Turtle Island

Founding
Turtle Island was founded on 25 May of 2020 by billisinnocent and amkhz. Named to symbolize both the world turtle and the continent of North America from which they hailed, Turtle Island was intended to be an island paradise welcomed to all who were worthy of its bounty. It was the original base of the Turtle Island group and remains as their capital with its expansive meeting hall. Its location was an enigma in that it was easy to locate, well hidden and within 10,000 blocks of the world spawn.

After establishing the first base, the group sought to create a series of outposts to aid new players. These small houses or huts were strategically placed around 2,000 to 3,000 blocks from spawn in an effort retain the character of the near-spawn region while also aiding new players. They were known for leaving turtle shell helmets and their unique turtle banners, free for players to take.

The Turtle Migration
During July of 2020, the group moved from the island. During this time a provisional member of the group, Mr_Crusader97, leaked the coordinates of two group bases to many players to the server. The original base is all but abandoned, although still largely intact. Turtle Island members have been known to leave signed books at the lectern of the meeting hall to this day.

After the great leaking, they established the Turtle Isles, an archipelago of bases that furthered their extensive agenda. The isles contain homes of many of its players including, Shell Hollow, Koopa Kabana, Ember Isle, Cast Iron Cay, Basalt Bay, The Turtle Island Shrine, and the to-be-completed Malefactor Monastery.

Transformation
After August of 2020, the group became fairly inactive. Amkhz left to join TeamCanyonRaider, but still worked on the Turtle Isles base. After the disbanding of TeamCanyonRaider due to HorriKohl_JV's poor leadership, Amkhz helped build Swamptown at his old base, Fort Swampy with many other players.

A handful of Turtle Island members are still somewhat active on the server, and more spawn outposts are being built. SirFarts0Lot built the Unnamed Fort, another spawn base with supplies to aid new players, during November of 2020. In December, Amkhz began work on the Tree Planter's Union. Amkhz started this tree planting at spawn project because Frozentime_m's Lavacastlands were completed to the 1k border in every direction.