StoffeH
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StoffeH is an Egyptian royalty on Terra Aurora and former Prime Minister of Majapahit on Terra Nova. He is also known for being featured on the front page on the EarthMC website.
Terra Nova history
Like many, StoffeH first began his Towny career on EarthMC. His first appearance was on August 28, 2020, during which he settled in a small town in Mongolia. This small town helped him gain the courage to create his first town a few days later.
Under Majapahit
On 30 August 2020, StoffeH, with zero knowledge of Dynmap, traversed thousands of blocks from Mongolia to the South China Sea via ice rail and eventually water, until suitable land was found for his settlement. Eventually, the perfect spot was reached and a new town was founded on the northeastern coast of Borneo, Majapahit , with it being in close proximity to the ruins of Tarakan Island.
Tarakan
The town was founded on 30 August 2020, originally under the name 'Bobton', by StoffeH and ItWasK. Land and trees were cleared to make way for the town's first house, setting the stage for the town's development in the future.
With more space to build, a small village was born with multiple houses and a shop. Eventually, the first resident moved in, and shortly left after. Leaving StoffeH devastated that someone would do something like that to him, he aimed to reach higher than just building a small village. Over the course of the next few days, the town grew more inland with more space. The first house was taken down and replaced with a larger Town Hall, and a marketplace was built infront of it, primarily featuring potions and materials. More residents began to move in a few weeks later.
On 1 September 2020, danhat reached Tarakan with intentions on getting the town to join the nation. StoffeH agreed and the town was now under rule of Majapahit. This proved crucial to the town's development and StoffeH's rise on the server over the next few years.
Over the next few months the town was growing substantially with many residents coming and going throughout the town. By this time the town had reached 30 chunks in size.
In late-October, activity in Tarakan began to steer down due to StoffeH's focus on other Towny servers. This is also the time when Bobton was officially renamed Tarakan. Despite the lack of activity, few residents still remained and played. On 15 November 2020, the choice was decided to officially disband Tarakan, due to there being no buyers for the town. This was the beginning point of StoffeH's first hiatus.
Matapatih
In Mid-September 2020, StoffeH ran for Majapahit's first prime minister elections. For the campaign, the improvement of national infrastructure was chosen as the primary goal upon taking the role, calling for the construction of new ice rails throughout the archipelago of Nusantara.
On October 11, the final votes were casted and StoffeH won by 63%. Despite the huge victory, the outcome of the election was later questioned and two years later it was confirmed that the elections were rigged. However, this built trust that would be ultimately set in stone for StoffeH's role in Terra Aurora.
As part of being the Matapatih, StoffeH was given a four-chunk manor in the nation's capital of Wilwatikta.
Sampit
Following the months-long hiatus, and his time in North America, StoffeH returned to Majapahit in August 2021 and created the town of Sampit, located on the southern coast of Borneo. There was never much growth, but rather just a small settlement with three houses. Eventually, StoffeH was resident wiped and the town was deleted a few months later, marking his second hiatus.
Tarakan 2.0
In Early 2022, StoffeH created his second version of Tarakan.
Following his second hiatus, StoffeH moved back to the ruins of Tarakan and created the same town north of the old ruins, this time in an accurate position compared to real-life Tarakan City. This time, it was much easier to develop considering the amount of valuables StoffeH had to his advantage. A new city hall was built with more lavish decorations and a fountain was built infront of it. The river that marked as the southern border of the town was extended and a lake was built at the end of the river in the mountains.
Considering that StoffeH no longer had EarthMC as his first priority on Towny servers, the town never came to light and ultimately, in mid- 2022, the town was disbanded and was looted. This was the last time that StoffeH decided to work on Tarakan, and was resident-wiped once again in late 2022.
Post-Terra Nova Decline
In late-March 2023, StoffeH rejoined Terra Nova in an act of reminisce to view what's left of his old towns and Majapahit. Considering that things are different and that he gained new connections during his time in Terra Aurora, he joined Kuala Lumpur, and has remained there to this day.
Under Illinois
Indianapolis
Following StoffeH's first hiatus, in March 2021, StoffeH left Majapahit to try his original goal on EarthMC, to create a town in North America. He gained connections with the nation's leader, Cencius, and a few days later, founded the town of Indianapolis. That town also never came to light, and following a short time of keeping the town, it was later given to nation members and still stands to this day.
