diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index 5920cb95ac8..0041b17fc59 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -27,7 +27,9 @@ allprojects {
 dependencies {
 	shadow group: 'io.papermc', name: 'paperlib', version: '1.0.8'
 	shadow group: 'org.bstats', name: 'bstats-bukkit', version: '3.0.2'
-	shadow group: 'net.kyori', name: 'adventure-text-serializer-bungeecord', version: '4.3.0'
+	shadow group: 'net.kyori', name: 'adventure-text-minimessage', version: '4.14.0'
+	shadow group: 'net.kyori', name: 'adventure-platform-bukkit', version: '4.3.0'
+	shadow group: 'net.kyori', name: 'adventure-text-serializer-plain', version: '4.14.0'
 
 	implementation group: 'io.papermc.paper', name: 'paper-api', version: '1.20.1-R0.1-SNAPSHOT'
 	implementation group: 'org.eclipse.jdt', name: 'org.eclipse.jdt.annotation', version: '2.2.700'
@@ -85,14 +87,9 @@ tasks.withType(ShadowJar) {
 	configurations = [
 		project.configurations.shadow
 	]
-	dependencies {
-		include(dependency('io.papermc:paperlib'))
-		include(dependency('org.bstats:bstats-bukkit'))
-		include(dependency('org.bstats:bstats-base'))
-		include(dependency('net.kyori:adventure-text-serializer-bungeecord'))
-	}
 	relocate 'io.papermc.lib', 'ch.njol.skript.paperlib'
 	relocate 'org.bstats', 'ch.njol.skript.bstats'
+	relocate 'net.kyori', 'org.skriptlang.kyori'
 	manifest {
 		attributes(
 			'Name': 'ch/njol/skript',
diff --git a/src/main/java/ch/njol/skript/Skript.java b/src/main/java/ch/njol/skript/Skript.java
index dab73c2b5a6..8e3114a86fe 100644
--- a/src/main/java/ch/njol/skript/Skript.java
+++ b/src/main/java/ch/njol/skript/Skript.java
@@ -53,6 +53,12 @@
 import java.util.zip.ZipException;
 import java.util.zip.ZipFile;
 
+import ch.njol.skript.lang.Section;
+import ch.njol.skript.localization.LanguageChangeListener;
+import org.skriptlang.skript.bukkit.chat.ChatModule;
+import org.skriptlang.skript.bukkit.chat.util.ComponentHandler;
+import net.kyori.adventure.text.Component;
+import net.kyori.adventure.text.format.NamedTextColor;
 import org.bstats.bukkit.Metrics;
 import org.bstats.charts.SimplePie;
 import org.bukkit.Bukkit;
@@ -104,7 +110,6 @@
 import ch.njol.skript.lang.Expression;
 import ch.njol.skript.lang.ExpressionInfo;
 import ch.njol.skript.lang.ExpressionType;
-import ch.njol.skript.lang.Section;
 import ch.njol.skript.lang.SkriptEvent;
 import ch.njol.skript.lang.SkriptEventInfo;
 import ch.njol.skript.lang.Statement;
@@ -542,6 +547,7 @@ public void onEnable() {
 		try {
 			getAddonInstance().loadClasses("ch.njol.skript",
 				"conditions", "effects", "events", "expressions", "entity", "sections", "structures");
+			new ChatModule().register(getAddonInstance()); // TODO remove eventually
 		} catch (final Exception e) {
 			exception(e, "Could not load required .class files: " + e.getLocalizedMessage());
 			setEnabled(false);
@@ -1843,43 +1849,56 @@ static void logEx(final String... lines) {
 			SkriptLogger.LOGGER.severe(EXCEPTION_PREFIX + line);
 	}
 
-	private static final Message SKRIPT_PREFIX_MESSAGE = new Message("skript.prefix");
+	private static Component SKRIPT_PREFIX_COMPONENT;
+	private static String SKRIPT_PREFIX;
+	
+	static {
+		SKRIPT_PREFIX = "<grey>[<gold>Skript<grey>]<reset> ";
+		SKRIPT_PREFIX_COMPONENT = ComponentHandler.parse(SKRIPT_PREFIX);
+		Language.addListener(() -> {
+			String prefix = Language.get_("skript.prefix");
+			if (prefix != null) {
+				SKRIPT_PREFIX = prefix;
+				SKRIPT_PREFIX_COMPONENT = ComponentHandler.parse(SKRIPT_PREFIX);
+			}
+		});
+	}
 
 	public static String getSkriptPrefix() {
-		return SKRIPT_PREFIX_MESSAGE.getValueOrDefault("<grey>[<gold>Skript<grey>] <reset>");
+		return SKRIPT_PREFIX;
 	}
 
-	public static void info(final CommandSender sender, final String info) {
-		sender.sendMessage(Utils.replaceEnglishChatStyles(getSkriptPrefix() + info));
+	public static void info(CommandSender sender, String info) {
+		ComponentHandler.audienceFrom(sender).sendMessage(SKRIPT_PREFIX_COMPONENT.append(ComponentHandler.parse(info)));
 	}
-	
+
 	/**
 	 * @param message
 	 * @param permission
 	 * @see #adminBroadcast(String)
 	 */
-	public static void broadcast(final String message, final String permission) {
-		Bukkit.broadcast(Utils.replaceEnglishChatStyles(getSkriptPrefix() + message), permission);
+	public static void broadcast(String message, String permission) {
+		Bukkit.broadcast(getSkriptPrefix() + ComponentHandler.toLegacyString(message, false), permission);
 	}
-	
-	public static void adminBroadcast(final String message) {
-		broadcast(message, "skript.admin");
+
+	public static void adminBroadcast(String message) {
+		Bukkit.broadcast(getSkriptPrefix() + ComponentHandler.toLegacyString(message, false), "skript.admin");
 	}
-	
+
 	/**
 	 * Similar to {@link #info(CommandSender, String)} but no [Skript] prefix is added.
 	 * 
 	 * @param sender
 	 * @param info
 	 */
-	public static void message(final CommandSender sender, final String info) {
-		sender.sendMessage(Utils.replaceEnglishChatStyles(info));
+	public static void message(CommandSender sender, String info) {
+		ComponentHandler.audienceFrom(sender).sendMessage(ComponentHandler.parse(info));
 	}
-	
-	public static void error(final CommandSender sender, final String error) {
-		sender.sendMessage(Utils.replaceEnglishChatStyles(getSkriptPrefix() + ChatColor.DARK_RED + error));
+
+	public static void error(CommandSender sender, String error) {
+		ComponentHandler.audienceFrom(sender).sendMessage(SKRIPT_PREFIX_COMPONENT.append(ComponentHandler.parse(error).color(NamedTextColor.DARK_RED)));
 	}
-	
+
 	/**
 	 * Gets the updater instance currently used by Skript.
 	 * @return SkriptUpdater instance.
@@ -1888,5 +1907,5 @@ public static void error(final CommandSender sender, final String error) {
 	public SkriptUpdater getUpdater() {
 		return updater;
 	}
-	
+
 }
diff --git a/src/main/java/ch/njol/skript/classes/data/JavaClasses.java b/src/main/java/ch/njol/skript/classes/data/JavaClasses.java
index 1f463e87361..848fcd86c8c 100644
--- a/src/main/java/ch/njol/skript/classes/data/JavaClasses.java
+++ b/src/main/java/ch/njol/skript/classes/data/JavaClasses.java
@@ -29,9 +29,9 @@
 import ch.njol.skript.localization.Message;
 import ch.njol.skript.localization.RegexMessage;
 import ch.njol.skript.registrations.Classes;
-import ch.njol.skript.util.Utils;
 import ch.njol.util.StringUtils;
 import ch.njol.yggdrasil.Fields;
+import org.skriptlang.skript.bukkit.chat.util.ComponentHandler;
 import org.eclipse.jdt.annotation.Nullable;
 
 import java.util.regex.Pattern;
@@ -573,7 +573,7 @@ public String parse(String s, ParseContext context) {
 							case SCRIPT:
 							case EVENT:
 								if (VariableString.isQuotedCorrectly(s, true))
-									return Utils.replaceChatStyles("" + s.substring(1, s.length() - 1).replace("\"\"", "\""));
+									return ComponentHandler.toLegacyString("" + s.substring(1, s.length() - 1).replace("\"\"", "\""), false);
 								return null;
 							case COMMAND:
 								return s;
diff --git a/src/main/java/ch/njol/skript/command/ScriptCommand.java b/src/main/java/ch/njol/skript/command/ScriptCommand.java
index 93e8cad25b0..778ae5029fa 100644
--- a/src/main/java/ch/njol/skript/command/ScriptCommand.java
+++ b/src/main/java/ch/njol/skript/command/ScriptCommand.java
@@ -32,6 +32,8 @@
 import java.util.Set;
 import java.util.UUID;
 
+import org.skriptlang.skript.bukkit.chat.util.ComponentHandler;
+import net.kyori.adventure.text.Component;
 import ch.njol.skript.ScriptLoader;
 import ch.njol.skript.config.SectionNode;
 import org.skriptlang.skript.lang.script.Script;
@@ -71,9 +73,6 @@
 import ch.njol.skript.util.Date;
 import ch.njol.skript.util.EmptyStacktraceException;
 import ch.njol.skript.util.Timespan;
-import ch.njol.skript.util.Utils;
-import ch.njol.skript.util.chat.BungeeConverter;
-import ch.njol.skript.util.chat.MessageComponent;
 import ch.njol.skript.variables.Variables;
 import ch.njol.util.StringUtils;
 import ch.njol.util.Validate;
@@ -93,7 +92,7 @@ public class ScriptCommand implements TabExecutor {
 	private List<String> activeAliases;
 	private String permission;
 	private final VariableString permissionMessage;
-	private final String description;
+	private final Component description;
 	private final String prefix;
 	@Nullable
 	private final Timespan cooldown;
@@ -101,7 +100,7 @@ public class ScriptCommand implements TabExecutor {
 	private final String cooldownBypass;
 	@Nullable
 	private final Expression<String> cooldownStorage;
-	final String usage;
+	private final Component usage;
 
 	private final Trigger trigger;
 
@@ -179,8 +178,8 @@ public ScriptCommand(
 		this.aliases = aliases;
 		activeAliases = new ArrayList<>(aliases);
 
-		this.description = Utils.replaceEnglishChatStyles(description);
-		this.usage = Utils.replaceEnglishChatStyles(usage);
+		this.description = ComponentHandler.parse(description);
+		this.usage = ComponentHandler.parse(usage);
 
 		this.executableBy = executableBy;
 
@@ -190,24 +189,20 @@ public ScriptCommand(
 		trigger = new Trigger(script, "command /" + name, new SimpleEvent(), ScriptLoader.loadItems(node));
 		trigger.setLineNumber(node.getLine());
 
