Ascaris
| Ascaris | |
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| Place | |
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| Name: Ascaris | |
| Status: Griefed | |
| Formed: May 2014 | |
| Members: Pippenger, Cinnabars, clipchip, JavelinFury, MisterStrawman, jackswastedtime, Xenagie, Atroxes | |
| Schematic: File:Ascaris 2019 12 10.tar.gz | |
Ascaris was one of the vastest, oldest, and most notable cities to be built on this server.
Regions and Landmarks
Western Ascaris
Western Ascaris was the earliest district to be built. It was founded and primarily constructed by Cinnabars, and partly because of this, it has a noticeably different and arguably better appearance than the other regions of the city.
Shortly after beginning construction of this district, the residents began allowing trees, vines, and wild grass to grow here, causing it to slowly gain an overgrown and somewhat decrepit appearance over the next five years.
Rose Cathedral
The Rose Cathedral was built on the south shore of the district, primarily by Pippenger but with help from Cinnabars as well.
Lilac Cathedral
The Lilac Cathedral was built solely by Cinnabars, in the western plains near where she first discovered the main Ascarian continent.
Doge's Palace
The Doge's Palace was a building both extremely wide and extremely tall, stretching in some places from bedrock directly to the height limit. Unfortunately, it was never completed.
Iron Farms
The district contained a system of golem spawners with a lava blade harvest in the western section. There were three locations where golems spawn, but they were carefully disguised as regular buildings to blend into the rest of the city.
Ascaris was primarily an aesthetic build designed to look akin to an actual city, not simply a Minecraft base, so the mechanical portions of the farm were hidden from exterior view.
Bathing Pool
There was a small pool in Western Ascaris for bathing, swimming, and water collection.
Pippenger's House
Pippenger's primary residence was a house in the southern part of this district, close to the Rose Cathedral.
Cinnabars' House
Cinnabars lived in a house at the center of the Western Ascaris. It was more elaborately decorated than Pippenger's house, and contained important storage, maps, and farms within.
Sentinel Tower (Ruins)
The eastern shore of the district contains a ruined watchtower, covered in vines and leaves.
Flood Gardens
The majority of Ascaris's food and lumber was produced on top of flooded buildings in the sea.
Highpoint Tower
A narrow tower constructed by Pippenger. Not notable, except that it contained the highest easily accessible point in Western Ascaris.
Alleys and Roofs
The unique character of Western Ascaris is not captured by any single building. It emerges in the spaces between them.
Central Ascaris
Unlike most cities, the center of Ascaris is actually among the least developed parts of it. This is because all the naturally generated land within this region is below sea level.
Border House
One of the few proper structures in Central Ascaris was the Border House, which served as a sort of rest point for travelers passing between Eastern Ascaris and Western Ascaris.
The foundations of this house were built directly into the seafloor.
Great Bridge
A very long bridge stretched from the Border House all the way to the Grand Plaza on the eastern island.
Sunken District
The majority of buildings in Central Ascaris are sunken ruins. From the surface they are barely visible.
With night vision potions, their shapes can be made out more clearly.
The district is best viewed using a combination of night vision and water breathing potions.
Eastern Ascaris
Sentinel District
On the western edge of Eastern Ascaris is a region known as the Sentinel District.
Grand Plaza
Low Dome
Cartographer's Chamber
Sentinel Tower
The Manor
Water Temple
East Sewers
Library
Northern Ascaris
High Terrace
Air Bridges
Island Colonies
History
Ascaris was founded in late May 2014 by Pippenger and Cinnabars. It was originally small in population but very large in size, composed of over a hundred dense stonebrick buildings that stretch hundreds of blocks in either direction. The mods who have visited estimate that it is one of the largest bases on the server, if not the largest.
Everything in the city is built in a unique Ascarian style of Post-Imperial Architecture, and every construction required approval from Cinnabars or Pippenger, the Doges of the city and the original inhabitants. The vast majority of the city was constructed by only these two players before any others arrived.
Over the years, work at Ascaris has periodically halted and resumed many times. It ultimately lasted nearly seven years before being being destroyed.
Since its initial founding, many new members have come to Ascaris, some invited and some not. The population is now much larger than it originally was.
On December 8th 2019, Ascaris was annexed by Yittrium and the Bloc for Clans, splitting it across the middle.
On December 15th 2019, Ascaris was griefed by an unknown player.
Landmarks
In the southwestern section of town, built directly into the ocean, was the Rose Cathedral. Farther out, in the sparse frontier of the city, lay the second cathedral, sometimes called the Lilac Cathedral or the House of Doge.
Under the deep ocean that separates the swampy western landmass from the urban eastern island sat a large flooded district, composed of broken stone brick houses without roofs. Part of this district included an underwater replica of the main plaza and city hall of New Caladan, the capital of the Empire, as well as replicas of the surrounding houses. In the present day, this district is no longer more of a ruin than most others.
At the southern end of the island was the Library of Simpvp, a complex of vine-draped buildings roofed with jungle wood planks and stairs. It contained the largest collection of player books ever amassed.
The Library
The library contains dozens of original copies of books written by players on the server, some histories or memoirs, some fiction, and some difficult to describe. Several books are forbidden to protect the economic interests of the authors or because they contain coordinates and other sensitive information, but the majority can be copied for players in exchange for a small fee. Listed below are books that are both publicly available and potentially of interest.
- Brntrogdor: "Burninating 1-2"
- Cyborgboy007: "Modal Analysis" and "Spawn !"
- Dakkadok: "Dakkadok" and "Slaughter"
- Deflowvesper: "The Hoebitt 1-3" and "The Yggdrasil"
- Elocphant/Odinfire: Over A Dozen Books
- FoSchnizzle: "Lysergidi 1-2", and "Winnie the Pooh"
- Ostrich1414: "The Life of Wilbur"
- Peppy 42: "The Enderman"
- Pippenger: "Aggersel Plan", "Empire's Rise", "Empire's Fall", "HeckaSpookStorys", "Survival Guide", and "The Constitution"
- PoppinFresh: "Immortal Blood"
- RythinTheSausage: "Lesser Powered 1-3"
- StarryRose: "Anarchist Post"
- Wawls: "Minecraft Manual"
- Many Other Books
The main branch of the library is currently closed, but copies of many of the books can be found in Aggersel.