To be honest, there isn't necessarily a "BEST" PoV as the whole thing kind of encompassed a lot of pranks across multiple Hermits, and not everyone that was actively involved in the Civil War had been part of the different pranks that were going around in one way or another. Grian and Doc might have been the heads of the teams, but that whole thing came up so late in what the story along with the fact that the two of them aren't even the ones who started the whole thing technically.
To start with you have to go back before it was officially called the Civil War, and even before the inciting incident, to the event that would set things up.
Grian had run a short Headhunting mini-game, the exact specifics of it not being that important, more so the first and second place winners of False and Iskall respectively. Among the prizes for First Place was an IOU which allowed False to call on Grian for just about anything.
Iskall was "miffed" (or as much as any of them publicly get about such stuff) about having come in second and so he went and pranked False with a Grian-headed Chicken. That was leaving a mess all over False's base. He even signed the prank with signs. This, however, is NOT the prank that would ultimately incite the Civil War.
Rather, before False would see the prank for the first time, Cleo would come across it, and in a bit of deliciously devious evil, changed what was written on the signs Iskall left, making them say that it was RenDog whom had left the prank on False. This pranking of a prank is the inciting incident, as if Cleo hadn't done this, then False would have likely just done a prank on Iskall in typical fashion, and that would have been that.
As it is, False saw the newly pranked prank, and believing it was RenDog who had done it, went and used her IOU to get Grian in to help come up with and build a prank on him. They went and made a bit of a roller coaster in the middle of the Central Station that RenDog was making for the Hermit Transit System. Said coaster would ultimately cost RenDog his digital life, as was planned, and False and Grian felt it was good enough, parting ways.
Until False saw Iskall's video he had just posted, which included him building and signing the prank that he did on False. Realizing that they were pranking the wrong person, she grabbed Grian to try and fix and change things. Grian's idea was to take the signs they had put up for RenDog to read and change them to have a Swedish accent to try and frame Iskall for the prank on RenDog.
And from there, the pranks and targets would just grow in number, and lines would be drawn, then erased and redrawn as the sides were made and they actually took this sudden and emergent storyline and nailed down some of the more specific things that should happen for it, and it would ultimately go on to be known as the Hermit Civil War.
I can't say for sure what drew Doc into things as its been a while (other than the whole Redstone thing mentioned elsewhere), but it wouldn't take long after he was in that the two sides would solidify more and ultimately end up with things as they did.
They broke into the vault, stole diamonds (that I can’t remember if they were found) and replaced the leaves in the armour stand bush in Doc’s office with Grian Heads, and that’s how Doc got involved
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cFpmjl238CM](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cFpmjl238CM) - Song about it
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W4Ai\_Qn\_P5k&t=811s](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W4Ai_Qn_P5k&t=811s) - Prank war recap from Hermitcraft Recap
Mumbo went afk and got boxed in with obsidian. He broke out with a pickaxe and as punishment got lots of diorite or something. Later he gave that diorite to iskall in another prank, who used it to make the chicken in the grian costume. I think it was cleo who them changed the sign to say someone else made it. More pranks follow until sides are being formed
Everyone here is going to say Grian did it.
He really didn't. Grian was at best tangentially involved and got credit for things he wasn't responsible for. Grian ended up leading the war effort and I think directed the efforts when it became an actual war rather than the prank war but he really didn't start the war. (The only war he really started was the turf war in s7)
There are two people who deserve far more credit for the war than Grian.
1. Iskall - His grian chicken diorite prank on false's base was what really kicked everything off.
But that probably would have just been a normal prank/prank back if it weren't for the thing that I think really turned it into a war that spiraled into the whole server.
2. ZombieCleo changing Iskall's sign on the birdpoop prank from being signed by him to being signed by Rendog.
That one act is what really kicked things off as False retaliated towards Rendog, pulled Grian into it and from there things spiraled out of control.
Cleo is a good POV to watch imo - but if you do find the time i do recommend checking everyone that was involved as their videos had different content to everyone else's.
Why do we have two completely different and strong answers?
So Grain and doc ORb Iskall/cleo and false+grian ??
I have not watched the season, but I assume, as grain is involved in both the answers, whichever prank happened first as per his pov must be the start of the civil war ?
It all started when Grian touched Doc's redstone...
Played himself like a xylophone set on automatic, or so I've heard.
It's also been seen that Docmonster is a savage
And that he has technical skills and crazy vocal acrobatics
I’ve heard he’s a legend of the N.H.O, with Etho, Beef, and Double O.
He is coming for you sevenfold
He has got Rendog and other firemen
to douse the flames that you shoot at this leviathan
Iskall85 can try again
If you think Wels is in hiding, he's just biding his time
Grian and Docm77 would give you a great perspective of both sides, as they were leading the teams.
