The Rejected Times: Special Release - "Wolfist Laz"

The Wolfist Dominion of Lazarus Exposed
NEWS | WRITTEN BY Glacikaldr | EDITED BY TRT STAFF

First, allow me to explain the name of this here article. In July 2017, Funkadelia began evicting supporters of the Celestial Union and established the Undead Dominion within the Game-Created Region of Lazarus, naming himself as their rightful monarch at the expense of the region and those who later went on to form the resistance with aid from the defender-aligned NationStates community. Funkadelia knew his vile plans and subsequent coup would prompt a negative response from defenders and had made allies with the goal of keeping power in mind, joining Lone Wolves United prior to the coup and ultimately becoming closest with Lone Wolves United at the expense of all other raiders who have come out of this debacle unrewarded. In response to the coup, the Rejected Realms' Delegate at the time, The Church of Satan, stated that, "Due to [Lone Wolves United's] direct involvement in the coup of our oldest allies [and former sister region], Lazarus, our embassy with Lone Wolves United has been officially closed and will not be re-established."

Plainly spoken, now that Funkadelia has grown bored of banjecting natives, he has transferred the once active and respectable sinker to the User-Created Region of Lone Wolves United. Aleister's regional address three days ago as of writing pointed out how, "[Funkadelia] has decided to step down from his position after nearly a year of service and leave the region in [Aleister's] hands." This means that the Undead Dominion, later the Dominion of Lazarus, is in fact still the same entity in power, regardless of what a name like the Khanate of Lazarus - or whatever other three names they've changed to during this week alone - suggests. Instead, they are just the Dominion of Lazarus with the self-endorsed title of Wolfist added to the front to show that their agenda is no longer hidden. Indeed, this is "a transitional period" in Lazarus, as there are no longer any grounds for those who once supported Funkadelia's rule to say that the Dominion is anything but illegitimate in the face of the Celestial Union and the resistance that is still alive to this day. Needless to say to those who are well informed in this mess, this latest failed attempt at reviving Lazarus under a likewise as static and immature government points out the hypocrisy of Funkadelia et al. and should furthermore be given as hypocrisy's definition in NationStates. This claim is being made with recognition that Funkadelia et al. were the ones who were crying out 'Defender Imperialism' to defenders and even people here at the Times incessantly, all the while putting raiders who go against the grain and claim to be 'Wolfists' in power. These are the very same people who, in their very own 'Manifesto', are self-proclaimed advocates of a make-believe "Dictatorship of the Raider". With that in mind, we here at the Times find it difficult to fathom how people, even those who once believed that the Undead Dominion was not a coup, would be able to convince themselves that the Wolfist take-over of Lazarus is not an obvious example of 'Raider Imperialism'. All reasonable individuals within the NationStates community will be able to discern for themselves that Funkadelia et al. has been full of it since the beginning but, nevertheless, allow us at the Times to help you see through the deception.

Funkadelia et al. took their time, but have now moved the plans to their logical conclusion. We can all now agree that the Dominion exposed itself for what it really is: a conglomerate of raiders who believe they are special enough to make up their own special terminology, even when they have less condemnations than The Black Hawks. Those who willingly stay in Lazarus while not working for the resistance do so at the expense of prescribing to an amoral doctrine built around the terrible character of those who perpetrated the coup - or perhaps are unable to read and no longer have someone who can read out-loud for them, explaining why their nation is now stuck in a sinker like Lazarus following their nation being refounded. To support this point are some highlighted comments and replies, ranging from Lenlyvit's "this 100% validates what the exiles claimed was happening is the truth" to Marilyn Manson's "Lazarus is turning into a poorly-made Twilight movie" and Old Hope's "Some things should not be tolerated" to Roavin's well... this. Nevertheless, as pointed out by all those who are sensible enough to do so, the NationStates community now has a relatively widespread consensus that every single time Funkadelia and his cronies tried to invalidate the legitimacy of the Celestial Union and the resistance is meaningless, having been thwarted by this show of hypocrisy.

So, the question is, what now? Should we all just wait and see? Will raiders, especially those who consider that they got the raw end of the deal, try and take Lazarus for themselves? Will more nations within Lazarus cast out their ignorance and flock to the renewed cause of the resistance that is now witness to their own region being publicly advertised as raider controlled? Will defenders finally lead a successful liberation that will return Lazarus to being the sister region of the Rejected Realms under the Celestial Union once again? More likely, a mixture of all three will bring instability and ruin to the region of Lazarus, which is ultimately the saddest sight of them all seeing how this was brought about by the 'fun and games' of the childish Funkadelia et al. who have left the NationStates community and their very own region in a worse state than in which they found it. With all things considered, what is your role to play in all of this?

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