Great corruption

The Great Corruption was a series of major chunk errors that occurred during a server update in the Old world. Most notably, some of Westumbria, three fourths of spawn (old world) and other unpopulated areas were overwritten by chunk errors. This worsened over the course of 1-2 months until everything within 1000 blocks of 0,0 was overwritten, with damages extending beyond that. The world was barely recognizable as PhoenixSMP, staff mistook it as a newly loaded world. The original file was not able to be retrieved without corrupting it in the same manner, and the community decided it was best to move on and start the New world. "Like a phoenix from the ashes, they may defeat you, insult you, injure you, and abandon you. But they will not, shall not and cannot destroy you. For you, like Rome, were built on ashes, and you, like a phoenix, know how to resurrect."

Canonical causes

 * The great corruption and the destruction of the Old world are canonically attributed to Clou'dea.
 * The Mora and Clou'dea's forgetting event which left Clou'dea powerless for a very long time.
 * Fluffy King's actions before, during, and after the Egg saga, including but not limited to:
 * Much abuse towards GalaxFox:
 * Forcing him to kidnap Waddles, and then blaming the Waddles' death arc on him.
 * Having him manipulate and betray GhostLitt (who considered Galax a friend), worsening Galax's emotional state.
 * Asking Galax to steal the Egg of Truth with GhostLitt, and then blaming him for taking it.
 * Denying Galax rights to express himself via means of poetry and art, and then punishing him for expressing himself in other ways.
 * Otherwise refusing to allow Galax to create an identity for himself, forcing him to take on the role of a pawn.
 * Ordering that he do harm unto his physical form to cause him to simulate pain. These wounds never healed.
 * The combined emotional and physical abuse convinced Galax to jump off the Edge of the World, confronting his worst fear of being sent back to the void. Fluffy teased him closer and closer to the edge to scold him for rebelling. Galax winningly jumped, preferring to be sent to the void than to stay under Fluffy's control any longer. Aura brought him back into service a day later, with a noticeably broken form.
 * General rudeness and hate towards Clou'dea.
 * Killing multiple beloved pets.
 * The entire Egg Saga scheme. After EggFluff was destroyed, she remained corrupt and deceitful.
 * Actions from Litten4LifeXD involving Waddles. during the Prison arc
 * LittenXD asked Clou'dea to revive Waddles, she agreed under the condition that the pig remain alive.
 * After using Waddles to bait Litten4Life into the prison, the pig was slain.
 * Useless bickering and arguing from the other mortal beings.

The above events, among other things, brang Clou'dea to the conclusion that the mortals and the clan gods needed to be tamed. The corruption was meant to be a warning, signifying that they needed to knock it off and make peace. When her threats were ignored, Clou'dea erased the world entirely, creating the New world and interrupting the Prison arc.