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The Blood Vines, also known as "The Crimson" or "The Egg", are a newfound and strange phenomenon of crimson vines and tendrils that have been are found across different locations of the SMP. They appear to be growing slowly, with no explanation as to how they keep getting bigger.
These vines consist of Nether Wart blocks, Crimson Nylium, Red Wool, Redstone, and Shroomlights. It is speculated that the source of these vines are from the egg found in BadBoyHalo's Statue Room. Notably, there are no vines in the outer parts of the server, like Techno's cabin and Logstedshire.
Abilities and Weaknesses[]
Manipulation and Coercion[]
The blood vines are shown to have the ability to corrupt and manipulate certain people into being entranced by it. Those affected by the vines are given the ability to articulate, hear, and understand what they're saying. This is quite the peculiar effect, as the blood vines are usually inaudible to the regular ear.
Victims of the vines turn increasingly violent towards the unaffected, and are prompted to spread the corruption through placing Crimson Nylium. This, along with Crimson Roots, seem to be the main source for the blood vines, as all the vines outside of the ones in the statue room, originate from those blocks. However, it's also possible that the vines travel through spores collected on those who've recently visited the egg, as mentioned by Awesamdude, who was quick to wash himself and others who interacted with it off with holy water from Church Prime.
The corrupted seem to only be brainwashed when the egg is uncovered as when the egg is covered they all go back to normal. This indicates that the egg is the center of the crimson and the main issue.
Red Leeching[]
The vines seem to have the ability to leech the color red out of objects, turning it into an empty white, which was first noticed in the red face graffiti on the wall of the statue room and later at portions of L'Targay.
Color Manipulation[]
The vines have the ability to manipulate anything that has the color blue into red. This can be seen when Skeppy was trapped within the egg for a certain amount of time and turned red, originally being blue. The color experiment conducted by Bad and Ant also shown the vines' ability to turn the formerly blue wool into red.
Weaknesses[]
The vines appear to be weak when they come in contact with blue flame, as observed at Schlatt's grave, when the previously healthy vines were found dead. Sam also mentioned this, saying that only blue fire really worked to burn them well.
- Obsidian
- Blue Flames
- Holy Water from Church Prime
History[]
The First Witnesses[]
Growth[]
The first clump of the Blood Vines were found inside BadBoyHalo's Statue Room by Bad at an unknown time when he was expanding his statue room. He later showed Dream and Awesamdude, where each of them claimed to have never seen it before. Bad slowly grew an attachment to it, despite Sam and Dream agreeing that the vines looked "mysterious" and were potentially a threat.
A second clump was seen forming outside Hutt's Pizza. While Dream was about to destroy it, Bad swiftly stepped in and stopped him from doing so due to him believing that the vines looked pretty. A third clump was then found forming outside of Skeppy's Mansion (which was later removed), and Bad was seen throwing iron ingots at it.
As the group went back to the mansion after working on the base for the prison, they discovered that the strange corruption was rapidly growing and spreading, and new clumps were soon discovered in the Power Tower and around Jschlatt's Grave.
Attachment[]
In every encounter, Bad was seen protecting the vines. He also complimented it, using words such as "pretty" and "majestic" to describe it. He even nicknamed it his "baby." Every other member who saw it seemed to take an immediate dislike towards it, with the exceptions of Captain Puffy, Ponk, and Antfrost, who seemed to understand why Bad is protecting it. Currently, only Bad and Antfrost have been able to listen to what the egg is saying. The egg has expressed to them that if someone were to try to destroy the vines, it would kill them.
Some clumps attempted to grow on Punz's land, but he quickly destroyed it before it spread. It is now known that both Bad and Antfrost are responsible of planting and feeding the vines, as they actively planted vines in Sam's Base in both George and Sapnap's rooms, though it is able to grow by itself.
Captain Puffy has also begun to get "corrupted" by the vines. She appears to be mesmerized by the egg and nicknamed it "Eggy".
