Stairway to Heaven
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Stairway to Heaven was a civilization identified by the staircase leading up to a multi-tiered skybase. They were one of the slowest civilizations when it came to progression, with most members not really focused on gearing up in particular. A lot of unintentional competition between classes was common here, the most infamous one being the blacksmith conflict. This was likely due to the fact that the civ was right next to spawn. Stairway to Heaven would be the first civilization to successfully declare a conflict ticket to kill one of its members, Whispering_Sun.
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Player List
Permanent Residents:
| Player Name | Role | Sessions Played | Short Description |
| Dreaded_Dust | Blacksmith/Leader | 20 |
The leader of Stairway to heaven chosen by Steamy_Void. Changed classes with Tender_Aether from blacksmith to builder, although once they died they suffered from a bug where they kept their blacksmith XP and esentially got locked into one class. Partially deaf (according to a citizen). Double bimbo. |
| Tender_Aether | Healer/Unofficial right hand man of Dreaded | 16 |
Builder turned blacksmith turned healer. Can be recognized by their royal-like skin. Changed classes with Dreaded_Dust. Nearly had an aneurysm, due to having to share blacksmith xp with Whispering_Sun, who became their number one enemy. Likes moist wood. Self proclaimed innocent angel of Stairway to Heaven. The one who'd successfuly declare a conflict ticket on Whispering_Sun. Murderer. Psychopath. Double bimbo. |
| Waking_Horizon | Librarian/Diplomat |
Recognized by their fox mask, the first librarian. Was the one to built the earliest version of the Stairway and the initial platform. Tried to make a global map, and traded maps with other civs. Brought the first cactus of the server with Ebon. |
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| Lulling_Sparkle | Librarian |
Recognized by their blue and white skin. Has built a pink platform above Stairway to Heaven, where a second library was built. |
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| Luminous_Void | Farmer |
Can be recognized by the neon green fists, shirt and eyes. Has a strong enthusiam for dogs, bones and rotten flesh (to tame and breed more dogs). Also has extensive knowledge on the plug-in and knows how to min-max. |
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| Umbral_Moth | Farmer/Ceke merchant |
Can be recognized by the maid outfit. Owner of Moth's cakes. Eventually they got a 'glow up'. |
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| Frosted_Frost | Farmer |
Had a simple girl skin. Due to a bug, was able to summon a god called 'Necrotric_Echo' to gift them back the 10 sugarcane that was lost. Later on became a zombie. |
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| Final_Dirt | Farmer |
They have expanded the farms quite a lot, made a lot of pumpkin pies. Has built most of the farms by themselves. Can be recognized by their skin from the game called 'Off' which is an NPC, called a 'Whipped Elsen'. Its mostly white that cries blood. |
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| Ghostly_Demon | Farmer |
Master 90000 XP Farmer. Can be recognized by their greek-like skin with elf ears and a braid in their hair. According to their leader and right hand man, this citizen has probably the best skin. The citizens genuinely appreciated them and their great work ethic. Was so focused on farming, they reached 100.000 farming XP around Session 10. Unfortunately, fell through a hole in Session 12. |
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| Shadowed_Burn | Farmer turned miner turned guardsman, turned blacksmith turned healer |
Originally from Podzil, eventually defected. Recognized by their mostly pink outfit. |
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| Steamy_Void | Miner |
The primary miner. Can be recognized by their silver and gold armoured skin. Was the one who decided Dreaded_Dust should be the leader and the best pvper the civ had. Wanted to join the conflict, but it was too late at that point. |
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| Necrotic_Angel | Farmer turned miner |
Farmer turned miner. Can be recognized by their simpson skin Glenn Quagmire - Griffin. |
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| Waking_Bliss | Miner |
During the first few Sessions, has provided a lot of cobblestone to the builders. |
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| Frigid_Breeze | Miner |
Can be recognized by their purple/green color scheme. Has been confused as a weird looking Hatsune Miku once. |
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| Advanced_Program | Miner |
A miner recognized by their mainly brown color scheme and plaid pants. Mines like they are X-Raying. |
