The Mushroom War was a brief war between the Remy Republic and the City of Neville (this was before Neville changed its official name to the Kingdom of Neville). Holdentopia, Incorporated also took part in the war as part of a coalition with Neville during the #Raid on No. The war took place from approximately 2023-07-08 at 22:25 to approximately 00:48 the next day.

Background

Auze is a territory of the Remy Republic — a mushroom island — claimed by the Glorious Leader on 2023-06-10 during his adventure to see the wizard, specifically the Wonderful Wizard of Oz.

Nevillian Invasion of Auze

On 2023-07-08, Arvi, the Doomslayer Nine Thousand of the City of Neville, was exploring the ocean east of (what is now known as) Layon and, receiving word from Bill that he was near Auze, decided to make a visit to the island.

Nevillian Landing

Arvi crafted an oak boat and, with his newly assembled navy, sailed south-southeast towards the island. Making landfall on the north side of Auze at approximately 22:25, Arvi was reportedly enthralled by the scenery and wonderstruck by the mushrooms and mooshrooms.

Arvi's invasion of the island was largely uncontested by the local Remyan garrison of zero troops, and the Nevillian forces were able to swiftly secure military control of the island within minutes.

Arvi, at approximately 22:30 climbed to the tallest hill on Auze, where stood the banner of the Remy Republic first planted by Remy a month ago. He broke the banner and replaced it with the banner of Neville.

War Crimes

The invasion was not entirely painless however. Arvi reportedly used his fire aspect netherite sword to slay an unarmed civilian — a mooshroom — reducing it to cooked steak and leather instantly. Arvi also crafted wooden bowls and milked several other mooshrooms on the island for mushroom stew.

The murdered mooshroom's family as well as several of the milked mooshrooms have since accused the invading Nevillian forces of war crimes, calling for their prosecution, but nothing has since come of this.

Casualties for the Auze Campaign

Remyan Reactions

Finally coming online on Discord, Remy discovered the news about the Nevillian and headed directly to Hawainot to meet with his top general, Fletcher Quadratic in order to discuss plans to retake the island. The plan they came up with was called Operation Yellow Brick Road.

The operation did not end up going ahead as the conflict had been resolved before it could be executed, although Remy did, at multiple occasions, consider ordering the operation to begin.

Remyan Occupation of Archie Bridge

Deciding to retalliate, at approximately 22:45, the Glorious Leader gathered supplies from his Home Sweet Home and stepped into the nether portal in the Wheat Sacrifice Shrine.

Invasion

Stepping out of the nether portal in Layon (then known as the City of Neville), Remy walked around Neville, seeing the sights and taking selfies. He then made his way to Archie Bridge and placed Remyan banners on both entrances on either side of the bridge.

Remy's Demands

He also placed signs outside the west entrance to the bridge, listing his demands to Arvi, among which was the return of Auze. The full content of the signs with the demands were as follows (corrections and emphasis mine):

Annexation

At approximately 22:50, after listing his demands, the Glorious Leader then climbed atop Archie bridge and announced its annexation into the Remy Republic, proclaiming its incorporation as a new administrative territory.

Casualties for the Remyan Invasion of Archie Bridge

No casualties are known to have occurred, save for an allegedly Tobytopian creeper.

Reactions

Anna

Arvi

Raid on No

Arvi did not fold to Remy's demands, instead resolving to form a coalition with Holden, bringing him and Anna along to do something at No. It is unclear exactly what their exact intentions were, as their plans were derailed immediately when they arrived in No by a pillager raid.

Triggering of the Raid

At approximately 00:15 on 2023-07-09, Arvi, Anna, and Holden, together forming a Triple Trouble Tower (they were sitting on each other's heads) arrived in No via the nether portal in the Wheat Sacrifice Shrine. Although it was not their original intention, their arrival immediately triggered a pillager raid on No as Anna was unintentionally carrying the Bad Omen status effect.

The Glorious Leader was notified of this raid by the God of News as the Triple Trouble Tower was crossing Fluffy Bridge. Upon noticing the raid bossbar, he was reportedly very unhappy with the actions of Holden and the NevilliansThis is not a band name..

Remy's Defence Efforts

After a minor altercation with the trio, the Glorious Leader charged across Fluffy Bridge, intending to gloriously defend No from the raiding pillagers.

