*THIS EPISODE CONTAINS JUMP SCARES (the section is labeled on screen) It's also mostly roleplay, if that isn't your cup of tea, i get it, I'll see ya next time :)

Honestly, the most impressive part about this episode was how the demon scenes happened on LIVESTREAM. I'm not the biggest fan of roleplaying, but that was SUPER cool.

Gem being terrified by the demon while asking questions Chat: Is the demon single?

I loved how when Gem was “freaking out” she was actually laughing(I think), but the way she did it, it sounded like she was on the verge of crying and that little detail is what made this episode so great.

Gem is slowly leaning towards the evil side, She was all about peace and friendship but now she likes wither roses, maybe the demon was already on the server but was not reveling himself, maybe he is after gem's magical powers. Gem, are you sure the demon is not starting to control you?

"this feels like a therapy session with a demon" - gem 2021

Demon: nothing can stop me from getting to you Gem: *closes door on Demon’s face*

Absolutely love the scene where Sausage and Gem are in the assassin room and the demon opens the door themself and Gem is just like "Nope" -closes door-

I love how Scott's accent still shines through the filter

I am so glad that you are able to balance Hermitcraft* and Empires! Let’s all appreciate how hard Gem works to entertain us. I hope you continue to be successful and happy!❤️❤️❤️❤️

I love how she said “well there’s a demon on the server but the tower is almost done so that’s good” I really love her humor

"This feels like a therapy session with a demon." Why did I laugh so hard at that-?

i love how there’s majority of the server role playing and then there’s joel mainly just building a ginormous base

i love how she labeled the role play scenes that’s so considerate and cool

Demon: I'm here-- Gem: *Slams door in face* I also love how he just shuts up as she slams the door, this is great

Some person: HEY LETS ADD A DEMON Everyone else: YEAH, THATS A GREEAT IDEA

“Sees everything” So in other words the demon is an Empires SMP superfan and watches everyone’s videos

I really appreciate having the Roleplay disclaimer on, especially considering the parasocial structure of these types of videos, it can be REALLY easy to see everything as really happening (not the demon stuff obviously). As someone whose autistic, it really bothered me seeing people act like the roleplaying was "obvious" when everyone is acting the same when roleplaying and when not.

Gem : Says "Hello!" Sweetly Also Gem : Aggresively knocks on Sausage's door

the demon popping up in doorways got me every time even though i was fully expecting it. The smp so far is a fun balance of cool building, friends goofing off, and interesting rp to keep people invested! very excited to see more of your content on this server!

I love everyone’s episodes of empires, but Gem’s just hits different. I am addicted

I love how Gem putted in the screen that those are part of the role-play... Hope there no more people that takes the series too serious and attack the other content creators or something and misunderstood things... :)

19:22 Gem:I’m smart Also Gem: *continues to misspell the word “getting”*

Okokok... geminitay: „there was a scertain demon...“ shubble looking at gem instantly. My head: „She knows. She knows. And i know she knows. I know she knows....“

*I will be adding to this every so often* So the story of the Demon I've seen so far The demon came from Shubble's old land which was corrupted, it said it followed Shubble, I can make an assumption that Sausage strengthened the demon or summoned it back. Also the corruption seems to be from the nether, I'm assuming it's a different corruption from the one that Shubble's been studying tho. I feel like the Demon may be trying to help Gem or something, I have no idea tho. I just realized that Demon has visited Shubble but her kingdom hasn't been effected by any corruption yet :0 I'm pretty sure the Demon's voice isn't important y'all Seems like the corruption has been touched almost everyone, even the queen of the ocean herself

I'm pretty sure Gems the first one to actually see Xornorth's physical form... and he actually sort of listened to her.. gem the demon tamer? Maybe?

Nobody : Gem: **panicking in the storm with the shadow demon** Lizzie: "is it raining?"

"Do you have friends?" Wow the demon is savage!!!

As a DM for D&D, I would like to steal this idea for a one shot. I love how we have Gem the wizard who needs to find the right book to learn more about the demon and we have sausage who is a sorcerer who will probably multiclass in warlock with this demon as his patron, if he hasn't already. Please keep this up, I'm really enjoying the group dynamic and y'all's chaotic natures.

"If you just entered my empire, you're met with this bright sight - but then looming in the distance is this big, tall tower. It's a little bit intimidating." Intentional or not this is a really good summary of Gem's character in the smp, which is delightful

This SMP is one of the best! I love the role play aspect and the different kingdoms and stuff.

Gem: scared of the demon and is trying to run away/get help Also Gem: has a Q&A with the demon and a quick therapy session with the demon

“This feels like a therapy session with a demon” I was howling 😂😂

I love how sausage is constantly hyping up Gem’s wizard abilities and how strong and great she is (all very true), and then whenever they meet up she’s just like, make better choices>:[ I love the dynamic so much😂 empires really does have it all, incredible building, chaos, war, and now this epic lore!!! Absolutely in love with this Gem!!!