-		bukkitCommand = setupBukkitCommand();
-	}
-
-	private PluginCommand setupBukkitCommand() {
 		try {
-			final Constructor<PluginCommand> c = PluginCommand.class.getDeclaredConstructor(String.class, Plugin.class);
+			Constructor<PluginCommand> c = PluginCommand.class.getDeclaredConstructor(String.class, Plugin.class);
 			c.setAccessible(true);
-			final PluginCommand bukkitCommand = c.newInstance(name, Skript.getInstance());
-			bukkitCommand.setAliases(aliases);
+			PluginCommand bukkitCommand = c.newInstance(name, Skript.getInstance());
+			bukkitCommand.setAliases(this.aliases);
 			bukkitCommand.setDescription(description);
-			bukkitCommand.setLabel(label);
-			bukkitCommand.setPermission(permission);
+			bukkitCommand.setLabel(this.label);
+			bukkitCommand.setPermission(this.permission);
 			// We can only set the message if it's simple (doesn't contains expressions)
-			if (permissionMessage.isSimple())
-				bukkitCommand.setPermissionMessage(permissionMessage.toString(null));
+			if (this.permissionMessage.isSimple())
+				bukkitCommand.setPermissionMessage(this.permissionMessage.toString(null));
 			bukkitCommand.setUsage(usage);
 			bukkitCommand.setExecutor(this);
-			return bukkitCommand;
+			this.bukkitCommand = bukkitCommand;
 		} catch (final Exception e) {
 			Skript.outdatedError(e);
 			throw new EmptyStacktraceException();
@@ -238,13 +233,7 @@ public boolean execute(final CommandSender sender, final String commandLabel, fi
 		final ScriptCommandEvent event = new ScriptCommandEvent(ScriptCommand.this, sender, commandLabel, rest);
 
 		if (!permission.isEmpty() && !sender.hasPermission(permission)) {
-			if (sender instanceof Player) {
-				List<MessageComponent> components =
-						permissionMessage.getMessageComponents(event);
-				((Player) sender).spigot().sendMessage(BungeeConverter.convert(components));
-			} else {
-				sender.sendMessage(permissionMessage.getSingle(event));
-			}
+			ComponentHandler.audienceFrom(sender).sendMessage(ComponentHandler.parseFromSingleExpression(event, permissionMessage));
 			return false;
 		}
 
@@ -318,8 +307,8 @@ boolean execute2(final ScriptCommandEvent event, final CommandSender sender, fin
 	}
 
 	public void sendHelp(final CommandSender sender) {
-		if (!description.isEmpty())
-			sender.sendMessage(description);
+		if (!Component.IS_NOT_EMPTY.test(description))
+			ComponentHandler.audienceFrom(sender).sendMessage(description);
 		sender.sendMessage(ChatColor.GOLD + "Usage" + ChatColor.RESET + ": " + usage);
 	}
 
