still left in Alexandria. Left it neutral since idk how many specifically and can't say for sure it was a majority. Changed relatively pearled to briefly pearled since we were pearled, changed name to correct one based off of private archive of discord, added mention of peace talks with city council that resulted in groups handed back and USA collapse.)
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}}The '''Free City of Alexandria''' is a city-state located on the eastern coast of the continent. Alexandria was officially founded on Oct 30th, 2019<ref name=":0">[[:File:Alexandria Founding.png|File:Alexandria Founding.png]]</ref> as a city in the eastern part of [[Varathia]]. It gained independence on Dec 2nd, 2019.<ref>https://www.reddit.com/r/CivRealms/comments/e5olkv/official_release_of_alexandrian_declaration_of/</ref> Alexandria is one of the most populated cities on the server and is known for being a good place for newfriends due to its friendly population and unique tutorial building that demonstrates the basic mechanics of the server. Alexandria was founded with the goal of providing a friendly place for newfriends to learn about the server. Alexandria is bordered by [[Bobanga]] in the south, [[Cantina]] and [[Varathia]] in the west, [[Accelerada]] in the north and [[Agotep]] in the north-east. It also has the [[Yamato]] territory of [[Puerto Vexler|Port Paradis]] as an enclave. The Free City of Alexandria also includes the Autonomous Territory of the [[Trevie Kingdom]] and the Colony of [[Solitude]].
}}The '''Free City of Alexandria''', officially founded on October 30th, 2019<ref name=":0">[[:File:Alexandria Founding.png|File:Alexandria Founding.png]]</ref>, is a city-state located on the eastern coast of the continent. Alexandria gained independence from the [[Varathia|Empire of Varathia]] on December 2nd, 2019.<ref>https://www.reddit.com/r/CivRealms/comments/e5olkv/official_release_of_alexandrian_declaration_of/</ref> Known for its friendly population and unique tutorial building, Alexandria was founded with the desire to provide a friendly place for newfriends to learn about basic server mechanics and the history of the server. It is one of the most populated nations on CivRealms.

Alexandria is bordered by [[Bobanga]] in the south, [[Cantina]] and [[Varathia]] in the west, [[Accelerada]] in the north and [[Agotep]] in the north-east. It also has the [[Yamato]] territory of [[Puerto Vexler|Port Paradis]] as an enclave. The Free City of Alexandria also includes the Autonomous Territory of the [[Alexandria#Trevie Kingdom|Trevie Kingdom]] and the Colony of [[Alexandria#Solitude|Solitude]].


== History ==
== History ==


=== Varathian Brewer's Guild ===
=== Varathian Brewers Guild ===
Alexandria was originally settled by members of the [[Varathia|Varathian]] [[Brewer's Guild]]. The Brewer's Guild was an organization, based in northern [[Olendor]], that served both as a guild for brewing alcohol, and as a sort of political party. It was founded by [[TTastic]] and had [[Wshankspear]], [[Albyrt]] and [[Fitian]] as members.
Alexandria was originally settled by members of the [[Brewer's Guild|Varathian Brewer's Guild]]. The Brewer's Guild, founded by [[TTastic]] in North [[Varathia#Olendor|Olendor]], initially served as a guild for brewing alcohol. Soon, the guild became a major political force in Varathian affairs.
[[File:CivRealms Brewer's Guild- Alexandria HQ.png|left|thumb|400x400px|Brewer's Guild Headquarters]]

The Brewer's Guild was involved in multiple clashes with Emperor Aresot during the period leading up to the founding, and independence, of Alexandria. At one point, the members of the Brewer's Guild believed [[Trinacria]] was about to invade Varathia, and decided to pearl [[Antreus]], who was the leader of Trinacria. After the pearling of Antreus, tensions started rising between the Brewer's Guild, climaxing in Aresot being forced at pearlpoint to establish the Varathian Senate, and make Albyrt, TTastic and Wshankspear senators.<ref>[https://civbooks.github.io/books/CivRealms_2/JesstheFish/Rise_of_a_City.html jessthefish: Rise of a City, Page 5-7]</ref><ref name=":1">[[:File:Alexandria Independence Crash Course Unabridged.png|Albyrt: Crash Course on the Fall of Varathia, Unabridged]]</ref> Shortly thereafter, an agreement was signed, releasing Antreus and bansihing him from Varathia.<ref>[https://civbooks.github.io/books/CivRealms_2/Aresot/Agreement.html Aresot: Agreement, page 1]</ref><ref name=":1" />
The Brewers Guild was involved in multiple clashes against Emperor Aresot during the period leading up to Alexandrian Independence. In early October 2019, as Trinacrian-Varathian relations began to deteriorate, members of the Brewers Guild believed the threat of [[Trinacria|Trinacrian]] invasion was imminent, leading to the pearling (imprisonment) of the Trinacrian leader, Antreus. Due to internal division over the handling of the incident, discontent against the Emperor rose; Varathian citizens no longer believed their Emperor's interests aligned with their own.<ref name=":1">[[:File:Alexandria Independence Crash Course Unabridged.png|Albyrt: Crash Course on the Fall of Varathia, Unabridged]]</ref> Tensions rapidly heightened and the desire for governing reform increased. Eventually, under mounting pressure and the threat of deposition, Emperor Aresot was forced under pearlpoint to establish the democratically-elected Varathian Senate.<ref name=":1" /><ref>[https://civbooks.github.io/books/CivRealms_2/JesstheFish/Rise_of_a_City.html jessthefish: Rise of a City, Page 5-7]</ref> Shortly thereafter, as the Varathian political deadlock eased, an agreement with the Trinacrian Leader, Antreus, was signed, guaranteeing his release under the condition of complete banishment from Varathian lands.<ref>[https://civbooks.github.io/books/CivRealms_2/Aresot/Agreement.html Aresot: Agreement, page 1]</ref>

