Empires 2: Medieval Starter House - Minecraft 1.19 Let's Play Ep.1 

All Hail Princess GEM!!!!

EMPIRES IS BACK!!

0:07 Gem: "Form alliances and enemies" *Cuts to her and Joel beating the living daylight out of each other*

So excited. OKAY SO imagine this: using glowstone and the shroomlights as part of the gradient too to make it like a sunlight bright top roofs during nighttime and being like the sunshine empire. I'm so excited for this series to be back

season 2 baybeee

So excited to see your empire taking shape already! That mountain range is beautiful

“those are some really big trees…… COOL 😎” “Ooooh dolphins did you guys see that?” Gem “Yeah their pretty! They also taste good too” Sausage “What?-- Gem

Gem is definitely gonna be the definition of “girlboss” this season. This princess needs no protection and or help running her empire!! :)

The trio of pirate, princess, and sausage seems like your average DnD party.

I kinda love the sun theme because even though you didn’t explicitly say last season that The Crystal Cliffs was moon themed it definitely had some influence colour palate wise and also the fact that you wizard tower had a giant moon, so it’s kinda like you doing opposite from last season!

"Starter house" in my world's that's a mansion! So pumped to see the whole crew playing together again. Your house is amazing

I love the fact that False took Pearl's place and am excited to see what sort of Empire she'll create! I think the princess is perfect for Gem! I like the possible tie in of the dragon being missing from season one when a certain wizard took it to her Empire for safe keeping.

Seeing False in this season has got me singing her verse in Hermit Gang “I’m the Queen of Hearts Heads and Body Parts…” little did we know it was foreshadowing

Gem: Welcome to a new season of Empires! Different lore, different characters, different kingdo-- Also Gem: *eyes a mountain* ...Well *don't mind if I do!* 😂😂

I love how positive Gem is about everything! Her voice is so lovely and kind every video!

Gem last season: “NO ENEMIES! STOP THE WAR! PEACE!” Gem this season: “I don’t have any enemies.. yet.” *A FEW MINUTES LATER* Gem: “ITS FINE, ITS FINE, ITS ALL FINE!” She says while committing murder

Anyone else get Afterlife vibes when Gem started placing the pumpkins for the 1st layer of the roof

Yay! EMPIRES S2 Is Finally here! Can't wait to see everyone's perspectives!

Gem should be a war princess, I see D&D comments and me being a forever DM, the fantasy vibes set my brain loose for creativity. So excited for empires 2

Gem: the kindhearted princess who everybody loves and wants to be allies with

27:07 Season finale is wizard Gem comes to save Princess Gem while riding a dragon- like all good fairy tales!

Oh! Since the Allay is quite difficult to find, and very fairy/pixie like in appearance, do you figure that could be a lore device? Nothing too concrete since it may not spawn conveniently, but something like a folktale creature that may, not sure, bestow favor? Powers? Curse who traps it? Interested to see how you all incorporate all new update stuff!! 😁 Same with the Warden, if you'd like. Completely understand staying away from it though. 😅

When Gem’s “simple little started base” is more intricate then anything I’ve ever built

In Greek mythology, Helios is god of the sun, so to incorporate that into the name somehow would be very cool :D

The theme suits Gem's happy and positive personality I love the starter house it's really nice

The solar gardens. Its just what came to mind when you said you were theming around the sun, and the area you are living in is very flowery and pretty. Love the build and the theme and I'm so excited for what's to come, princess gem!!

Your empire being sun themed and a warrior princess gives off strong Zelda vibes.

It's lovely to see Gem working with villages so much, it reminds me of her hardcore series 😊

the kingdom of the sun theme is really interesting! i love the bright gradients you're going for. i do wonder why your character is a princess if she rules over her kingdom with no higher authority. it could be just a title preference, but i'd like to think that she considers the sun the true ruler of her kingdom, and she is like its daughter, something like that! it's super cool, got my brain moving!

given gem's theme for this season, i would love to see some amazing royal gardens! i think gem could do something really cool with a bunch of different plants reaching towards the sun, or maybe a sundial at the centre of a maze, or something else! super excited to watch her this season of empires

The cave with the water at 11:45 would be perfect for either a dock or a mermaid’s area!

So excited for season 2! For your theme, it would be super cool to have like two goddesses of sunrise and sunset, and sunrise can be on your docks pointing to the ocean, and sunset on the mountaintop pointing to the sunset. Love your theme btw! Can’t wait for the story!

Empires is finally back!!!! I’m so exited! I can’t wait to see how you guys progress and build up the server! Love you!!

I'm glad to see Gem going in this direction for her empire! Last season, she went more into the wizard/headmistress direction, which don't get me wrong, I liked, but seeing a princess/regal building style is really exciting! Her new character looks like a lot of fun.