Stretching Ties[]
All Hail the Egg[]
Bad and Ant attempted to convince other members of the SMP to listen to their instructions and stare at the egg. Sam, concerned for his friends, tried to convince them to remove the egg, but failed to do so. He attempted to remove the egg himself, but was intercepted and attacked by Bad and Ant. Punz witnessed their fight, and stopped to converse with them, ending the fight. Bad and Ant led Punz to the egg with Sam accompanying them, and Punz found the Egg strange, but figured that it was harmless, so he left the area with Sam, to continue decorating for Christmas.
Punz then revealed to Sam that he was pretending to be passive in order to not cause conflict with Bad and Ant. It turned out that Punz was completely on Sam's side, as he too viewed the egg as a potential threat. Sam believed that the two of them could take Bad and Ant in a fight and destroy the egg before anything happens but Punz believes they should wait and observe before taking action. The two agreed to not do anything about it until they obtained more allies.
Ponk and Lil Red[]
It appeared that Ponk had also taken an affinity towards the vines, and had been partially corrupted by them. In his casino, he found a Crimson Nylium sheltered in a glass box called "Lil Red." He thought it was cute, when he found one at his thiccatron he found it weird but didn't bother to take it down. He then found the egg, and touched it. But unlike Punz, he heard the egg make a sort of growling sound and found it creepy. In another stream with Sam he expressed how he agreed with him that the egg and vines were 'bad juju,' but then he discovered that Lil Red grew into a full-sized blood vine, having grown an attachment to Lil Red, Ponk didn't end up taking down and worked directly next to it. Despite his attachment to his blood vine, he was still creeped out by the others.
Even with his care for the vines, he later warned Jack Manifold to be careful around them. He also instructed Jack to bathe in the water at Church Prime should he ever touch the vines.
As time passed, Ponk became more and more influenced by the Crimson. He called the egg "beautiful" and "a work of art" and urged Sam to touch the vine, claiming it would make him feel better. He insisted that the vine in the casino would harm no one, and often said the other vines aren't necessarily bad. On Sam's stream, Ponk admitted he had spoken to Lil Red.
A Forgotten Language[]
Since the discovery of the egg, Antfrost and BadBoyHalo had been adamant that the egg was speaking to them, expressing surprise when many others claimed to hear nothing. After whispering (sending a private message in-game) to both Sam and Punz several times, Antfrost claimed "This is what the egg says to us". Said message contained a smattering of letters in what appeared to be Standard Galactic Language, better known as the Minecraft Enchantment Table language.
After some analysis of one message sent to Sam, the text seems to translate to "Sam, join the Crimson."[1] We can assume a similar message was sent to Punz. It is unknown how Bad and Ant understand or translate this language.
Jack and the Egg[]
Jack Manifold himself was unnerved when he initially discovered the egg, as he quickly left the room, not wanting anything to do with it. He would return to the egg with the intention of farming primes after Ponk informed him of Church Prime's cleansing effects. The captivating effects of the egg nearly corrupted Jack, but he was able to resist long enough to escape the room and cleanse himself at Church Prime.
Jack was vocally afraid of the egg, especially after a red vine suddenly showed up in the hotbar of his inventory. Jack would return to the egg for a third time with the vengeful goal of collecting vines to plant in Connor's home to spread the 'bad juju'. He was successful in his goal, and still managed to resist the egg's call.
However, the 'bad juju' seemed to have targeted Jack instead when his newborn chicken Timothy spontaneously died on the stairs of The Holy Land after a cleansing in Church Prime. Jack speculated the cause of the tragedy being the egg itself.
The Egg Cracks[]
A Visit to the Egg[]
While working on the prison, Sam went with Bad to see what the egg had begun to look like, and much to his surprise, it had grown massively, crawling up the walls and onto the ceiling. Sam threatened to destroy parts of it, saying that it was going to continue to infect things, and that they had to deal with it before it got out of hand. While down in the statue room, Sapnap joined, agreeing that they needed to get rid of it. He suggested using TNT, and together, he and Sam blew up a small portion of the Egg.
