The Tree War

The Tree War was a conflict that began as a small discussion in chat about Spawn.

Background
Frozentime_m had just finished creating The Lavacastlands. The LavacastLands represent the lavacasts that were casted by him around the spawn region. These lavacasts are a great challenge for new players as cobblestone takes long to mine and they do not drop any blocks without a pickaxe. The wither caves under spawn were also growing, which later can result in spawn becoming even more dangerous. Hazmatt's Spawn Sentries made these caves expand more rapidly than ever, and have helped in making spawn more difficult for new players. All of these factors made UneasyAlliance's spawn increasingly more difficult to escape and led to the discussion which began the tree war.

The Spark
The conflict started as a discussion in chat with many players participating. Two players, Amkhz and worley2004, then decided to form the Tree Planters Union, whos main objective was to plant trees at spawn to help new players. _Am3thyst_ and Caljay06 were against planting trees and believed that spawn was too easy for new players, so they decided to fight against planting trees. At the time, both Amethyst and Caljay were part of Oasis, the group's only known group dedicated to highways. CloudDragon06 was also a part of this group, however he supported planting trees which created a divide in the group.

War
Worley2004 and amkhz began finding more players who supported their cause. They began planting giant jungle and spruce trees inside of the Lavacastlands, which prompted members of the opposing side to begin burning them. They mostly argued in chat during the early period of the war with no fighting happening. Oasis was beginning to be seen as the opposing side to the Tree Planters Union, since the owner (Caljay) was opposed to trees, so Caljay and Amethyst decided to create a new group called The Spawn Empire to take control of spawn and make it hell for new players. However, by this time, cloud left Oasis.

The Battle of Ram Ranch
Amethyst decided to go to spawn and burn all of the trees that had been planted in the last few days, however Cloud was waiting for him. Cloud quickly tracked down Amethyst and they chased each other in the air around spawn until Amethyst was low on rockets and decided to land at Ram Ranch, a rest stop along the AutoSlay Highway. Amethyst landed in a river near the ranch and put on his chestplate. Cloud also landed and attempted to use end crystals to kill Amethyst, however Amethyst was in the water below the explosions, so they resorted to hand to hand combat with swords. Amethyst did not have another set of gear and was running low on food while they battled in the river. Cloud was able to pop one of Amethyst's totems, however he quickly recovered and weakened Cloud. The two kept swinging at each other with little progress on killing one another, however Amethyst's set was running low.

Amethyst was able to pop one of Cloud's totems before he flew off leaving Amethyst with no food and little armor. Amethyst logged off for a few hours and came back to the ranch. He was greeted by Storm, who had joined The Spawn Empire and seemed friendly at the time. However, an invisible player was lurking around the ranch and unexpectedly killed Amethyst. The details on whether or not Storm had anything to do with this is still being debated, however Storm killed probablynotnick, the leader of the Dickless Bois and a member of The Spawn Empire on that same day. She was with the same player (Golfette, who was a known Bendy alt account that was apparently sold) when Nick was killed, which raised suspisions.

The Fall of Oasis
Before Cloud left Oasis, he managed to save the coords to Amethyst's and Caljay's base, which he leaked and greifed before Caljay and Amethyst had a chance to save their valuables. This triggered another member to leave the group and made Amethyst and Caljay way poorer causing them to leave the war and begin the long recovery process.

They argue that Oasis was split for a reason, and that Oasis wasn't part of the war and the Tree Planters should have been focusing on The Spawn Empire. Oasis is still recovering, however they plan on gearing up and focusing on digging out the nether highways.