EMPIRES!!!!!! Yes can’t wait to see what happens in the future!!! I’v been here since the beginning and am so happy to see how far you have come 😁😁😁😁

I can't wait to see how this season will go and I'm so excited to see how your storyline will be like this season!!! so excited 💗💗!!

Aaaaah yes!!! More empires! I’m so exited to see where this goes, your starter base looks incredible! Big fan of the gradients :D Also suggestion for what your empire could be called? The ‘Soleirian Emprie’? Mainly because ‘soleil’ is Sun in French and it sounds fancy. Truly love this episode and can’t wait for what happens next!

GeminiTay is the absolute QUEEN of using unusual building blocks and she is PHENOMENAL Love you Gem :D 💜

You are such an inspiration for storytelling. The characters and motivations makes Empires worth watching, and yours is a very good example. Can’t wait to see more of Empires!☀️

I’m wondering if the dragon being gone is going to be a judge plot point. Last season the dragon being dead made Xornoth far more powerful so maybe something similar is happening here?

(Gem) “Let’s Put Our Saplings, And Wood Types In The Chest.” (Also Gem) *Puts Almost Everything In The Chest*

I love how creative your builds are. You come up with ideas that leave me skeptical but then it looks amazing!

I can’t wait to see what lore this series has in store this time!! Go Empires S2!! For now here’s some personal lore I made up for gem’s character this time! This gem is quite the opposite of S1 gem. I like to imagine they are connected (by bloodline) in some way, like twins. This gem, which I’m going to call flower gem, strays closer to the sun in a way while S1 gem, which I am going to call crystal gem, is more connected to the moon in a way. Flower gem is connected to nature, and is stronger in water/nature since (again, my personal lore, NOT canon) flower gem is in some way connected to flowers (as in like flowers grow on gem naturally), which is also why things gem plant grow up to be much stronger and sturdier (like with the mangrove tree). Has anyone noticed that the trees around gem’s starter base are bigger? I also like to imagine, where gem originated from there is a religion related to the sun. I’ll add on later when I have more ideas!

GEM!!!!!! IM SO HAPPY YOUR BACK FOR SEASON 2!!! HOWEVER I AM SO SAD THAT WIZARD GEM IS GONE:( BUT I HAVE HIGH HOPES FOR YOUR NEW CHARACTER!!!

FINALLY MY FAVORITE MC SERIES!! can’t wait to see all the fun things you guys planned!!

I absolutely love the theme you chose for the season! There's so many opportunities for building, like statues of deities, sunclocks, big church-like stained glass windows, very royal but also nature-y themes with lots of gold and organic shapes... I'm so excited!

A wonderful starter house gem. I can’t wait for the rest of the season. ❤️

Really loving the color gradient on the roof! From pink to green pumpkins in Afterlife to pumpkin-honey-wool combo, heck yeah! Looking forward to Empires SMP S2's new lore ☀☀☀

Gem: Uses pumpkin for her roof Me:AFTERLIFE FLASHBACKSSSS I’m so excited for the series, the new characters and lore!

Great theme fits you so well!! So happy Empire's is back! Can't wait to see what you do with this theme!! Love you Gem!❤

Omg gem I can't wait for you're future videos I luv medieval themed builds and I luv the spot u choose there are so many frickin flowers 😭🌷🍃

I needed this, Gem.😔 Looking forward to the escapism of getting lost in the lore and how each empire progresses. Stay safe and be well!!

Gem, since you’re right by the ocean, you should build a lighthouse with the gradient

AHHH i can NOTT discribe how happy i am for this series to be back! The empires SMP series was one of the very first series i watched on ur channel, so im happy to see season 2! I was a bit late though... But cant wait to see whats to come!

I started to watch this series as I came back playing mc survival but wow your creativity is absolutely amaizinggg!! Looks fantastic all buildings and designs everything that I really love to inspire for my world so I am so excited to go through☺️

Love to see that there’s still 2 hermits in Empires!

I love the character and theme you're going with this season, it's not the one I thought it would be from mood board that was posted, but this one is better. The starter house just looks amazing, I would have never thought to connect it in that way. Last season you didn't want to be an empress or queen choosing to instead be a wizard, this season you continue that trend by choosing to be a princess. It's a good choice, princesses get to have way more fun and adventure. You've made me like lore and storytelling in Minecraft, and I can't wait to see how your character and empire progress this season.

I love gem's whole vibe to everything! I'm so glad this series is back and I know everyone will love what everyone does with this second series. :D

love the build gem! and the roof is brining afterlife vibes back with the pumpkins!

