Magnanimus Darkroom Incident

''Written by Alj23. Story relayed as told to me by player spectec''

The Magnanimus Darkroom Incident
Former members and factions of the Imperials were preparing for another go around, internally dubbed Imperials V2. Grixer, an officer of Valyria, and one of the founding factions of the first Imperials, had recruited Alamut, a past neutral faction in the first Imperials, and Eagla, (formerly Argonia) to the new Imperials side. Grixer and spectec were acquaintances, who had worked on projects such as never before seen darkrooms and nether ghast farms.

Grixer approached spectec and Magnanimus, asking them if they wanted to join the new Imperials. Had spectec and Magnanimus joined, it's safe to assume that the second Imperials might had been successful in what they could not accomplish the first time around: complete domination and rule over the survival worlds. Upon learning what Grixer and the Imperials had planned, spectec rejected Grixer's offer to join.

Grixer became upset, and realized that Magnanimus with its new pvpers from Qarth, Invictus, and Valyria would be a problem for the Imperials. After internal discussion, the leadership of the Imperials decided to rebrand themselves as the Solaris Insurrection, and focus their attention on Magnanimus specifically instead of the entire server.

The first offense of the soon to be Solaris War would occur on the morning of April 2nd, 2013, when members of the faction Alamut released the coordinates of Magnanimus' darkroom and training facilities in Ithania, and Valyria enemying Magnanimus in support of Alamut's decision to release the coordinates. At this time, MassiveRestore was not even conceived yet, so factions were not forced to claim their darkrooms. With the coordinates released, enemies of Magnanimus traveled to the location of the darkroom below the Ithanian ocean, and tunneled in, killing unsuspecting Magnanimus members training in the darkroom.

This event, dubbed the Magnanimus darkroom incident became one of the catalyzing events that kicked off the Solaris War.

Relevant Sources

 * Magnanimus versus Valyria, Alamut, and Eagla
 * Magnanimus declares war on Solaris