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Orinnari's proclaimed desire to dissociate from [[Southshire]] did not last long. When [[JC]], Orinnari's successor, decided theto step down on 28th August 2017, Orinnari knew this could be an opportunity to rejoin [[Southshire]]. He knew that his stepping down was a moment of weakness, that after a week he had rested and recovered and was willing to rejoin the council if they wanted him back. His problem however was that by the time he contacted [[StrPlatinum]], they had already announced to the [[Southshire]] discord that the replacement would be decided by election, so Orinnari begrudgingly decided to run, but he knew he would probably fail.

That kind of negotiating rejuvenated Orinnari's drive to be a legislator, but he also knew he wasn't a people person, which made the inevitable loss of the election even more impactful. He ran not as a John Doe, but as a co-founder, as a previous council member, as the builder of [[Southshire]], as a writer of its laws; he knew he wasn't popular but hoped that people would elect him on his ability rather than on popularity, but he ended up losing disproportionately to Callum.

The complete and total loss of the election lead Orinnari to believe he wasn't welcome and that if he ever wanted to legislate again, he'd need to do so elsewhere, and so when the Oakhurst Agreement became null and void, Orinnari decided to focus on but also 'boroughify' Oakhurst, to put it on the same level as [[Southshire]]. He figured that if he could build and rebuild [[Southshire]], he could build Oakhurst just fine. However, opinions of Oakhurst and Orinnari immediately began to sour; the boroughification was considered another tantrum, a power grab, an attempt to screw [[Southshire]] over. It drew the ire of [[Dr_Oracle]], the then owner of [[Southshire]]'s branch of [[Empty Promises]], though this was resolved when Orinnari sent him [https://civstorage.github.io/orinnari/oakhurst/oracle-essay/ an essay] detailing Oakhurst's history.

An example of hostilities between Oakhurst and [[Southshire]] was when Orinnari lobbied for a rail connection between the two boroughs and was met with scorn because to them it seemed ridiculous to have a rail that short, though it turned out to be roughly the same length as the rail from [[Mount Augusta]] to the Jewish Quarter, of [[Mount Augusta]].

Hostilities between Orinnari and [[SamuelV]] reached a peak, so in early October 2017, Orinnari decided to dismantle Oakhurst and cede the land back to [[Southshire]] in order to move elsewhere. At first Orinnari returned to The Plantation, even going so far as to reconstruct the government building, but this was later abandoned as large swaths of the land was reinforced to [[DarkyDu]]'s groups. Oakhurst was then relocated to an island just north of The Plantation, now known as Shen. The island however was small and Teal-cliff'd, thus required loweringrequiring it to be lowered down to sea level to make it usable. But the move itself from [[Southshire]] turned out to be a mistake as not only was Shen isolated geographically, socially, and infrastructurally, but also because the [[Commonwealth]] also refused to recognise it as a borough. This became a very inactive time for Orinnarihim.

Orinnari remained a citizen of [[Southshire]] and would often submit proposals to [[Southshire]], but he only fully returned towards the end of November 2017. Though server activity was at an all time low due to [[Somber War|The Somber War]], where Orinnari and [[cinzar]] (the then Chancellor of Southshire) would often be the only players online. They both decided to stage what was effectively a minor coup of the Council to reinstate governance in [[Southshire]]. At first they decided to keepleave the Constitution of Southshire as isunchanged, but soon after began submitting petitions ([https://old.reddit.com/r/CivSouthshire/comments/7l6w1g/petition_22_changes_to_and_interpretations_of_the/ example]) to amend and interpret the Constitution to fit more in line with how the government actually worked. A few weeks later however [https://civstorage.github.io/orinnari/southshire/bulletins/government-reform.html the government was reformed] in an attempt to return to a simple three person council without abolishing the Constitution entirely, but this ultimately failed. [[Southshire]] had always been lacking in law enforcement, particularly by its own government officials, but with the reformation this became more acute where for example citizenships were granted and stripped without regard to the law. And so it was decided by the Council on the 14th January 2018 to [https://civstorage.github.io/orinnari/southshire/bulletins/constitution-dissolved.html abolish the Constitution], using it only as guidelinesa guideline, and reverting fully to the three person council. This however was controversial as it was seen by some as a nuclear option to prevent [[tvman]] from running in the next election. During this time, Orinnari rebuilt the house he once had at the centre of the citydowntown but within the Dark Oak District in the northern part of city.