diff --git a/src/main/java/ch/njol/skript/effects/EffActionBar.java b/src/main/java/ch/njol/skript/effects/EffActionBar.java
deleted file mode 100644
index 09d62e9044c..00000000000
--- a/src/main/java/ch/njol/skript/effects/EffActionBar.java
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,78 +0,0 @@
-/**
- *   This file is part of Skript.
- *
- *  Skript is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
- *  it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
- *  the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
- *  (at your option) any later version.
- *
- *  Skript is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
- *  but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
- *  MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
- *  GNU General Public License for more details.
- *
- *  You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
- *  along with Skript.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
- *
- * Copyright Peter Güttinger, SkriptLang team and contributors
- */
-package ch.njol.skript.effects;
-
-import org.bukkit.entity.Player;
-import org.bukkit.event.Event;
-import org.eclipse.jdt.annotation.Nullable;
-
-import ch.njol.skript.Skript;
-import ch.njol.skript.doc.Description;
-import ch.njol.skript.doc.Examples;
-import ch.njol.skript.doc.Name;
-import ch.njol.skript.doc.Since;
-import ch.njol.skript.lang.Effect;
-import ch.njol.skript.lang.Expression;
-import ch.njol.skript.lang.SkriptParser;
-import ch.njol.skript.util.chat.BungeeConverter;
-import ch.njol.skript.util.chat.ChatMessages;
-import ch.njol.util.Kleenean;
-import net.md_5.bungee.api.ChatMessageType;
-import net.md_5.bungee.api.chat.BaseComponent;
-
-@Name("Action Bar")
-@Description("Sends an action bar message to the given player(s).")
-@Examples("send action bar \"Hello player!\" to player")
-@Since("2.3")
-public class EffActionBar extends Effect {
-
-	static {
-		Skript.registerEffect(EffActionBar.class, "send [the] action[ ]bar [with text] %string% to %players%");
-	}
-
-	@SuppressWarnings("null")
-	private Expression<String> message;
-
-	@SuppressWarnings("null")
-	private Expression<Player> recipients;
-
-	@SuppressWarnings({"unchecked", "null"})
-	@Override
-	public boolean init(final Expression<?>[] exprs, final int matchedPattern, final Kleenean isDelayed, final SkriptParser.ParseResult parser) {
-		message = (Expression<String>) exprs[0];
-		recipients = (Expression<Player>) exprs[1];
-		return true;
-	}
-
-	@SuppressWarnings("deprecation")
-	@Override
-	protected void execute(final Event e) {
-		String msg = message.getSingle(e);
-		assert msg != null;
-		BaseComponent[] components = BungeeConverter.convert(ChatMessages.parseToArray(msg));
-		for (Player player : recipients.getArray(e))
-			player.spigot().sendMessage(ChatMessageType.ACTION_BAR, components);
-	}
-
-	@Override
-	public String toString(final @Nullable Event e, final boolean debug) {
-		return "send action bar " + message.toString(e, debug) + " to " + recipients.toString(e, debug);
-	}
-
-}
diff --git a/src/main/java/ch/njol/skript/effects/EffMessage.java b/src/main/java/ch/njol/skript/effects/EffMessage.java
deleted file mode 100644
index 1f1b7a0dba2..00000000000
--- a/src/main/java/ch/njol/skript/effects/EffMessage.java
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,174 +0,0 @@
-/**
- *   This file is part of Skript.
- *
- *  Skript is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
- *  it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
- *  the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
- *  (at your option) any later version.
- *
- *  Skript is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
- *  but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
- *  MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
- *  GNU General Public License for more details.
- *
- *  You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
- *  along with Skript.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
- *
- * Copyright Peter Güttinger, SkriptLang team and contributors
- */
-package ch.njol.skript.effects;
-
-import java.util.List;
-import java.util.UUID;
-
-import ch.njol.skript.registrations.Classes;
-import ch.njol.skript.util.LiteralUtils;
-import ch.njol.skript.util.chat.MessageComponent;
-import ch.njol.util.coll.CollectionUtils;
-import org.bukkit.command.CommandSender;
-import org.bukkit.entity.Player;
-import org.bukkit.event.Event;
-import org.eclipse.jdt.annotation.Nullable;
-
-import ch.njol.skript.Skript;
-import ch.njol.skript.doc.Description;
-import ch.njol.skript.doc.Examples;
-import ch.njol.skript.doc.Name;
-import ch.njol.skript.doc.RequiredPlugins;
-import ch.njol.skript.doc.Since;
-import ch.njol.skript.expressions.ExprColoured;
-import ch.njol.skript.lang.Effect;
-import ch.njol.skript.lang.Expression;
-import ch.njol.skript.lang.ExpressionList;
-import ch.njol.skript.lang.SkriptParser.ParseResult;
-import ch.njol.skript.lang.VariableString;
-import ch.njol.skript.util.chat.BungeeConverter;
-import ch.njol.skript.util.chat.ChatMessages;
-import ch.njol.util.Kleenean;
-import net.md_5.bungee.api.chat.BaseComponent;
-
-@Name("Message")
-@Description({"Sends a message to the given player. Only styles written",
-		"in given string or in <a href=expressions.html#ExprColored>formatted expressions</a> will be parsed.",
-		"Adding an optional sender allows the messages to be sent as if a specific player sent them.",
-		"This is useful with Minecraft 1.16.4's new chat ignore system, in which players can choose to ignore other players,",
-		"but for this to work, the message needs to be sent from a player."})
-@Examples({"message \"A wild %player% appeared!\"",
-		"message \"This message is a distraction. Mwahaha!\"",
-		"send \"Your kill streak is %{kill streak::%uuid of player%}%.\" to player",
-		"if the targeted entity exists:",
-		"\tmessage \"You're currently looking at a %type of the targeted entity%!\"",
-		"on chat:",
-		"\tcancel event",
-		"\tsend \"[%player%] >> %message%\" to all players from player"})
-@RequiredPlugins("Minecraft 1.16.4+ for optional sender")
-@Since("1.0, 2.2-dev26 (advanced features), 2.5.2 (optional sender), 2.6 (sending objects)")
-public class EffMessage extends Effect {
-	
-	private static final boolean SUPPORTS_SENDER = Skript.classExists("org.bukkit.command.CommandSender$Spigot") &&
-		Skript.methodExists(CommandSender.Spigot.class, "sendMessage", UUID.class, BaseComponent.class);
-	
-	static {
-		if (SUPPORTS_SENDER)
-			Skript.registerEffect(EffMessage.class, "(message|send [message[s]]) %objects% [to %commandsenders%] [from %-player%]");
-		else
-			Skript.registerEffect(EffMessage.class, "(message|send [message[s]]) %objects% [to %commandsenders%]");
-	}
-
-	@SuppressWarnings("NotNullFieldNotInitialized")
-	private Expression<?>[] messages;
-
-	/**
-	 * Used for {@link EffMessage#toString(Event, boolean)}
-	 */
-	@SuppressWarnings("NotNullFieldNotInitialized")
-	private Expression<?> messageExpr;
-
-	@SuppressWarnings("NotNullFieldNotInitialized")
-	private Expression<CommandSender> recipients;
-	
-	@Nullable
-	private Expression<Player> sender;
-	
-	@SuppressWarnings({"unchecked", "null"})
-	@Override
-	public boolean init(Expression<?>[] exprs, int matchedPattern, Kleenean isDelayed, ParseResult parser) {
-		messageExpr = LiteralUtils.defendExpression(exprs[0]);
-
-		messages = messageExpr instanceof ExpressionList ?
-			((ExpressionList<?>) messageExpr).getExpressions() : new Expression[] {messageExpr};
-		recipients = (Expression<CommandSender>) exprs[1];
-		if (SUPPORTS_SENDER)
-			sender = (Expression<Player>) exprs[2];
-		return LiteralUtils.canInitSafely(messageExpr);
-	}
-
-	@Override
-	protected void execute(Event e) {
-		Player sender = this.sender != null ? this.sender.getSingle(e) : null;
-
-		CommandSender[] commandSenders = recipients.getArray(e);
-
-		for (Expression<?> message : getMessages()) {
-
-			Object[] messageArray = null;
-			List<MessageComponent> messageComponents = null;
-
-			for (CommandSender receiver : commandSenders) {
-				if (receiver instanceof Player && message instanceof VariableString) {
-					if (messageComponents == null)
-						messageComponents = ((VariableString) message).getMessageComponents(e);
-				} else {
-					if (messageArray == null)
-						messageArray = message.getArray(e);
-				}
-
-				if (receiver instanceof Player) { // Can use JSON formatting
-					if (message instanceof VariableString) { // Process formatting that is safe
-						sendMessage((Player) receiver, sender,
-							BungeeConverter.convert(messageComponents)
-						);
-					} else if (message instanceof ExprColoured && ((ExprColoured) message).isUnsafeFormat()) { // Manually marked as trusted
-						for (Object object : messageArray) {
-							sendMessage((Player) receiver, sender, BungeeConverter.convert(ChatMessages.parse((String) object)));
-						}
-					} else { // It is just a string, no idea if it comes from a trusted source -> don't parse anything
-						for (Object object : messageArray) {
-							List<MessageComponent> components = ChatMessages.fromParsedString(toString(object));
-							sendMessage((Player) receiver, sender, BungeeConverter.convert(components));
-						}
-					}
-				} else { // Not a player, send plain text with legacy formatting
-					for (Object object : messageArray) {
-						receiver.sendMessage(toString(object));
-					}
-				}
-			}
-		}
-	}
-	
-	private void sendMessage(Player receiver, @Nullable Player sender, BaseComponent... components) {
-		if (SUPPORTS_SENDER && sender != null)
-			receiver.spigot().sendMessage(sender.getUniqueId(), components);
-		else
-			receiver.spigot().sendMessage(components);
-	}
-
-	private Expression<?>[] getMessages() {
-		if (messageExpr instanceof ExpressionList && !messageExpr.getAnd()) {
-			return new Expression[] {CollectionUtils.getRandom(messages)};
-		}
-		return messages;
-	}
-
-	private String toString(Object object) {
-		return object instanceof String ? (String) object : Classes.toString(object);
-	}
-
-	@Override
-	public String toString(@Nullable Event e, boolean debug) {
-		return "send " + messageExpr.toString(e, debug) + " to " + recipients.toString(e, debug) +
-			(sender != null ? " from " + sender.toString(e, debug) : "");
-	}
-	
-}
diff --git a/src/main/java/ch/njol/skript/effects/EffSendTitle.java b/src/main/java/ch/njol/skript/effects/EffSendTitle.java
deleted file mode 100644
index d6746ad36db..00000000000
--- a/src/main/java/ch/njol/skript/effects/EffSendTitle.java
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,139 +0,0 @@
-/**
- *   This file is part of Skript.
- *
- *  Skript is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
- *  it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
- *  the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
- *  (at your option) any later version.
- *
- *  Skript is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
- *  but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
- *  MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
- *  GNU General Public License for more details.
- *
- *  You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
- *  along with Skript.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
- *
- * Copyright Peter Güttinger, SkriptLang team and contributors
- */
-package ch.njol.skript.effects;
-
-import org.bukkit.entity.Player;
-import org.bukkit.event.Event;
-import org.eclipse.jdt.annotation.Nullable;
-
-import ch.njol.skript.Skript;
-import ch.njol.skript.doc.Description;
-import ch.njol.skript.doc.Examples;
-import ch.njol.skript.doc.Name;
-import ch.njol.skript.doc.Since;
-import ch.njol.skript.lang.Effect;
-import ch.njol.skript.lang.Expression;
-import ch.njol.skript.lang.SkriptParser.ParseResult;
-import ch.njol.skript.util.Timespan;
-import ch.njol.util.Kleenean;
-
-@Name("Title - Send")
-@Description({
-	"Sends a title/subtitle to the given player(s) with optional fadein/stay/fadeout times for Minecraft versions 1.11 and above. ",
-	"",
-	"If you're sending only the subtitle, it will be shown only if there's a title displayed at the moment, otherwise it will " +
-	"be sent with the next title. To show only the subtitle, use: <code>send title \" \" with subtitle \"yourtexthere\" to player</code>.",
-	"",
-	"Note: if no input is given for the times, it will keep the ones from the last title sent, " +
-	"use the <a href='effects.html#EffResetTitle'>reset title</a> effect to restore the default values."
-})
-@Examples({
-	"send title \"Competition Started\" with subtitle \"Have fun, Stay safe!\" to player for 5 seconds",
-	"send title \"Hi %player%\" to player",
-	"send title \"Loot Drop\" with subtitle \"starts in 3 minutes\" to all players",
-	"send title \"Hello %player%!\" with subtitle \"Welcome to our server\" to player for 5 seconds with fadein 1 second and fade out 1 second",
-	"send subtitle \"Party!\" to all players"
-})
-@Since("2.3")
-public class EffSendTitle extends Effect {
-	
-	private final static boolean TIME_SUPPORTED = Skript.methodExists(Player.class,"sendTitle", String.class, String.class, int.class, int.class, int.class);
-	
-	static {
-		if (TIME_SUPPORTED)
-			Skript.registerEffect(EffSendTitle.class,
-					"send title %string% [with subtitle %-string%] [to %players%] [for %-timespan%] [with fade[(-| )]in %-timespan%] [(and|with) fade[(-| )]out %-timespan%]",
-					"send subtitle %string% [to %players%] [for %-timespan%] [with fade[(-| )]in %-timespan%] [(and|with) fade[(-| )]out %-timespan%]");
-		else
-			Skript.registerEffect(EffSendTitle.class,
-					"send title %string% [with subtitle %-string%] [to %players%]",
-					"send subtitle %string% [to %players%]");
-	}
-	
-	@Nullable
-	private Expression<String> title;
-	@Nullable
-	private Expression<String> subtitle;
-	@SuppressWarnings("null")
-	private Expression<Player> recipients;
-	@Nullable
-	private Expression<Timespan> fadeIn, stay, fadeOut;
-	
-	@SuppressWarnings({"unchecked", "null"})
-	@Override
-	public boolean init(final Expression<?>[] exprs, final int matchedPattern, final Kleenean isDelayed, final ParseResult parser) {
-		title = matchedPattern == 0 ? (Expression<String>) exprs[0] : null;
-		subtitle = (Expression<String>) exprs[1 - matchedPattern];
-		recipients = (Expression<Player>) exprs[2 - matchedPattern];
-		if (TIME_SUPPORTED) {
-			stay = (Expression<Timespan>) exprs[3 - matchedPattern];
-			fadeIn = (Expression<Timespan>) exprs[4 - matchedPattern];
-			fadeOut = (Expression<Timespan>) exprs[5 - matchedPattern];
-		}
-		return true;
-	}
-	
-	@SuppressWarnings("null")
-	@Override
-	protected void execute(final Event e) {
-		String title = this.title != null ? this.title.getSingle(e) : null;
-		String subtitle = this.subtitle != null ? this.subtitle.getSingle(e) : null;
-		
-		if (TIME_SUPPORTED) {
-			int fadeIn, stay, fadeOut;
-			fadeIn = stay = fadeOut = -1;
-
-			if (this.fadeIn != null) {
-				Timespan t = this.fadeIn.getSingle(e);
-				fadeIn = t != null ? (int) t.getTicks_i() : -1;
-			}
-
-			if (this.stay != null) {
-				Timespan t = this.stay.getSingle(e);
-				stay = t != null ? (int) t.getTicks_i() : -1;
-			}
-
-			if (this.fadeOut != null) {
-				Timespan t = this.fadeOut.getSingle(e);
-				fadeOut = t != null ? (int) t.getTicks_i() : -1;
-			}
-			
-			for (Player p : recipients.getArray(e))
-				p.sendTitle(title, subtitle, fadeIn, stay, fadeOut);
-		} else {
-			for (Player p : recipients.getArray(e))
-				p.sendTitle(title, subtitle);
-		}
-	}
-	
-	// TODO: util method to simplify this
-	@Override
-	public String toString(final @Nullable Event e, final boolean debug) {
-		String title = this.title != null ? this.title.toString(e, debug) : "",
-		sub = subtitle != null ? subtitle.toString(e, debug) : "",
-		in = fadeIn != null ? fadeIn.toString(e, debug) : "",
-		stay = this.stay != null ? this.stay.toString(e, debug) : "",
-		out = fadeOut != null ? this.fadeOut.toString(e, debug) : "";
-		return ("send title " + title +
-				sub == "" ? "" : " with subtitle " + sub) + " to " +
-				recipients.toString(e, debug) + (TIME_SUPPORTED ?
-				" for " + stay + " with fade in " + in + " and fade out" + out : "");
-	}
-	
-}
diff --git a/src/main/java/ch/njol/skript/expressions/ExprColoured.java b/src/main/java/ch/njol/skript/expressions/ExprColoured.java
deleted file mode 100644
index efff23ec78a..00000000000
--- a/src/main/java/ch/njol/skript/expressions/ExprColoured.java
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,101 +0,0 @@
-/**
- *   This file is part of Skript.
- *
- *  Skript is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
- *  it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
- *  the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
- *  (at your option) any later version.
- *
- *  Skript is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
- *  but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
- *  MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
- *  GNU General Public License for more details.
- *
- *  You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
- *  along with Skript.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
- *
- * Copyright Peter Güttinger, SkriptLang team and contributors
- */
-package ch.njol.skript.expressions;
-
-import ch.njol.skript.Skript;
-import ch.njol.skript.doc.Description;
-import ch.njol.skript.doc.Examples;
-import ch.njol.skript.doc.Name;
-import ch.njol.skript.doc.Since;
-import ch.njol.skript.expressions.base.PropertyExpression;
-import ch.njol.skript.lang.Expression;
-import ch.njol.skript.lang.ExpressionType;
-import ch.njol.skript.lang.SkriptParser.ParseResult;
-import ch.njol.skript.util.Utils;
-import ch.njol.skript.util.chat.ChatMessages;
-import ch.njol.util.Kleenean;
-import org.bukkit.event.Event;
-import org.eclipse.jdt.annotation.Nullable;
-
-@Name("Colored / Uncolored")
-@Description({"Parses &lt;color&gt;s and, optionally, chat styles in a message or removes",
-		"any colors <i>and</i> chat styles from the message. Parsing all",
-		"chat styles requires this expression to be used in same line with",
-		"the <a href=effects.html#EffSend>send effect</a>."})
-@Examples({"on chat:",
-		"	set message to colored message # Safe; only colors get parsed",
-		"command /fade &lt;player&gt;:",
-		"	trigger:",
-		"		set display name of the player-argument to uncolored display name of the player-argument",
-		"command /format &lt;text&gt;:",
-		"	trigger:",
-		"		message formatted text-argument # Safe, because we're sending to whoever used this command"})
-@Since("2.0")
-public class ExprColoured extends PropertyExpression<String, String> {
-	static {
-		Skript.registerExpression(ExprColoured.class, String.class, ExpressionType.COMBINED,
-				"(colo[u]r-|colo[u]red )%strings%",
-				"(format-|formatted )%strings%",
-				"(un|non)[-](colo[u]r-|colo[u]red |format-|formatted )%strings%");
-	}
-	
-	/**
-	 * If colors should be parsed.
-	 */
-	boolean color;
-	
-	/**
-	 * If all styles should be parsed whenever possible.
-	 */
-	boolean format;
-	
-	@SuppressWarnings({"unchecked", "null"})
-	@Override
-	public boolean init(final Expression<?>[] exprs, final int matchedPattern, final Kleenean isDelayed, final ParseResult parseResult) {
-		setExpr((Expression<? extends String>) exprs[0]);
-		color = matchedPattern <= 1; // colored and formatted
-		format = matchedPattern == 1;
-		return true;
-	}
-	
-	@Override
-	protected String[] get(final Event e, final String[] source) {
-		return get(source, s -> color ? Utils.replaceChatStyles(s) : "" + ChatMessages.stripStyles(s));
-	}
-	
-	@Override
-	public Class<? extends String> getReturnType() {
-		return String.class;
-	}
-	
-	@Override
-	public String toString(final @Nullable Event e, final boolean debug) {
-		return (color ? "" : "un") + "colored " + getExpr().toString(e, debug);
-	}
-	
-	/**
-	 * If parent of this expression should try to parse all styles instead of
-	 * just colors. This is unsafe to do with untrusted user input.
-	 * @return If unsafe formatting was requested in script.
-	 */
-	public boolean isUnsafeFormat() {
-		return format;
-	}
-	
-}
diff --git a/src/main/java/ch/njol/skript/expressions/ExprPlayerlistHeaderFooter.java b/src/main/java/ch/njol/skript/expressions/ExprPlayerListHeaderFooter.java
similarity index 53%
rename from src/main/java/ch/njol/skript/expressions/ExprPlayerlistHeaderFooter.java
rename to src/main/java/ch/njol/skript/expressions/ExprPlayerListHeaderFooter.java
index abbc1327694..0a4d4d4e8cd 100644
--- a/src/main/java/ch/njol/skript/expressions/ExprPlayerlistHeaderFooter.java
+++ b/src/main/java/ch/njol/skript/expressions/ExprPlayerListHeaderFooter.java
@@ -18,90 +18,91 @@
  */
 package ch.njol.skript.expressions;
 
