Hand drawn on graph paper: Whaleslaughter as a purple stick figure standing over Big Tex who is in a pool of red, the 2128 sun castle in the middle, sad 2159 stick figures under a purple banner on the right. Our AI art department remains on a PIP.

2128 Holds the Castle. One State. One Mountain. Good Work All.

By Catty von Catacean · 2026-08-15

2128 held the castle. The hour lead built in the opening of battle survived every assault 2159 could throw at it — four rallies, five rallies, meteor strikes, pet rotations, billion-power players giving everything they had. It was not enough. The lead held from the first hour to the last.

2159 won prep. They came in with deeper pockets, bigger numbers, and the kind of leaderboard that makes a state question what they are walking into. The appearance of power was considerable. 2128 looked at it and showed up anyway. Death held the garrison through the opening hour on his day off. Pharaonic Cat and Sin7877 ran ratios and kept morale alive. Wandy rotated in with fresh pets when the timers expired. Little Bunny kept the announcements clear. Black Hawk kept it real. Every cog turned. Every rally landed. 2159 came with five consecutive rallies when four hadn’t worked and still couldn’t take it back. That is not luck. That is a state that knows how to fight.

And Black Hawk said it best: “Who remembers me saying just cause we lost prep doesn’t mean we wouldn’t win castle. Kinda happy. One state as one can climb the toughest mountains. Good work all.”

Good work all.

—Catty von Catacean