Gem: Being scared because of the demon Meanwhile with Joey: Fell inlove with the demon

I love the role playing! I know a lot of people don’t realise since most people don’t deal with it personally, but it would be amazing if you subtitled the demons voice. I have hearing difficulties and usually use the auto generated subtitles when I need. However, the demons distorted voice was too hard to understand for me and the captions didn’t work most of the time so I’m sure some others found it hard too. I know it’s a lot of work and it wouldn’t benefit too many people but it is really amazing when people subtitle videos (or just things which are very distorted). It’s just a suggestion and honestly I’m happy to rewatch a billion times or just deal with not knowing what had been said (i have to do it all the time anyway) but it really does make me happy when people consider these things!

I came into Gem's live stream while she was doing a Q and A session with the demon and felt like I awkwardly stepped into a private therapy session.

I love how how she clarifies what’s a role play scene is 😂🧡

The line- “One way or another” is the name of a song by Blondie: for those who didn’t know that. Also, I feel some great main character, important vibes coming from you. Love your vids! ❤️

Hi Gem, loved the video. Don't know what plans you got for the tower, but if you tried to make some clouds around the top of it, it would highlight how high it is, and depending on how you want the scene to play out you could go for different colored clouds. Seeing the theme you have going now you could try to mix white with yellow and purple to make it look magical. I tried to make this once and it turned out okay, however I am not anywhere close to be a builder of your caliber so I bet you could make it look awesome without breaking a sweat :) BR from Norway

Alright Gem, I'm not saying make an alliance with a demon... However staying on balanced terms with one may bring a few positives into play 👀 Also maybe keep an eye on Sausage

Oh my goodness. The lore , the lore is amazing.

watching this and its 10:45 at night, I'm kinda covering the screen but peering through lol I love horror movies but I still cover my eyes for some reason even though I think it's really fun to watch and be scared!

as a neurodivergent, thank you for putting up when its a roleplay scene! Its harder for me to read the room lol

I love this chaotic "peaceful" group 😆 it's just like my friend group with Gem being the mom of the group, Fwhip being the chaotic friend, Sausages being the unpredictable one and Now Pearl being thrown into the mix. I cant wait to see what is too come for this series

I love how there's TNT placed in the "peace" meeting room

I’m so glad you are enjoying yourself Gem When you have fun we get amazing videos

Gem I was freaking out and you just clam hahaha I'm getting exited for the future episode

Gem: ITS NOT FINE! Sausage: its alright, bubbles' got it.

i LOVE how the character youre playing is accusing sausage as a the demon summoner because it doesnt show that shes like "oh im so nice and so happy all the time" because thats such a dry character

I love the roleplaying and story aspect of this SMP so much!! 💜 this is so much fun! ^^

Thank you so much for putting in the corner when there’s a rp scene. Makes it easier for me to watch this :)

I love how they’re adding lore into the server. Even without lore it would be amazing but I absolutely love it!

Joey-Lost empire Shubble-Undergroove Katherine-Over grown Joel-Mezealian empire Lizzie-Ocean empire Gem-Crystal&cliffs Sausage-Mythland Fwip-Grimlands Jimmy-Cod empire Scott-Rivendell Pearl-idk Pixlriff-Pixandria

I LOVE HOW THE STORY IS GOING! The looming threat of the demon is certainly a great aspect, it feels more and more like a dnd campaign! And your and Sausage’s roleplay skills and dynamic is great too, loved the episode and hope to see more in the future!

I loved watching the roleplay live it inspired me binge the series and it’s been cool so far! Also I’m sure everyone in chat during this was totally scared an not doing anything cursed! /s

I love when your survival instincts kick in and you break through the wall… no messing around with predictable escape routes. :)

I was FULLY spooked by that demon, I am so on the edge of my seat for what's going to happen!! Also hilarious that while there's a terrifying demon, Gem is very scientifically asking questions and taking notes XD

It’s so cool how you can balance two smp’s at once u work rlly hard and we appreciate it ^w^

I absolutely loved the lore in today's episode! You're doing so well!! I have an idea for a build and possible lore. I remember hearing that on the great wall of China there are beacons along the way to signal to other places if there are attackers, well what if people on the server set up towers or used already built ones like yours. They could be a safe place to hide away from the demon and if the demon is spotted the person at that tower can light up a flare to near by towers to warn them! Of course no one would probably be able to see the flares so you might have to role play it out but I hope this is useful to you!

It hates water...everyone needs an Ocean Blessings from Queen Lizzie

Other members of the server: ooh the demon! Run away! Gem: so what's your pronouns?

My 8yr old LOVED this! Plenty of squeals and laughter 😆 Me, on the other hand, might have been hiding behind a pillow 🙈

Gotta be honest. The first time I saw and heard that demon thing it FREAKED me out. LOVE IT. LOVE THE STOREY, LOVE THE CONCEPT. Cannt wait to see what's next.

i like how everyone else is doing war and stuff like demons; while SmallishBeans is just building in his own little kingdom xDD

If the demon doesn’t like water, Lizzie’s place would be perfect to run to!