Bad was horrified, checking on the egg and seeing if he could rebuild it. He then relayed to Sam that it had made the Egg angry, revealing the parts where it had cracked made out of magma blocks. Sapnap then stood on one, saying that the egg was hurting him. Bad suggested that Sam or Sapnap sacrifice themselves to the egg because it needed flesh. The two retreated to Church Prime, where they cleansed themselves in the water. Bad and Puffy later wrap the egg with obsidian as a precaution.
Cleaning Up[]
On his way back to the prison, Sam encountered Skeppy, who asked for his help clearing out the vines. He then revealed that his and Bad's mansion had been taken over by them. They easily destroyed the vines with Sam frantically working to destroy and burn them. However, he used regular fire instead of blue fire, commenting that the last time he did that, it ended up growing back.
The Tables Have Turned[]
Breaking the Trance[]
After a while, Bad realized that he didn't feel as attached to the vines as before when the egg wasn't covered with obsidian. This was shown with his surprisingly calm response to Skeppy telling him that he had broken the vines in their house. After mining some vines, and not feeling the uncomfortable affect of doing so, Bad and Puffy realized that the egg has stopped its brainwashing effect after they wrapped the egg with obsidian. Ant was alarmed when he saw them removing the vines, and reluctantly joined them before agreeing that the vine attachment was weaker. The group, along with Skeppy, traveled to the egg to mine more of its vines. Skeppy grew curious as to what the egg looked like and broke a piece of the obsidian. Bad, Puffy, and Ant go back to being protective of the egg as a result of this. Skeppy realized what he had done, and asked for them to have some alone time to conform with the egg. The others complied and exited the room. Shortly after returning, they felt something was different. It was then discovered that Skeppy had covered the egg in obsidian again, trapping himself inside in the process.
Bad, Ant and Puffy try to think of a plan to free Skeppy without destroying the obsidian, so they don't become infected again, while mining every vine on the server.
Skeppy and the Egg[]
The next day, Bad tried to free Skeppy by himself. He mined two blocks of obsidian, opening up a tunnel that was connected to the wall behind him, told Skeppy to run out, and quickly covered the hole again. He manages to free Skeppy, but due to prolonged contact with the egg, Skeppy's color changed to red and he spoke in a monotone voice, having no emotions or desires, and just wanted to go back in the egg. Bad then called Puffy for help and they tried to stop Skeppy from going back in the egg. Bad tried to make Skeppy remember when he used to be blue by giving him 14 (a meme on Skeppy's channel) diamond blocks (what he used to be made of), but Skeppy just burned all the diamonds in fire. Bad then gave him sand (another thing Skeppy used to love), which is also destroyed by Skeppy. Skeppy then destroys the statue of him built by Bad. Bad then tried to make him jealous by making "Discount Skeppy" (Puffy with Skeppy's skin) stand on a crafting table, but it failed as well, since Skeppy feels nothing.
Skeppy then ordered Bad and Puffy to put all of their stuff in a chest, and then tries to kill them both. He successfully killed Bad, but luckily Puffy still had her sword so she managed to kill Skeppy before he killed her. She got Tommy's disc, "Cat", from Skeppy in the process, which she gave to Bad, who just returned it to Skeppy.
Skeppy moved out of his and Bad's mansion and made his own house, inviting Bad and Puffy to move in with him, which they both accept. Bad becomes emotional because he lost the Skeppy he knew.
Experimentation[]
On December 21st, Bad and Ant began experimenting on the egg. They placed red, white, and blue wool near the egg, and found that the red wool had been sapped of its color, the white wool had nothing happen to it, and the blue had been turned red.
Cracking the Egg[]
With the help of Punz, Bad went to uncover the egg. In order to protect Bad from being put under the egg's influence again, Punz suggested that they wear the uniforms from Church Prime, as water from the church often had positive effects in curbing the effects of the blood vine's thrawl. After they uncovered it, they discovered that it had apparently "eaten" the second layer of obsidian placed over it, growing substantially since it was covered in the first place. Bad deduced that it had grown at least four blocks bigger since they'd covered it. It was also covered in darker patches of red resembling nether wart bricks, and the water they'd placed inside along with the red and white wool had been turned to lava, and Bad collected the lava for later sampling. The two began to wonder if it was even an egg, or maybe in reality, some sort of seed.