Under New York
New York
In the summer of 2021, StoffeH would join New York and reside there for a few months. This was also done in 2022, and later re-joined Majapahit. He resided in an apartment given to him by one of New York's councilors.
Originally, the goal for StoffeH was to create a town in the proximity of New York in mid-2020. Due to his lack of experience in Towny at the time, this never came to light.
Terra Aurora history
Under Egypt
Pre-Release
Following the announcement of Majapahit and the Indochinese that they would be creating the nation of Egypt together, StoffeH joined with them in helping set in stone what is today Egypt on Terra Aurora. On 14 July 2022, StoffeH joined Terra Aurora, despite having original plans to join on the non-premium release day of 3 May 2022. He originally wanted to do what his goal was on Terra Nova, to create a town in proximity or create the town of New York. Unfortunately, that did not come to light as others had the same intentions as him.
Benghazi
StoffeH was asked to originally hold a town for NeFFeeh, so he could create a town near the nation's capital of Cairo. This town was Benghazi, a town in real-life Libya on the coast of the Mediterranean Sea. The town proved to be an important spot for the nation and would set the stage for events a few months later.
With no one willing to hold the town of Benghazi after StoffeH, he decided to stay in Egypt and become the permanent mayor of the town. Like many of the towns before him, there was slow progress, with not much going on from July to October 2022. However, considering the time he spent on countless other Towny servers, this was the first time that the outcome for a town of his to be different, and eventually would become to grow into one of the largest cities in Egypt and a crucial town in the Libyan panhandle of the nation.
In November 2022, plans were made for the town and some of the old structures for the town were removed, making way for new roads which were first built around a square farm. The farm is still standing today and would be the center of development for the city. A small grid of roads were built and a few days later the first three residents moved in, building their houses by the present-day ports of Benghazi. Their houses are still standing and can be seen. Over the course of a few weeks, more residents moved in and the town was expanded more southward for new residents. Like Tarakan, the city of Benghazi featured empty plots where residents can build their own house on, easing the burden of building for StoffeH and letting their residents build to their heart's desire. This proved crucial for loyal residents to stay in the city over the next few months.
Chad Heist
During StoffeH's hiatus from July to October, it was unknown to him that the neighboring nation of Chad wanted to purchase his town for their efforts in claiming the Libyan Coast. Considering their aggravated attempts to purchase the town, via pestering the nation's royalty and StoffeH, a deal was reached in November 2022 to purchase the town of Benghazi for 1,150 gold. StoffeH agreed on the deal and was "preparing to sell the town". The two leaders of chad, Jett_too and DarkStalkerr both reached StoffeH with aquiring the town. However, he had other plans in mind on how the town would be sold.
StoffeH decided that selling the town wasn't worth it and considering the amount of bothering that the royals and Egyptian leaders received just to purchase the town, the deal was still on, but he no longer wanted to sell the town. On the day of the "aquisition", the lump sum of gold was given to StoffeH and he refused to return the gold, blaming it on his internet. A few days later, the Chad leaders finally awknoledged that they have been scammed and promised that the town and Egypt would receive consequences for that day. However, this proved to be the marking point of the beginning of the fall of Chad, as the heist crippled their economy.
Prince of Egypt
Prior to the Chadian-Egyptian War, it was decided that StoffeH and Benghazii would be important to keep by Egyptian leaders. In mid-November 2022, the decision was made to crown StoffeH as a member of the Egyptian Royalty, making this the second time he has risen as an important political figure on EarthMC. With more knowledge on Towny, his decision-making and political involvement as a Royal was far more successful than when he was prime minister in Majapahit on Terra Nova. His reign of multiple nations on other Towny servers proved crucial to his performance as a political figure on Terra Aurora.
City of Libya
In December 2022, a new town of Libya was formed north-east of , with the intention to claim the coast and ultimately prevent Benghazi from expanding. Another town was formed a few weeks before Libya, however their mayors were inactive and there was never any expanding of the town.
Libya was formed on ruins which was a town owned by Greece, and the town remained due to Egypt's alliance with the neighboring nation. After the town fell, Libya claimed over it's own claims. The town was ran by one of the leaders of Chad, Jett_too. The town expanded quite quickly and at one point was concerning on StoffeH's end as it was beginning to claim by its borders. Benghazi expanded their claims meeting with Libya's borders, and the claims remained at that until the town eventually fell later in the coming months.