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| Soft_Cloud | Miner turned builder |
Recognized by their black hair and blue shirt. Really liked Dainty_Angel. Wanted to join the conflict, but it was too late at that point. |
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| Chaotic_Hollow | Miner |
Miner. Can be recognized by their skin that wears a white-blue striped pajama set. |
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| Tangled_Echo | Miner |
Dual citizen of the metro civ and Stairway to Heaven. Tried to get manpower for metro because they were lacking. The only miner present for Session 11-12 for both metro and Stairway to Heaven. Known formerly as Tangled_Willow, however, they have exchanged names with their spouse. |
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| Unknown_Warden | Miner turned Builder turned Blacksmith |
Recognized by their deep voice. Their skin originates from the game series called Kingdom Hearts. Provided a lot of materials to their blacksmith Tender_Aether and leader. A really great miner. Manslaughtered by Dreaded_Dust who placed a lava bucket and forced them in a downed state while burning. Then pivoted to Builder. |
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| Windswept_Rain | Miner turned Guardsman |
Miner turned guardsman. While on guard duty, met god and brought back cheese. |
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| Dainty_Angel | Miner turned Blacksmith |
Recognized by their Sunny skin and a texter. Was a miner exclusive to Whispering_Sun. First one to have a small house inside the civ and built one for Whispering_Sun as well. For the first time, has spoken in Session 10. |
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| Burning_Smoulder | Builder |
Can be recognized by a distinctive skin where the main color is orange. Based on Adachi Rei, a robot girl. One of the original founders of Stairway to Heaven, when there were only ~4 citizens. Has built most of Stairway to heaven and the best builder the civ had. Bimbo. |
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| Flowing_Swirl | Builder |
Destroyed the bed of Frosted_Frost. Made the drug shack for Ebon_Hollow. Recognized by their Obiwan Konobi skin. |
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| Eon_Cycle | Builder |
Mostly pink skin. Barely had a choice in what class they should persue as every builder the civ had would not show up, so they became one by demand, which Tender_Aether had to teach them for. |
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| Ebon_Hollow | Healer |
The first healer Stairway to heaven had, and also the first to eventually reach level 5 with the help of Ghostly_Demon and Tender_Aether. Good at pvp. Has googles on their head. Frequently chills on the suicide plank, later turned SAFE plank. Had a diary they recorded everything that happened to them. Potions master. Likes drugs. One of the original founders of Stairway to heaven. |
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| Starlit_Spark | Healer |
The second healer of Stairway to heaven. Has extensive experience on being a miner. Traded with another civ for 64 spider eyes. Can be recognized by the red bandage that covers their face. |
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| Brumal_Demon | Healer |
Can be recognized by their purple skin. |
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| Sunlit_Sunbeam | Guardsman |
Recognized by their red hair and being a texter. The citizens firmly believed they were done for upon this revelation. Friends with Cinder_Kindle. |
Temporary residents
| Molten_Beacon | Blacksmith | Can be recognized by their purple heart cape and a suit with a red vest going all the way to cover their face. Defected to Podzil, which perhaps was the better outcome for them. | |
| Surging_Angel | Miner turned Healer | Recognized by their duck skin with googles in front. They were a miner and in S3 when Ebon_Hollow wasn't there, they died and got really mad. This led to them stealing all the sugar cane and the healers had to fight for it. Went to Podzil to become healer level 3 and then roamed around the world. | |
| Whispering_Sun | Blacksmith | Just integrated themselves into the civilization, even though they were technically exiled by Dreaded_Dust, they remained. A texter who got along well with Dainty_Angel. Target of both Dreaded_Dust and Tender_Aether, who together conspired to somehow exile them ultimately out of the civilization. Recognized by their astronaut skin. In the end, the war party has accidentally soft banned them. | |
| Meek_Blossom | ? | ? | Recognized by their pink hair. Texter. Wanted to create a nether civ. |
History
Session ~1-4
This was the creation of Stairway of Heaven. Waking Horizon just built a stairway and that is the origin of the name. Burning_Smoulder built most of the civ.
