In celebration of the 1-year anniversary of the series that got me back into writing (and kicked off a year of lore stories), I will be posting blogs that are almost like trade paperbacks or hardcovers for comics - they include revised versions of the chapters/issues and some bonus material. In this case, the bonus material is notes on each chapter and occasionally artwork. (There's also the usual list of characters)

Covers
The covers for volumes 1 and 4 were different iterations of a pixel art cover my friend OrderOutOfChaos (Peter) was working on, but he was banned from the site before he could finish, got burnt out, stopped working on it, and his work was eventually auto-deleted by Pixilart. The images I have were dug up from old guest book posts and used with permission. For their addition to the blogs, I did use Canva to make some minor changes involving text on the images, but the art is otherwise unchanged. The volume 4 artwork will be a modified version of this blog's main image (made by him). The covers for volumes 2 and 3 were illustrated by me on Magma.

Backstory
I initially started this project while PMC: War on the Nether was still being published, but I kept going over the character limit for blogs and assumed it was a glitch, which led me to quit. I restarted many months later, and when I encountered the same "glitch," I made a ticket and learned that it was actually me hitting the character limit. Thus, the collection blog was split into 4, hence this blog's existence.

Volumes


The Battle Begins Contains chapters 1 - 4, cast list, and author's notes Main characters IGEBM as IGEBM OrderOutOfChaos as Peter TheMcPig as Pig Pixella_9487 as Ella TheCrypteral as Forgemaster Chaos Crypteral Aspirin60 as Fear Priest Aspirin DarkRob333 as Fear Priest DarkRob GhostlyBit_57 as Fear Priest Ghostly Firestar2477278 as Lord of Terror Firestar Guts N Pixels as Guts Main antagonists Sgt. Porkus Private Hoghead Private Fungar Private Hellsnout Private Chainclove Private Acidus Release date: 2-28-2024 at 1:35 PM EST Anniversary of chapter 1	It's a regular day at the end of March when King Noncommercial, seeking to expand his already vast empire, declares war on the entire Overworld of Planet Minecraft. Admist this battle, Strike Unit 721, better known as the Soda Strike Team, are sent on missions to the Forge and Morbid Island to assist them in combating the threat of the Nether Empire.
Journey to the End Contains chapters 5 and 6, cast list, author's notes, and bonus art Main characters IGEBM as IGEBM OrderOutOfChaos as Peter TheMcPig as Pig Pixella_9487 as Ella LeLovesJazz as Lord Piaccu of the End Commander Worpin, Head of the Ender Royal Guard Lieutenant Endrys of the Ender Army Main antagonists Sgt. Porkus Private Hoghead Private Fungar Private Hellsnout Private Chainclove Private Acidus Release date: 4-4-2024 at 3:35 PM EDT Anniversary of chapter 5	The Soda Strike Team has received special orders from Head Councilman Silabear to head to the End and seek the aid of Lord Piaccu in the war. However, this mission is not easy: not only are they followed into the End by their enemies, but Piaccu is also a pacifist!
Darkness Wins Contains chapters 7 and 8, cast list, and author's notes Main characters IGEBM as IGEBM OrderOutOfChaos as Peter TheMcPig as Pig Pixella_9487 as Ella TheCrypteral as Forgemaster Chaos Crypteral ShadowOnTheLoose as Shadow AxolotlArmy as General Axo Playz Sp3nc3r_ as Spencer GracieMockingjay as Gracie Mockingjay Main antagonists Noncommercial as King Noncommercial of the Nether Empire Dr. Goldeye Release date: 4-18-2024 at 3:35 PM EDT Anniversary of chapter 7	The Soda Strike Team has returned to their home, only to find it being besieged by piglins. Along with their fellow soldiers and numerous volunteers, they begin to defend PMC City, but not everything is as easy as they hope it will be...
The Grand Finale Contains chapter 9, epilogue (from the Tales from PMC anthology), cast list, and author's notes Main characters IGEBM as IGEBM OrderOutOfChaos as Peter TheMcPig as Pig Pixella_9487 as Ella TheGrimmKnight as Grimm Knight GracieMockingjay as Gracie Mockingjay Silabear as Silabear LegendarySi as Si Main antagonists Noncommercial as King Noncommercial of the Nether Empire ComfySteve12345 as First Lieutenant ComfySteve of the Nether Army Release date: 5-2-2023 at 3:35 PM EDT Anniversary of chapter 9	With renewed vigor, the people of PMC City have prepared to launch a counterattack against the Nether Empire to retake their home! However, with the odds stacked against them, will they win?