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=== The third councillor ===
Orinnari and [[StrPlatinum]] had been the only two members of the council, a body created by Orinnari to decide things together, or at the very least keep the other informed on any decisions made. Around mid July 2017 a new player called [[SamuelV]] joined [[Southshire]] and immediately showed a skill for building. After a few days, Orinnari and [[StrPlatinum]] decided to extend an invite to [[SamuelV]] to join the council. This would lead to the start of the [https://civclassic.miraheze.org/wiki/Southshire#Building_Era Building Era.]
===The Mami Trial===
Around the 15th August 2017, a [[Southshire]] and [[Commonwealth]] citizen known as [[mrmamizoupie]] was pearled. The people of [[Southshire]], which had grown significant since the start of the [https://civclassic.miraheze.org/wiki/Southshire#Building_Era Building Era], were naturally outraged that a friend and citizen had been pearled within and removed from [[Southshire]]'s territory, particularly when there was at the time seemingly no rhyme or reason. Information was slowly released over the next day or two. On 17th June 2017, Orinnari stated [[Southshire]]'s position in the [[The Commonwealth|Commonwealth]]'s Discord:
:"Mami commited crimes abroad, but then he became a citizen of [[Southshire]] and therefore the citizen of the [[Commonwealth]]. Now, I have been told that the [[Commonwealth]] does not intervene in cases of extradition in cases where someone has been pearled for crimes abroad, however, [[Southshire]] does intervene, and because he was a [[Southshire]] citizen and pearled in [[Southshire]], we feel we have a right to a say and to block extradition. However, we can be overruled by the [[Commonwealth]].... so we need a ruling over whether Mami can and will be extradited."
[[MiloY]], who then seemed to chair the [[Commonwealth]]'s response to this matter, agreed with Orinnari's interpretation of the law and brought up precedent made in previous iterations of civ, that the [[Commonwealth]] does traditionally allow extradition. The conversation was then taken into relevant channels and voice chats where the [[Commonwealth]] gathered its most trusted citizens to rule on the issue and, taking [[Southshire]]'s voice into consideration, decided to allow the extradition.
However a new issue arose: the [[Commonwealth]] had been operating under the assumption that the pearl was held by [[Southshire]], and [[Southshire]] believed the opposite, and so when a vocal minority within [[Southshire]] began to conspire to break [[mrmamizoupie]] free and that the pearl wasn't being handed over, the [[Commonwealth]] assumed that [[Southshire]] had gone rogue. It turned out however that the pearl's owner, [[ThePayman]], wanted his own set of demands met before relinquishing the pearl. The [[Commonwealth]] managed to talk [[ThePayman]] down from these demands since an agreement had already been made and would otherwise create an international incident.
On 19th August 2017 when the situation was resolved and [[mrmamizoupie]] was going to be tried ([https://soundcloud.com/user-62544271/justice-discord-8-18-2017-10-24-59-pm-2 listen here]), Orinnari felt extremely exhausted since he had dedicated several days to this issue and the conversation surrounding it was extremely toxic and boiling over. Orinnari had received accusations and verbal abuse which he was woefully prepared for.
===Oakhurst's creation===
[[File:Oakhurst-southend-government-building.jpg|thumb|Oakhurst's government building and Orinnari's manor]]
[[Oakhurst]] was an area within [https://civstorage.github.io/orinnari/southshire/land-claims/ Southend] that Orinnari had been building in for about a week or so since his house was at the time dead centre of [https://civclassic.miraheze.org/wiki/File:Downtown_Southshire.png Downtown], [[Southshire]] and didn't like the sheer amount of snitch pings from passers-by. After the [[ Trial of mrmamizoupie]] , pearlOrinnari situationwas exhausted since he had dedicated several days to the issue and the conversation surrounding it was resolvedboiling and toxic, Orinnarireceiving accusations and verbal abuse. He wanted to get out of the spotlight , so stood down from the council , and annexedannexing [[Oakhurst]] in the process. [[Oakhurst]] was intended to behave like the [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LrObZ_HZZUc City of London] and even created the title of "Lord Mayor" to cement that connection. [[Oakhurst]]'s creation didn't receive any resistance from the council at the time since Orinnari co-founded [[Southshire]] and they felt he had the right to claim some land for himself.<blockquote>As other things are happening right now, I will keep this short and to the point. The peninsular that I have claimed has now split, legally speaking, from Southshire. It will not become another borough, nor is it claiming independence from the Commonwealth. It is becoming something akin to The City of London, not to be confused with London. And as such, I hereby formally rescind my council member status, and any roles that included or implied. I will transfer ownership of the Citadel groups of Southshire, as well as the website's GitHub repository. I am formally dissociating myself with Southshire in order to live and build on my own, to be left alone.</blockquote>[[File:Oakhurst-southshire-view.png|thumb|View of Southshire from Oakhurst]]
===Returning to Southshire===
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