Palatine Hill

Palatine Hill stood as the undisputed capital of the faction Ordo from the 8th of June till the 16th of October. The base housed all players of the faction and was often used as meeting point for any event. The location has stood the test of time, as it was never griefed or looted by an outside faction, however it would be destroyed by the most loyal members on December 3th the next year.

History
On the 8th of June, mere days after Ordo had officially been established, the members, under leadership of Jmen_07, took to finding a suitable spot for their new base. As the base of their previous faction, the ASU, had been found and griefed, a lengthy search was done to find a more suitable location. Eventually Jmen and Johnson, as H4M had left earlier, found a location with good access to the nether highway, yet still on a safe distance from spawn.

As the location was in the vicinity of a village and had several mob spawners nearby, a temporary base was quickly set up, from which the base expanded. As Jmen and KingJohnson were the first ones there they started the excavation of a circular room, placing a waterblock in the centre that has remain untouched since. As later H4M too arrived, the entrance was build and new builds were added. As KingJohnson and H4MBURGUES10 would leave the server for a while their participation in the built ended there.

Peacemakerz_ later joined the group and helped Jmen with his idea of a spiral staircase going through all levels of the new build. The process of making the staircase took several weeks, as rooms were added to complement the otherwise empty staircase. Peace would later build a mob pen on one of the floors, but not before HailSatin built his crop farm. As it was never decorated, it was taken down as the base started to lack room.

The building process was slow, as Jmen was very strict in planning the base out before building further, much to the dismay of HailSatin, who promptly built an automatic sugarcane farm, right atop a staircase section. As the planning was still in progress, Jmen allowed Satin to keep it for now, but later tasked him to remove it, which he did.

Later Brackmon was invited to the base and was crucial for it's layout. Having made the main hall, his design of pillars with a combination of granite, polished granite and brick became standard issue for the base walls, as they depicted Ordo's colours best. He would also create the iconic barracks out of mainly quartz, but using leaves as windows. Brack's vision of decoration started the slow process of turning the raw looking base into a more homely and decorated one.

Now the base was looking better, the outcry of members for a source of EXP became the next priority. For a long time the members had used the zombiespawner as a source of EXP, both by killing them and trading their flesh with villagers. This process was a slow one however and it was long debated which source would suit the group best. As obsidian was still the main recourse and the group was rather new, a goldfarm was scratched, whilst a blaze farm was also seen as too slow. Eventually it was decided to make a gold farm and a trading hall, giving acces to both EXP and emeralds.

The man tasked for doing this was one of the newest and most diligent members: Daflea45. Jmen has first offered Satin the job, which he agreed to, but later he would pass it on to Daflea. Jmen had set outlines as to how big the farm could be, as he would have to fit a villager hall over it aswell. As Satin tasked Flea to build it, he forgot to explain this, which led to another dispute amongst members. Because of it's good rates and sympathy to flea who worked hard on it, Jmen curved the trading hall around it to cover it up as much as he could.

Later on Daflea would run for consul and gain a two week rule over the group. Being known for his hard work, he quickly started the project of building a creeper farm, having the group behind him. the farm was built a couple minutes travelling from PH, but worked wonders. Though all helped in the project, Flea showed everyone why they chose him, as he did the main part himself. From the 12th of July on, the inhabitants of Palatine Hill could swim in gunpowder.

After Flea's reign ended and later the republic was abolished, Jmen wished to know how active his group still was and decided to put good use to the barracks built by Brackmon. He assigned each his own room, having strict boundaries to not interfere with other rooms or the overall structure. This worked out well, as the active players loved the idea to have their own spaces within the base. Unsurprisingly, Satin assumed those restrictions did not contain him, thus building over another room and outside the structure. Having had enough, Jmen held a meeting to think of a way to teach Satin consequences. Eventually it was settled they would flood his room, waterlocked and well. Next to teaching a valuable lesson, this was a great teambonding experience for most, as they later too helped to empty it once Satin promised to keep in line. The other players building a room at this time were: Peacemakerz_, UvenEhart754, 1PGamer and Jmen_07. Later on however players like H4MBUERGES10, Matxikadu, EnriqueMR, Trolltew, baneof1 and Tiger_try would build their own rooms aswell.

During the reforms of July 18th, Palatine Hill was officially chosen as it's name, having had the names Ravenna and Ordo aswell. Eventhough he just abolished the republic, Jmen found the matter of that high importance, that everyone got a vote in it. Palatine Hill was chosen as it was named after the first hill Rome was built on. The original plan was to make nearby bases and name them after the other six hills making up the original city of Rome, but those plans never came to fruition.

As Petra was discovered and player activity took part mostly outside of PH, progress of the base slowed down. A combined effort of Satin and Jmen ended up making a new storage room, as the one built when it was founded had been too little for a while now. Enrique would later decorate it further, leaving his mark on the base. With this, many of the original builds were taken down and renewed on the first floor.

After a period of little change, Jmen announced plans for big wall decorations. As the crater that once housed the sugarcane farm was never fully filled, he was hoping to do something with it, and came on a brilliant idea: an exhibit. In its nine floors, they had six floors with a flat, deep wall. Excavating them first, He filled them with memories the group would love and history that would teach new recruits. Being adjacent to the staircase, it would tell you the entire story of Ordo's existence, with its six chapters being: Members of Ordo, Origins of Ordo, The founding of Palatine Hill, Forging of alliances, Beginning of the republic and change in hierarchy, each referring to a particular part in Ordo's history (except for the members, being just a member board). The project took from the 4th to the 23th of August to be fully completed and would be the last major addition to the base.

