The Templars are once again at war. On November 11, 2026, TCP announced its Second Siderian Crusade, following their victory against the Aliens. In this post, we look at the declaration and the future of the conflict.
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A Series of Templarian Events
The Templars have been no stranger to conflict since September. The army finds itself in its third conflict in the last two months, this time against its Club Penguin Online alumni Help Force. The Templars find themselves with a 1 win, 1 loss scoreboard entering into the later months of the year. The Exterminatio Sanguisugarum ended in a force treaty against the Templars. The First Siderian Crusade ended in a full Templarian sweep, with the Aliens no-showing. Now, the army faces off against another, with similar accusations to the aforementioned Aliens.
TCP declares the Second Siderian Crusade
The Templars argue that Help Force, similar to the Aliens, makes no effort to engage in conflict. In their war declaration, the army identifies HF as having engaged in minimal conflict in the last two years. However, they do identify the recent Boxmen of Boxland war, discounting it sarcastically. Additionally, the Crusaders make the overall point that the Helpers’ few conflicts are against smaller, up-and-coming armies, and avoid conflict with major, established armies. As a result, the army declared the Second Siderian Crusade on November 11, making the previous victory against the Aliens into a named series of wars.
Help Force in a recent “Plants Vs Zombies” themed practice battle against the ACP
A Helpful Response
The next day, November 12, the Help Force released its own response to the declaration. Titling the war as the “War on Holy Delusion,” the Help Force rebuts several of the points made in the TCP declaration. Most notably, Help Force accuses the Templars of hypocrisy, identifying the war as an effort to hide and distract from its recent multilogging scandals. Help Force acknowledges the role of Sidie’s Rangers, a small/medium troll army revived in lieu of the First Siderian Crusade, as a key point in the process of waging war, accusing the Templars of using the army to avoid immediate conflict with other armies. Ultimately, the army appears willing to defend their land on the map, having scheduled an invasion of Rainbow in response to the Templar invasion of Belly Slide. However, as Rainbow is the capital of the Templars, the invasion was declared invalid.
Help Force’s response to the war declaration
Lastly, Club Penguin Armies reached out to Sidie9, Templars Empress, JmWarrior, Templars Leader-in-Training, Runa, Help Force Commander, and Alex, Help Force Vice Commander, in order to hear more about the conflict. However, Alex declined an interview.
Templars Interview
With the success of the First Siderian Crusade, and targeting another army for their lack of conflict, do you see this war going the same way?
Sidie9: From my understanding it appears Help Force will be showing up to fight, given that they’ve scheduled the battle in their server. That’s better than can be said for Aliens in the First Siderian Crusade at the very least. Whether or not they follow through and attend is yet to be seen but, assuming HF has any pride left in themselves, I’m sure they will.
JmWarrior: I see this war taking a different route compared to our last war against the Aliens, One thing I’ll give my respect to Help Force is that they’re willing to prove themselves to the community and at least show up to the battles. The Aliens thought we weren’t worth the time and effort, so they decided to give up on the war entirely, especially after they celebrated a “joyous occasion” for claiming land on CPAWM. Hopefully this war will be more engaging than the last one and Help Force will put up a good fight! Huge thank you to Sidie’s Rangers for making this possible!
This is the first war in recent memory not targeting a previously-broken alliance. What motivates you to invade Help Force now, as opposed to sooner/later?
Sidie9: I’ve wanted this crusade for a while and it was originally suggested to do this war before we went after Dark Warriors. War plans tend to get postponed but at this point we have nothing to lose and I am tired of sitting around, unlike the rest of the major armies.
JmWarrior: In recent years, Help Force have declared wars on newly formed armies just to put them down into the dirt, this has become a pattern and it is shameful. There are talks about how the culture of the army community is dying. The Templars want to do our part and make a change for the better. Yet armies such as Aliens and Help Force sit around and play with sticks waiting for the next “big tournament” to get off their butts and finally doing something. Only for the tournament to be over and not seeing any map activity or conflict arising from them whatsoever. Our community thrives on wars and conflict, they are fun to create and engage in! We want to stir up the pot and throw some spice here n’ there as soon as possible!
Do you hope to force treaty Help Force in this conflict? If so, how would you see a force treaty playing out in your future?
Sidie9: A force treaty is certainly the goal but if I told you any more of my plans I’d have to send you to Galveston.
JmWarrior: A force treaty would allow us to engage in more multilo- methods of implication that punish armies for being pacifistic and opting for “peace” and being hypocrites to what they stand for. If you want to call yourself a true army, then act like one and not a snob preying on smaller armies and refusing to start wars or conflict.
Any more comments for the army community?
Sidie9: Aside from Aliens/SR vs ACP/WV at the beginning of the year, all major wars have involved Templars and almost all of them were started by us. It’s November already, the year is about to end. The leaders of your armies are killing this community slowly. Stop focusing on who can get the biggestest max size, the bestest Top Ten score or tournament trophies, DO SOMETHING.
JmWarrior: [No response.]
Runa’s Interview
TCP announced their war as having been motivated by a lack of conflict on Help Force’s part. How do you respond to that?
Runa: A lack of conflict isn’t a reason to start a war; that’s like throwing trash on the floor just because there’s a lack of mess. This war wasn’t from a place of righteous motivation, but rather a defense, a cover-up of their numerous and ongoing controversies.
How prepared do you feel to fight off the invasion?
Runa: We’ve defended our land in the past, and that will not change anytime soon. If they want a war, then that’s what they’ll get. They can bring their “troops”, but win or lose, the Help Force will always be more of an army than they are.
If you win this defensive war against TCP, how do you plan to respond afterwards? Will Help Force act as a stalwart against TCP?
Runa: A win in this war would settle our place in the league once more, while showing TCP what a “real” army looks like. Stalwart status against TCP would gain respect, but given how they love war, I wouldn’t put another defensive war in the future past them. However, our response? We gave them what they wanted: help.
Any more comments for the army community?
Runa: No matter the results of this war, Help Force would never use AI-generated propaganda. View the lovely memes and talented art made by HF troops: Godtech, Grigo, Mary, Beanz, SillyR, Lirri, & Rez <3
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The Templars feel convicted in their plans, even threatening a reporter with a trip to Galveston if they inquired further about the future. Meanwhile, the Help Force appears completely confident in their convictions against the crusade. With the Templars once again engaging in an offensive, who will come out on top? Will this be the last we see of Templarian conflict this year?
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