Becoming a town of [[Yoahtl]] had been a semi-serious meme within [[Southshire]] for quite some time. On 13th January 2018, serious talks began between [[Southshire]] and [[Yoahtl]] to become an autonomous town. These talks were leaked, which caused some drama within the obstinate, meta-bound citizenry, but negotiations were productive and a treaty was drafted.<blockquote>After votes and negotiations, [[Southshire]] has decided to secede from the [[Commonwealth]] in order to join [[Yoahtl]] as an autonomous town as described in [https://civstorage.github.io/orinnari/southshire/ascension-of-southshire/ this document].

Progress in [[Southshire]] was slow and Orinnari's attempt to reset his sleeping pattern alienated him from the goings on in [[Southshire]], and it appeared like the population wouldn't truly recover. Orinnari decided in late February to early March 2018 to move to the new capitol, NYC. However he was almost immediately accosted by [[TheOrangeWizard]] for building a property on NYC island but outside the city trench. Orinnari quickly dismantled the property in fear of being thrown out and created a slim shop within the trenched city. This shop quickly grew in size however when 1) [[SgtSoda]] agreed to trade his plot for a larger one in the south eastern part of the city, and 2) also when [[Feathercrown]] ceded a small area to Orinnari to square out the plot, and 3) when the ore exchange was moved from under his plot to allow for a basement.

Even with the plot's expansions, it was still dwarfed by [[5point0]]'s mansion, [[Fort Ruina]], and [[SpiderString]]'s brewery,. andAnd so he found it perplexing how [[TheOrangeWizard]] would continuously bring up and refer to Orinnari's plot size with more than just an edge. When [[TheOrangeWizard]] was speaking with someone else and their plot, he brought up Orinnari's plot and its size. That moment was when Orinnari realised that [[TheOrangeWizard]] was not going to let it go and would continually dangle this issue in front of him and anyone who'd listen. HeAnd so he decided around mid June 2018 that he couldn't live in [[Yoahtl]] anymore if he would continuously face this level of toxicity.

Orinnari's shop (later christened as "Forward Settle") would soon kickstart [[Bloom]]'s economy as it brought XP and enchanted diamond tools to the market. He also quickly took interest in [[Bloom]]'s parliament, which while elected did not have the same issues that plague(d) nations like [[Mount Augusta]] and [[Icenia]]. After a particularly devastating raid on his shop that was never repaid, Orinnari withdrew from his business and focused more on local politics: he would later introduce many new laws into [[Bloom]] including trademarks, date standardisation, a ban on the phrase "hub" in official contexts, as well as several improvements to [[Bloom]]'s Constitution.

On 28th January 2019, Orinnari received an invitation from [[bgbba]] to join [[Yoahtl]] on [[CivEx]] which after some exploration he accepted. [[dBeatzx]] had already become somewhat inactive and so when Orinnari and [[Alzdadog|Aleh]] moved over to [[CivEx]], [[Ashelor]] was effectively put on hold. On 17th February 2019 in a spurt of activity, [[dBeatzx]] attempted to revive the [[Ashelor]] by negotiating to become a state of [[Bloom]], however this was quickly prevented by Orinnari due to fears of interference by [[ThirdOfFive]] and other Members of Parliament, though this sadly made [[dBeatzx]] go inactive again. CivEx would however effectively die by the end of March 2019 due to bad admin public relations incorrectly stating the lie that the lifespan of the server would only be about three months.[[File:Civclassic-civex-timeline.png|border|center|frameless|900x900px|Timeline]]

In February 2019, the O.R.I.N. rail was completed in [[Bloom]], standing for Overland Rail inIn the North.