I'm really intrigued by the demon story, and I'm enjoying the roleplay a bunch!

I am so excited to see the rest of all the roleplay it will turn out so amazing :D thanks Gem for bringing us amazing entertainment :]

Goodness me, here I am thinking that this is just a friendly SMP with some funny spats and stuff, but now there are demons? you've intrigued me.

“hello everyone” me: *HAPPY STIMS* i look up to you so much gem!! thank you for making such amazing videos :D

I originally only watched Lizzie's empire series and was caught really off guard by all the demon stuff it felt out of place but to learn that he doesn't like water makes the fact that Lizzie doesn't see him make more sense

I love the direction this series is taking! You guys are so good at role playing:))

I love these roleplays! The "demon" is giving this whole series so much more character! :D

I love the roleplay bit, but it could get incredibly confusing here with 2 separate storylines starting off, but I am still incredibly enjoying everything, keep up the good work you guys :D

this episode genuinely scared me, but it also shows the creativity of the Empires SMP. Love it!

I tell you that Demon scared the living heck out of me- Like when it's close to the camera my soul is gone

no one: Gem: “hm this feels like a therapy session with a demon”

Beginning of empires smp: * Setting up trade routes, making friends, building castles * Empires now: * Therapy session with a demon *

the editing and sound effects on the rp scenes are impeccable

i love this series! its such a weird, random, chaotic and beautiful story. To be honest whenever im playing minecraft i love it when i make potions in minecraft or expirement and when i see other mcyts make magical stuff i get inspired by them to make a magical thing in my way and your one of them Gem! you inspired me to make a cliff house but not really with ametyst i make it with custom crystal and surprisingly it worked!! but anyway enough about inspiring and stuff. I love the characthers you guys play, its pretty awsome

I'm absolutely loving the roleplay aspect to this series, everyone is doing so well with it! It's really elevating this series above everything else that I've seen so far because survival series, even in smps can sometimes get repetitive. the aspect of adding lore is smth I've really been wanting to see especially on Gem, and Sausages channels because of the way they already built their survival worlds as though they were building around a story! The more moving parts there are (i.e. other roleplaying members) the more entertaining this gets! and its so sweet to see how invested they all are in the series and in making incredible content for us!

Demon having a Q&A with Gem and Sausage: Joel: Oh no my love 20:00

I’m loving the roleplay! It is so much fun to see how this story progresses

Great episode, I love how you unfold the story before us. Good job from all empires

I think -- at some point in the near future -- there needs to be a large crystal formation somewhere (maybe in a basement of the tower?) for warding off the demon. I also think the wizard tower needs bubble column elevators. One from inside the base, one from the ground into the base, and one from the basement to the base if there is one. Just some ideas!

“Feels like a therapy session with a demon…”lmao!

“This feels like a therapy session with a demon” OMG STOP 😂😂😂😂

I just love the diversity in your builds in hermitcraft and empires. Like most of your builds on hermitcraft are wood dominated and here they are sort of inclined towards more calcite deepslate and stone ❤️ It's so cool that we don't get bored watching the same thing 💙

Even though I did not sign up to be a part of a scary horror movie... I completely enjoyed watching this unfold in real time yesterday! You are all amazing content creators! ❤️

i love how gem is part of two smps and is able to balance the uploads. i also love how she manages to put videos out and streams for us even if she's really busy

This was such an awesome video (and stream!) It's made me think of maybe Gem's character becoming corrupted herself from carrying around those corrupted blocks without any container for a long time, that would be an awesome storyline! I'm getting ahead of myself, I just wanted to say that this current storyline is so fun hehe!

OMG yes how FUN!! Love where the story is going! I think that you should build a room with magic barriers and extra protection for your demon study :)

I want to see the wars on the Empires SMP. I absolutely LOVE the series and your empire, I think you would make a massive castle connecting to the wizard tower.

“One Way Or Another.” Me, scared: *starts singing one direction*

I have my headphones on and the second that demon spoke I almost threw them cause Im sleep deprived and wasn't expecting a jump scare this early in the morning. Love this series tho!

I know several people have already said this but thank you for telling when rping comes up. If you wouldn't mind continuing to do that I would appreciate it. Love your channel! 💞💞💞

Demon: trying to taunt Gem Gem: nooo thats MY house ☹

Gem: why is there a dark spirit Me: my theory is that while sausage was using his summoning circle, he accidentally summoned a dark spirit! Btw, IM A BIG FAN

Loved the roleplay! Keep doing what you do.

one of my favorite types of characters are the ones who straddle the line between good and evil those who frequently betray and ally with both sides in the name of self interest and protection it makes me happy to see you play that kind of character :>