-import org.bukkit.entity.Player;
-import org.bukkit.event.Event;
-import org.eclipse.jdt.annotation.Nullable;
-
-import ch.njol.skript.Skript;
-import ch.njol.skript.classes.Changer;
+import ch.njol.skript.classes.Changer.ChangeMode;
 import ch.njol.skript.doc.Description;
 import ch.njol.skript.doc.Examples;
 import ch.njol.skript.doc.Name;
-import ch.njol.skript.doc.RequiredPlugins;
 import ch.njol.skript.doc.Since;
 import ch.njol.skript.expressions.base.PropertyExpression;
 import ch.njol.skript.expressions.base.SimplePropertyExpression;
 import ch.njol.skript.lang.Expression;
-import ch.njol.skript.lang.SkriptParser;
+import ch.njol.skript.lang.SkriptParser.ParseResult;
 import ch.njol.util.Kleenean;
 import ch.njol.util.coll.CollectionUtils;
+import net.kyori.adventure.audience.Audience;
+import net.kyori.adventure.text.Component;
+import org.bukkit.entity.Player;
+import org.bukkit.event.Event;
+import org.eclipse.jdt.annotation.Nullable;
+import org.skriptlang.skript.bukkit.chat.util.ComponentHandler;
 
 @Name("Player List Header and Footer")
 @Description("The message above and below the player list in the tab menu.")
-@Examples({"set all players' tab list header to \"Welcome to the Server!\"",
-			"send \"%the player's tab list header%\" to player",
-			"reset all players' tab list header"})
+@Examples({
+		"set all players' tab list header to \"Welcome to the Server!\"",
+		"send \"%the player's tab list header%\" to player",
+		"reset all players' tab list header"
+})
 @Since("2.4")
-@RequiredPlugins("Minecraft 1.13 or newer")
-public class ExprPlayerlistHeaderFooter extends SimplePropertyExpression<Player, String> {
-	
+public class ExprPlayerListHeaderFooter extends SimplePropertyExpression<Player, String> {
+
 	static {
-		if (Skript.methodExists(Player.class, "setPlayerListHeaderFooter", String.class, String.class)) //This method is only present if the header and footer methods we use are
-			PropertyExpression.register(ExprPlayerlistHeaderFooter.class, String.class, "(player|tab)[ ]list (header|1¦footer) [(text|message)]", "players");
+		PropertyExpression.register(ExprPlayerListHeaderFooter.class, String.class, "(player|tab)[ ]list (header|1¦footer) [(text|message)]", "players");
 	}
-	
-	private static final int HEADER = 0, FOOTER = 1;
-	
-	private int mark;
-	
+
+	private boolean isHeader;
+
 	@Override
-	public boolean init(Expression<?>[] exprs, int matchedPattern, Kleenean isDelayed, SkriptParser.ParseResult parseResult) {
-		mark = parseResult.mark;
+	public boolean init(Expression<?>[] exprs, int matchedPattern, Kleenean isDelayed, ParseResult parseResult) {
+		isHeader = parseResult.mark == 0;
 		return super.init(exprs, matchedPattern, isDelayed, parseResult);
 	}
-	
-	@Nullable
+
 	@Override
+	@Nullable
 	public String convert(Player player) {
-		if (mark == HEADER)
-			return player.getPlayerListHeader();
-		else if (mark == FOOTER)
-			return player.getPlayerListFooter();
-		assert false;
-		return null;
+		return isHeader ? player.getPlayerListHeader() : player.getPlayerListFooter();
 	}
-	
+
 	@Override
 	@Nullable
-	public Class<?>[] acceptChange(Changer.ChangeMode mode) {
+	public Class<?>[] acceptChange(ChangeMode mode) {
 		switch (mode) {
 			case SET:
 			case DELETE:
 			case RESET:
-				return CollectionUtils.array(String.class);
+				return CollectionUtils.array(String[].class, Component.class);
+			default:
+				return null;
 		}
-		return null;
 	}
-	
+
 	@Override
-	public void change(Event e, @Nullable Object[] delta, Changer.ChangeMode mode) {
-		final String text = delta == null ? "" : (String) delta[0];
-		for (Player player : getExpr().getArray(e)) {
-			if (mark == HEADER) {
-				player.setPlayerListHeader(text);
-			} else if (mark == FOOTER) {
-				player.setPlayerListFooter(text);
-			}
+	public void change(Event e, @Nullable Object[] delta, ChangeMode mode) {
+		Component component;
+		if (delta == null) {
+			component = Component.empty();
+		} else if (delta[0] instanceof Component) {
+			component = (Component) delta[0];
+		} else {
+			component = ComponentHandler.parse(String.join("\n", (String[]) delta), false);
+		}
+		Audience audience = ComponentHandler.audienceFrom(getExpr().getArray(e));
+		if (isHeader) {
+			audience.sendPlayerListHeader(component);
+		} else {
+			audience.sendPlayerListFooter(component);
 		}
 	}
-	
+
 	@Override
 	public Class<? extends String> getReturnType() {
 		return String.class;
 	}
-	
+
 	@Override
 	protected String getPropertyName() {
-		return "player list " + (mark == HEADER ? "header" : mark == FOOTER ? "footer" : "");
+		return "player list " + (isHeader ? "header" : "footer");
 	}
+
 }
diff --git a/src/main/java/ch/njol/skript/expressions/ExprRawString.java b/src/main/java/ch/njol/skript/expressions/ExprRawString.java
index 6b9d907da1a..3a800609912 100644
--- a/src/main/java/ch/njol/skript/expressions/ExprRawString.java
+++ b/src/main/java/ch/njol/skript/expressions/ExprRawString.java
@@ -29,8 +29,10 @@
 import ch.njol.skript.lang.SkriptParser.ParseResult;
 import ch.njol.skript.lang.VariableString;
 import ch.njol.skript.lang.util.SimpleExpression;
+import ch.njol.skript.util.LiteralUtils;
 import ch.njol.skript.util.SkriptColor;
 import ch.njol.util.Kleenean;
+import ch.njol.util.coll.CollectionUtils;
 import org.bukkit.event.Event;
 import org.eclipse.jdt.annotation.Nullable;
 
@@ -39,8 +41,10 @@
 import java.util.regex.Pattern;
 
 @Name("Raw String")
-@Description("Returns the string without formatting (colors etc.) and without stripping them from it, " +
-	"e.g. <code>raw \"&aHello There!\"</code> would output <code>&aHello There!</code>")
+@Description(
+	"Returns the string without formatting (colors etc.) and without stripping them from it, "
+	+ "e.g. <code>raw \"&aHello There!\"</code> would output <code>&aHello There!</code>"
+)
 @Examples("send raw \"&aThis text is unformatted!\" to all players")
 @Since("2.7")
 public class ExprRawString extends SimpleExpression<String> {
@@ -52,21 +56,24 @@ public class ExprRawString extends SimpleExpression<String> {
 	}
 
 	@SuppressWarnings("NotNullFieldNotInitialized")
-	private Expression<String> expr;
+	private Expression<String> messageExpr;
 	@SuppressWarnings("NotNullFieldNotInitialized")
 	private Expression<? extends String>[] messages;
 
 	@Override
 	@SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
 	public boolean init(Expression<?>[] exprs, int matchedPattern, Kleenean isDelayed, ParseResult parseResult) {
-		expr = (Expression<String>) exprs[0];
-		messages = expr instanceof ExpressionList<?> ?
-			((ExpressionList<String>) expr).getExpressions() : new Expression[]{expr};
-		for (Expression<? extends String> message : messages) {
-			if (message instanceof ExprColoured) {
-				Skript.error("The 'colored' expression may not be used in a 'raw string' expression");
-				return false;
+		messageExpr = (Expression<String>) exprs[0];
+		messageExpr = LiteralUtils.defendExpression(exprs[0]);
+		if (messageExpr instanceof ExpressionList) {
+			ExpressionList<String> exprList = (ExpressionList<String>) messageExpr;
+			if (exprList.getAnd()) {
+				messages = exprList.getExpressions();
+			} else {
+				messages = new Expression[]{CollectionUtils.getRandom(exprList.getExpressions())};
 			}
+		} else {
+			messages = new Expression[]{messageExpr};
 		}
 		return true;
 	}
@@ -76,7 +83,7 @@ protected String[] get(Event event) {
 		List<String> strings = new ArrayList<>();
 		for (Expression<? extends String> message : messages) {
 			if (message instanceof VariableString) {
-				strings.add(((VariableString) message).toUnformattedString(event));
+				strings.add(((VariableString) message).toString(false, event));
 				continue;
 			}
 			for (String string : message.getArray(event)) {
@@ -93,7 +100,7 @@ protected String[] get(Event event) {
 
 	@Override
 	public boolean isSingle() {
-		return expr.isSingle();
+		return messageExpr.isSingle();
 	}
 
 	@Override
@@ -103,7 +110,7 @@ public Class<? extends String> getReturnType() {
 
 	@Override
 	public String toString(@Nullable Event e, boolean debug) {
-		return "raw " + expr.toString(e, debug);
+		return "raw " + messageExpr.toString(e, debug);
 	}
 
 }
diff --git a/src/main/java/ch/njol/skript/hooks/chat/expressions/ExprPrefixSuffix.java b/src/main/java/ch/njol/skript/hooks/chat/expressions/ExprPrefixSuffix.java
index b5883a10024..fc9d43a5085 100644
--- a/src/main/java/ch/njol/skript/hooks/chat/expressions/ExprPrefixSuffix.java
+++ b/src/main/java/ch/njol/skript/hooks/chat/expressions/ExprPrefixSuffix.java
@@ -28,11 +28,11 @@
 import ch.njol.skript.hooks.VaultHook;
 import ch.njol.skript.lang.Expression;
 import ch.njol.skript.lang.SkriptParser.ParseResult;
-import ch.njol.skript.util.Utils;
 import ch.njol.util.Kleenean;
 import org.bukkit.entity.Player;
 import org.bukkit.event.Event;
 import org.eclipse.jdt.annotation.Nullable;
+import org.skriptlang.skript.bukkit.chat.util.ComponentHandler;
 
 /**
  * @author Peter Güttinger
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ public boolean init(final Expression<?>[] exprs, final int matchedPattern, final
 	
 	@Override
 	public String convert(final Player p) {
-		return Utils.replaceChatStyles(prefix ? "" + VaultHook.chat.getPlayerPrefix(p) : "" + VaultHook.chat.getPlayerSuffix(p));
+		return ComponentHandler.toLegacyString(prefix ? "" + VaultHook.chat.getPlayerPrefix(p) : "" + VaultHook.chat.getPlayerSuffix(p), false);
 	}
 	
