History WhamEpisode / DreamSMP

* The announcement of the results of the [[ElectionDayEpisode L'Manburg election]]. While [=POG2020=] gains 45% of the popular vote, [=SWAG2020=] and [=Schlatt2020=], in an agreement made two days earlier, manages to gain ''46%'' of the popular vote combined, edging out and winning the election. This is immediately followed by Jschlatt's inauguration, where declares himself Emperor and exiles [=POG2020=], then his greatest political opponents, in his first speech. In a later speech, he orders the ''walls of L'Manburg'' be torn down and renames the country to Manburg, turning the once-peaceful nation-state into an [[TheEmpire expansionist totalitarian dictatorship]].

* The aftermath of the meeting with Jschlatt. The tyrant discovers Quackity's attempt at conning him out of power, breaking down any possible negotiations and ensuring war will happen. Dream breaks off his EnemyMine with Pogtopia, having been convinced by ''something'' to defect to Jschlatt's side[[note]]that something was considered by Wilbur to be leadership of Manburg, given that it makes sense in the context of Dream's motives of power and the fact that he's fought a war to try and conquer it before[[/note]]. Before leaving to prepare Manburg for war, Dream drops one more bombshell--someone in Pogtopia is a traitor, whose reveal will reportedly be far more devastating than Eret's in the L'Manburg War of Independence. Though most in Pogtopia are confident it's [[WildCard Technoblade]] (who has outright stated in the past that he'd side with Jschlatt to keep things interesting), several factors eventually led to them accusing each other (with Tommy being considered the most likely traitor if not Technoblade)[[note]]and all this is assuming that Dream was even telling the truth about the traitor and not merely lying to sow distrust[[/note]].

** The traitor Dream spoke of is revealed to be either Wilbur (who pressed the button and blew up L'Manburg) or Technoblade (who attacked L'Manburg after discovering that the Pogtopian revolutionaries had lied to him about agreeing with his philosophy of anarchism).
** Dream himself pulls one last EnemyMine with Pogtopia in order to stop Jschlatt (and later Techno) only for it to be revealed that he [[GreaterScopeVillain orchestrated both L'Manburg's destruction and Jschlatt's downfall in one simple meeting with Wilbur]], ultimately being both the true antagonist ''and'' the biggest winner of the war (even as Pogtopia reclaims L'Manburg)--and he [[KarmaHoudini gets away with it all]].
** Techno also gets away, and though his plans of anarchy are foiled for the time being it's clear he won't stay down.

** After a month of exile, Tommy shuns Techno (who he'd allied with) and rejoins L'Manburg at last, after a HeelRealization that he was [[HeWhoFightsMonsters becoming the type of person he didn't want to become]]. Moreover, Tommy finally lets go of the fight for his music discs (ending a series-wide MythArc that's older than L'Manburg itself) and Tubbo gives the disc in his possession to Dream in order to truly end the ordeal... only for Dream to reveal that, now that he has both music discs, L'Manburg has no power over him--and that he has no reason to leave L'Manburg around.
** Dream reaches out to a betrayed Techno, and the two team up with the intention of turning L'Manburg into a chunk error--and unlike both previous times L'Manburg's been destroyed, they intend to make sure there's nothing left of L'Manburg for it to return from. They seem to be outnumbered, but in truth they're more powerful than ever--they have Phil on their side, Dream has sent Punz into L'Manburg as a mole, and Techno has stockpiled enough Withers to cause the apocalypse ''without'' any TNT shenanigans on Dream's end.
** This time, there's no week of preparation before the arc's final battle, there's no final reflections before everything goes down--Dream only gives L'Manburg a ''day'' to prepare for the end.

* A double-whammy takes the form of November 27-28, 2021.

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* Dream's lore video released on January 13th, 2022. It's revealed that, rather than just practicing on the dead pets of the server, Dream has been testing the Revive Book on ''real people'', even before reviving Tommy. More specifically, he's been testing it on ''[[BusCrash Lazarbeam and Vikkstar]]'', due to their isolation from the rest of the [=SMP=]. After forcing them through a ResurrectionDeathLoop to test the book, Dream finally [[KilledOffForReal killed them permanently]]. Two members of the Dream [=SMP=] have been dead for an entire ''year'', and nobody noticed. After that, it's also revealed that Ranboo ''was'' the one to blow up the prison and trap Tommy in there - specifically, through the message he sent through Sapnap... and the ultimate reveal that [[CorruptCop Bad]] was conspiring with Dream and gave Ranboo the maps needed to trap Tommy inside.