WhiteChapel



Whitechapel is a town, POI and shopping district owned by C_4 and _Frozen, well known for its variety of building styles in the town.

Entrance
When you first enter the POI by using the command /poi whitechapel, you are greeted with signs that lead you to the Tower Plaza, Store and Residential Maps, and the Nether Portal Crypt Entrance.

Community events board: The community Events Board is a board of a signs that C_4 updates every so often. It serves the purpose to update players on events.

Style: The style of the entrance is almost like a fancy basements which makes sense since it is underground. It has blocks such has stone bricks, stone, lanterns, smooth stone, and dark oak and spruce items.

Maps: There are two rooms with maps. One of the rooms has a full map of WhiteChapel, the WhiteChapel Store Location Map, a map showing which houses are available, and the AR road map.

Map room 2: This room has 3 maps of the whole entire Alpine Realm world. One is gigantic the other are small and made out of 4 maps.

Hall of Appreciation: This room has a fountain with concrete boulders giving thanks to certain players.

Basement: As of now, the basement is still being dug out, but there is a staircase to it.

Outside staircase: When you step outside you will notice the staircase leading to the town and shopping area.

Flowers: Many flowers live in this staircase. The species are Lilac, rose bush, and Peony.

Stairs: The stairs are made out of stone bricks.

Waterfall: There are two identical waterfalls with an armor stand in the middle of it.

Armor stand: The armor stand has a wither head and leather armor.

Town tower: The town tower is a tower that gives you a great view of the town.

Soul sand elevator: There is a soul sand elevator that brings you to the top.

Plants: It is surrounded by flowers and sweet berry bushes.

Workstation shops: There are small shops around the tower owned by villagers.

Buildings: The buildings have many styles with many different purposes. Only the main ones will be listed.

C_4 map arts: C_4 map arts is a store where C_4 sells map art.

Southbridge library. Has many sets of level 30 enchanted tables.

Community market. Free stuff!

Big standstone building: Empty inside, but looks amazing. Kind of like high school bullies in movies.

WhiteChapel River:

Bridge: The bridge is made from stone bricks and a spruce fence.

Whitechapel lore:

Whitechapel was originally part of the great Kingdom of Solara for centuries, acting as a border mercantile town between Solara and Gelucordia. When Solara entered its civil war to install Princess Amalea on their throne in A.D. 1082, the merchant and religious leaders of Whitechapel convened to discuss the situation. Would they rather stay in a kingdom rife with civil war? Should they instead appeal to the hope that many towns found when they joined Gelucordia? A meeting was held in the White Chapel in the public square where they debated what to do for 5 moons. The leaders proclaimed that while they were loyal to the idea behind the Kingdom of Solara, they felt it was beneficial for the citizens and leaders of Whitechapel to secede peacefully from Solara. On Founder's Day in the year 1083 A.D., Whitechapel sent its first tribute payment to the Kingdom of Solara in hopes of an peaceful secession, and established the White Guard, a small reigment dedicated to focus on the defense of Whitechapel and Dam Farhum to protect itself from any danger and threat that may happen after secession...(edited)

The situation remained stable for 40 years as Whitechapel propsered as the main city of trading between Solara and Gelucordia. In 1114 A.D., the merchant-funded Guild of the Dark Metal discovered a new element: a red stone that glowed when you walked on it. They decided to mine underneath Whitechapel in the search for more of this marvelous materials, and started their insatiable desire to expand their financial reaches across Alpina. After research and exploration, they found a extraordinary rich vein of Redstone located in the farthest eastern margin of the Kingdom of Nevrrmorr in an area that had dubious claims -- a outlaw area, essentially-- and established a small village there under the auspices of expanding its merchant empire. As seeing that at that time, Nevrrmorr was focused on stablizing their central core of the Kingdom and never threatened Valaria itself, so the merchants of Whitechapel was able to duplicate the success of an border town once again, and Valaria Crossing was established.(edited)

The Merchant Leaders of Whitechapel immediately recognized a issue with the governance of a far-away village -- how can they efficiently manage two towns miles apart without letting the inevitable chaos and internal strife to happen? While Valaria grew into a important hub on its own due to the location of being on a trade route crossing AND acting as the border trading town between Nevrrmorr and Solara, it was essentially a colony town of Whitechapel. After another deliberation in the White Chapel, the Nordic Union was signed. Named after the Flags of Whitechapel and Valaria, the Nordic Union is a merchant-based government that has its town elect 2 representatives to meet in Whitechapel for a term of 3 years to oversee the Foreign and Scientific Goals of the entire Union, but at the same time to allow each Vale (a form of "state" -- Whitechapel and Valaria is each its own Vale, as a example) to operate their own domestic and mercantile objectives. The Nordic Union therefore has a group of Consuls to run the Union, and is usually voted in by their mercantile prowess, war acumen, or religious importance. Researchers identified the Union as a very early form of meritocracy.

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In 1120 A.D., the Nordic Agreement was signed into effect by the Consuls where it was declared that Nordic Union would pursue a official policy of "Economic Connection", establishing colonies and towns across Alpina allied with the Nordic Union but independent on their own with the focus of promoting their own mercantile hubs and establishing strong economic trade hubs.. Thus, the Nordic Union opened its doors to other cities to join, and for Nordic Union to grow its economic might, rivalling the East India Company at its height.

Military and Navies of the Nordic Union(edited)

The Nordic Union Army is focused on the use of Horses in its war policies. As such, Nordic Union relies heavily on its Knights and Horse Archers to move and enforce peace throughout its towns and colonies. These are collectively identified as the Valarian Consignment, due to the quality and training of those troops in the Valaria Crossing area. They are known for their speed in movement and stamina. The Valarian Consignment is backed by two Guards -- foot soliders-- called The White Guard and The Black Guard.

The White Guard is based in the castle of Dam Farhum, a dwarven fortress located adjacent to Whitechapel. There, they train under the eyes of Queen AlearaJL, which is entombed in her throne, cursed not to walk upon the earth until her avatar returns. The White Guard is tasked to protect Whitechapel and Dam Farhum, ensuring its safety and security from threats around Whitechapel. They are trained in the arts of Pikeman warring skills, utlizing halberds to defend the city. The Black Guard is an assassin-based troop focused on clandestine activites and ensuring that the interest of Nordic Union, be it Mercantile, Religious, or National, is being adhered to. They are trained in urban and rural combat, with the focus on blending into the populace.

The Nordic Navy is a merchant navy, primarily used as a way to trade goods, but outfitted to defend themselves. The Nordic Navy is made of 20 Carracks and 14 Longships, manned by members trained by the White Guard for a minimum of 2 years to ensure they do not buckle under stress and war. The Flagship of the Navy, The Queen of Emeralds, was sadly sunken in 1118 A.D. with all men on board and a large amount of valuables on-board somewhere in the Ocean.

All of this lore is written from _frozen and all credit goes to them.

V5 discord opening statement:

"Welcome all-- this is just a soundboard at this time. Nothing is planned firm until we get closer to the server reset.

Thank you for joining us, and we appreciate you checking our vision for a new kind of Starter Town-- an advanced and master-planned town with a rich history built into it from the start ( i know, that sounds weird as were starting from scratch)"