After the establishment of the Varathian Senate, tensions between the Brewer's Guild and Aresot were slowly falling again. This changed when Aresot decided to delete 2/3rds of the Varathian Discord. This resulted in another wave of discontent in Varathia and a new Varathian constitution was proposed.<ref>[https://civbooks.github.io/books/CivRealms_2/JesstheFish/Rise_of_a_City.html jessthefish: Rise of a City, page 8]</ref><ref name=":1" />


In late October 2019, to the chagrin of the Varathian Senate and citizens, two-thirds of the Varathian Discord were deleted overnight. This sparked a new wave of discontent and soon after, the Senate ratified the First Varathian Constitution in order to limit the scope of the Emperor's powers.<ref name=":1" /><ref>[https://civbooks.github.io/books/CivRealms_2/JesstheFish/Rise_of_a_City.html jessthefish: Rise of a City, page 8]</ref>[[File:Early Alexandria.png|thumb|400px|An early pic of Alexandrias development, showing the construction of the Upboat. Dated November 20th, 2019.|left]]
=== Founding ===
=== Founding ===
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Growing weary of the circumstances at home, Varathian Senator and Brewers Guild member [[TTastic]] journeyed through the harsh mesa wilderness at the eastern frontier of the Empire, searching for a suitable site to found a new city. On October 30th, 2019, after arriving on the eastern shores, the abandoned remnants of the then-unknown nation of [[Conqui]] were discovered.<ref>[https://imgur.com/a/3QTrRuh noahravn: "An interview with TopHatOfGold, founder of the one-man nation of Conqui"]</ref> Upon this discovery, the ruins were used as a temporary base of operations as the region was scouted.<ref name=":0" />
[[File:Early Alexandria.png|thumb|400px|An early pic of Alexandrias development, showing the construction of the Upboat. Dated November 20th, 2019.]]
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On October 30th, 2019, [[TTastic]], growing tired of Varathian politics, decided to venture east and found a new city. When he reached the eastern shores, he found a bunch of abandoned stone houses, which were the remnants of the small nation of [[Conqui]], that had recently been dissolved and abandoned.<ref>[https://imgur.com/a/3QTrRuh noahravn: "An interview with TopHatOfGold, founder of the one-man nation of Conqui"]</ref> Upon this discovery, TTastic decided to use these ruins as a tempoary base of operations for his settlement.<ref name=":0" />


Having set up a base of operations, TTastic started looking for an [[Aqua Nether|aqua nether]] portal in the area. On November 1st, 2019, TTastic found a portal a bit to the north of where he had founded the city. He decided to move the city to the location of the new portal, and got help setting up from [[Albyrt]]. Shortly thereafter, [[Jaydon_]] came and helped build the city. TTastic, Albyrt and Jaydon_ formed the City Council, which would serve as the government of the city.
On November 1st, 2019, a nearby [[Aqua nether|Aqua Nether]] portal was discovered to the North. On the same day, TTastic founded the City of Alexandria at this location. Initial development was lead by TTastic, Albyrt, and [[Jaydon_]], members of the Brewer's Guild, who set up governance frameworks and constructed Alexandria's earliest buildings. They eventually formed the initial three members of the Alexandrian City Council. Soon, Varathian citizens across the Empire began migrating over, forming Alexandria's earliest citizens.
[[File:Alexandria Independence Bus.png|thumb|400x400px|This image was widely circulated online on Reddit and Discord shortly before the Alexandrian Declaration of Independence.]]

