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[[File:PumpkinVillager.png|thumb|alt=PumpkinVillager|A pumpkinman butcher in one[[Wither of Withermann's villagesTown]].]]
'''Pumpkinmen''' are pumpkin-villagers usually built by [[Withermann]], with the exception of the helicopter pilot pumpkinman which was built by [[Norbert011]]. 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-Hola[[Hola2]] takeover. However, the pumpkinmen living in Wither Town would be kidnapped by [[Revert]] on December 2022. Luckily, they would be rescued by [[TriKhazan]] on 2 January 2023. Players has also been cautious of pumpkinmen behaviour, due to the [[Pumpkin Bandit Conflict|Pumpkin Bandit]] potentially recruiting them.
==History==
===Early HistoryOrigins===
The first mentionapperance of the pumpkinmen can be traced back to 12 March 2022. [[Withermann]] decided to make his [[Wither Town|village]] 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.
It is possible that pumpkinmen inhabited [[Slimeball]] before [[Hola2]]'s takeover, though screenshots of this time-period is lost.
===Pumpkin Bandit===
{{Main|Pumpkin Bandit Conflict}}
The [[Pumpkin Bandit Conflict|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 of Withertown===
[[File:PumpkinmenKidnap1.png|200px|thumb|right|The kidnapped pumpkinmen being held at the U.R.E. 13 December 2022.]]
[[File:PumpkinmenKidnapDiscovered.png|200px|thumb|right|Location where the pumpkinmen was discovered. 2 January 2023.]]
{{See also|Revert}}
On 13 December 2022, Withermann would report to [[44cckw]] that all the pumpkinmen living in Wither Town had disappeared. [[Norbert011]] would reportstate 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 inside ofin a room located in [[Norbert011's House]]. While Norbert and other players was unable to go intoaccess the room, due to Revert locking the door, he could spot that Revert was up to something inside. 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 Norbert moved into the roomin, but found nothing inside the room. However, theThe window leading to the room was broken, meaning that Revert and presumably the pumpkinmen had escaped through it. With Revert on the loose, players would lose their only hope of rescuing the pumpkinmen. Revertalso claimed that he hid '"evidence'" at [[Frozen Town]], but this turned out to be a bluff. [[CalmCreeper360]] managed to kill Revert at Frozen Town, setting him temporarily back. The pumpkinmen was not found inside of his inventory.
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 would travel all the way out to Revert's temporary base. There, he would discover the kidnapped pumpkinmen inside of a chest.
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