The Phoenix
The Phoenix was a group in Survival, most well know for their 5,000,000+ coord bases (which were not common back then) and their raid on Proto007's massive castle. The group was formed by Jesse_070296, kiiaz, Mintus001, JettKuso, and Kruithne. An exact list of the group's official members never existed, however Nerothis, Yuliette, PinkPickle55, Kennny92, BumbleBee0123, and Naxanria have all lived with (or near) the group at some point. The so-called leader of the group was not actually known, and most seemed to assume it was Jesse_070296 - however this was not actually true, as the group had no leader.
Story
The events began to unfold after the destruction of SkyBase Infinity, the old home of many different Survival players, including Jesse_070296, kiiaz and Mintus001. The base was destroyed in mid-2013 by a strange new player going by the name "Skalamandar", who claimed to be a member of a survival cult known as The Black Dawn. This was supposedly when JettKuso and Kruithne chose to form an alliance with Jesse_070296, kiiaz and Mintus001, forming The Phoenix.
The group apparently moved from place to place, which was made out to be because of Skalamandar tracking the team wherever they went and causing problems. While this was close to the truth, it was later revealed that Skalamandar was actually a character being played by Kruithne, allowing him to manipulate events in his own favor or for the benefit of the entire group if necessary. The Phoenix itself was really just an organized survival team trying to build a big base with a few other allies. Despite this overall simple concpet, some of the group's members were not completely "in cahoots" with the underlying Skalamandar charade, which led to several complicated situations internally. While no exact record of what happened currently exists, there is one widely known event that took place as a result of the group's presence in the Survival world.
Due to the large amounts of wealth surrounding the group, Proto007 and his allies felt somewhat threatened as the strongest survival alliance and opted to make The Phoenix a target. Supposedly, Proto007 attempted to bring himself, Propasta and behind_themask to a "Phoenix base" by offering one of the members a reward. The Phoenix then tricked the group into thinking this had worked by having that member summon them to a fake base instead. behind_themask quickly performed a raid on this "base", proving that he and his allies had all intentions of being a serious threat. The Phoenix instantly retaliated by going to Proto's base through an unknown connection and raiding/griefing the entire place. This ended the rather short "war", with Proto007 and his allies briefly leaving Survival. Currently, Proto007 and his new alliance called "Posh" are going on strong.
Today
The Phoenix disbanded shortly after the raid on Proto007's castle, satisfied with how things had worked out in the end, and more or less remaining allies in the Survival world. Jesse_070296 and kiiaz have gone their own ways, and the assumed remaining members (Mintus, JettKuso and Kruithne as Skalamandar) currently share a heavily terraformed island with each other and BumbleBee0123, where most of the remaining riches from the past are kept. The Phoenix has ceased to exist, with all of it's ex-members now wealthy enough that actually playing survival has become almost unnecessary. The Black Dawn and Skalamandar appeared in the server event Black Dawn Proving Grounds, with JettKuso and Kruithne claiming afterwards that the so-called survival cult would become the focus of future events as well.