After this addition, the wall of visitors and several player houses would still be updated, but the majority of the base was left as it was. A brief attempt to fix the iron farm was started by baneof1 after Penguin lobotomized villagers, but ended up not succeeding. Many staches and a couple stasis rooms were build nearby, but the ground would be mainly used for visitors and meeting from now on, including a gathering point to head to Skywards. On December 3rd, after a long stay on the server, the top of Ordo's hierarchy decided on self griefing the base, as other dwellers had started using the base after being invited by an ex-member. After a final tour Hailsatin, Peacemakerz_, Uvenhart754 and Jmen_07 filled the base to the brim with tnt and saluted their home for a final time. their legacy had ended with this move.

Notable visits
Having stayed up since June and not having been found, the base has sheltered a big group of people. Both Ordo's own players and its closest alliances have been granted entrance to the base and seen with their own eyes where the group has been staying. All Ordo members have visited the base at least once, thus: Jmen_07, KingJohnson, H4MBURGUES10, Peacemakerz_, HailSatin, WaterRatL, Brackmon, TwsitedMedia, Bradley (GustyCommet), UvenEhart754, Agorm, baneof1, 1PGamer, EnriqueMR, Matxikadu, Trolltew and Tiger_Try have been there. furthermore, the base has had the pleasure of meeting:

TewtyFruity (09-07)
Being the first ever invited player to Palatine Hill, him and Hira visited the base mere days after its start. They would bring gifts and helped out with the foundations of the base, but would eventually return to their own base, the refuge. Tewty would only visit the base again after Ordo's collapse, to join the group heading to Skyward's base: VoidPoint.

Warlok666999 (15-07)
Having met with Jmen on a highway and later being invited to the discord as to prevent him accidentally killing Ordo members, Warlok was always a favourite of Ordo. No one had any problems with him being invited over and his coming would start of healthy relations with other Zenith members. Warlok was the start of Ordo inviting friends over to their base, a habit they made font use of.

PinkHatPonpo (16-07)
Shortly after Warlok's visit, one of Jmen's closest friends visited the Hill. Loker had approached Jmen even before Ordo started and since then the two got a close bond. Loker often advised Jmen and told him about Purity's history. Jmen had hoped to invite his friend for a while now and that day would finally be it. Whilst he has been part of several Ordo events since, he has never again seen the base.

Penguin4215 (21-07)
During one of Ordo's peaks, Penguin himself payed them a visit. In all fairness, he didn't come over for pleasantries or to admire the base, but instead for a glitch found in weapon renaming that Peacemakerz_ had told him off. During his short visit Peace managed to take a quick picture, having it archived in Ordo's history forever.

GriefyoudotEXE (25-07)
The invitation sent to Grief might have been the scariest of all guests. Grief was a massive risk to be invited, a fact Jmen knew well. He had refused Grief entrance many times, but as he kept going, Jmen would find it rather charming. Only notifying the rest at the last second, Grief entered a nervous faction base. Jmen himself would be most nervous of all, knowing that if anything went wrong, it would be on his conscience. Instead, things went flourishingly, as Grief knew the ins and outs of the server better and advised the group how to hide their base better. He would Also build his own room, but having it serve as a guest room and start the tradition of visitors placing signs in the main hall. Grief would leave the base the same day and it would stay intact. From that day on Grief was seen as one of Ordo's closest friends, but would always be feared just as much as loved.

GrandmaPepe (03-08)
After hearing both Loker and Warlok had visited Palatine Hill before, Pepe requested entry and was swiftly sent an invitation. Pepe had spearheaded a Ordo-Zenith alliance, which would have succeeded if it had not been disbanded. For his help and his overall attitude, he was well regarded and trusted with Ordo's members. Upon him entering the base he too would leave a sign aswell, proclaiming to be Ordo's biggest fan, a title he would hold on too for a long time. He would also make a room, but much more secretive and abstract. He was offered a place to stay, mainly due to Zenith being disbanded, but would leave soon after to go on his own adventures.

NXNeko (09-08)
With close ties to Jmen, due to her had work on the highways, Saya was originally intended to become a member herself, but planned projects and outside attention stopped this idea. She was given an invite however and would visit the base in early August. Putting up some interesting signs proclaiming her arrival at the base, she was given a temporary room in the base but never got to making it. She would visit the base more often, but would spend the majority of her time in Thot patrol, Petra and at the wither farm.

Jimothy (eh?)
Having close ties with Ordo thanks to his willingness to help, Jimothy was asked to come over, which he accomplished to do within about 3 seconds. His stay was short, as he could see the base from any angle he liked. Still, he agreed to place 2 signs, showing his stay there.

GlaceonGuy (10-09)
Being the last of the invited allies, Glaceon made no secret of it he had expected to be invited earlier. Glaceon mainly got to know the group thanks to 1PGamer, but Jmen buying him silver rank on his new account also helped. Knowing him as a big fan of Grief, Jmen proudly showed him the guestroom made by the man himself, but Glaceon was more interested in the coords left around the base. Glaceon would not build his own room, but would make an abstract artwork in the hallway, blocking Grief's room. His invite would lead to an unofficial Ordo - GLM alliance, as no other GLM member had close contact with the group. After writing some Irish propaganda he left the base, taking over from Pepe as Ordo's biggest fan in the process.

Abelman (27-08-21)
upon learning of some players dwelling in the base, Abelman flew over from the Anti-pumpkin party event to aid Jmen into ridding it of these players. Upon his arrival however, only 1 player named Mekail was still present. After blowing him up with a delicate crystal, Abel would get the tour as one of the final members

JohnFuckingKetamine (15-11-21)
After becoming the hero of the halloween event, Jmen found a great admiration for the player. While he offered John a tour, should he ever find himself nearvy, it ended up being Gerva who took the iniative. Inviting him to PH to show the once home of the now fallen group, John would be the last player outside of Ordo to see the base before its demise. His visit had nothing to do with the eventual action taken by the leadership however.