Bridge Valley

Old Bridge Valley was a settlement founded during Session One of Trial Two by its God King who, followed by a group of players out of their savannah spawn biome, established a sky base in a narrow mountain valley atop a bay. It was initially confused with "New Bridge Valley," bettera knownsettlement asthat later changed its name to the Sunrise Peninsula,Peninsula butand thewhich had been founded by a few former members of that civilization were some of the original citizens of Old Bridge Valley.

Population 27 Head of Government God King Government type Divine Monarchy Demonym Session Founded 1 (if applicable)session dissolved 4

History

Within the first twenty minutes of the start of Session One, a player led an exodus out of the world's savannah spawn in order to find water for farming. Upon finding a small ocean bay nestled in a valley between two steep cliffs, he instructed those who followed him to build a farm and a bridge-like sky base between the cliffs to protect them all from mobs. This player was proclaimed King of the new nation, which that same session took the name Bridge Valley. Over the next two sessions, he continued to manage the nearly thirty-person settlement on his own; the sky base was expanded extensively and the Iron Age was reached. For his stalwart leadership, he was called the "God King."

Apparently,At betweensome point just before the end of sessionSession 1One, a the first group of players to spawn in after a server reset were under the impression that the settlement had been abandoned, and startmade oftheir sessionway 2,eastwards across the mainocean settlers– fromthe Oldsettlement they created became known as "New Bridge Valley." New players joined the original Bridge Valley sailedduring eastwards,Session towards new lands, then founded what is known as Sunrise Peninsula. New players from session 2 joined Old Bridge ValleyTwo since it was so close to spawn and provided housing from the cruel night.night, bolstering its numbers.

During Session Three, the God King created a formal government structure featuring class-based Delegates and a Dual Regency, as he was going to be offline for the remainder of the session. While he was gone, the criminal known as the "The Bridge Valley (South) Slasher" also known as 751 raided the settlement and destroyed its farm, chests, and beds. There was an attempt by the regents to relocate the civilization, but this fell apart due to player confusion, as well as the strong mobs during the night. This failed attempt was led by the delegate of the Miner's Guild, going by the name "Jet", whowhose seemedinexperience quite inexperienced atwith the time,terrain causingand necessities of leadership caused many players with high-level professions to die: including Farmers, Miners, and Blacksmiths.die. When the God King finally returned in Session Four he found the civilization wasvirtually empty, and declared dissolved,Bridge andValley he had nothing to come back to.dissolved. Former members of this civilization can be found in Fungaia, the Levant, and Attican City.

Economy

During its existence, miners were the most prominent class with around seven or eight members. All other classes, though numerous at the beginning - around five people apiece - dwindled as the sessions continued or re-specialized.

Government

At first, the nation was led by the God King on his own. Due to the chaos that comes with running a settlement of that size, he later created a guild system with Delegates (heads of their respective guilds) and Deputy Delegates (who would take over as Delegate in the event the original Delegate went offline). He also created a Dual Regency in case he were to go offline himself, made up of the Miners' and Healers' Delegates – one for the brute labor that the world forces us to endure, and one for the helping hand that guides us to the light of tomorrow.

Foreign Affairs

Old Bridge Valley was on friendly terms with Fungaia before the latter's relocation, but has had almost no contact with them since that point. Many players fled to Fungaia's new location once Bridge Valley collapsed in search of a better life.

Military

Old Bridge Valley never had much of an organized military, though a few players did attempt to specialize as Guardsmen before the attacks that crippled the civilization. DuringAt its most prosperous time,largest, it only had two specialized guardsmen, only one singleof guardsman.which was at a sufficiently high level to reap any benefits from the class.

Culture

Where the God King first died inside the sky base, there is a small shrine covered in redstone dust (from a brief period at the beginning of the Trial when players who died dropped redstone as "blood").

Gallery

The remains of the deserted farm on Old Bridge Valley.