 	@Override
diff --git a/src/main/java/ch/njol/skript/lang/VariableString.java b/src/main/java/ch/njol/skript/lang/VariableString.java
index f9ae8f4ab2f..b2ed1dc7279 100644
--- a/src/main/java/ch/njol/skript/lang/VariableString.java
+++ b/src/main/java/ch/njol/skript/lang/VariableString.java
@@ -18,24 +18,9 @@
  */
 package ch.njol.skript.lang;
 
-import java.util.ArrayList;
-import java.util.Arrays;
-import java.util.Iterator;
-import java.util.List;
-import java.util.stream.Collectors;
-
-import org.bukkit.ChatColor;
-import org.bukkit.event.Event;
-import org.eclipse.jdt.annotation.Nullable;
-import org.jetbrains.annotations.NotNull;
-import org.skriptlang.skript.lang.script.Script;
-
-import com.google.common.collect.Lists;
-
 import ch.njol.skript.Skript;
 import ch.njol.skript.classes.Changer.ChangeMode;
 import ch.njol.skript.classes.ClassInfo;
-import ch.njol.skript.expressions.ExprColoured;
 import ch.njol.skript.lang.SkriptParser.ParseResult;
 import ch.njol.skript.lang.parser.ParserInstance;
 import ch.njol.skript.lang.util.ConvertedExpression;
@@ -46,14 +31,25 @@
 import ch.njol.skript.registrations.Classes;
 import ch.njol.skript.structures.StructVariables.DefaultVariables;
 import ch.njol.skript.util.StringMode;
-import ch.njol.skript.util.Utils;
-import ch.njol.skript.util.chat.ChatMessages;
-import ch.njol.skript.util.chat.MessageComponent;
 import ch.njol.util.Checker;
 import ch.njol.util.Kleenean;
 import ch.njol.util.StringUtils;
 import ch.njol.util.coll.CollectionUtils;
 import ch.njol.util.coll.iterator.SingleItemIterator;
+import com.google.common.collect.Lists;
+import net.kyori.adventure.text.Component;
+import org.bukkit.event.Event;
+import org.eclipse.jdt.annotation.Nullable;
+import org.jetbrains.annotations.NotNull;
+import org.skriptlang.skript.bukkit.chat.elements.ExprColoured;
+import org.skriptlang.skript.bukkit.chat.util.ComponentHandler;
+import org.skriptlang.skript.lang.script.Script;
+
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.Arrays;
+import java.util.Iterator;
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.stream.Collectors;
 
 /**
  * Represents a string that may contain expressions, and is thus "variable".
@@ -64,25 +60,18 @@ public class VariableString implements Expression<String> {
 	private final Script script;
 	private final String orig;
 
-	@Nullable
-	private final Object[] string;
-
-	@Nullable
-	private Object[] stringUnformatted;
-	private final boolean isSimple;
+	private final Object @Nullable [] string;
 
 	@Nullable
 	private final String simple;
 
 	@Nullable
-	private final String simpleUnformatted;
-	private final StringMode mode;
+	private final Component simpleComponent;
+	@Nullable
+	private final String simpleResolved;
 
-	/**
-	 * Message components that this string consists of. Only simple parts have
-	 * been evaluated here.
-	 */
-	private final MessageComponent[] components;
+	private final boolean isSimple;
+	private final StringMode mode;
 
 	/**
 	 * Creates a new VariableString which does not contain variables.
@@ -90,18 +79,17 @@ public class VariableString implements Expression<String> {
 	 * @param input Content for string.
 	 */
 	private VariableString(String input) {
-		this.isSimple = true;
-		this.simpleUnformatted = input.replace("%%", "%"); // This doesn't contain variables, so this wasn't done in newInstance!
-		this.simple = Utils.replaceChatStyles(simpleUnformatted);
-				
-		this.orig = simple;
-		this.string = null;
-		this.mode = StringMode.MESSAGE;
-		
+		isSimple = true;
+		simple = input.replace("%%", "%"); // This doesn't contain variables, so this wasn't done in newInstance!
+		simpleComponent = ComponentHandler.parse(input, false);
+		simpleResolved = ComponentHandler.toLegacyString(simpleComponent);
+
+		orig = simple;
+		string = null;
+		mode = StringMode.MESSAGE;
+
 		ParserInstance parser = getParser();
 		this.script = parser.isActive() ? parser.getCurrentScript() : null;
-		
-		this.components = new MessageComponent[] {ChatMessages.plainText(simpleUnformatted)};
 	}
 
 	/**
@@ -113,34 +101,18 @@ private VariableString(String input) {
 	 */
 	private VariableString(String orig, Object[] string, StringMode mode) {
 		this.orig = orig;
-		this.string = new Object[string.length];
-		this.stringUnformatted = new Object[string.length];
-
-		ParserInstance parser = getParser();
-		this.script = parser.isActive() ? parser.getCurrentScript() : null;
-	
-		// Construct unformatted string and components
-		List<MessageComponent> components = new ArrayList<>(string.length);
-		for (int i = 0; i < string.length; i++) {
-			Object object = string[i];
-			if (object instanceof String) {
-				this.string[i] = Utils.replaceChatStyles((String) object);
-				components.addAll(ChatMessages.parse((String) object));
-			} else {
-				this.string[i] = object;
-				components.add(null); // Not known parse-time
-			}
-
-			// For unformatted string, don't format stuff
-			this.stringUnformatted[i] = object;
-		}
-		this.components = components.toArray(new MessageComponent[0]);
 
+		this.string = string;
+		
 		this.mode = mode;
+		
+		isSimple = false;
+		simple = null;
+		simpleComponent = null;
+		simpleResolved = null;
 
-		this.isSimple = false;
-		this.simple = null;
-		this.simpleUnformatted = null;
+		ParserInstance parser = getParser();
+		this.script = parser.isActive() ? parser.getCurrentScript() : null;
 	}
 
 	/**
@@ -384,152 +356,43 @@ public static VariableString[] makeStringsFromQuoted(List<String> args) {
 		}
 		return strings;
 	}
-	
+
 	/**
 	 * Parses all expressions in the string and returns it.
-	 * Does not parse formatting codes!
-	 * @param e Event to pass to the expressions.
-	 * @return The input string with all expressions replaced.
-	 */
-	public String toUnformattedString(Event e) {
-		if (isSimple) {
-			assert simpleUnformatted != null;
-			return simpleUnformatted;
-		}
-		Object[] string = this.stringUnformatted;
-		assert string != null;
-		StringBuilder b = new StringBuilder();
-		for (Object o : string) {
-			if (o instanceof Expression<?>) {
-				b.append(Classes.toString(((Expression<?>) o).getArray(e), true, mode));
-			} else {
-				b.append(o);
-			}
-		}
-		return b.toString();
-	}
-	
-	/**
-	 * Gets message components from this string. Formatting is parsed only
-	 * in simple parts for security reasons.
-	 * @param e Currently running event.
-	 * @return Message components.
-	 */
-	public List<MessageComponent> getMessageComponents(Event e) {
-		if (isSimple) { // Trusted, constant string in a script
-			assert simpleUnformatted != null;
-			return ChatMessages.parse(simpleUnformatted);
-		}
-		
-		// Parse formating
-		Object[] string = this.stringUnformatted;
-		assert string != null;
-		List<MessageComponent> message = new ArrayList<>(components.length); // At least this much space
-		int stringPart = -1;
-		MessageComponent previous = null;
-		for (MessageComponent component : components) {
-			if (component == null) { // This component holds place for variable part
-				// Go over previous expression part (stringPart >= 0) or take first part (stringPart == 0)
-				stringPart++;
-				if (previous != null) { // Also jump over literal part
-					stringPart++;
-				}
-				Object o = string[stringPart];
-				previous = null;
-				
-				// Convert it to plain text
-				String text = null;
-				if (o instanceof ExprColoured && ((ExprColoured) o).isUnsafeFormat()) { // Special case: user wants to process formatting
-					String unformatted = Classes.toString(((ExprColoured) o).getArray(e), true, mode);
-					if (unformatted != null) {
-						message.addAll(ChatMessages.parse(unformatted));
-					}
-					continue;
-				} else if (o instanceof Expression<?>) {
-					text = Classes.toString(((Expression<?>) o).getArray(e), true, mode);
-				}
-				
-				assert text != null;
-				List<MessageComponent> components = ChatMessages.fromParsedString(text);
-				if (!message.isEmpty()) { // Copy styles from previous component
-					int startSize = message.size();
-					for (int i = 0; i < components.size(); i++) {
-						MessageComponent plain = components.get(i);
-						ChatMessages.copyStyles(message.get(startSize + i - 1), plain);
-						message.add(plain);
-					}
-				} else {
-					message.addAll(components);
-				}
-			} else {
-				MessageComponent componentCopy = component.copy();
-				if (!message.isEmpty()) { // Copy styles from previous component
-					ChatMessages.copyStyles(message.get(message.size() - 1), componentCopy);
-				}
-				message.add(componentCopy);
-				previous = componentCopy;
-			}
-		}
-		
-		return message;
-	}
-	
-	/**
-	 * Gets message components from this string. Formatting is parsed
-	 * everywhere, which is a potential security risk.
-	 * @param e Currently running event.
-	 * @return Message components.
-	 */
-	public List<MessageComponent> getMessageComponentsUnsafe(Event e) {
-		if (isSimple) { // Trusted, constant string in a script
-			assert simpleUnformatted != null;
-			return ChatMessages.parse(simpleUnformatted);
-		}
-		
-		return ChatMessages.parse(toUnformattedString(e));
-	}
-	
-	/**
-	 * Parses all expressions in the string and returns it in chat JSON format.
-	 * 
-	 * @param e Event to pass to the expressions.
+	 * If this is a simple string, the event may be null.
+	 *
+	 * Simple formatting (colors) will be processed.
+	 *
+	 * @param event Event to pass to the expressions.
 	 * @return The input string with all expressions replaced.
+	 * @see #toString(boolean, Event)
 	 */
-	public String toChatString(Event e) {
-		return ChatMessages.toJson(getMessageComponents(e));
-	}
-	
-	@Nullable
-	private static ChatColor getLastColor(CharSequence s) {
-		for (int i = s.length() - 2; i >= 0; i--) {
-			if (s.charAt(i) == ChatColor.COLOR_CHAR) {
-				ChatColor c = ChatColor.getByChar(s.charAt(i + 1));
-				if (c != null && (c.isColor() || c == ChatColor.RESET))
-					return c;
-			}
-		}
-		return null;
-	}
-	
-	@Override
-	public String toString() {
-		return toString(null, false);
+	public String toString(@Nullable Event event) {
+		return toString(true, event);
 	}
 
 	/**
 	 * Parses all expressions in the string and returns it.
 	 * If this is a simple string, the event may be null.
-	 * 
+	 *
+	 * @param format Whether simple formatting (colors) should be processed.
 	 * @param event Event to pass to the expressions.
 	 * @return The input string with all expressions replaced.
 	 */
-	public String toString(@Nullable Event event) {
+	public String toString(boolean format, @Nullable Event event) {
 		if (isSimple) {
-			assert simple != null;
-			return simple;
+			if (format) {
+				assert simpleResolved != null;
+				return simpleResolved;
+			} else {
+				assert simple != null;
+				return simple;
+			}
 		}
-		if (event == null)
+
+		if (event == null) {
 			throw new IllegalArgumentException("Event may not be null in non-simple VariableStrings!");
+		}
 