On November 4th, 2019, the Newfriend Manor was constructed, which would serve as a place for [[newfriends]] to live until they built their own homes. The Newfriend Manor also had a tutorial to help new players get started. Newfriend Manor would go on to help solidify Alexandrias status as a newfriend town.<ref>[[:File:Newfriend Manor Sign.png|File:Newfriend Manor Sign.png]]</ref>
On November 4th, 2019, [[Alexandria#Newfriend Manor|Newfriend Manor]] was constructed. With a distinguished tutorial system for new players to learn server mechanics, as well as its role as temporary accomodations, Newfriend Manor became a landmark hub for new players to visit from across the map. Alexandria soon developed a reputation as one of CivRealm's premier newfriend towns.<ref>[[:File:Newfriend Manor Sign.png|File:Newfriend Manor Sign.png]]</ref>


=== Independence from Varathia ===
=== Independence from Varathia ===
During its early days, Alexandria was still a part of the Varathian Empire. Despite this, tensions between the citizens of Alexandria and Emperor Aresot were still high. Alexandria's population was growing fast due to its focus on recruitment, and the question of Alexandrias status within the empire was getting more and more pressing. The A Opposition Party was founded by [[Alycia]] with the goal of increasing autonomy of the Varathian cities.<ref>[https://civbooks.github.io/books/CivRealms_2/LideoAmkae/AOP_campaign.html LideoAmake: AOP Campaign, page 1-5]</ref> This increasing desire for an independent Alexandria came to a head on December 2nd, 2019, when Alexandria declared its independence from Varathia.<ref>[[:File:Alexandrian Independence.png|TTastic: Alexandrian Declaration of Independence]]</ref><ref name=":1" /><ref>[https://civbooks.github.io/books/CivRealms_2/JesstheFish/Rise_of_a_City.html jessthefish: Rise of a City, page 11]</ref> Due to Alexandrias size in relation to the rest of the Varathian Empire, the declaration of independence was not met with any military resistance from Varathia.
During its early days, Alexandria existed under the banner of the Varathian Empire. With a heavy emphasis on recruitment, Alexandria's population rapidly expanded over November 2019. Eventually, as Alexandria's booming population eclipsed the rest of the Empire, uncertain questions regarding the status of Alexandria within the empire grew more pressing. Under the growing calls for increased autonomy, the Varathian political party ''A Opposition Party'' was founded by [[Alycia]] with the goal of achieving greater devolution of governance for Varathian cities.<ref>[https://civbooks.github.io/books/CivRealms_2/LideoAmkae/AOP_campaign.html LideoAmake: AOP Campaign, page 1-5]</ref> With the uncertainties left unaddressed, tensions threatened to fracture the Empire, strengthening the desire for self-determination.

On December 2nd, 2019, under the backdrop of rising dissatisfaction against the Emperor, Alexandria declared independence from the Varathian Empire.<ref name=":1" /><ref>[[:File:Alexandrian Independence.png|TTastic: Alexandrian Declaration of Independence]]</ref><ref>[https://civbooks.github.io/books/CivRealms_2/JesstheFish/Rise_of_a_City.html jessthefish: Rise of a City, page 11]</ref> The declaration of independence was not met with any military resistance from Varathia.


=== Great Ez2War ===
=== Great Ez2War ===
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[[File:Careless talk.png|thumb|200px|A propaganda poster from the week leading up to the Siege of the Ez2Vault]]
[[File:Careless talk.png|thumb|200px|A propaganda poster from the week leading up to the Siege of the Ez2Vault]]
On February 10th, 2020, RavenRavenRaven officially transfered the control of [[United Republic|Unitas]] to [[Accelerada]].<ref>https://www.reddit.com/r/CivRealms/comments/f1it7p/unitas_now_belongs_to_accelerada/</ref> This transfer was contested by the [[Western Empire]], which led to a heated conflict on the CivRealms Discord about the claim.<ref>[[:File:Accelerada Unitas Announcement CivrealmsPolitics.png|File:Accelerada Unitas Announcement CivrealmsPolitics.png]]</ref> During the very height of this conflict, ThePayman, representing the [[Ez2crew|Ez2Empire]], declared that the Ez2Empire now also claimed Unitas.<ref>[[:File:Ez2Crew Claims Unitas.png|File:Ez2Crew Claims Unitas.png]]</ref><ref>https://www.reddit.com/r/CivRealms/comments/f1v48m/unitas_now_belongs_to_ez2crew/</ref> The server was down at this time, so a lot of Discord PVP ensued. After the server went up again, people started preparing for what was to come.
On February 10th, 2020, RavenRavenRaven officially transfered the control of [[United Republic|Unitas]] to [[Accelerada]].<ref>https://www.reddit.com/r/CivRealms/comments/f1it7p/unitas_now_belongs_to_accelerada/</ref> This transfer was contested by the [[Western Empire]], which led to a heated conflict on the CivRealms Discord about the claim.<ref>[[:File:Accelerada Unitas Announcement CivrealmsPolitics.png|File:Accelerada Unitas Announcement CivrealmsPolitics.png]]</ref> During the very height of this conflict, ThePayman, representing the [[Ez2Crew|Ez2Empire]], declared that the Ez2Empire now also claimed Unitas.<ref>[[:File:Ez2Crew Claims Unitas.png|File:Ez2Crew Claims Unitas.png]]</ref><ref>https://www.reddit.com/r/CivRealms/comments/f1v48m/unitas_now_belongs_to_ez2crew/</ref> The server was down at this time, so a lot of Discord PVP ensued. After the server went up again, people started preparing for what was to come.


