Swamp castle
| Swamp Castle | |
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| Name: Swamp Castle | |
| Status: Abandoned | |
| Formed: Mid 2014 | |
| Members: M_BRIX, CrackyJoe | |
The swamp castle was perhaps the first major attempt by CrackyJoe to found a more aesthetic alternative to Helter Skelter. While wandering the overworld, he stumbled across a region with attractive terrain, calm shores and imposing mountains suitable for a new home. The Swamp Castle was almost entirely constructed by CrackyJoe, and showed the early pinnings of what would develop into his building style.
The Swamp Castle was never truly completed, as Cracky and Brix moved on to larger group projects. Nevertheless, it served as an important landmark and a jumping off point for newer biomes not available near Helter Skelter. The fortress remains mostly intact, despite being discovered by some of the more enterprising explorers on the server.
Primary features are a large spanning outer wall, garden paths, a cathedral-like structure, and a supply/housing building.
Connection to BOC
A common misconception is that the swamp castle was a Blue Orchid Cult base. This myth originated from a forum post by Cracky. While construction was underway on the new BOC capital, he decided to misdirect attention to the swamp castle as a decoy. He believed it looked convincing enough as the start of a base, and would try to use screenshots and an alt to "sell" coords.
In fact, no other members of the BOC besides Cracky and Brix ever built at the swamp castle, and the project had been abandoned long before the BOC was formed.
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