CobblecraftSMP

CobblecraftSMP is the defunct Aternos-ran SMP previously owned by Fluffy (OP) and Litten (OP). PhoenixSMP was born from it's ashes. The lore was transferred from Cobblecraft.

Lorebooks
The following is all of the written lore for CobblecraftSMP "~ Book 1		Once there was a kingdom. The kingdom wanted balance. So it split into two kingdoms- Murex and Malacus. And there was a balance. there was creation- from the secluded, peaceful nature to the dramatic towering castles leaning up past the clouds. And then there was destruction- the holes in the earth and the monsters that lived in them solely to destroy. This is the universe, Cobblecraft SMP.""~ Book 2		And for some time, there was balance. Until the murex clan automated their creation. They created beings to wield their power in their hands- the Cobblesmiths. The Cobblesmiths could shape the earth and build it to their will, create their statues to the stone gods. Creation got out of and was beginning to overpower the destruction.""~ Book 3		Of course, the Murex clan, being caught up in their power and their slaves and golden glory, made more and more Cobblesmiths to worship and build, the clan was no longer willing to settle for only balance. They filled the cobble realm with all of their good things until the Malacus kingdom was nothing but a single speck of sand, long lost, forgotten, out of sight.""~ Book 4		The Malacus revolted. The creators refused to share their power, so they revolted. And what a revolt it was. An explosion of dust and light came forth from the very center of the earth, where the few specks of Malacus gods laid. An explosion so mighty and powerful that it bent the realm itself.""~ Book 5 It has been hundreds of years and yet the world has still not recovered- chunks of land remain floating in the sky, timeless. The universe split apart at its seams, the monsters were empowered with more rage than ever before, life was darkened, the monuments crumbled and fell to the ground.""~ Book 6	Neither kingdom was happy, and neither kingdom was balanced. The Malacus’ second play was to contain the Cobblesmiths, oh the Cobblesmiths, they had become so greatly numbered. They tried to contain them in walls of their own stone, but they only took the bent realm and teleported out of it, they destroyed their prison and made a home from it.""~ Book 7	Their third move was to lessen the Murex. this was simple, a handful of members from Malacus stepped down into a permanent, lesser form. members from Murex, weakened from the blast, were forced to mirror.""~ Book 8	The king of the Malacus kingdom, Nobilis, made the ultimate sacrifice for balance. He obliterated his form completely, not a single grain of sand was left. And the king of Murex, Magnuficus, died in a wonder of color and smoke after.""~ Book 9	Nobilis had a son, Magna, who took his place out of inheritance. He has been watching the Murex clan closely from the shadowy center of the earth, and had grown jealous. He wanted to take power away. He did not care about the imbalance that his father was so keen on keeping, he wanted what he could not have from the golden age of Murex.""~ Book 10	And the inheritant of Murex, Minus, learned from the ways of his father and now seeks only peace. He established limits across the clan, and stayed humble with the Cobblesmiths. Now he tries to establish balance between the two kingdoms the only way he knows how, trying to overpower the other just enough to be equal.""~ Book 11	It has been E-hundred years, and nothing has changed. Magna continues to grow his lustful clan, and it’s almost toppling the realm to oblivion.""~ Book 12	Which brings us to the present day."

Complete lore summary
~A mushroom-themed castle appeared at spawn, where Magna explained that he needed to take down the tyrannical Murex clan. He then asked players to find the 12 temples, located in random locations anywhere between 0-5000 blocks from 0,0.

~Every temple had a challenge in it, most of the challenges were almost impossible to beat. Most notably, the jungle temple.

~After a temple was completed, one of the above 12 lore books would unlock, alongside the cords to another, random temple. The backstory would be told out of order, slowly allowing players to piece together the lore and figure out the Magna was the villain.

~When all the temples were unlocked, Magna would reveal that he was just using the players to empower Malacus clan. He would then disappear for a few days.

~After a short server update, blocks would start appearing around spawn, leading players to the camp of Minus and Bob the Cobble (the mascot of Cobblecraft) where they would explain how to defeat Magna before he destroyed the world.

~Magna would be fought in the End, boss-battle style. When Magna is defeated, Minus dies as well, due to the clan gods being linked; one cannot live without the other. (This is not the case in the PhoenixSMP lore)

Response
~The lore update took a month to create, during which the server was closed to the public. Players began to leave due to inactivity, and the server never recovered.

~Players were not motivated to find temples, as Cobblecraft's main focus was not lore based. Only 3-4 were ever found, and the plotline was never completed.

~The project was too ambitious and the server did not need it.

Cobblecraft's downfall
~Inactivity increased after the server was down for a month. The server was already small, and could not handle the hit.

~The staff team was unreliable and frustrating to work with.

~Fed up with these issues, Litten (OP) gave temporary server ownership to Fluffy (OP), who was not able to delay CC's death.

~After a month of slow decline, Fluffy gave up her owner position, opting to put the server out of its misery and start anew.

Trivia
~Mora clan did not exist on CC

~Cobblecraft's twist was that the currency was cobblestone