Session 5-8
A member (Aerial_Twist) of the neighbouring civ Podzil only about ~800 blocks away has visited Stairway to Heaven three times, and all three times with the intention to brag about their obviously superior progression. Two individuals, Kindled_Bastion and Fluffly_Devil came to Stairway. They were noticed harvesting sugarcane without any farmer levels and after being told to leave the harvesting to leveled farmers, they left Stairway by boat and disappeared into the night, heading towards Podzil. After noticing their absence and the sugarcane chest being empty, they were suspected of having stolen the sugarcane and Waking_Horizon was sent as a diplomat was sent to Podzil to warn them. By the time they arrived, Kindled_Bastion had joined Podzil. After discussing the situation with the leader of Podzil, Final_Void, Kindled_Bastion and Final_Void traveled to Stairway to Heaven to speak with Dreaded_Dust and try to understand what had happened. In the end Stairway and Podzil decided to not do anything about the matter.
Around this time, without permission, a skybridge (via Sunlit_Storm) had been built to connect Podzil and Stairway to Heaven. Dreaded_Dust initially demanded the bridge be demolished, arguing it was a security thread and could be used to launch invations into Stairway, but eventually agreed the bridge could stay if it did not directly connect to the skybase. The construction of the bridge led to many members of Stairway to leave the base for the first time to visit Podzil. Here, they spotted their ex-blacksmith Molten_Beacon, who had previously fought with the leader Dreaded_Dust over charcoal (blacksmith xp). This was the first blacksmith problem.
As the members of Stairway began making their way back over the bridge, a tragic incident would occur, setting back the progress of the already struggling nation even further. It was the single greatest loss of lives the civilization of Stairway to Heaven would face, and it would earn the bridge the colloquial name of the Bimbo Bridge. Player after player, whether it be by phantoms or skill issue, would fall of the bridge, plummeting to their certain death. The players who fell were Burning_Smoulder and Tender_Aether, which were the civilizations only two builders at the time, Dreaded_Dust (x2), the civilizations only level 4 blacksmith, and Starlit_Spark, one of the two healers of the nation.
But as loss is the little brother holding the hand of his big sibling victory, Stairway to Heaven was able to recruit a new member to their civilization, a farmer called Shadowed_Burn.
Due to a previous agreement, Dreaded_Dust and Tender_Aether have decided to switch classes. Dreaded_Dust would be a builder and take over Tender_Aether's projects, and through an 'I owe you' will funnel them with wood for charcoal, which they have also done for their leader in the early days.
However, soon seeds of another conflict would arise. Whispering_Sun was leveling blacksmith as well and due to Tender_Aethers' hate for sharing as a blacksmith, they have been very angry at this. Multiple times would very public fist fights take place, as both blacksmiths would fight for charcoal. (With downing included)
In an attempt to solve it once and for all, the tradition to gather around the campfire was used to directly adress this. Dreaded_Dust would specifically ask Whispering_Sun if they would pivot to another class, which they vehemently shook their head to. When the leader asked both what their level was, both replied with blacksmith level 3, 66% towards level 4. So Dreaded_Dust and Tender_Aether wanted to create a competition between the blacksmiths to a race of who can get level 4 first. The loser has to change. But Whispering_Sun wasn't there, so that didn't work. The whole ordeal was a rather awkward affair. This wasn't all of it, as the leader would reveal that Whispering_Sun actually stole from the civilization. Dreaded_Dust was already a level 4 blacksmith, but then they came along and took all blacksmith xp sources without permission. Dreaded_Dust has tried to privately exile Whispering_Sun, without much success. This would hold back the civilization by having their first level 5 blacksmith for a few sessions.
Although the leader had wanted to be a builder and had died on the bimbo bridge, the game had other plans. Due to a bug, Dreaded_Dust would be able to die without losing their blacksmith xp, which locked them into a class they found rather boring. The immortal blacksmith, caged in a prison of their own doing.