CAN WE APPRECIATE HOW GEM MANAGES TO GET TONS OF ACHIEVEMENTS ON THE VERY FIRST EPISODE, NOT TO ONLY MENTION BUT SHE DEFEATED A GROUP OF PILLAGERS

Ideas for gem's empire's name: 1- The sunrise kingdom, 2- The solar peaks, 3- Kingdom of the golden sun, 4- The Nova empire, 5- The Solar flare empire, 6- The sunlight fields, 7- The shining light kingdom, 8- The sunlight valley, 9- The flaming sun

Honestly Great video Gem! Loving the effort you put in and tbh I've loved empires since the start. Watched all of your POV from season 1 recently and tbh I missed your content a lot after your wyvern death in afterlife. But hey you're back and good luck in season 2

I can't wait for the mystery!!And the acting is perfect!!You are great Gem!

I have seen the whole first season of Empires. I can't wait for the lore of this one. Wonder if someone will turn evil or something. Probably not. You guys probably already have the story written out or something. But it still would be interesting to see something happen to one of the... Empire people? I don't know what you guys would be called. You all have such unique characters that there's no single thing to call all of you. But still. I honestly thought Gem would have turned evil because of what happened to her hair and what it made her do. But it's fine if no one turns evil. That's fine with me.

Gem! Absolutely amazing start! I love it! So glad to see empires back! Your editing was *chefs kiss* and I always love seeing the mischief & adventures you go on 😍😄

I loovveee the theme of your base already gem! It’s honestly so cute!🧡

Wow Gem!! Another series running all at the same time. Keep up the great content!

I really hope this season is somehow related to the first one even though practically everything is new :)

Gem does such a good job of balancing the 5 series/smps she is playing at once! Love you Gem!

Love the princess vibe!!! Can’t wait to see your Empire grow! ❤️🤩

I love the friendships that gem has ANYWHERE! She is too kind. ❤️

I'm sad to see no Pearl this season but happy to see False join that's going to be a lot of fun. Also love that the Pumpkin roof returned from Afterlife, I love the look of that starter house it's got so many different blocks that prior to seeing this majestic house I wouldn't have thought could go together.

YES! I'm so glad Empires is back, and just in time for my summer break too!! FALSE JOINED!! Lovely to see some more Hermitcraft faces :) now LORE on the FIRST EPISODE? I can't deal with this today you guys have got to chill

I love it! I really like your medieval type builds!

I'm excited for this! I love things that have a lot of lore but it isn't JUST lore, and Empire's does that just perfectly but I'd love it even if it was all lore because it's nice to mix it up from time to time.

OH YES ITS FINALLY HERE!!! EMPIRES S2 BABY!

I nearly cried when I saw empires season 2. I am so so so so happy!! Great job gem! Edit: Gem should make a pretty shop with a viewing point of the sun since her base is themed around the sun.

The gradient roof is fitting and so nice! I love it! 😍

So happy for this series!

yess season two! can't wait to see everything going on this season💜

Since your builds are gonna be sun based, maybe call your Empire “The Sol Kingdom” or “Empire of Solaria”

I think all your builds are wonderful gem! :)

The use of contrast and colours and textures look so cool, the theme is awesome :)

It feels like forever since the last season ended, it was pretty sad to see all of the empire's get destroyed, but I'm really excited about this new season

This series is gonna be so fun and enjoyable, can't wait for the next episode! Hope you're having a great day gem :)

Owning an empire with the title of a princess is good as well, because it sounds fresh. But I wonder if later on with the bless of allied emperors and empress of other kingdoms, you will work to have the royal title as the absolute ruler of your empire, the Empress? Just a thought 😊💕

I missed this series so much and I was so happy to find there is a season 2

YESSIR! Been waiting for this!

I love this series. I also really love Gem's content

Oh...Yes Gem!!so excited for the plans and stories you could create with the Empires Smp members for this season.I also would like to thank you for the hard work,inspiration,comfort and love that you do and share as I'm proud to say GeminiTay is not just a name but a well known gem that I would treasure in being part of life 💎💙

I'm soooo exited gem love the concept and can't wait to see the NEW builds ❣️❣️❣️💕💕💕💕💕💕🔥

Off to an adorable start! I love your little princess outfit that's so CUTE

I love the new building pallete your using, it kinda contrast the pallet you did last season..

Can't wait to see what sort of chaos and shenanigans happen this season!

YAY! Empires is back! I'm excited to see what you're going to do with this season!

EMPIRES IS BACK!!! I'm so excited for this season! I wanna see all new things you do, new builds and much more. ❤💜💖🥳

Empires SMP S2!! The first episode is already AMAZING!! The theme, the skin! Ahhh!! I can’t wait for the future episodes as well as the other members.

The Medieval theme is so great! It's quite different from the Hermitcraft Season 9 Theme, but we all know how Gem can make the most of it!

Only you Gem could pull off a sun theme in a pink dress. I commend you for your building skills! I’m so excited for this season!

Gemmm!!! That cute little epic montage with shaders made me glad I watched all the way to the end ;) this is somehow perfectly on brand and totally different from your previous personas. I’m excited to see where u go with it!