However, the Glorious Leader was unfortunately unable to prevent the two villagers from being shot dead by the pillagers: Liam Forg Ashwin and Billzo Caterpillar. Remy would later revive them in a séance due to the privileges afforded to two villagers by their plot armour.

Defence Efforts of Holden and the Nevillians

Arvi, Anna, and Holden also aided in the efforts to defend No from the raiders as the raid was not their intention. The Glorious Leader repeatedly insisted that they leave, insisting that he could handle the raid by himself, but Arvi assured Remy that he, in fact, could not handle it. The trio also occasionally fired some arrows at Remy.

The pillagers brought in witches and armoured vehiclesravagers, destroying wheat and leaves around the southern side of No. Arvi attempted to mitigate this damage by encouraging everyone, including Remy, to lead the ravagers into the water and not into the wheat field, but damage was already done by the time everyone listened.

Other Defence Efforts

Bill, the God of News also arrived, firing arrows and rockets into the fray.

End of the Raid

The raid continued until around 00:25. Billzo trapped two pillagers in a boat outside the shrine, which Remy promised to torture comprehensively, but Holden stabbed them before Remy could do so.

Casualties for the Raid on No

There were at least seven waves of raiders as the server was set to Hard mode (Minecraft wiki).

Resolution

Revival Séance

After the Raid on No was over, Remy took the corpsesvillagermeat of Liam Forg Ashwin and Billzo Caterpillar to the Wheat Sacrifice Shrine and placed them atop the sacred revival flame. Uttering the required incantations to invoke their plot armour, the two villagers were brought back from the dead.

Liam Forg Ashwin had come back with a new set of dripcold biome villager clothing that he purchased during his time in the underworld, but Billzo Caterpillar was still wearing the same old plains villager clothes he had died in.

The two villagers then returned to their composters, put their straw hats on again, and got to replanting the wheat damaged in the raid.

Flexagon's Firework Show

To celebrate the victory over the raiders, Gerry Flexagon, who was standing in the chicken pen, started setting off fireworks. Harry Toothbrush watched this firework show, but was not entirely paying attention, as he was simultaneously watching Tom and Jerry by the ruins of Arvi Tower.

Arvi and Anna's Apology

At 00:48, Arvi and Anna then had Bill mail some items to Remy as an apology for the raid.

They attached the following message to their apology:

Who Won?

The Mushroom War's resolution was one of status quo ante bellum. Everything returned to the state it was in at the start of the war. Arvi claims the whole war was just a joke blown out of proportion, while Remy has expressed annoyance at constantly being disturbed by other nations.

After the war, Arvi and Remy made a verbal agreement to return all captured territories. Remy would later remove his banners from Layon#Archie Bridge and replaced the Nevillian banner on Auze once more with the Remyan banner.

No formal treaty was ever signed; the verbal agreement is the only agreement made.

Pink and Purple Treaty

A few days later, on 2023-07-13, Arvi and Remy signed the Pink and Purple Treaty, constituting a formal alliance between the Remy Republic and the, then newly renamed, Kingdom of Neville.

Total Casualty Count

The following is a low-end estimate for the total number of casualties sustained by each party involved, obtained by adding together the #Casualties for the Auze Campaign, the #Casualties for the Remyan Invasion of Archie Bridge, and the #Casualties for the Raid on No.

There were at least a total of

• 61 casualties including the raiders
• 10 casualties excluding the raiders

Remy Republic

3 casualties

• No military casualties.
• 3 civilian deaths
  • Anonymous mooshroom
  • Liam Forg Ashwin (later revived)
  • Billzo Caterpillar (later revived)
• At least 3 milkings of residents of Auze without consent

City of Neville

1 casualty

• Arvi, once from fall damage once in preparation for the Raid on No

Holdentopia, Incorporated

6 casualties

• Holden, 6 times during the Raid on No

Raiders

≥51 casualties

All of the raiders were killed.

• Between 51 and 83 raiders based on the Minecraft Wiki.
  • At least 4 of them were ravagers
    • At least 1 ravager was ridden by an evoker
  • At least 1 witch
  • At least 3 evokers
  • At least 3 vindicators