 		Object[] string = this.string;
 		assert string != null;
@@ -538,20 +401,30 @@ public String toString(@Nullable Event event) {
 		for (Object object : string) {
 			if (object instanceof Expression<?>) {
 				Object[] objects = ((Expression<?>) object).getArray(event);
-				if (objects != null && objects.length > 0)
+				if (objects.length > 0)
 					types.add(objects[0].getClass());
-				builder.append(Classes.toString(objects, true, mode));
+				String expression = Classes.toString(objects, true, mode);
+				if (!(object instanceof ExprColoured) && format)
+					expression = ComponentHandler.escape(expression);
+				builder.append(expression);
 			} else {
 				builder.append(object);
 			}
 		}
 		String complete = builder.toString();
+
 		if (script != null && mode == StringMode.VARIABLE_NAME && !types.isEmpty()) {
 			DefaultVariables data = script.getData(DefaultVariables.class);
 			if (data != null)
 				data.add(complete, types.toArray(new Class<?>[0]));
 		}
-		return complete;
+
+		return format ? ComponentHandler.toLegacyString(builder.toString(), false) : builder.toString();
+	}
+	
+	@Override
+	public String toString() {
+		return toString(null, false);
 	}
 
 	/**
@@ -577,6 +450,18 @@ public String toString(@Nullable Event event, boolean debug) {
 		return builder.toString();
 	}
 
+	public Component getAsComponent(@Nullable Event event) {
+		if (isSimple) {
+			assert simpleComponent != null;
+			return simpleComponent;
+		}
+
+		if (event == null)
+			throw new IllegalArgumentException("Event may not be null in non-simple VariableStrings!");
+
+		return ComponentHandler.parse(toString(false, event));
+	}
+
 	/**
 	 * Builds all possible default variable type hints based on the super type of the expression.
 	 * 
@@ -683,12 +568,39 @@ public boolean check(Event e, Checker<? super String> c) {
 		return SimpleExpression.check(getAll(e), c, false, false);
 	}
 
-	@SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
 	@Override
 	@Nullable
+	@SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
 	public <R> Expression<? extends R> getConvertedExpression(Class<R>... to) {
 		if (CollectionUtils.containsSuperclass(to, String.class))
 			return (Expression<? extends R>) this;
+		if (CollectionUtils.containsSuperclass(to, Component.class))
+			return new SimpleExpression<R>() {
+				@Override
+				public boolean init(Expression<?>[] exprs, int matchedPattern, Kleenean isDelayed, ParseResult parseResult) {
+					throw new UnsupportedOperationException();
+				}
+
+				@Override
+				protected @Nullable R[] get(Event e) {
+					return (R[]) new Component[]{getAsComponent(e)};
+				}
+
+				@Override
+				public boolean isSingle() {
+					return true;
+				}
+
+				@Override
+				public Class<? extends R> getReturnType() {
+					return (Class<? extends R>) Component.class;
+				}
+
+				@Override
+				public String toString(@Nullable Event e, boolean debug) {
+					return VariableString.this.toString(e, debug);
+				}
+			};
 		return ConvertedExpression.newInstance(this, to);
 	}
 
diff --git a/src/main/java/ch/njol/skript/util/Utils.java b/src/main/java/ch/njol/skript/util/Utils.java
index 12255d4d8d6..cf35839dc45 100644
--- a/src/main/java/ch/njol/skript/util/Utils.java
+++ b/src/main/java/ch/njol/skript/util/Utils.java
@@ -62,6 +62,7 @@
 import ch.njol.util.coll.CollectionUtils;
 import ch.njol.util.coll.iterator.EnumerationIterable;
 import net.md_5.bungee.api.ChatColor;
+import org.skriptlang.skript.bukkit.chat.util.ComponentHandler;
 
 /**
  * Utility class.
@@ -570,7 +571,9 @@ public static String getChatStyle(final String s) {
 	 * 
 	 * @param message
 	 * @return message with localised chat styles converted to Minecraft's format
+	 * @deprecated Use {@link ComponentHandler#toLegacyString(String)}
 	 */
+	@Deprecated
 	public static String replaceChatStyles(final String message) {
 		if (message.isEmpty())
 			return message;
@@ -608,6 +611,7 @@ public String run(final Matcher m) {
 	 * 
 	 * @param message
 	 * @return message with english chat styles converted to Minecraft's format
+	 * @deprecated Use {@link ComponentHandler#toLegacyString(String)}
 	 */
 	public static String replaceEnglishChatStyles(final String message) {
 		if (message.isEmpty())
diff --git a/src/main/java/ch/njol/skript/util/chat/ChatMessages.java b/src/main/java/ch/njol/skript/util/chat/ChatMessages.java
index dbe03940c76..795fb447daf 100644
--- a/src/main/java/ch/njol/skript/util/chat/ChatMessages.java
+++ b/src/main/java/ch/njol/skript/util/chat/ChatMessages.java
@@ -603,4 +603,5 @@ public static String stripStyles(String text) {
 		
 		return result;
 	}
+
 }
diff --git a/src/main/java/ch/njol/skript/variables/FlatFileStorage.java b/src/main/java/ch/njol/skript/variables/FlatFileStorage.java
index 5ab2d37d596..29a33adbfbc 100644
--- a/src/main/java/ch/njol/skript/variables/FlatFileStorage.java
+++ b/src/main/java/ch/njol/skript/variables/FlatFileStorage.java
@@ -26,10 +26,10 @@
 import ch.njol.skript.util.ExceptionUtils;
 import ch.njol.skript.util.FileUtils;
 import ch.njol.skript.util.Task;
-import ch.njol.skript.util.Utils;
 import ch.njol.skript.util.Version;
 import ch.njol.util.NotifyingReference;
 import org.eclipse.jdt.annotation.Nullable;
+import org.skriptlang.skript.bukkit.chat.util.ComponentHandler;
 
 import java.io.BufferedReader;
 import java.io.File;
@@ -223,7 +223,7 @@ protected boolean load_i(SectionNode sectionNode) {
 
 					// Legacy
 					if (deserializedValue instanceof String && update2_0_beta3) {
-						deserializedValue = Utils.replaceChatStyles((String) deserializedValue);
+						deserializedValue = ComponentHandler.toLegacyString((String) deserializedValue, false);
 					}
 
 					Variables.variableLoaded(split[0], deserializedValue, this);
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/skriptlang/skript/bukkit/chat/ChatModule.java b/src/main/java/org/skriptlang/skript/bukkit/chat/ChatModule.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..bae0ec87771
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/java/org/skriptlang/skript/bukkit/chat/ChatModule.java
@@ -0,0 +1,117 @@
+/**
+ *   This file is part of Skript.
+ *
+ *  Skript is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ *  it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+ *  the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+ *  (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ *  Skript is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ *  but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ *  MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+ *  GNU General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ *  You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ *  along with Skript.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+ *
+ * Copyright Peter Güttinger, SkriptLang team and contributors
+ */
+package org.skriptlang.skript.bukkit.chat;
+
+import ch.njol.skript.SkriptAddon;
+import ch.njol.skript.classes.ClassInfo;
+import ch.njol.skript.classes.Parser;
+import ch.njol.skript.lang.ParseContext;
+import ch.njol.skript.registrations.Classes;
+import ch.njol.skript.registrations.Converters;
+import org.skriptlang.skript.bukkit.chat.util.ComponentHandler;
+import net.kyori.adventure.text.Component;
+import net.kyori.adventure.text.minimessage.tag.Tag;
+import net.kyori.adventure.text.minimessage.tag.resolver.TagResolver;
+import org.apache.commons.lang.StringEscapeUtils;
+
+import java.io.IOException;
+
+public class ChatModule {
+
+	public void register(SkriptAddon addon) {
+
+		try {
+			addon.loadClasses("org.skriptlang.skript.bukkit.chat.elements");
+		} catch (IOException e) {
+			e.printStackTrace();
+		}
+
+		Converters.registerConverter(String.class, Component.class, ComponentHandler::parse);
+		Converters.registerConverter(Component.class, String.class, ComponentHandler::toLegacyString);
+
+		Classes.registerClass(new ClassInfo<>(Component.class, "component")
+			.user("components?")
+			.name("Component")
+			.since("INSERT VERSION")
+			.parser(new Parser<Component>() {
+				@Override
+				public boolean canParse(ParseContext context) {
+					return false;
+				}
+
+				@Override
+				public String toString(Component component, int flags) {
+					return ComponentHandler.toLegacyString(component);
+				}
+
+				@Override
+				public String toVariableNameString(Component component) {
+					return "component:" + component;
+				}
+			})
+		);
+
+		// Just to initialize it now
+		ComponentHandler.getAdventure();
+
+		// TODO maybe find a better solution idk though
+		ComponentHandler.registerPlaceholder("dark_cyan", "<dark_aqua>");
+		ComponentHandler.registerPlaceholder("dark_turquoise", "<dark_aqua>");
+		ComponentHandler.registerPlaceholder("cyan", "<dark_aqua>");
+
+		ComponentHandler.registerPlaceholder("purple", "<dark_purple>");
+
+		ComponentHandler.registerPlaceholder("dark_yellow", "<gold>");
+		ComponentHandler.registerPlaceholder("orange", "<gold>");
+
+		ComponentHandler.registerPlaceholder("light_grey", "<grey>");
+		ComponentHandler.registerPlaceholder("light_gray", "<grey>");
+		ComponentHandler.registerPlaceholder("silver", "<grey>");
+
+		ComponentHandler.registerPlaceholder("dark_silver", "<dark_grey>");
+
+		ComponentHandler.registerPlaceholder("light_blue", "<blue>");
+		ComponentHandler.registerPlaceholder("indigo", "<blue>");
+
+		ComponentHandler.registerPlaceholder("light_green", "<green>");
+		ComponentHandler.registerPlaceholder("lime_green", "<green>");
+		ComponentHandler.registerPlaceholder("lime", "<green>");
+
+		ComponentHandler.registerPlaceholder("light_cyan", "<aqua>");
+		ComponentHandler.registerPlaceholder("light_aqua", "<aqua>");
+		ComponentHandler.registerPlaceholder("turquoise", "<aqua>");
+
+		ComponentHandler.registerPlaceholder("light_red", "<red>");
+
+
+		ComponentHandler.registerPlaceholder("pink", "<light_purple>");
+		ComponentHandler.registerPlaceholder("magenta", "<light_purple>");
+
+		ComponentHandler.registerPlaceholder("light_yellow", "<yellow>");
+
+		ComponentHandler.registerPlaceholder("underline", "<underlined>");
+
+		ComponentHandler.registerResolver(TagResolver.resolver("unicode", (argumentQueue, context) -> {
+			String unicode = argumentQueue.popOr("A unicode tag must have an argument of the unicode").value();
+			return Tag.selfClosingInserting(Component.text(StringEscapeUtils.unescapeJava("\\" + unicode)));
+		}));
+
+	}
+
+}
diff --git a/src/main/java/ch/njol/skript/effects/EffBroadcast.java b/src/main/java/org/skriptlang/skript/bukkit/chat/elements/EffBroadcast.java
similarity index 58%
rename from src/main/java/ch/njol/skript/effects/EffBroadcast.java
rename to src/main/java/org/skriptlang/skript/bukkit/chat/elements/EffBroadcast.java
index 5e2b8fbdefb..63ebbbd848c 100644
--- a/src/main/java/ch/njol/skript/effects/EffBroadcast.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/skriptlang/skript/bukkit/chat/elements/EffBroadcast.java
@@ -16,26 +16,22 @@
  *
  * Copyright Peter Güttinger, SkriptLang team and contributors
  */
-package ch.njol.skript.effects;
+package org.skriptlang.skript.bukkit.chat.elements;
 
 import ch.njol.skript.Skript;
 import ch.njol.skript.doc.Description;
 import ch.njol.skript.doc.Examples;
 import ch.njol.skript.doc.Name;
 import ch.njol.skript.doc.Since;
-import ch.njol.skript.expressions.ExprColoured;
 import ch.njol.skript.lang.Effect;
 import ch.njol.skript.lang.Expression;
 import ch.njol.skript.lang.ExpressionList;
 import ch.njol.skript.lang.SkriptParser.ParseResult;
-import ch.njol.skript.lang.VariableString;
-import ch.njol.skript.registrations.Classes;
 import ch.njol.skript.util.LiteralUtils;
-import ch.njol.skript.util.chat.BungeeConverter;
-import ch.njol.skript.util.chat.ChatMessages;
 import ch.njol.util.Kleenean;
 import ch.njol.util.coll.CollectionUtils;
-import net.md_5.bungee.api.chat.BaseComponent;
+import org.skriptlang.skript.bukkit.chat.util.ComponentHandler;
+import net.kyori.adventure.audience.Audience;
 import org.bukkit.Bukkit;
 import org.bukkit.World;
 import org.bukkit.command.CommandSender;
@@ -54,67 +50,55 @@
 @Since("1.0, 2.6 (broadcasting objects), 2.6.1 (using advanced formatting)")
 public class EffBroadcast extends Effect {
 
