Editing Event:XHC Monthly Chronicle - February 2026 (section)

== Week 1: The Founding (Feb 15–21) ==

=== February 15 — Launch Day ===
The Xandaris Hardcore SMP goes live. [[Player:samboyd|samboyd]] launches the server and the first players trickle in. The very first death in server history belongs to '''samboyd himself''' — killed just '''67 seconds''' after joining, setting the tone for everything to come.

=== February 16 — Grand Opening ===
The server is posted to PlanetMinecraft and Reddit. Players flood in. The day is defined by three events:

* '''vphlIo kills the Ender Dragon''' — [[Player:vphlIo|vphlIo]] joins, gears up, and defeats the Ender Dragon in a single session. He claims the Dragon Egg and becomes the first player with an Elytra, establishing immediate dominance.
* '''lionclad_ promoted to admin''' — [[Player:lionclad|lionclad]] is promoted to admin within '''35 minutes''' of joining, after impressing samboyd with his game knowledge.
* '''AwesomeAG99 banned''' — [[Player:AwesomeAG99|AwesomeAG99]] is caught using the Meteor hack client and permanently banned — the server's first anticheat ban.
* '''75% of Day One players are dead by nightfall.'''

=== February 17 — Chaos Takes Root ===
* '''[[Player:Kitten9337|Kitten9337]]''' joins and immediately receives OP from samboyd. Begins abusing admin powers — spawning items, teleporting players, and using the infamous '''/tp @a''' command to teleport all online players to a single location.
* '''[[Location:The Island|The Island]]''' is founded as a community base.
* '''[[Player:PluckedHorseHair|PluckedHorseHair]]''' joins and begins an epic journey across the overworld — a saga that would eventually reach 133.8 km walked.
* '''[[Player:Dirt1358|Dirt1358]]''' dies in just '''52 seconds''' — the fastest legitimate death on the server at the time.

=== February 18 — Betrayal and Speedruns ===
* '''#justiceforembiie''' — [[Player:embiie|embiie]] runs over '''20,000 Nether blocks on foot''' to reach [[Player:vphlIo|vphlIo]]'s team. Twenty minutes after arriving, vphlIo kills her. The community rallies behind the hashtag ''#justiceforembiie'' on Discord, but no action is taken. The incident foreshadows vphlIo's willingness to kill allies.
* '''[[Player:YTKreoCraft|YTKreoCraft]]''' speedruns '''10 advancements in 47 minutes''' before being killed by a Creeper — one of the most productive short lives in server history.
* '''[[Player:SP8RLS|SP8RLS]]''' dies '''8 seconds''' after entering the Nether.

=== February 19 — Admin Purge ===
[[Player:Kitten9337|Kitten9337]] is '''permanently banned''' after repeated admin abuse. The /tp @a incident, item spawning, and general chaos prove too much. The server's first and most dramatic admin removal.

=== February 20–21 — Settling In ===
* '''[[Player:WEIDO344|WEIDO344]]''' joins and discovers a Mushroom Island — a rare biome that grants safety from hostile mobs.
* The community begins to settle. [[Location:The Island|The Island]] grows as a hub. The calm before the storm.