Crucible War

Crucible War
Location Canvas 60a Result Status quo ante bellum: Gura's Supermarket, Legion, and Frog Pixels United attacks on the Chromatic Empire are repelled Chromatic Empire attacks on Gura's Supermarket are repelled Separate peace agreements are made
Belligerents
Chromatic Empire Navy Blue Grand Monarchy Metallic Monarchy Principality of Bahamaland Principality of Imperium High Church of Liam The Purple Empire Principality of Big Trans Flags Candies n' Curses n' Pxls Orange Gang Green Gang Teal Kingdom x190 Trollge Confederacy Eastside Legal Team IWBTG Pxls Miku and More Frog Pixels United (later) D2 (later) Volunteers	Gura's Supermarket Idle Slayer Legion VOL "Apollo Gloria" Auxilia Grayscale Pxls Femboy Café (initially) Volunteers Frog Pixels United (initially)
Commanders and leaders
(ChE) pineApple (ChE) Temriel (ChE) ioanBG	(GSm) Gaudi999 (LEG) Snegovich (TFC) DelilahVR

The Crucible War was a massive conflict that encompassed most of Canvas 60a, a snip canvas that ran during September 2022. The conflict was conceived as a "friendly war" to be fought exclusively between the Chromatic Empire and Gura's Supermarket; both sides agreed to conduct the war. However, it gradually escalated in scope, which in turn saw the involvement of more factions and users as it progressed. Controversy surrounded the recruitment practices of the two sides throughout the war.

The two opposing blocs of the war were led by the Chromatic Empire (ChE) and Gura's Supermarket (GSm). The GSm-led bloc was joined by Legion, the Femboy Café, and Grayscale Pxls. The Imperial bloc was joined by x190, the Trollge Confederacy, and elements of the Super Serious Pixel Group. Frog Pixels United was also briefly involved in the conflict as a third party, before generally supporting the Chromatic Empire until the x190–SSPG conflict. Both major sides of the war also received extensive support from volunteers.

Order of battle

Imperial coalition

The Chromatic Empire fully committed itself to a war for the first time since the Second Opcellog of Canvas 59. All of its Imperial Subjects participated heavily in the fighting: the Navy Blue Grand Monarchy (NBGM), The Purple Empire (TPE), Orange Gang (OG), Green Gang (GG), and Teal Kingdom (TK). Multiple principalities and vassal factions of the Chromatic Empire were also active participants in the war: the Metallic Monarchy, the Principality of Bahamaland, the Principality of Imperium, the Principality of Big Trans Flags, Candies n' Curses n' Pxls, and the High Church of Liam. Two allies of the Navy Blue Grand Monarchy — x190 and the Eastside Legal Team — also participated in the war on the side of the Chromatic Empire. In fact, the cooperation with x190 led to the creation of a formal alliance between it and the Empire as a whole.

The Trollge Confederacy supported the Chromatic Empire during the Crucible War, primarily during the second day of the fighting against GSm. The members of the former Super Serious Pixel Group (SSPG) were not all involved to the war, but several of them declared their support for the ChE bloc: these were IWBTG Pxls, Miku and More, and later Frog Pixels United.

GSm-led coalition

Gura's Supermarket and Idle Slayer committed themselves to the war. Later, the Legion apparently committed its forces entirely to the support of GSm, including its Auxilia unit. The Femboy Café was also involved on the side of Gura's Supermarket for a time. The members of Grayscale Pxls also fought for GSm during the war.

Frog Pixels United was initially a third party in the war, but its actions during this brief time frame benefited Gura's Supermarket over the Chromatic Empire. They switched sides soon after, committing to the Imperial bloc.

Timeline

GSm attack on the "Balloon Bud"0

The war commenced with a Gura's Supermarket attack on the Chromatic Empire template known as the "Balloon Bud." It was repelled in less than twenty minutes, at which point GSm moved to attack the Imperial Core and were repulsed just as quickly.

Imperial invasion of GSm (creation of the "Gun Grub")

The Chromatic Empire retaliated by attacking the Gura's Supermarket core. Though meeting heavy resistance they successfully covered it with a template called "Gun Grub" along with an x190 piece. The war had now been moved from ChE to GSm, putting them on the defensive.

First Legion attempt to invade the Imperial Core

Gaudi999 brought Legion and the Femboy Café into the war at this time. TFC quickly withdrew from the fighting due to its formal alliance with ChE. Legion launched an independent attack on the Imperial Core to distract the Chromatic Empire. However, Legion was thoroughly defeated.

FPU raid on the Balloon Bud and subsequent involvement

Left wanted to be remembered as part of the historic war, so they led a Frog Pixels United raid on the ChE Balloon Bud template. They were easily defeated, and subsequently joined the ChE side of the war.