Sandman

Sandman is a recurring gag character in TPA, often disappearing for months and returning out of nowhere to give his input on random topics. Usually his return is accompanied by a name and icon change, confusing most people he talks to.

There have so far been 3 occasions within TPA history in-which Sandman disappeared for some of TPA's main arcs, known as the 3 exoduses of Sandman.

The First Exodus
Sandman's first departure from the server lasted 5 months and occurred mid Eli-arc.

The event sparking this exodus involved Sandman entering a duel under the pretense of creating a better bucket sprite than the opponent, in which he thought it would be funny to steal one from the front page of google images and run with the bit until it either stopped being funny or he was verbally warned. This event led to his banishment from the Spirit Mod discord and eventual discouragement from creating pixel art.

He later returned from this departure, missing the Eli and Bla2e arcs.

The Second Exodus
Sandman's second departure from the hellscape lasted 3 months and occured mid dark age.

Upon the changes to the server being made, Sandman disagreed with the idea of removing downvotes and moving the server towards a more casual, newcomer style art discord. Often comparing the changes to those made to the Kiwicord at the time, the removal of downvotes and hiding of the general chat to newcomers was the final straw, however, due to his lack of power, he was unable to do anything more than complain and try to lobby others who disliked the changes.

Once the attempts at changing Eggshells' mind failed and all idea of reverting the changes was shut down, Sandman promptly took a break from visiting TPA, returning once everything seemingly settled down.

The Third Exodus
Downward spiral.