In May 2019, Orinnari, [[iOminous]], and [[Alzdadog|Aleh]] began constructing a new city in [[Bloom]] called New Haven, a successor to [[iOminous]]' Haven city, a trenched city in a northern territory of [[Bloom]]. The idea was to create a larger and closer version that could fit more citizens and be directly connected via rail. [[ThirdOfFive]] soon joined in to help in its construction, but also began proclaiming that New Haven would be the new capitol of [[Bloom]], despite the numerous protestations of the rest of the group. It was a particularly tenuous situation since Orinnari had spearheaded the blocking of legislation that would have privatised the government vault hole. If they thought that legislation would be forced through to move the capitol to this new trenched city to which they might not have access to, it could have shut the entire project down. However, when [[ThirdOfFive]] was told categorically that New Haven would not become the new capital, he dropped out of the project, which caused a quick spiral downwards in motivation andin thereforethe rest of the progressgroup.

Orinnari switched focuses between [[Yoahtl]] and [[Bloom]] pretty regularly, but on 23rd July 2019, Orinnari was a councillor for [[Yoahtl]] and suggested a structured mechanism for proposals which included the ability for the council reject blatantly populist or meme worthy proposals subject to any restrictions imposed by the Chief Justice of [[Yoahtl]]. But this wasn't taken well by [[Tigen]], a long timestanding [[Yoahtl|Yoahtlan]] citizen, who went on to characterise Orinnari's entire personality and contribution to [[Yoahtl]] as being a busybody councillor coming out of the woodwork to accumulate ever more power, thinks players are dumb and aren't worthy of power, and is a shy dictator who's no longer forcing the indignity upon others of having to pretend he's anything but. Orinnari was completely taken aback at the level of spitefulness and vitriol since it came from nowhere and was completely unprovoked, and so he decided to step down figuring that he would not tolerate such behaviour from a work colleague or a friend and so shouldn't be expected to tolerate it from a voter.

Returning perhaps isn't the right word since Orinnari hadn't left [[Yoahtl]], but was just focusing something outside of [[Yoahtl]]. Nonetheless, Shen seemed more and more like a secondary project, a place to build farms or some sort of weird attraction rather than it be a new home or town, especially since [[specificlanguage]] had made Orinnari promise it wouldn't become like another [[Southshire]] or another Oakhurst. His focus naturally fell back towards [[Yoahtl]] since [[Tigen]] had disappeared again so there was no longer a source of drama in that respect.

Under the [[Adina|Adinan]] constitution, autonomous territories are allowed to request opt outs of federal law, so as part of the negotiation process, Orinnari read through [[Adina]]'s federal laws and noted any concerns. One concern was communal storage, the remedy for which was exempting [[Ashelor]] from that law on the basis that [[Ashelor]] would not have access to [[Adina]]'s communal storage and vice versa. Another concern of Orinnari was that of Koric Law, which appeared to be a set of religious doctrines that imposed some odd restrictions in the context of minecraft such as: the prohibition of the mutilation of dead bodies, the prohibition of TNT'ing trees, state protection of burial grounds, state protection of foetuses, etc. This is not to say that there weren't any aspects relevant to minecraft or any that weren't agreeable to Orinnari, far from it, he very much respected the right to be free from discrimination for example, but such things would already exist within [[Ashelor|Ashelor's]] constitution. The request for an opt out however was interpreted by Kaly as a slap in the face, a fundamental insult to the very fabric of [[Adina|Adinan]] society, and so broadcast this to [[Adina]]. [[ImperatorMendes]] then acted as a mediator, offering [[Ashelor]] the compromise of being subject to Koric Law but under a strict system of Judicial Review, that only qualifying cases would be accepted, and [[Ashelor]] begrudgingly acquiesced.

On the next issue however - defence - Orinnari and Kaly clashed again, and it became clear that neither liked nor trusted the other. Orinnari feared that this would become the ongoing relationship with the federal government, that it would always be hostile and at odds with [[Ashelor|Ashelor's]] wants and desires. Orinnari made the decision on 12th September 2019, two days after negotiations started, to relocate Ashelor to the eastern coast of Dithmarschen, [[Maltovia]]. The exact location and borders of Ashelor were negotiated on 7th October 2019 but only revealed a month alterlater on 3rd November 2019 to prevent any invitation of raiders.

