Emperor Island (Midnight)

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Emperor Island
Favicon.png Emperor Island on the Midnight Ocean
Medium island in the Emerald Archipelago
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Information
Controlled by   Bipolar  
Governed by   Bifnot
Navy color   Orange
Pets
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Piggy Bonnie (native)
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Piggy Claudia (native)
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Piggy Janus (native)
Location
Outpost Medium Large
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Emperor Island is a medium island located in the Emerald Archipelago. There are two known routes from the island: Epsilon Island and Spring Island.

Emperor is also home to Piggy Bonnie, Piggy Janus, Piggy Claudia, all pigs.

Natural Resources

This island spawns serandite, stone, and sugar cane. These resources can be bid on at the market.

Buildings

Shoppes and buildings on Emperor are named after famous rulers, despots, thinkers and warriors.

Apothecary 
Paintoninus Dyenasty (bazaar)
Bank 
Hadrian's Haul (upgraded)
Commodities market 
Nero Profits
Distillery 
Kaiser Swillhelm (bazaar)
Estate agent 
Pancho's Villas
Inn 
Meiji Rest-or-Ration (upgraded)
Iron monger 
Socratic Irony (bazaar)
Khan Openers (upgraded)
Palace 
Napoleon's Retreat
Tailor 
Ivan the Tearable (bazaar)

History

Emperor Island (and its buildings) are named after notable emperors.

The Emperor Island monument is located at the southeastern tip of the island.

Emperor I — 2004-4-29, The Jolly Company won the first blockade of Emperor. It was the first island to be blockaded.

Emperor II — 2004-11-21, The alt flag Ayliv dropped a chest on Emperor and Tinga Island simultaneously. Although the blockades were held very early Sunday morning (PST), both islands were defended relatively easily by The Jolly Company.

Emperor III — 2005-2-26, Avalon dropped a chest on Emperor after their alliance with The Jolly Company ended and a new alliance between The Jolly Company and Imperio began. The Jolly Company successfully defended in five rounds.

Emperor IV — 2005-11-12, Avalon took another shot at Emperor, and this time succeeded in taking it from The Jolly Company. Avalon gave governorship of the island to Gorath. Avalon in coordination with Gorath and The Jolly Company worked on a plan to recategorize Emperor as a Medium Island.

2005-11-29, Emperor was converted from a large island to a medium island.

Emperor V — 2005-12-03, Seraph's Nightmare dropped a chest on Emperor as a part of the Liliputian Alliance blockades, but fails to win the island.

Emperor VI — 2009-3-28, Avalon successfully defended the island in a three round non-sinking blockade against Spirit of the Game.

Emperor VII — 2009-11-22, Avalon successfully defended the island in a three round sinking blockade against Burning Vengance.

Emperor VIII — 2010-6-19, Avalon successfully defended the island in a three round sinking blockade against Fallen.

Emperor IX — 2010-7-10, Fallen defeated Avalon in a three round sinking blockade to take control of the island.

Emperor X — 2010-7-24, Fallen successfully defended the island in a three round sinking blockade againt Midnight Mutineers.

At some point, the Brigand King Gretchen Goldfang took control of the island from Fallen.

Emperor XII — 2011-4-03, Tyr's Own defeated Gretchen Goldfang's flag Jinx to take control of the island.

Emperor XIII — 2011-9-03, Tyr's Own successfully defended the island against Madam Yu Jian's forces in The Jade Empire in a five round blockade.

Emperor XIV — 2012-1-29, Bipolar defeated Tyr's Own in an uncontested attack, making Emperor the last island to be blockaded prior to the ocean merge and the official end of the Midnight Ocean.