Mistral City

Mistral City was a large city populated by Skylords and many other citizens. It was mostly filled with spires that float above the city alongside airships. It had many locations and sites of wonder. Unfortunately, it was burned down by an evil pirate - Jock Fireblast. Most inhabitants seem to have survived, and left for the town of Icaria. He left a fake altar under one of the house, framing Skylord Lysander for the destruction. Besides being a major airship docking point, it was also a major cross-roads, with paths to Stoneholm, The Wall (and its related areas), BBQ Bay, and Terrorvale.

Since its destruction, Mistral seems to be solely inhabited by the druid Swampy Bogbeard. Mistral is currently in ruins and seems to be being reclaimed by forest. However as the Sands broke the Wall on the other side of Skull Pass, it is unknown what condition it is in.

Location
Mistral City is located in Southern Minecraftia, and is the closest city to the desert. South of Mistral is Verigan's Hold and The Wall, Minecraftia's defences against the Desert.

To the North of the city is Stoneholm and the flying citadel ruled by the Skylords, Skyhold. A path leading west from the city leads to BBQ Bay, the home of the pirates.

Formation
Mistral City was created at least one hundred years before the Battle of Terrorvale. It was presumable created by the Skylords, and it is known that Pirate Tinman spent some of his early life in the city.

Fumblemore and Granny Bacon also spent their early life in Mistral, and the famous Verigan Antioch visited the city often, possibly because it was so close to The Desert, where a number of ancient machines had been imprisoned in an ancient war.

It is likely that Commander Karpath, Verigan's son and the future Commander of the City Guard, and Templar Adaephon, the future leader of the Templars, were born in the city, possibly during the Sand War.

The Sand War
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The Sand War was especially damaging for Mistral, who were closest to the Desert that they were fighting. In these days, the Wall had not been built to protect them, and the sand, turned evil by the power of the Sentinels (and possibly Lehparsi), began spreading throughout Southern Minecraftia, causing huge droughts.

Under the command of Verigan and his son Karpath, the citizens built a huge wall to encase the sand, which was spreading like a disease. The wall, built with the help of the dwarves stopped the spread. Verigan captured the Spire and used it to power the wall's defences. For some time, the citizens believed that they had won against the sand, but then Lepharsi used his dark powers to attack the wall.

Verigan and Karpath headed into the desert to fight Lehparsi. Although it is unknown what happened on the journey, it is known that Lehparsi and Verigan were both killed. At Lehparsi's tomb, Verigan used obsidian and lava to seal the tomb, preventing anybody from releasing Lehparsi. Verigan also trapped the plague that was spreading the sands in the tomb.

Karpath returned home alone, wounded. The Sand War was over, but Lehparsi would later return as Israphel and break through the wall.

Years of peace
The next century was a time of peace, though worrying rumours about the Sands continued to come into Mistral. Granny Bacon, having retired from her adventuring days, opened up a cafe in Mistral. Fumblemore went on to train as a wizard, specializing in destruction. Sometime after the Sand War, he became a "wise" old man, and lived in a floating tower.

Karpath eventually healed from the war, and had two children, Verigan Antioch II and Isabel Antioch. He also set up the Templars, an elite group dedicated to the protection of Minecraftia. The group is known to include soldiers and scientists.

Karpath built Verigan's Hold, which he named after his father, and Lastwatch Hold, to watch over the desert and monitor the situation. Verigan's Hold was a huge castle that later became the Templar's headquarters.

Karpath became concerned with news that Lehparsi had returned in the form of a dead child, Israphel, and infiltrated a Cult which hoped to return him to power. It was led by Israphel's father, Reverend John, who had been sent insane after his son's death and revived him using dark magic.

The Cult began building a Nether Portal in an abandoned sector of the city. Karpath discovered this, and, after closing a mine, hid a letter to his son, hid his weapons and armour, and left his young children in the care of his wife and Granny Bacon, his old friend. Knowing that he was going to his death, he left the Templars in the hands of his younger, more inexperienced brother, Adaephon. He destroyed the Nether Portal using TNT, but died in the process.

The city fell under the rule of a coalition between two Skylords, Skylord Lysander and Skylord Jasper. Lysander became good friends with Karpath's son, who had been disguised as a knight named Peculier. Peculier became obsessed with discovering his father's fate, and fighting the pale faced man named Israphel. He became an adventurer, fighting the Cult.

Isabel left the City to become a pirate. However, Templars, on an exploration mission in the desert, discovered disturbing robots (Sentinels) that were being restored to power and converting the desert to metal. However, the Templars and their important information never returned, as they murdered each other in madness.