-	static {
-		Skript.registerEffect(EffBroadcast.class, "broadcast %objects% [(to|in) %-worlds%]");
-	}
-
-	@SuppressWarnings("NotNullFieldNotInitialized")
-	private Expression<?> messageExpr;
 	@SuppressWarnings("NotNullFieldNotInitialized")
 	private Expression<?>[] messages;
+	@SuppressWarnings("NotNullFieldNotInitialized")
+	private Expression<?> messageExpr; // Used in toString
 	@Nullable
 	private Expression<World> worlds;
 
-	@SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
+	static {
+		Skript.registerEffect(EffBroadcast.class, "broadcast %objects% [(to|in) %-worlds%]");
+	}
+
 	@Override
+	@SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
 	public boolean init(Expression<?>[] exprs, int matchedPattern, Kleenean isDelayed, ParseResult parseResult) {
 		messageExpr = LiteralUtils.defendExpression(exprs[0]);
-		messages = messageExpr instanceof ExpressionList ?
-			((ExpressionList<?>) messageExpr).getExpressions() : new Expression[] {messageExpr};
+
+		messageExpr = LiteralUtils.defendExpression(exprs[0]);
+		if (messageExpr instanceof ExpressionList) {
+			ExpressionList<?> exprList = (ExpressionList<?>) messageExpr;
+			if (exprList.getAnd()) {
+				messages = exprList.getExpressions();
+			} else {
+				messages = new Expression[]{CollectionUtils.getRandom(exprList.getExpressions())};
+			}
+		} else {
+			messages = new Expression[]{messageExpr};
+		}
+
 		worlds = (Expression<World>) exprs[1];
 		return LiteralUtils.canInitSafely(messageExpr);
 	}
-	
+
 	@Override
-	@SuppressWarnings("deprecation")
-	public void execute(Event e) {
-		List<CommandSender> receivers = new ArrayList<>();
+	protected void execute(Event e) {
+		List<CommandSender> recipients = new ArrayList<>();
 		if (worlds == null) {
-			receivers.addAll(Bukkit.getOnlinePlayers());
-			receivers.add(Bukkit.getConsoleSender());
+			recipients.addAll(Bukkit.getOnlinePlayers());
+			recipients.add(Bukkit.getConsoleSender());
 		} else {
 			for (World world : worlds.getArray(e))
-				receivers.addAll(world.getPlayers());
-		}
-
-		for (Expression<?> message : getMessages()) {
-			if (message instanceof VariableString) {
-				BaseComponent[] components = BungeeConverter.convert(((VariableString) message).getMessageComponents(e));
-				receivers.forEach(receiver -> receiver.spigot().sendMessage(components));
-			} else if (message instanceof ExprColoured && ((ExprColoured) message).isUnsafeFormat()) { // Manually marked as trusted
-				for (Object realMessage : message.getArray(e)) {
-					BaseComponent[] components = BungeeConverter.convert(ChatMessages.parse((String) realMessage));
-					receivers.forEach(receiver -> receiver.spigot().sendMessage(components));
-				}
-			} else {
-				for (Object messageObject : message.getArray(e)) {
-					String realMessage = messageObject instanceof String ? (String) messageObject : Classes.toString(messageObject);
-					receivers.forEach(receiver -> receiver.sendMessage(realMessage));
-				}
-			}
+				recipients.addAll(world.getPlayers());
 		}
-	}
-
-	private Expression<?>[] getMessages() {
-		if (messageExpr instanceof ExpressionList && !messageExpr.getAnd()) {
-			return new Expression[] {CollectionUtils.getRandom(messages)};
-		}
-		return messages;
+		Audience audience = ComponentHandler.audienceFrom(recipients);
+		ComponentHandler.parseFromExpressions(e, messages).forEach(audience::sendMessage);
 	}
 