After returning to Church Prime to wash off under the water, they contacted Ant, relaying what they'd discovered. Donning their uniforms once again, Ant joined Punz and Bad to take a look at the egg. They ultimately decided to keep it uncovered, sealing it instead simply inside the statue room itself, with obsidian being placed over all of the entrances, along with creating an area to decontaminate with Church Prime water.
While inside the statue room, Bad found that the blue wool that had been turned red by the power of the egg, and then had been placed under church prime water had turned back to blue. This left him optimistic that he might still be able to turn Skeppy back to his normal self.
A Disturbing Discovery[]
On December 30th, Bad and Eret decided to venture into the statue room with the egg to collect gunpowder from the chests for Eret's firework project. Bad asked Eret about his knowledge of the egg and its blood vines, and Eret mentioned that he was disturbed by their presence.
Bad and Eret went to Church Prime to put on the church uniforms/hazmat suits as a precaution. Bad told Eret that they couldn't spend too long in the statue room, or else the uniforms would begin lose their effectiveness. Bad also commented that he hadn’t been down in the room since the last time he and Punz had uncovered and isolated the egg. As they entered the room, they went through the decontamination chamber first, rinsing themselves in holy water.
When they entered the statue room, they discovered that the egg had grown even larger and that the blood vines from the egg had reappeared and grown rapidly, spreading further than ever before and covering a large portion of the room. Magma blocks had begun to reappear around the base of the egg and rows upon rows of long red vines extended from the ceiling.
Bad and Eret were shocked at the sudden growth of the egg and quickly collected the gunpowder they needed, before leaving the room immediately and rinsing themselves off with holy water. As they walked back to Church Prime to return the uniforms, Bad showed Eret the blood vines that he had left on top of Punz’s tower, telling him that if those vines started growing, there had been a containment breach in the statue room. Eret decided to rinse the gunpowder that they had collected in the holy water in Church Prime, just in case there were still spores or remnants of the egg on the items.
Continued Growth[]
A few days later, Bad checked on the egg again, this time with Quackity. Bad noticed that the blood vines had spread even further across the ceiling and towards the other corner of the statue room, and had also started to cover the statues of Bad and Skeppy. Bad was concerned that there could be a containment breach in the future as the vines were creeping closer towards the entrance of the decontamination chamber that he had set up.
When Puffy went to check on the egg alone on January 3rd, it had nearly reached the obsidian airlock. Even though she wore the Church Prime "hazmat suit", she did not seem completely immune to the eggs effects as she still talked about it in a positive way, calling it "Eggy". After washing off in holy water (both the ones in the airlock and the source water at the church) she came upon HBomb's netherite social experiment, and she seemed particularly inclined to take more than one block of ancient debris despite what the sign said. This leads to the theory that the Crimson's effects may be amplifying or mutating in a manner to have residual effects on the host. This was not seen when Bad and Quackity checked on it a few days prior. This could be due to Puffy entering alone.
On January 9th, Bad went by himself to check on the egg and discovered that the blood vines were now covering the entire room, although the egg itself didn't appear to have changed size. As he walked closer to the egg, he found out that the Skeppy statue had been corrupted and was now completely red, and his own statue was being drained of its red colour, turning white. He became enticed by the red Skeppy statue and approached it slowly, before realizing that he was falling under the egg's spell again. He hurried out of the room and towards Church Prime, while desperately resisting the urge to go back and look at the red Skeppy statue. As he cleansed himself from the effects of the egg in the holy water at the church, he speculated that the potency of the egg’s effects within the statue room had become even stronger ever since he isolated it. He decided to organise a meeting with members who had come into contact with the egg, such as Ant, Sam, Puffy, and Eret, to discuss their next plan of action.