The Second War
I don't think we can even put this out with buckets

Xephos, as a fire spreads throughout the City during the Battle of Mistral City

After the Battle under Terrorvale, Israphel began preparing for war behind the desert. Adaephon, by now a wise and battle scarred commander, noticed this and raised his own armies, telling Lysander of the danger. Lysander recruited Peculier (now called Old Peculier) into his forces, preparing for the inevitable war with Israphel and his army of monsters.

Lysander helped rescue two great heroes and friends to Peculier, Xephos and Honeydew. After Peculier was taken ill, they returned to Mistral, where it was discovered that the Cult of Israphel had attacked Peculier's family home, possible in revenge for Karpath betraying them. The Cult was also rebuilding the broken Nether portal that Karpath built.

A number of sinister events happened throughout Mistral as the days counted down to war. Mr Astley went missing and below the abandoned guard tower, the heroes found a hidden basement, which spoke of his father's fate recorded in the abandoned mine. Xephos, Honeydew and Peculier headed into the mine.

The Fall of Mistral City
Lysander, how could you have burned fair Mistral?

Knight Peculier, during the Battle of Mistral City

Whilst the group were exploring, Jock Fireblast arrived, on the orders of Israphel, and launched a huge attack on the city. The attack caught the city off guard, as monsters swept in they burned large sections of the city. The residents, terrified, fled for their life.

The Templars were unable to fight back as Jock concentrated their attack on the floating guard tower, bringing it crashing to the ground, cutting off any reinforcements that might be able to help free the city. Father Braeburn managed to lead an escaping group of residents to Icaria.

As the Skylords fled the city, Jasper discovered the evidence that Jock had left to fram Lysander for the attack. Jasper ambushed Lysander and captured him, keeping him prisoner in his summer mansion.

The heroes returned, finding the city in chaos. The Upper City had been completely destroyed, and a number of airships fell to the ground, exploding. Victoria Street was engulfed in flames. Xephos realised that they would be unable to repair the destroyed city.

Honeydew broke through the guard tower, but it was too late, Israphel's forces had won the battle. The heroes decided that they could not put out the fires, and instead head into the ruins to destroy the Cult's base and rescue Granny Bacon, who had been kidnapped.

The heroes discovered Granny had been turned by Israphel into a zombie, and she attacked the group, eventually she was killed by Xephos. The group continued through the ruins, confronting the leader of the Cult- Reverend John, whom they had left for dead after the Battle of Terrorvale. They killed John, and destroyed the portal for good, ending the Cult.

Ruins of Mistral
After the battle, Mistral was abandoned. Eventually, the fire burnt out, leaving the wreckage of the City. Swampy Bogbeard, Fumblemore's brother, returned to the city.

The ruins of the city were very messy. Jasper's airship had crushed a lot of the southern part of the city, including the town's red light section, whilst Jasper's bath water had flooded parts of the city. Victoria Street was burnt to the ground. A floating guard tower had crushed the souther wall, making escape by that way impossible.

The graveyard and centre of the city remained largely intact. The sky platforms had all burnt.

Fumblemore's Tower
A large tower that changes shape due to the constant spells that go wrong. It floats above the city and has no bridge across to it. It has about 4 floors with many books and a toilet whose water flows into the Opium Hut. When Mistral City is burned, the ruins of the tower are nowhere to be seen. In a video someone was making about the Yogscast Replica server, Fumblemore was apparently in the server and he said that he teleported the tower to Icaria. This is later confirmed in Episode 35 when Knight Peculier tells the heroes about visiting Fumblemore in Icaria.

Temple
A pyramid temple with water flowing from it. Not a lot is known about it, but it is now in ruins due to Xephos being blown up by what he thought was a creeper inside it. It has, however, been confirmed to have actually been booby-trapped with explosives. The text inside is clearly legible at 720p paused at 5:19 on Episode 6 of Season 3. The text reads: "Hallowed are we who inhabit the sacred city: We are the Oathkeepers sworn to duty." What this may mean is unknown. It's possibly the oath of all the guards and knights, such as Knight Peculier's father, who may have protected the city in the past. It may also refer to the Skylords, or the Templars.

Pools
The city is home to a few pools with different names, such as the Pool of Memory (which was previously named the Pool of Life but was changed after many ironic drownings) and the Fountain of Strength.

Tennis Court
It is a small court with two wooden shovels and snowballs used to play tennis but you unfortunately cannot play.

Priusbar's Opium Hut
Skylord Jasper appears to be this hut's best customer. It seems to have water flowing from Fumblemore's toilet through the roof. No minors are allowed. When Xephos and Honeydew entered, Jasper seemed angry, saying, "LEAVE THIS PLACE"

Astley Residence
The home of the late Mr Astley, a reformed creeper. It is a simple house much like all the other houses in Mistral City, but poor Mr. Astley self-destructed after Lewis attempted to kill him to try and gather sulfur.