Thus, Stairway to Heaven had three level 4 blacksmiths. Rather pitiful, considering that most citizens of Stairway to Heaven wouldn't even be clad in leather armor.
This had to end.
So Tender_Aether created the first successfully declared conflict ticket. On the surface would they speak to Whispering_Sun in a peaceful manner, but underneath Tender_Aether pulled out citizens of Stairway to Heaven individually into the pink platform above the base and try to recruit them to kill Whispering_Sun. Next session, Tender_Aether, Dreaded_Dust, Unknown_Warden, Shadowed_Burn and Final_Dirt would kill Whispering_Sun.
Session 9-10
It was rather anti-climactic, as they didn't collect anybody else to defend them. Searching different civs, nobody had seen them. They hid where the party couldn't find them, and eventually logging out. The conflict wasn't over just yet and was put on hold.
Session 11-15
People from Podzil came over and announced that there was going to be a wedding between Final_Void and Starlit_World, and asked if could have taken place at Stairway's cathedral, Dreaded_Dust accepted the proposal.
By that choice, many players started spreading bad rumours about Podzil, which led to hate signs, hate speeches towards them and planning on ruining the wedding, which led to the leader of Podzil to come over to check if everything was safe and threaten a conflict ticket if things didn't get sorted out before the wedding.
The wedding happened in session 15.
Session 16-20
After the wedding, many people started joining less, which led to things getting stale pretty quickly at Stairway, where often farmers from Metro City had to come over to farm the land, just to not make everyone die from hunger.
During session 17, two players of Stairway: Ebon_Hollow and Windswept_Rain declared a conflict ticket towards eachother, which led to the win of Ebon_Hollow, and the permanent death of Winswept_Rain in session 19.
During session 19, the remaining people of Stairway started to visit other cities, and other ones open libraries and started collecting books for everyone to read.
In session 20, the remaining people returned to stairway during the last 20 minutes, to hold one last bonefire before the ending of the Era.
Economy
In the early sessions when no civ had potatoes yet, Tender_Aether got a potato but it got destroyed. (eventually got a potato from Metro City)
Stairway to Heaven would also have only one person kitted in iron gear, and the rest would be naked during the time the rest of the world got iron gear. And once the rest of the world got diamond gear, the civ would finally have a few of its members in iron gear.
The only valuable thing Stairway to Heaven had was perhaps the 64 spider eyes their healer Starlit_Spark had procurred through a trade with another civ. Stairway to Heaven would be the only civ to have endstone and an enchanted apple (which was lost soon after!).
Government
Dreaded_Dust would be the only leader, however, most citizens directed themselves. There was barely any managing needed from the leader in the first place. Perhaps this is why when Dreaded_Dust would attempt to exile members or exercise their authority, most would not even listen or take them serious.
Culture
The first thing that made the civ what it is today, construction of the Stairway S1, its earliest version. Built by Waking_Horizon.
- Screenshot via Waking_Horizon
The construction of the first plank, the suicide plank built by Burning_Smoulder, S2.
- Screenshot via Waking_Horizon
The earliest version of the murder plank, S2. Made by the leader Dreaded_Dust, due to the murder lust of their newest member, Tender_Aether. Unfortunately, only a few have been hit off. Namely Aerial_Twist, Dreaded_Dust
- Screenshot via Tender_Aether
Moth's Ceke.
- Screenshot via Tender_Aether
A tradition from Dreaded_Dust, who brought community time around the campfire at the end of every session. Earliest version, S2.
- Screenshot via Tender_Aether
Much to the dismay of many, they had an odd fondness for egging people.
Banner
The banner was designed Burning_Smoulder.
It was meant to represent a Stairway going towards the rising sun
Gallery
Invasive Job board so people would stop asking who has what class. Didn't work. Built by Burning_Smoulder and Tender_Aether Session 2.
- Screenshot via Tender_Aether
When Stairway to Heaven didn't have a healer and everybody had to sleep in order to heal, Session 2.
- Screenshot via Tender_Aether
Insane amount of dogs owned by Luminous_Void.
- Screenshot via Tender_Aether
