Skywards

Skywards was a shortlived faction on Purity Vanilla. Surviving only for a mere 10 days before collapsing, the faction did not have a great impact on the going on's of the server. Still it proved a vital crossing point for many future friendships, as it took in players from fallen factions. This however would eventually cause its own demise.

A server in chaos
Fall 2020 was a specifically brutal time on Purity Vanilla. As Chadlets and NSO were waging war on who would be to great power on the server, many other factions would find themselves in the crossfire and end up in worse shape then either of these faction. While it caused many factions to collapse, from these ashes new factions rose, with Skywards not being an exception. The recently disbanded Ordo, while not suffering from the war directly, was a faction that had run to it's end around this time. As a result several players quit the server, whilst others tried joining new factions. One of the old guard of the group had other plans however. Enjoying the ongoings at his past group, player TwistedMedia announced he would start a new endbase with Client and that all past members were welcome. Many took this opportunity for a new adventure.

The start of something big
As the new faction got the support from the old guard a small group had already formed to help start this faction. Twisted however, whilst having taken a break from the server for a bit, still had many old allies to call upon. Dominus, Mapetjud, Wedgo and Zebru were quickly taken in, mending the group into a small force. Later on Bemosh and his friend Constancenoise joined up as well, bringing the playerbase to 13 members within 3 days.

As most still had to arrive at the faraway location, progress of the base Voidpoint, was slow at first, with only TwistedMedia and Client building at first. Their plan of making a overworld habitat on an end island was an ambitious project, but a doable one. Upon the arrival of the first players, a glass dome had been built, covering most of a medium sized end island. The inside had already been filled with grass, but lacked and variety to make it look natural. Work had only just started, but would soon come to an abrupt stop.

Untimely disaster
On the 24th, past Ordo leader, Jmen_07 and one of the Vagabonds leaders, TewtyFruity, came over to see their old friends in action. The vagabonds would look to start an alliance, while Jmen had been taking a break, looking to mainly enjoy the company of his old friends. The excitement was short lived however, as GLM's main base: Abaporu city, was accidentally leaked to NSO. GLM had thus far been Skywards largest ally and thus it came as a big blow. Feeling bad for its members, Twisted was quick to invite over the members, should they need shelter and there was even talk of taking the fight to NSO in the heat of battle. This however wouldn't do for Bemosh, who was still proud to come from Zenith. He had personally been in conflict with the group for a while now, but accepted their informal alliance with the group. He was no fan have them under the same roof however, which started some conflict. Upon his remarks infighting began, whilst GLM's had not even responded to the offer themselves yet. It soon became clear that Skywards rapid expansion had come at the price of division and they would have to pay dearly.

As there were two sides forming, one hoping to intake GLM and one hoping to stay clear of them, the arguments went on for a day. It became obvious the leadership had a decision to make. In all this time, there was no sign GLM was actually considering to merge, but the fear of it happening was enough to spark emotions. During the chaos rumours had started spreading that someone had leaked the coordinates of voidpoint, which eventually lead to the hard decision to end the project altogether. On the 25th of October Twisted announced he and Client would step down as leaders and that anyone could take over, should they wish. As no one so, it was decided to end the group for good.

Looking back, the conflict could well have been avoided. Later talks with GLM showed they were looking to stay autonomous, showing the conflict was for nothing. The quick rise of its playerbase had many benefits, but it's diversity would have caused a downfall sooner or later. The leak rumours were found out to be false as well, as Voidpoint survives to this very day. As it was not finished, the build is not a great piece of architecture, but perhaps it serves as a monument of all that could have been.