Gaza Trump (Benghazi Wall)
On 20 January 2023, a wall was built on the border of Benghazi and Libya to keep residents from crossing into each other's towns. As the wall was built, Jett_too expressed discontent with the wall and demanded that it be taken down. StoffeH refused the offer, and eventually the wall was even upgraded making it taller a few weeks later. Players on the Egyptian side of the wall placed their names on it with signs and numerous people signed it, including the royals and leaders of Egypt as well as 32Andrew. The signs and remnants of the wall can still be viewed today. The wall was finally taken down a month after the fall of Libya, in July 2023, with parts of it deliberately left for historical purposes. There are plans to build a museum around the portion of the wall.
Involvement in the Chadian-Egyptian War
In late-January 2023, an executive decision was made by Egypt to declare war on Chad and eventually the declaration of war was announced in Egypt's discord server. In the first few days of the war, Chadian PVPers marched up their claims and into the Cyrene panhandle of Egypt to surround Benghazi and neighboring Egyptian towns to attempt to kill Egyptian residents. They did not receive much luck, as no deaths were reported in their attempts to kill any Egyptian players.
The war lasted multiple months eventually ending after Chad had fallen, in the summer of 2023. An underground ice rail was built from Benghazi to the capital of Chad, Totoya, in an effort to sandmine around the town. Chadian leaders had no idea this passageway had existed, and still never have unless they are reading this wiki page. Sand was acquired from the area to be used in Benghazi's builds.
StoffeH was a very important person in regards to having an advantage over Chad. From May to June 2023 he was partaking in a series of invasions of Chadian towns and lootings of them. Items from Chadian citizens and materials from fallen Chadian towns were collected and stored in Benghazi for future use.
The Libyan Cavalry
A cavalry division was formed in December 2022 by StoffeH to slay sandminers mining outside of Benghazi and in Egyptian territory. The most decorated stallion, named Gort, was StoffeH's weapon of choice to kill tens of sandminers and enemy players. During the Chadian-Egyptian War, the cavalry reported multiple kills on Chadian residents, and a Chadian soldier. After the war, the cavalry was sent in to aid the Egyptians in keeping the town of Mersa Matruh in check.
Mersa Matruh Skirmishes
After a series of battles between Greek soldiers and the Libyan Cavalry, fate struck as Gort was fatally slain in the deserts outside Mersa Matruh, by Buubie. To avenge his death, this led to the creation of a small fort outside the town and a series of killings on the Greek side. On the first battle, one Egyptian death was reported and six on the Greek side.
The second day, also known as the bloodiest day in the battles and possibly one of the most bloodiest battles in the history of Egypt, where StoffeH led the battle against six Greek soldiers stationed in Mersa Matruh. Over 15-20 deaths on the Greek side were reported and the Egyptians suffered no deaths. Gort's successor, Gort II, was also killed during the skirmishes.
Weapons, armor and items of fallen Greek soldiers were recovered and were stored in Benghazi.
Grace Era
In mid-July 2023, the Chadian-Egyptian War was declared over after the nation of Chad suffered a devastating inactivity wave, causing it to practically collapse and majority of the towns were resident-wiped including the capital of Totoya. A few days later, the town of Libya fell and victory was declared all over Benghazi. However, the wall remained up for a month in anticipation that another town would be formed and claim the area before Benghazi was able to claim the gap.
A few weeks later, the new town of Cyrene was founded, owned by Genoa, which claimed the entire area, causing the wall to stay up for a longer period of time. After knowing the mayor's intentions, the town was no longer considered a threat and finally in mid-August the wall was torn down, with portions left for historical purposes.
In October 2023 the town of Cyrene was deleted and the space was once again empty. Benghazi was able to claim most of the area which was previously owned by Libya and Cyrene. On 26 November 2023 the new town of Turkrah was founded by a former resident of Benghazi, ripci. As of 1 December 2023 the area is completely claimed by Egypt.
During the period of January - October Benghazi received an enormous amount of growth, with tens of residents moving in and expansion more southward and inward. A large port was built on the old builds of Benghazi originally built by NeFFeeh which can hold a number of ships. The city saw the building of new buildings, houses, and a city hall built by SodusX and ripci. Another large port was built on an old area of land which was once a ice rail station connecting Benghazi to Sicily.
On 29 November 2023, in an act of peace between Egypt and Madagascar, Benghazi was donated a gunboat and is currently docked in the port. This formally entered Egypt into the numerous nations on EarthMC with active navies.