When Grian joined s6 of hermitcraft it was kinda chaos because he had just escaped the watchers grasps. Now the reason the watchers wanted to recruit Grian so badly was bc he was a creator, creators can make worlds but it’s really rare. Grian is one of the only few left. Most admins just inhabit abandoned worlds or are gifted a world to control like Xisuma. So when Xisuma learned that Grian was a creator and had created a lot of worlds previously he asked him why he stopped?
“It uh- was just too much Y’know?” Grian kicked the dirt below him awkwardly
“Yeah, running a whole server from scratch seems way more stressful than just being handed a server,” although that is kinda how X ended up with Hermitcraft there was a lot more struggle keeping the server up than just being handed it, uh.
“Yeah that’s it nothing else… yep.” Grian’s feathers twitched… Suma wasn’t buying it. But he isn’t one to push.
It wasn’t until the sleep walking and the nightmares that started kicking in did he notice Grian hadn’t come to Hermitcraft to catch a break he was here to get away from something way bigger than a small server…
Xisuma did some research learning of the watchers but it still didn’t answer the question of what they had done to Grian? From what he read they didn’t seem to be bad guys.
Soon enough Grian came barreling in with a question. “Does this server have a watcher blocker?!” He seemed distressed. Luckily enough Hermitcraft did have a watcher blocker or whatever that means so G calmed down but just as soon as he’d kicked down the door he had reinstalled the hinges and was out of render distance before X could ask farther questions.
A few years pass (nearing the end of s7) and Grian comes to Xisuma with another question, “can someone really close to me join Hermitcraft?” He seemed worried about something now is the time to ask.
“Was this person on evo?” Subtle question to start. Grian gives a weak nod. “Are they in danger from the watchers?” X now whispered like there might be someone hiding around the corner who doesn’t need to know this big secret. The look in Grian’s eyes was slightly heart shattering he looked like a starved puppy but he managed to move his neck up then down…
“H-how do you-“ he stopped himself.
“Is she still at your base?” X had let Pearl on to help Grian out bc he was stressed about not finishing his base in time.
“Tell her to stay. I’ll figure out the rest.” The rest was just telling the other hermits that Pearl was gonna be on the server but she couldn’t officially join until s8 starts. He could tell something healed in Grian’s eyes. His demeanor turned more playful if he wasn’t a prankster already.
One day Xisuma made his way over to Grian’s as he was invited. When he entered the marvelous build he was greeted by and eager bird who hastily pulled him into a room covered in papers.
“I want to make that an smp,”
“Yes! Use your power! This will be so cool!” The other hermits were also excited. So he got to work.
Welcome to 3rd life… the title glitches. Faded in the background a purple symbol appears.
Somethings wrong. He can’t stop it. It’s not longer in his control.
He’s confronted by a watcher. Voice more feminine but a modulator made it sound deep and eerie. The room- or his mind- actually he was quite lost… anyway it was pitch black.
The hermits from the life series came back but something had changed. Xisuma asked Grian with no luck.
It wasn’t until a couple months after s8 started did a bunch of hermits disappear only to come back the same as after 3rd life. Xisuma now asked Pearl. And she finally gave him the answers.