Infection Cure[]
After showing Ant the damage done to the server while he was gone, Bad took Ant to see the egg. What was once a containable spread had turned into a massive infection, with the egg now having grown to consume all of statue room. Ant was shocked at the growth, questioning why Bad couldn't have contained it any better, and Bad protesting that he had done as much as he could. They tried to evaluate what they could do next when Skeppy suddenly logged on, catching them both off guard.
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Releasing the Egg[]
On January 14th, Bad, Punz, Ant, and Puffy met up to discuss what they would do with the egg. Bad proposed that the group release the egg and its vines, saying that the egg would only get more potent and would breach containment anyway, as well as arguing that it would be beneficial to the Badlands due to the chaos it would cause around the server. Ant was in full agreement with Bad, and while hesitant at first, Punz also agreed. It took much longer to convince Puffy, but she eventually complied.
While the group was destroying the egg's containment, Punz lost all previous hesitation toward the plan and said that he loved the chaos it would cause, and even encouraged the planting of the vine's seeds in the L'Canyon. This led to Puffy voicing her concerns about it, saying she didn't know how chaos would lead to peace. However, Bad shut her down, claiming that the chaos caused would only be temporary and that the Badlands would unite the server as well as kill the vines later on. He showed her the egg, and told her to let it show her the power, whilst he was staring at the egg Puffy wrote in her book not to trust the egg, no matter what anyone said.
After the releasement of the egg and the planting of the Blood Vine seeds in L'Canyon, the group split up for the day. Bad then showed his true colors, taking off the disguise used throughout the stream and revealing his actual plans with the egg, stating that "the eggpire will prevail''.
Puffy later wrote in her diary about how the egg's releasement will not bring anything good, and how it would leave the server even more divided and broken. She also wrote about how Bad was acting weird throughout the event, revealing her newfound distrust towards Bad. Puffy decided that she would play along with the Eggpire, so that she could learn about their plans and try to stop them.
The Corrupted[]
There were previously five people who appeared to be corrupted by the vines, which were Bad, Ant, Puffy, Ponk, and Skeppy. After covering the egg in obsidian and trapping Skeppy inside, Bad, Ant, and Puffy were released from the egg's thrall.
Skeppy was previously against the egg, but was corrupted after being trapped inside for an extended period of time. Unlike the others who were corrupted by it, he doesn't try to get anyone else infected, but instead just wants to go back to inside the obsidian where the egg is. It seemed that there is still a little bit of Skeppy left in him though, due to Puffy shooting him off a tower with an arrow and him doing an MLG water, something he is known for being good at, and Bad almost broke through to him after offering to meet up IRL.
It is theorized that instead of the egg acting as voices inside the corrupted's heads, it is directly controlling Skeppy, having taken over his body and turned it red.
Those Fighting Against[]
Out of everyone on the server, there are a few people who were starkly against the egg and the vines from the beginning, namely Sam, Dream, Jack, Punz, and at some point, Sapnap.
When it first arrived, Sam was the most fearful, pointing out how much this seemed like a horror movie, with him and Dream electing to destroy parts of the vines. Punz, however, saw the egg as potential threat, not something to be afraid of, believing that they should gather information and allies, while Sam believed that they should flat out destroy it before something worse happened. Sapnap seemed more disgusted by it then scared of it, calling it goo. He agreed with Sam that they should get rid of it. Ponk at first was also creeped out by it but was slowly corrupted after growing an attachment to Lil Red.
After Bad, Ant, and Puffy were able to escape the hold of the egg, they began to wonder what to do. Bad thought similarly to Punz, thinking that their best course of action was to learn more about the egg rather than flat out destroying it. He seemed to be the most against removing the obsidian as he didn't want to be affected again. Ant and Puffy seemed to have slower transitions from being corrupted to not, as the two of them didn't completely change back willingly and had to be snapped out of it.
However, currently Bad is under the complete control of the egg, whilst Punz and Ant are influenced and Puffy is repulsed by it.
References[]
- ↑ Credit for the translation goes to users 70b13 and Luzlyfyrcat
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