Around 24th December 2019, Orinnari went on a spree of joining Discords linked on the [https://ccmap.github.io/ ccmap], one of them being [[Nyasaland]]'s. The community seemed very active and welcoming, which was a surprise since he thought they were inactive or kept to themselves as his only interaction with [[Nyasaland]] had been their shop in [[Bloom]]. He was also drawn to them by the mutual liking of the game League of Legends, and would often watch streams of the game in voice channels. His intention was to move [[Ashelor]] to [[Nyasaland]] in hopes of it being more active and populated. By 30th December 2019, he had terraformed and constructed the canals, though the area was not independent or even autonomous, since the area was on [[Nyasaland]]'s main island and they were newcomers, but [[Nyasaland]] nonetheless accepted the idea of it being its own thing and not necessarily complying with the aesthetic of the main town. It however became quickly apparent that a mutual liking for a game was not a substitute for the kind of affinity that smooths group dynamics when he often found himself treading on eggshells around certain longstanding members. He didn't want to cause upset or make waves, but this often meant double checking everything he said, writing disclaimers before writing anything political, and being extremely specific in conversations, which quickly became tiring and outweighed the benefits of staying, especially since playing League of Legends with the others meant playing on North American servers, thus having very high pinglatency.

On 10th January 2020 [[Ashelor]] was griefed for the second time within the span of a week by [[seanfpa]] and [[xVANCEx]]. Seeming that Orinnari was spending a lot of his time in [[Nyasaland]] and [[Alzdadog|Aleh]] was largely inactive, Orinnari decided to offer [[Ashelor]] as a state to [[Adina]] so that they could use the land for farms and such should [[Ashelor]] be abandoned. But over the coming days and weeks, this (the abandonment) would never happen since Orinnari was already growing distant from [[Nyasaland]] and instead becoming more involved with [[Adina]]. [[Ashelor|Ashelor's]] accession to statehood also brought with it the federalisation of a version of [[Ashelor|Ashelor's]] Habeas Corpus laws. [[Adina]] passed the "Ashelor Integration Act" on 17th January 2020, and [[Ashelor]] responded by passing the "Recognising the Ashelor Integration Act" on the same day. On 24th January 2020, [[Ashelor]] passed "Integrating into the Republic of Adina" which officially transitioned [[Ashelor]] into a state of [[Adina]].

Around the beginning of March 2020, both Orinnari and [[Alzdadog|Aleh]] found themselves more active and so made an effort to be more involved with [[Adina|Adinan]] affairs, however, the cultural divide between [[Ashelor]] and [[Adina]] became more and more apparent, particular when Orinnari ran as a judge candidate on the principle of separation of powers: that the judge should - in their official capacity - be limited to judicial affairs. This as well as Orinnari's proposal to make the National Assembly more transparent clashed with the unwritten conventions of [[Adina]] thus framing Orinnari as an outsider. It was surprising then when Orinnari and [[pamaxwell]] (the incumbent) tied and were brought into a private room and asked to choose between deciding the winner through random chance, or allowing the National Assembly to vote. After a short discussion, they both decided with the National Assembly vote since Orinnari didn't want to set the precedent of choosing winners randomly. Orinnari was not surprised however when the National Assembly chose the incumbent who campaigned on extrajudicial promises.