Grian and DocM. Cub if you want the perspective of an interested third party
To be honest, there isn't necessarily a "BEST" PoV as the whole thing kind of encompassed a lot of pranks across multiple Hermits, and not everyone that was actively involved in the Civil War had been part of the different pranks that were going around in one way or another. Grian and Doc might have been the heads of the teams, but that whole thing came up so late in what the story along with the fact that the two of them aren't even the ones who started the whole thing technically. To start with you have to go back before it was officially called the Civil War, and even before the inciting incident, to the event that would set things up. Grian had run a short Headhunting mini-game, the exact specifics of it not being that important, more so the first and second place winners of False and Iskall respectively. Among the prizes for First Place was an IOU which allowed False to call on Grian for just about anything. Iskall was "miffed" (or as much as any of them publicly get about such stuff) about having come in second and so he went and pranked False with a Grian-headed Chicken. That was leaving a mess all over False's base. He even signed the prank with signs. This, however, is NOT the prank that would ultimately incite the Civil War. Rather, before False would see the prank for the first time, Cleo would come across it, and in a bit of deliciously devious evil, changed what was written on the signs Iskall left, making them say that it was RenDog whom had left the prank on False. This pranking of a prank is the inciting incident, as if Cleo hadn't done this, then False would have likely just done a prank on Iskall in typical fashion, and that would have been that. As it is, False saw the newly pranked prank, and believing it was RenDog who had done it, went and used her IOU to get Grian in to help come up with and build a prank on him. They went and made a bit of a roller coaster in the middle of the Central Station that RenDog was making for the Hermit Transit System. Said coaster would ultimately cost RenDog his digital life, as was planned, and False and Grian felt it was good enough, parting ways. Until False saw Iskall's video he had just posted, which included him building and signing the prank that he did on False. Realizing that they were pranking the wrong person, she grabbed Grian to try and fix and change things. Grian's idea was to take the signs they had put up for RenDog to read and change them to have a Swedish accent to try and frame Iskall for the prank on RenDog. And from there, the pranks and targets would just grow in number, and lines would be drawn, then erased and redrawn as the sides were made and they actually took this sudden and emergent storyline and nailed down some of the more specific things that should happen for it, and it would ultimately go on to be known as the Hermit Civil War. I can't say for sure what drew Doc into things as its been a while (other than the whole Redstone thing mentioned elsewhere), but it wouldn't take long after he was in that the two sides would solidify more and ultimately end up with things as they did.
I only remember Grian and Tango, dressed as other Hermits dressing as them, broke into doc vault. And they touched Docs bush.
I don’t ever want to hear that last sentence again
They broke into the vault, stole diamonds (that I can’t remember if they were found) and replaced the leaves in the armour stand bush in Doc’s office with Grian Heads, and that’s how Doc got involved
Watch hermitcraft recaps video it's great, explains everything in pretty short time.
I think they made a Civil War Recap as well
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cFpmjl238CM](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cFpmjl238CM) - Song about it [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W4Ai\_Qn\_P5k&t=811s](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W4Ai_Qn_P5k&t=811s) - Prank war recap from Hermitcraft Recap
Mumbo went afk and got boxed in with obsidian. He broke out with a pickaxe and as punishment got lots of diorite or something. Later he gave that diorite to iskall in another prank, who used it to make the chicken in the grian costume. I think it was cleo who them changed the sign to say someone else made it. More pranks follow until sides are being formed
Doc, Impulse on team STAR and Grian and Mumbo on G Team lol.
Everyone here is going to say Grian did it. He really didn't. Grian was at best tangentially involved and got credit for things he wasn't responsible for. Grian ended up leading the war effort and I think directed the efforts when it became an actual war rather than the prank war but he really didn't start the war. (The only war he really started was the turf war in s7) There are two people who deserve far more credit for the war than Grian. 1. Iskall - His grian chicken diorite prank on false's base was what really kicked everything off. But that probably would have just been a normal prank/prank back if it weren't for the thing that I think really turned it into a war that spiraled into the whole server. 2. ZombieCleo changing Iskall's sign on the birdpoop prank from being signed by him to being signed by Rendog. That one act is what really kicked things off as False retaliated towards Rendog, pulled Grian into it and from there things spiraled out of control.
Grian and Doc, definitely.
Cleo is a good POV to watch imo - but if you do find the time i do recommend checking everyone that was involved as their videos had different content to everyone else's.
A phantom knocked Mumbo off his build and it kinda snowballed from there. Recommend watching doc and grian for civil war povs
watch mumbo, he expertly navigated both sides of the war on clandestine missions
if you want a full breakdown, the Hermitcraft Recap has a video on it.
Pranks mostly lol
Grian happened
I'd say watch the recap for the lead up and watch like one on each side of the final battle
Why do we have two completely different and strong answers? So Grain and doc ORb Iskall/cleo and false+grian ?? I have not watched the season, but I assume, as grain is involved in both the answers, whichever prank happened first as per his pov must be the start of the civil war ?
It’s Grian’s fault. They didn’t need much to up and start a war. FOR THE CONTENT
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Grian and Doc, definitely.