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The Ancient World is an old server created by it's inhabitants. Starting off as a single player map and advancing into a MP server, it has progressed through the years and is now a great open world in which you can find history in the farthest corners.

We are a PVP, PVE, Towny, Roleplaying server.

The Ages

The Ancient World is fairly unique in that it goes through different ages. Each age introduces an exciting new mixture of game-changing plugins. For example, the Age of Undead was focused around Mob Apocalypse. The world was covered in zombies and traversing the land was difficult. The Age of Darkness saw the world plunged into an eternal night, where players took damage in the cold without wearing appropriate gear. Here are the ages we have gone through thus far;

Age of Ancients - Prior to the world being open to all. Simple times.
Age of Gods - Early after the world had opened, new settlers. God worship was prominent.
Age of Rifts - Terth's first attacks against the people. Rifts emerged across the world.
Age of Undead -The leftover hordes from Terth's rifts plagued the lands.
Age of Gods II - After the lands were cleansed by the Gods, the people returned to worship.
Age of Darkness - Abandoned by the Gods, the land fell into an eternal night. Life on the server as we knew it ended..
Age of Continents - 400 years later, descendants of survivors started a new life on these continents. After much turmoil, the great volcano of Dagon Fel erupted covering the lands with deadly ash.

The New Age of Orrostar is here!.

Age of Orrostar
The following is just a bit of lore that can act as a foundation. Players are able to create their own backstories and interact with players in their own way...
When weather became harsh on the continents the people fled to the newly discovered continent of Orrostar. Orrostar is a land mostly untouched by civilization for some time, and it was there settlers made contact with the Ordinators - the natives of the area.
According to stories passed on by the Ordinators, a long time ago there were many more races living on Orrostar who all vanished at some point in history, leaving behind the deities they once worshiped. These beings are demigods (players) who now walk among us like any other mortal. After some time, the Ordinators & Demigods began showing the people from the continents the way of worship, and how to make a better life for themselves by turning them against the undead rather than against themselves. This new age of living begins on August 16th!

Ordinators

Ordinators are chosen by the High Ordinators who are currently Doylinator, Stillstanden, and Tidgemo. Ordinators have abilities such as teleporting long distances, going invisible to spy on trouble making players, and building jail houses. Ordinators can jail players very easily by tying a command such as /jail (playername) or if they prefer, hitting the player with their baton (gold sword).

(An Ordinator)


The Demigods
Demigods are another subclass of player that play a vital role in the cleansing of souls and passing their powers on to the Ordinators. If the Ordinators are the eyes & ears of the gods then the demigods are the channel used by the gods to contact the mortal realm. The current demigods have been chosen because they are good roleplayers and they're known to be responsible. For example; Denshin & Nhubuk were once moderators. And DreadedVegas who used to help out at the tavern at spawn. Demigods get some useful abilities. Some examples are shooting fireballs, teleporting short distances, confusing enemies, levitation, and a bunch more. They also get a huge buff to their standard health - about 120 health.

(a demigod using one of his many powers)


Soul Economy + Towny

With help from the Demigods & Ordinators, we have harnessed the power to extract corrupted souls from the festering corpses of the undead. When you kill an undead creature it will release 1 or more corrupted souls for you to capture. When captured and saved up they can be used to expand your settlement in the holy lands of Orrostar. (Essentially, souls act as money to fund the Towny plugin). This is every persons responsibility as a living being - to destroy evil and cleanse the souls they have corrupted. For now, this can only be done through the soil of Orrostar. The souls are then reborn into new bodies through the tree of life! (newly joining players/dead players being reborn). This is the cycle of life.

(Zombies have powerful new abilities. Such as locating you from over 100 blocks away, gathering in hordes, and digging through blocks to reach you!)


The Tree of Life
When you join the server you will be reborn inside the tree of life for the first time. This is because you had died on the continents & your soul has been cleansed through the kill zombie + collect soul + expend corrupted soul process. If you don't like this roleplay for your character however you can easily roleplay a survivor who successfully fled the continents or any other roleplay you would like to incorporate.

(the entrance to the Tree of Life)


The God of Creation (also known as Terth/God of Life)

He is also known as the God of Balance. This god has an effect on almost all events in the world, from trees and great forests appearing overnight, mountains and new lands erecting, and even animals appearing where there was once no life. The God of Life also manipulates the balance in the world, and will take life when he sees fit. He also controls the recent rifts in the world, and enjoys testing the worth of people lives through their bravery and cunning. The God of Life has always been played by Drakortha.




Death & Rebirth

On death a grave will be left behind with your name, time of death, and your age (since the last time you died). When you hit the normal (respawn) button you'll appear over your grave as a ghost. You will be invisible to other players and you can not chat. If you hold shift you will make ghost sounds which are good for haunting players you can also fly like you were in creative mode.

After 2 minutes as a ghost you'll be instantly teleported to the Tree of Life where you are reborn into a new body.'

(You see Ed. Ed's Dead..)


PVP, Banditry & Bounties

Since we moved from Factions to Towny, PVP and banditry has become a choice and is no longer the main focus of gameplay for our server. One of the biggest changes we'll be seeing this age is in regard to how PVP works. With Towny, you can choose whether or not PVP is enabled in your town - so you may live in peace inside the walls without ever fearing a raid. Power levels also no longer come into play..

However, PVP will be enabled in The Wilds. And ONLY at night. When the sun goes down you will hear a sound effect, notifying all players that PVP is on in unclaimed areas. If you find yourself between towns when this happens watch your back! This enables our civilization to move forward in an age less prone to violence and constant threats. But at the same time players are able to go out into the wilds at night if they choose to.

Also, you can now place bounties on players. If a player has a bounty they will be displayed on a list of wanted players. If you kill a wanted player you collect the bounty reward (in souls). Being a bounty hunter could be a good way to make money..

(the sun setting over Rogue's Trail, home of the Ordinators)


Some final words..
The new age we are setting up is turning out to be one of the most unique yet, and it all goes live on August 16th. If you are looking for a trustworthy server with 24hr uptime, dedicated admins, and loads of world history & lore now is a great time to consider joining up. Everyone starts on a very even playing field on the opening day so there isn't a better time than now.

IP: theancientworld.mcdl.us