On 25th February 2020, [[Ashelor]] passed "Land Negotiations with Adina" which empowered the Governor - an newly formed governmental role created under the requirements of statehood of [[Adina|Adinan]] statehood - the power to negotiate the desired area of red desert with [[Adina]], thus negotiations began. At first there were discussions of a land exchange, but [[Ashelor]] quickly stated that a land exchange should be mutually beneficial, that it shouldn't be land area for land area but rather useful land for useful land, but that caused that line of negotiation to end pretty quickly. [[Adina]] then bragged about having sold [[Phylon]], an area they had recently been gifted, to [[Odresh]] ([[Odresh-Phylon Conflict|uuuhyikes]]) for 192 diamonds. This inspired [[Ashelor]] to suggest a land purchase, andbut while [[Adina]] understood, they felt it wasn't within their budget.<blockquote>"yeah i totally get why you guys do want to be compensated, we just may have to move location if it is too pricey"

On 14th March 2020, which was only two days after the elections innew [[Adina|Adinan]] government was elected (thonking), the mood suddenly changed when [[matanic]] sent [[Ashelor]] a rather scathing message which stated in no uncertain terms that the government of [[Adina]] was disappointed with the request for compensation; that they understood that [[Ashelor]] (supposedly) didn't feel [[Adina|Adinan]]; that other states do feel [[Adina|Adinan]] and thus would give up their land if it were them; that [[Ashelor]] should start acting like a state; that [[Ashelor]] doesn't deserve to be a state; that if [[Ashelor]] citizens wished to exercise their [[Adina|Adinan]] rights then they should act like [[Adina|Adinans]]; that [[Adina]] will be "clarifying" its laws and constitution to give powers to the federal government to be able to take land from states without asking.

As you can imagine this wasn't taken well, but civil discussions began nonetheless about how to transition [[Ashelor]] tointo a different type of territory within [[Adina]] that granted more autonomy. However they were soon made privy to the fact that [[Adina]] was updating its constitution so that autonomous territories would no longer get voting rights on the federal laws they'd still have to follow. This was seen by [[Ashelor]] as a blatant attempt to coerce them into handing over the land as a good little state would, or to accept a form of self-imposed and federally enforced isolation from [[Adina]], thus giving credence to the idea that [[Ashelor]] wasn't really [[Adina|Adinan]]. It was also not lost on [[Ashelor]] that the federal government could, in theory, pass legislation requiring [[Ashelor]] to relinquish the land anyway, so in an abundance of caution, [[Ashelor]] pursued independence, becoming independent on 19th March 2020.

On 20th March 2020, a player by the name of [[MrWiggles|Mr__Wiggles]] entered [[Ashelor]] and began breaking chests. Still skittish over the raid in January, Orinnari called in reinforcements. [[Onederful]] from [[Adina]] offered to help. [[Mr Wiggles|Wiggles]] was pearled and [[Onederful]] was compensated for his troubles. It turned out that [[MrWiggles|Wiggles]] thought that [[Ashelor]] was abandoned because while wandering around ''for a few minutes'', he didn't see any activity. Orinnari only noticed the raid because he was up late and AFKing in his home. [[MrWiggles|Wiggles]] was then sentenced to five days exile pearl, as well items known to be taken from neighbours in similar raids to be confiscated and returned. However, in [[Ashelor|Ashelor's]] laws, someone who is sentenced to pearl time must be ceremonially executed. [[MrWiggles|Wiggles]] was executed by guillotine on 25th March 2020. ([https://civstorage.github.io/orinnari/ashelor/wiggles-execution/ Watch here])

On the 10th January 2021, Orinnari sought a new project. [[Ashelor]] was firmly established but was quickly turning inactive again. [[Ashelor]] had the disadvantage of being remote so travelling to and from other nations took a long time. Nor did [[Ashelor]] have any neighbours or allies or foes. Once people had built their houses there wasn't much left to do. [[Slushhi]] became the last bastion of activity, so once he decided to take a break, the last few who logged in here and there went dormant too. This issue was compounded by the increasing popularity of [[Icenia]] with its promises of juicy drama and government positions, but also the launching of [[Devoted Hell]]. Either way, Orinnari felt it would be inappropriate to start making changes to [[Ashelor]] without the consent of the citizens and so began considering a small project nearby to other nations. He noticed the sickle shaped area named [[Brodre]] on the map, where upon visiting discovered was abandoned to the point where the reinforcements were so decayed as to break on the second hit. On the 26th January 2021, Orinnari officially published the preliminary borders of the newly found nation: the Admiralty of Wesbury.