August War

The August War was a major conflict in CrocMC during Season 4. It came as a result of the aftermath of the July Crisis and the formation of Neo-Nordic to combat the power monopoly of Kmerhine and Anatolian. The war would last several weeks and caused widespread economic damage to multiple groups on the server. The conclusion of the war would mark the beginning of The Great Decline, leading to the server's longest and most crippling dormant period.

Background
Neo-Nordic, a restoration of the Nordic Nation, and Anatolian were both formed from remnants of Nordic Nation and Anzac, with primarily the Anzacs forming Anatolian with Grimm and dingo. Primarily Nordic members joined Neo-Nordic, along with a fairly new group Khmerine, which had been around since only the last season founded by Zentaly and Turtle. Anatolian and Kmerhine were the current great powers of the server, due to Zentaly and Dingos close friendship. The two factions became close allies, sharing resources and eventually providing refuge to retreating Kmerhine soldiers during the August War before Anatolian's official entry into the war a day after it began.

Nick and Ethan recruited insiders from ever major team on the server and kept their membership a secrecy. Ethan lead this pseudo-group known as The Blackhats. The group's formation and subsequent taunting of Kmerhine and Anatolian became known as the July Crisis. The group would reform into Neo-Nordic and declare war.

Events
Upon the formation of Neo-Nordic and its immediate declaration of war, a series of crippling defeats were suffered by Kmerhine to Neo-Nordic in the early hours, both Kmerhine bases were under Nordic occupation with Zentaly, Mythblood, and Turtle making routine guerilla attacks but being unsuccessful in the end.

4 hours after the war began, Anatolian started providing refuge to the retreating Kmerhine soldiers. With the housing of fugitives within a base not sanctioned under the Haven Accords, a UN meeting was called to discuss the legality of this act. It was deemed legal for a warring faction to enter a neutral base with the intention of combatting enemies seeking refuge there, so long as no griefing occured.

The next day Anatolian officially entered the war in retaliation to a breach of security after Neo-Nordic 's Ethan snuck into neutral Anatolian land and killed the exiled Mythblood, Zentaly and Turtle and almost harming Anatolian citizen Yoboinoahisop (Noah), who was caught in the crossfire. Another UN meeting was called and it was decided that neutrals who were on the battlefield are part of the playing field, and that the unintentional harm of a neutral player during the course of battle is not illegal.

Following Anatolian 's entry, Kmerhine griefed one of its own bases and relocated all supplies to Anatolian in order to prevent Neo-Nordic from reaping the resources from the base. Soon the war became gridlocked, with constant guerilla attacks on both sides every hour

Bases went from being held by Nordic, to being held by Kmerhine forces and then back into Nordic hands within minutes constantly. A final UN meeting was called to discuss changes in the war system to make base occupations more challenging. It was ultimately decided that the active rules would remain, and soon both alliances became bored with the regular fighting.

Eventually this lead to both sides being exhausted and signing an armistice in late August.

Aftermath
The August Truce was signed, ending the long war which up until the present day was the bloodiest conflict in CrocMC's history. Major economic damaged had been done to both sides, and trading with neutral teams halted as a result. Falcrest, the only other politically influential group at the time, diminished after the griefing of Haven. Members from Tato also joined less regularly. With no major groups left, the server entered the dead period which became known as The Great Decline.