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The Temporal Isles began at the Start of the World as a territory of Icenia, acquiring statehood under the leadership of First Consul [[PhysicsGamer]] and Second Consul [[SirAlador]]. Quickly farms were constructed, creating a large-scale and consistent source of food which fed Temporals and travelers until they were disassembled as a part of an effort to improve the aethetics of the island headed up by [[Jaimiemie]]. As [[PhysicsGamer]] became a Senator of [[Icenia (CivMC)|Icenia]], his attention was drawn away from the Temporal Isles due to concerns of the larger nation, and took on strict and harsh policies regarding production goals for the Temporal Isles to match the pace of Icenian development. Going so far as to entirely forego city development in favor of simply living in holes in the ground, dissent began to develop among the populace of the Temporal Isles, eventually resulting in [[SirAlador]] resigning from his position as Second Consul of the Temporal Isles, passing the position to [[PhysicsGamer]], and announcing that he was quitting from Civ.

On January 16th, The Temporal Isles and [[Kallos]] declared war on [[Valyria (CivMC)|Valyria]] due to the fact that [[Dr_Bacon_Hair]] had been removed from [[Valyria (CivMC)|Valyria]]'s nether portal groups. The planning of this war mostly occured in a new alliance called Vox, also known as Vox Pendelum. [[PhysicsGamer]] and [[Dredd_kiji]] planned the operation, with [[Dr Bacon Hair]] pressuring for the operation to occur, and [[Docker_Image]], and [[Blu9710]] also contributing. Several days before the attack, [[Blu9710]] elected to back out of the planning, as he had determined that it was not the ideal course of action. Temporal government member [[Jaimiemie]] was intentionally left out of preparations because he had expressed support for [[Valyria (CivMC)|Valyria]] in the recent months and was deemed to be a security risk. Soon after the Valyrian War had started [[Dr Bacon Hair]] had realized that the war was a mistake and along with Blu9710 and Jaimiemie began pressuring [[PhysicsGamer]] to surrender and pay reps. However, knowing that the situation had ruined relations with the closest ally of the Temporal Isles, [[PhysicsGamer]] believed the only way to secure the future of an independent Temporal Isles was to depose the regime of Valyria and replace it with a regime which would be friendly with the Temporal Isles. This plan to attempt a coup against Valyria would ultimately fail due to a number of factors, the most notable of which was poor infosec and a lack of organization among the prospective Valyrian collaborationist government, leading to the plan failing.

Because of the situation with Valyria, and [[PhysicsGamer]]'s assessment of the Temporal Isles' situation being untenable without a friendly Valyria, the players which had initially pushed for the war and later a surrender elected to depose the regime which had administered the Temporal Isles since the start of the world in favor of a new path.

After [[PhysicsGamer]] was couped the citizens of TI elected to join Icarus, having become good friends with the Icarians along with the past strife endured by an independent TI. During this time, the Temporal Isles shifted away from economy and military in favor of aesthetics and integration with Icarus as a whole. [[Dr Bacon Hair]] built many builds during this time including a majestic crab, a monument to Icarus and TI above a sheep farm, a stone farm and a train station with rails to Icenia. Jaimiemie helped in mainland Icarus with running farms for xp. [[Mushroom_Cultist]] moved to TI and Bacon built him a quaint Mushroom house to live in. [[VilyanZ]] and [[Sdorr]] also became residents of TI building a house next to the Mushroom.

During the [[Buttsecs War]], the Temporal Isles, as a territory of [[Icarus]], found itself in conflict with the Butternut Coalition, which included [[PhysicsGamer]] among their fighters. Government member Jaimiemie and Mushroom_Cultist was pearled in the early days of the war, and Blu9710 elected to flee the fighting to join IF, leaving the Temporal Isles with only [[Dr Bacon Hair]] actively playing in the area. Following the fall of Whole Foods, the area returned to occupation under [[PhysicsGamer]] as TI's only active player. The progression of the war led to the Temporal Isles being asserted under [[PhysicsGamer]] , and the defeat of the SEC secured this new status quo. At the urging of [[AbyssalSire]], [[PhysicsGamer]] elected to allow integration of citizens associated with the previous government, despite his own reservations regarding the potential risk such an act posed.

== The Temporal Schism/2nd Temporal Coup ==

Members of the previous government were allowed to return to the Temporal Isles on a number of conditions, the most notable of which was that all military infrastructure in the area would be built on groups owned by [[PhysicsGamer]] , so as to eliminate risk of a second coup or other such action which could destabilize the new status quo. However, Mushroom_Cultist was soon discovered constructing a bunker hole which had not yet had the contained bunker constructed, leaving sufficient deniability on the nature of the bunker for competing perspectives of the nature of the bunker hole, with Mushroom_Cultist claiming it was simply a storage bunker after the events of the incident, while PhysicsGamer had no way to confirm this assertion. [[PhysicsGamer]], having been working on defensive infrastructure in the area for the past week, discovered Mushroom in the middle of excavating the bunker hole, which extended from just under the surface halfway into the deepslate layer, and an additional obsidian floor at the bedrock to prevent disabling. PhysicsGamer initially asked Mushroom questions about the nature of the hole, with Mushroom making declarations such as "what's a diamond vein" when asked why he was quarrying and asked if he was mining a diamond vein. As questioning progressed, however, PhysicsGamer determined that Mushroom was rather obviously playing dumb to the situation, and instructed Mushroom to CTR the obsidian to an admin group he gave Mushroom access to, to ensure that the hole couldn't be used in a hostile manner against him. In response, Mushroom elected to flee, with PhysicsGamer pearling him during the flight, determining that despite being unarmored, it was a necessary act after discovering him working on a bunker hole. [[PhysicsGamer]] immediately ran over to Butternut Vault to act as a scarecrow while determining what to do, as Butternut had declared it was not getting involved. Gang Shi's vault was not sufficiently activated at the time to hold the pearl safely, which was determined in a voice call between GS leadership including PhysicsGamer himself.

[[PhysicsGamer]] kept the pearl in his inventory as Icenian/Icarian/Yoathlan military chased him along with some other volunteers including Gang Shi citizen, Fastestgrass. There was heavy debate within the Gang Shi government on what to do, with JB advocating for backing PhysicsGamer in the situation from a position of empathy for the situation PhysicsGamer found himself in, and fastest advocating that a conflict was not worth the effort due to the perceived minor nature of the conflict. Eventually [[PhysicsGamer]] determined he was unable to effectively flee the situation without immediate backup, and was forced to throw the pearl off the skybridge he was holed up on, and jump to his death on the ground below. Then Negotiations began and a number of proposals were thrown around, including even constructing a second Temporal Isles elsewhere to allow for independent Temporal Isles nations to exist simultaneously. [[PhysicsGamer]] was opposed to abandoning his home territory, which he had settled on at start of the world and spent many sleepless nights defending against raiders and other such aggressors, and offered to personally fund efforts to make the Bacon faction whole, offering diamonds, alternative land, and even constructing the second TI which was pitched previously, but eventually following internal discussions between PhysicsGamer and Jbblocker, PhysicsGamer conceded to a deal in which reparations would be paid from Icarus, and all Temporal land outside of the home islands would be placed under the administration of PhysicsGamer. The Temporal Empire was then formed in these territories, primarily composed of [[PhysicsGamer]] , SirAlador, and Shady_Warri0r, with a monarchical power structure and an explicit Gang Shi alliance. The New Temporal Isles was formed primarily with the players [[Dr Bacon Hair]], Jaimiemie, and Mushroom_Cultist with Icenian, Icarian, and Yoathlan backing.