Pumpkinmen
Pumpkinmen are pumpkin-villagers usually built by Withermann. The main purpose of the pumpkinmen is to make certain builds feel more alive, due to the absence of villagers and the relatively low player count of the server.
The pumpkinmen has lived peacefully in Wither Town, and potentially Slimeball pre-Hola2 takeover. However, the pumpkinmen living in Wither Town was kidnapped by Revert in December 2022. Luckily, they would be rescued by both TriKhazan and Norbert011 in January 2023 and June 2023, respectively. Players has also been cautious of pumpkinmen behaviour, due to the Pumpkin Bandit potentially recruiting them.
History[edit]
Origins[edit]
The first apperance of the pumpkinmen can be traced back to 12 March 2022. Withermann decided to make Wither Town feel more alive. Due to the absence of villagers, he came up with the idea of using pumpkins placed on top of wool as villagers for his builds. It is also possible that pumpkinmen inhabited Slimeball before Hola2's takeover, though screenshots of this time-period is lost.
Pumpkin Bandit[edit]
The Pumpkin Bandit has expressed plans of trying to recruit the pumpkinmen to join his "cause" at the Slimeball campsite. These plans could have possibly been a success, though the Pumpkin Bandit stated on a sign at the Wither Town well base that "We are not big enough to raid the server". This implies that he was at least partially successful at recruiting some pumpkinmen. The whereabouts of these fallen pumpkinmen, as well as the Pumpkin Bandit himself are currently unknown.
The reputation of the pumpkinmen were diminished when this was discovered, though sympathy for them were quickly regaining when they were kidnapped in December 2022.
Kidnapping[edit]
On 13 December 2022, Withermann would report to 44cckw that all the pumpkinmen living in Wither Town had disappeared. Norbert011 would state that Revert had kidnapped them, and that they were held at the U.R.E. as hostages. Withermann announced a bounty on Revert, saying that he would pay anyone who killed Revert and rescued the captured pumpkinmen. Due to Norbert leaking the whereabouts of the pumpkinmen, Revert decided to hide them somewhere else.
A few days later, on 16 December 2022, Revert would break into and barricade himself in a room located in Paris Mansion. Norbert and other players was unable to access the room due to Revert locking the door. Revert was heavily suspected of hiding the pumpkinmen inside of the room. Norbert requested backup, and 44cckw arrived at the scene. 44cckw would break up the locked door and moved in, but found nothing inside the room. The window leading to the room was broken, meaning that Revert had escaped through it. Revert also claimed that he hid "evidence" at Frozen Town, but this turned out to be a bluff.
44cckw, Norbert, raddicted and TriKhazan would be summoned to the U.R.E. on 30 December 2022 to meet with Revert. While touring the U.R.E., fighting would break out between the players, resulting in multiple deaths of Revert and his base being griefed. This was the result of Revert's constant griefs on the server, and the players having had enough of it. Revert would retreat far into the world, thousands of blocks. While the pumpkinmen was nowhere to be found at the U.R.E.
TriKhazan travelled all the way out to Revert's temporary base that he set up during his exodus, after the pillage of the U.R.E. There, he discovered some of the pumpkinmen stored in a chest in January 2023. A few months later in June 2023, Norbert discovered the last remaining pumpkinmen in another hidden chest at Slimeball. With the pumpkinmen finally being resuced, they would return to Wither Town shortly afterwards. Withermann would congratulate both TriKhazan and Norbert on finding the pumpkinmen, and promised to raise a statue in their honor.
Gallery[edit]
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A pumpkinman helicopter pilot.
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Two pumpkinmen having a conversation.
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A pumpkinman peasant.
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A pumpkinman priest.