[[File:Combat Bread.png|left|thumb|200px|Picture of TTastic being pearled by Ez2Clutch. He is holding the infamous Combat Bread.]]
[[File:Combat Bread.png|left|thumb|200px|Picture of TTastic being pearled by Ez2Clutch. He is holding the infamous Combat Bread.]]
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=== Unofficial Skirmishes with Savaguard ===
=== Unofficial Skirmishes with Savaguard ===
On April 8th, 2020, following Twinkieminer's status as a wanted individual and guarantees that Twinkie would not get pearled by Savaguardians within his refuge of Alexandria, Saren Solaris, Jester of Savaguard at the time, attempted to pearl Twinkie. Twinkie was showing new player Chickenwinggeek around the Alexandrian Aqua Nether and exploring potentially good locations for a hotel next to the water when Saren unexpectedly approached him and initiated combat. Twinkie eventually escaped into the water, and evaded pearling. However, he was banned from Civrealms for a period of time due to alleged speed hacks. Popular opinion was largely that Saren in his evidence video simply did not know how to hold the sprint key, however, Twinkie was still banned.
On April 8th, 2020, following Twinkieminer's status as a wanted individual and guarantees that Twinkie would not get pearled by Savaguardians within his refuge of Alexandria, Saren Solaris, Jester of Savaguard at the time, attempted to pearl Twinkie. Twinkie was showing new player Chickenwinggeek around the Alexandrian Aqua Nether and exploring potentially good locations for a hotel next to the water when Saren unexpectedly approached him and initiated combat. Twinkie eventually escaped into the water, and evaded pearling. However, he was banned from Civrealms for a period of time due to alleged speed hacks. Popular opinion was largely that Saren in his evidence video simply did not know how to hold the sprint key, however, Twinkie was still banned.

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=== Coup + Liberation During the USA War ===
=== Coup + Liberation During the USA War ===
While fighting in the USA War, City Council were forced to pack up all citizens and travel to Heaven in order to make war plans. Using this to their advantage, a portion of the remaining population led by TwinkieMiner began a coup, announcing it by constructing a giant, obsidian spider in the Alexandria Bay as a base of operations. With all members off fighting the war, the small group was able to successfully occupy the city from the Obsidian Spider.
While fighting in the USA War, City Council were forced to pack up all citizens and travel to Heaven in order to make war plans. Using this to their advantage, a portion of the remaining population led by TwinkieMiner began a coup, announcing it by constructing a giant, obsidian spider in the Alexandria Bay as a base of operations. With all members off fighting the war, the small group was able to successfully occupy the city from the Obsidian Spider.




Not long after, TwinkieMiner was banned from the server. Given the opportunity, TTastic, Albyrt, Le_Brine, NoahRavn, ieatazz69, Jaydon_, and FreeStyleJr08 were able to rush into Alexandria and disable the obsidian spider. ChickenWingGeek and DarkCenturion were briefly pearled but quickly called in backup from the USA, resulting in their pearls being dropped. Rebel Beni_Shapiro was almost pearled but frantically kited to a safe, prebuilt bunker. Jaydon_ was pearled saving the life of ieatazz69. The rest of the City Council withdrew back to Heaven to continue the war effort, the city returning to City Council control upon peace negotiations with [[ChickenWingGeek]] over handing over groups back, coup member SH1LL4RYCLINTON cleaning out the spider bunker before quitting, and the coup's USA allies being mass banned and losing the war, effectively ensuring permanent City Council rule.
Not long after, TwinkieMiner was banned from the server. Given the opportunity, TTastic, Albyrt, Le_Brine, NoahRavn, ieatazz69, Jaydon_, and FreeStyleJr08 were able to rush into Alexandria and disable the obsidian spider. ChickenWingGeek and DarkCenturion were briefly pearled but quickly called in backup from the USA, resulting in their pearls being dropped. Rebel Beni_Shapiro was almost pearled but frantically kited to a safe, prebuilt bunker. Jaydon_ was pearled saving the life of ieatazz69. The rest of the City Council withdrew back to Heaven to continue the war effort, the city returning to City Council control upon peace negotiations with [[ChickenWingGeek]] over handing over groups back, coup member SH1LL4RYCLINTON cleaning out the spider bunker before quitting, and the coup's USA allies being mass banned and losing the war, effectively ensuring permanent City Council rule.
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