1 Riverside (Skylord Jasper's house)
Skylord Jasper's home. It has 3 floors and seems to be one of the largest homes in the city. It has a large bathtub and is well protected from the bottom entrance. However, it has easy entrance to anyone willing to drop from the sky platforms. It also has a private dock for Jasper's airship, the Larglim.

Honeydew and Xephos broke into Riverside to steal a golden record from the house, by diving from the top of the sky platforms, and breaking through a skylight.

Warehouses
Only Warehouse #16 remains standing outside Skylord Jasper's house. Warehouse #4 was used as a morgue during the Sand War. It contained an unnamed man, laying across from Pirate Tinman, when seen from the time of the Sand War. Granny Bacon's shop has an architectural style that suggests it is a converted warehouse.

Bungalow Peculier
Not a lot is known of this home seeing as it was destroyed before the heroes arrived. It contains a large portrait of Daisy Duke. It may have been burned as a warning to Old Peculier, by the Cult of Israphel. This house was called Bungalow Peculier as said by the sign that stood outside, suggesting the house had only 1 floor.

It was probably destroyed by the Cult of Israphel, possibly in revenge for Peculier's father Karpath betraying the cult and destroying their Nether Portal.

The Elysium
The home of Skylord Lysander, it is a small simple home in which Peculier rested while he was ill. It has a pink carpet which hides the entrance to a secret dark shrine (supposedly put there by Jock Fireblast to frame Skylord Lysander for the destruction of Mistral City). It has two floors and a large bed. It was destroyed during the Attack on Mistral City.

Duke Smithy
A small blacksmith belonging to Mr. Duke, Daisy Duke's father. It has one floor and many windows. Plenty of tools and workbenches can be found here as it is the place for the finest armour in Minecraftia. Duke also kept a well-stocked bunker underground in case of emergency, which was used by Lewis, Simon, and Knight Peculier when the city was burning.

Church of the Holy Apple/Record
The church and residence of Father Braeburn, It is a single floor with a large stained glass window of an apple/record. It was previously the Church of the Holy Apple but was changed when the Yogscast brought him a gold record from Skylord Jasper's home, it was then given to Father Braeburn in exchange for the Holy Apple.

Grandma Bacon's Greasy Spoon Teashop
The shop owned by the fantastic cook, Granny Bacon. It's a small building with a pool table and many delicious foods. It usually has a cake on the counter and sells Golden Apples. Its different architecture suggests the shop was a converted warehouse.

Outhouse
An outhouse just down the road from the Peculier residence. It has many things such as... Fecal Matter.

The Almighty Jaffa
A large Jaffa Cake that was no doubt constructed for the grand champion of Minecraftia: Honeydew's pleasure.

Mistral City Lumber, Inc.
A large lumberyard owned by Jasper. It is where all furniture and homes are planned and constructed. Nobody knows who works here other than Jasper himself.

Jasper Sewer
A sewer located beneath the Almighty Jaffa Cake. It discharges outside the city walls, and could therefore be used as a means of entry and escape without passing the guardhouse. Presumably also a part of Jasper Holdings Group.

Tranquil Gardens Cemetery
A small graveyard home to the graves of many people such as Israphel, Reverend John, Mr Astley, 404, Michael Barrymore's Career, Total Biscuit, Dave! Yognaut, and 2 empty graves for our heroes Honeydew and Xephos. Xephos opens up Israphel's coffin seeing nothing there. Lysander yelled at him, saying: "What are you doing?" to which Xephos stated, that he was curious what was in there.

Snozzi's House of Adult Entertainment Pleasure
Presumably a Strip Club. Honeydew visited here but required time to "recharge" from Granny Bacon's icing.

Abandoned Mineshaft
A sealed up mineshaft, it was home to a Hellgate which was shut down by Old Peculier's father many years ago. It contains spiders and monsters, and has many floors. It was home to many ores, at least until Honeydew arrived. A message was left on the walls for Old Peculier along with his father's armor and sword. It was first seen with a creeper on top of the sealed wooden planks.

The Crumbling Ruins
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An abandoned castle just outside the walls of Mistral City. Used as a headquarters by the Cult of Israphel. The Evil Cultist Sheep still lived there. Granny Bacon was imprisoned here, where she was zombified, forcing Honeydew to kill his love. An undead Reverend John was also found here, to battle Xephos and Honeydew. It was once the site of a Hellgate that was destroyed by K. Peculier. The cultists built a new 'Gate', which was destroyed by Xephos and Honeydew.

Ye Olde Guarde Towere
The outpost of K. Peculier. It is now a wrecked tower with a chest at the top and a hidden note under a nearby tree.

Picture Point
A small point where you can take a wonderful picture of Skull Pass and the burning city of Mistral.

Skull Pass
Main Article: Skull Pass

A skull implanted on a small mountain which connects to Verigan's Hold and the old Carnival del Banjo.