 	@Override
 	public String toString(@Nullable Event e, boolean debug) {
 		return "broadcast " + messageExpr.toString(e, debug) + (worlds == null ? "" : " to " + worlds.toString(e, debug));
 	}
-	
+
 }
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/skriptlang/skript/bukkit/chat/elements/EffMessage.java b/src/main/java/org/skriptlang/skript/bukkit/chat/elements/EffMessage.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..4997ae64dda
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/java/org/skriptlang/skript/bukkit/chat/elements/EffMessage.java
@@ -0,0 +1,136 @@
+/**
+ *   This file is part of Skript.
+ *
+ *  Skript is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ *  it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+ *  the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+ *  (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ *  Skript is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ *  but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ *  MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+ *  GNU General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ *  You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ *  along with Skript.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+ *
+ * Copyright Peter Güttinger, SkriptLang team and contributors
+ */
+package org.skriptlang.skript.bukkit.chat.elements;
+
+import ch.njol.skript.Skript;
+import ch.njol.skript.doc.Description;
+import ch.njol.skript.doc.Examples;
+import ch.njol.skript.doc.Name;
+import ch.njol.skript.doc.RequiredPlugins;
+import ch.njol.skript.doc.Since;
+import ch.njol.skript.lang.Effect;
+import ch.njol.skript.lang.Expression;
+import ch.njol.skript.lang.ExpressionList;
+import ch.njol.skript.lang.SkriptParser.ParseResult;
+import ch.njol.skript.util.LiteralUtils;
+import ch.njol.util.Kleenean;
+import ch.njol.util.coll.CollectionUtils;
+import org.skriptlang.skript.bukkit.chat.util.ComponentHandler;
+import net.kyori.adventure.audience.Audience;
+import net.kyori.adventure.identity.Identity;
+import net.kyori.adventure.text.Component;
+import org.bukkit.command.CommandSender;
+import org.bukkit.entity.Player;
+import org.bukkit.event.Event;
+import org.eclipse.jdt.annotation.Nullable;
+
+import java.util.List;
+
+@Name("Send Message")
+@Description({
+		"Sends a message to the given player. Only styles written",
+		"in given string or in <a href=expressions.html#ExprColoured>formatted expressions</a> will be parsed.",
+		"Adding an optional sender allows the messages to be sent as if a specific player sent them.",
+		"This is useful with Minecraft 1.16.4's new chat ignore system, in which players can choose to ignore other players,",
+		"but for this to work, the message needs to be sent from a player."
+})
+@Examples({
+		"message \"A wild %player% appeared!\"",
+		"message \"This message is a distraction. Mwahaha!\"",
+		"send \"Your kill streak is %{kill streak::%uuid of player%}%.\" to player",
+		"if the targeted entity exists:",
+		"\tmessage \"You're currently looking at a %type of the targeted entity%!\"",
+		"on chat:",
+		"\tcancel event",
+		"\tsend \"[%player%] >> %message%\" to all players from player"
+})
+@RequiredPlugins("Minecraft 1.16.4+ for optional sender")
+@Since("1.0, 2.2-dev26 (advanced features), 2.5.2 (optional sender), 2.6 (sending objects)")
+public class EffMessage extends Effect {
+
+	static {
+		Skript.registerEffect(EffMessage.class,
+			"(message|send [the] [message[s]]) %objects% [to %commandsenders%] [from %-player%]",
+			"send [the] action bar [with text] %objects% [to %commandsenders%]"
+		);
+	}
+
+	@SuppressWarnings("NotNullFieldNotInitialized")
+	private Expression<?>[] messages;
+	@SuppressWarnings("NotNullFieldNotInitialized")
+	private Expression<?> messageExpr; // Used in toString
+	@SuppressWarnings("NotNullFieldNotInitialized")
+	private Expression<CommandSender> recipients;
+
+	@Nullable
+	private Expression<Player> sender;
+
+	boolean isChatMessage;
+
+	@Override
+	@SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
+	public boolean init(Expression<?>[] exprs, int matchedPattern, Kleenean isDelayed, ParseResult parseResult) {
+		isChatMessage = matchedPattern == 0;
+
+		messageExpr = LiteralUtils.defendExpression(exprs[0]);
+		if (messageExpr instanceof ExpressionList) {
+			ExpressionList<?> exprList = (ExpressionList<?>) messageExpr;
+			if (exprList.getAnd()) {
+				messages = exprList.getExpressions();
+			} else {
+				messages = new Expression[]{CollectionUtils.getRandom(exprList.getExpressions())};
+			}
+		} else {
+			messages = new Expression[]{messageExpr};
+		}
+
+		recipients = (Expression<CommandSender>) exprs[1];
+
+		if (isChatMessage)
+			sender = (Expression<Player>) exprs[2];
+
+		return LiteralUtils.canInitSafely(messageExpr);
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	protected void execute(Event e) {
+		Audience audience = ComponentHandler.audienceFrom(recipients.getArray(e));
+
+		List<Component> components = ComponentHandler.parseFromExpressions(e, messages);
+
+		if (isChatMessage) {
+			Player from = sender != null ? sender.getSingle(e) : null;
+			Identity identity = from != null ? Identity.identity(from.getUniqueId()) : Identity.nil();
+			for (Component component : components)
+				audience.sendMessage(identity, component);
+		} else {
+			for (Component component : components)
+				audience.sendActionBar(component);
+		}
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public String toString(@Nullable Event e, boolean debug) {
+		if (isChatMessage)
+			return "send " + messageExpr.toString(e, debug) + " to " + recipients.toString(e, debug) +
+				(sender != null ? " from " + sender.toString(e, debug) : "");
+		return "send action bar " + messageExpr.toString(e, debug) + " to " + recipients.toString(e, debug);
+	}
+
+}
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/skriptlang/skript/bukkit/chat/elements/EffSendTitle.java b/src/main/java/org/skriptlang/skript/bukkit/chat/elements/EffSendTitle.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..c64400cebc6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/java/org/skriptlang/skript/bukkit/chat/elements/EffSendTitle.java
@@ -0,0 +1,152 @@
+/**
+ *   This file is part of Skript.
+ *
+ *  Skript is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ *  it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+ *  the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+ *  (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ *  Skript is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ *  but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ *  MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+ *  GNU General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ *  You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ *  along with Skript.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+ *
+ * Copyright Peter Güttinger, SkriptLang team and contributors
+ */
+package org.skriptlang.skript.bukkit.chat.elements;
+
+import ch.njol.skript.Skript;
+import ch.njol.skript.doc.Description;
+import ch.njol.skript.doc.Examples;
+import ch.njol.skript.doc.Name;
+import ch.njol.skript.doc.Since;
+import ch.njol.skript.lang.Effect;
+import ch.njol.skript.lang.Expression;
+import ch.njol.skript.lang.SkriptParser.ParseResult;
+import ch.njol.skript.util.LiteralUtils;
+import ch.njol.skript.util.Timespan;
+import ch.njol.util.Kleenean;
+import org.skriptlang.skript.bukkit.chat.util.ComponentHandler;
+import net.kyori.adventure.audience.Audience;
+import net.kyori.adventure.title.Title;
+import net.kyori.adventure.title.Title.Times;
+import net.kyori.adventure.util.Ticks;
+import org.bukkit.command.CommandSender;
+import org.bukkit.event.Event;
+import org.eclipse.jdt.annotation.Nullable;
+
+import java.time.Duration;
+
+@Name("Send Title")
+@Description({
+		"Sends a title/subtitle to the given player(s) with optional fadein/stay/fadeout times for Minecraft versions 1.11 and above.",
+		"Note: if no input is given for the title/subtitle or the times, "
+		+ "it will keep the ones from the last title sent, use the <a href='effects.html#EffResetTitle'>reset title</a> effect to restore the default values."
+})
+@Examples({
+		"send title \"Competition Started\" with subtitle \"Have fun, Stay safe!\" to player for 5 seconds",
+		"send title \"Hi %player%\" to player", "send title \"Loot Drop\" with subtitle \"starts in 3 minutes\" to all players",
+		"send title \"Hello %player%!\" with subtitle \"Welcome to our server\" to player for 5 seconds with fadein 1 second and fade out 1 second",
+		"send subtitle \"Party!\" to all players"
+})
+@Since("2.3, INSERT VERSION (sending objects)")
+public class EffSendTitle extends Effect {
+
+	static {
+		Skript.registerEffect(EffSendTitle.class,
+			"send title %object% [with subtitle %-object%] [to %commandsenders%] [for %-timespan%] [with fade[(-| )]in %-timespan%] [(and|with) fade[(-| )]out %-timespan%]",
+			"send subtitle %object% [to %commandsenders%] [for %-timespan%] [with fade[(-| )]in %-timespan%] [(and|with) fade[(-| )]out %-timespan%]"
+		);
+	}
+
+	@Nullable
+	private Expression<?> title;
+	@Nullable
+	private Expression<?> subtitle;
+	@SuppressWarnings("NotNullFieldNotInitialized")
+	private Expression<CommandSender> recipients;
+	@Nullable
+	private Expression<Timespan> fadeIn, stay, fadeOut;
+
+	@Override
+	@SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
+	public boolean init(Expression<?>[] exprs, int matchedPattern, Kleenean isDelayed, ParseResult parseResult) {
+		title = matchedPattern == 0 ? LiteralUtils.defendExpression(exprs[0]) : null;
+		subtitle = exprs[1 - matchedPattern];
+		if (subtitle != null)
+			LiteralUtils.defendExpression(exprs[1 - matchedPattern]);
+		recipients = (Expression<CommandSender>) exprs[2 - matchedPattern];
+		stay = (Expression<Timespan>) exprs[3 - matchedPattern];
+		fadeIn = (Expression<Timespan>) exprs[4 - matchedPattern];
+		fadeOut = (Expression<Timespan>) exprs[5 - matchedPattern];
+		if (title != null) {
+			if (subtitle != null)
+				return LiteralUtils.canInitSafely(title, subtitle);
+			return LiteralUtils.canInitSafely(title);
+		}
+		return LiteralUtils.canInitSafely(subtitle);
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	protected void execute(Event e) {
+		Audience audience = ComponentHandler.audienceFrom(recipients.getArray(e));
+
+		Timespan fadeIn = this.fadeIn != null ? this.fadeIn.getSingle(e) : null;
+		Timespan stay = this.stay != null ? this.stay.getSingle(e) : null;
+		Timespan fadeOut = this.fadeOut != null ? this.fadeOut.getSingle(e) : null;
+
+		Duration fadeInDuration = fadeIn != null ? Ticks.duration(fadeIn.getTicks_i()) : Title.DEFAULT_TIMES.fadeIn();
+		Duration stayDuration = stay != null ? Ticks.duration(stay.getTicks_i()) : Title.DEFAULT_TIMES.stay();
+		Duration fadeOutDuration = fadeOut != null ? Ticks.duration(fadeOut.getTicks_i()) : Title.DEFAULT_TIMES.fadeOut();
+
+		Times times = Times.times(fadeInDuration, stayDuration, fadeOutDuration);
+		Title title = Title.title(ComponentHandler.parseFromSingleExpression(e, this.title), ComponentHandler.parseFromSingleExpression(e, this.subtitle), times);
+
+		audience.showTitle(title);
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public String toString(@Nullable Event e, boolean debug) {
+		StringBuilder builder = new StringBuilder();
+		if (title != null) {
+			builder.append("send title ").append(title.toString(e, debug));
+			if (subtitle != null)
+				builder.append(" with subtitle ").append(subtitle.toString(e, debug));
+		} else {
+			assert subtitle != null;
+			builder.append("send subtitle ").append(subtitle.toString(e, debug));
+		}
+
+		builder.append(" to ").append(recipients.toString(e, debug));
+
+		if (stay != null) {
+			builder.append(" for ").append(stay.toString(e, debug));
+		} else {
+			long ticks = Title.DEFAULT_TIMES.stay().toMillis() / Ticks.SINGLE_TICK_DURATION_MS;
+			builder.append(" for ").append(ticks).append(" ticks");
+		}
+		if (fadeIn != null) {
+			builder.append(" with fade in ").append(fadeIn.toString(e, debug));
+		} else {
+			long ticks = Title.DEFAULT_TIMES.fadeIn().toMillis() / Ticks.SINGLE_TICK_DURATION_MS;
+			builder.append(" with fade in ").append(ticks).append(" ticks");
+		}
+		if (fadeOut != null) {
+			builder.append(" with fade out ").append(fadeOut.toString(e, debug));
+		} else {
+			if (fadeIn != null) {
+				builder.append(" and");
+			} else {
+				builder.append(" with");
+			}
+			long ticks = Title.DEFAULT_TIMES.fadeOut().toMillis() / Ticks.SINGLE_TICK_DURATION_MS;
+			builder.append(" fade out ").append(ticks).append(" ticks");
+		}
+
+		return builder.toString();
+	}
+
+}
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/skriptlang/skript/bukkit/chat/elements/ExprColoured.java b/src/main/java/org/skriptlang/skript/bukkit/chat/elements/ExprColoured.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..8a76721ec37
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/java/org/skriptlang/skript/bukkit/chat/elements/ExprColoured.java
@@ -0,0 +1,134 @@
+/**
+ *   This file is part of Skript.
+ *
+ *  Skript is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ *  it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+ *  the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+ *  (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ *  Skript is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ *  but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ *  MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+ *  GNU General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ *  You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ *  along with Skript.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+ *
+ * Copyright Peter Güttinger, SkriptLang team and contributors
+ */
+package org.skriptlang.skript.bukkit.chat.elements;
+
+import ch.njol.skript.Skript;
+import ch.njol.skript.doc.Description;
+import ch.njol.skript.doc.Examples;
+import ch.njol.skript.doc.Name;
+import ch.njol.skript.doc.Since;
+import ch.njol.skript.lang.Expression;
+import ch.njol.skript.lang.ExpressionList;
+import ch.njol.skript.lang.ExpressionType;
+import ch.njol.skript.lang.SkriptParser.ParseResult;
+import ch.njol.skript.lang.VariableString;
+import ch.njol.skript.lang.util.SimpleExpression;
+import ch.njol.util.Kleenean;
+import org.skriptlang.skript.bukkit.chat.util.ComponentHandler;
+import net.kyori.adventure.text.Component;
+import org.bukkit.event.Event;
+import org.eclipse.jdt.annotation.Nullable;
+
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.List;
+
+@Name("Coloured / Uncoloured")
+@Description({
+		"Parses &lt;colour&gt;s and, optionally, chat styles in a message or removes",
+		"any colours <i>and</i> chat styles from the message. Parsing all",
+		"chat styles requires this expression to be used in same line with",
+		"the <a href=effects.html#EffSend>send effect</a>."
+})
+@Examples({
+		"on chat:",
+		"\tset message to coloured message # Safe; only colors get parsed",
+		"command /fade &lt;player&gt;:",
+		"\ttrigger:",
+		"\t\tset display name of the player-argument to uncoloured display name of the player-argument",
+		"command /format &lt;text&gt;:",
+		"\ttrigger:",
+		"\t\tmessage formatted text-argument # Safe, because we're sending to whoever used this command"
+})
+@Since("2.0")
+public class ExprColoured extends SimpleExpression<Component> {
+
+	static {
+		Skript.registerExpression(ExprColoured.class, Component.class, ExpressionType.COMBINED,
+				"(colo[u]r-|colo[u]red )%strings%",
+				"(format-|formatted )%strings%",
+				"(un|non)[-](colo[u]r-|colo[u]red |1¦format-|1¦formatted )%strings%"
+		);
+	}
+
+	@SuppressWarnings("NotNullFieldNotInitialized")
+	private Expression<String> strings;
+	
+	// Whether colors should be parsed
+	boolean color;
+	// Whether all formatting should be parsed
+	boolean format;
+	// Whether all formatting should be removed
+	boolean unformatted;
+
+	@Override
+	@SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
+	public boolean init(Expression<?>[] exprs, int matchedPattern, Kleenean isDelayed, ParseResult parseResult) {
+		strings = (Expression<String>) exprs[0];
+		color = matchedPattern <= 1; // colored and formatted
+		format = matchedPattern == 1;
+		unformatted = parseResult.mark == 1;
+		return true;
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	@Nullable
+	@SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
+	protected Component[] get(Event e) {
+		long start = System.nanoTime();
+		List<Component> components = new ArrayList<>();
+
+		Expression<String>[] expressions = strings instanceof ExpressionList ?
+			(Expression<String>[]) ((ExpressionList<String>) strings).getExpressions() : new Expression[]{strings};
+
+		for (Expression<String> expr : expressions) {
+			if (expr instanceof VariableString) { // Avoid unnecessary parsing
+				// Although a VariableString may already be parsed into a component, we have to do this again because it's colored.
+				components.add(getComponent(((VariableString) expr).toString(false, e)));
+			} else {
+				for (String string : expr.getArray(e))
+					components.add(getComponent(string));
+			}
+		}
+		System.out.println("Finished Coloring: " + (1. * (System.nanoTime() - start) / 1000000.));
+
+		return components.toArray(new Component[0]);
+	}
+
+	private Component getComponent(String string) {
+		return color ? ComponentHandler.parse(string, !format) : ComponentHandler.plain(ComponentHandler.stripFormatting(string, unformatted));
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public boolean isSingle() {
+		return strings.isSingle();
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public Class<? extends Component> getReturnType() {
+		return Component.class;
+	}
+	
+	@Override
+	public String toString(@Nullable Event e, boolean debug) {
+		if (format)
+			return "formatted " + strings.toString(e, debug);
+		return (color ? "" : "un") + "coloured " + strings.toString(e, debug);
+	}
+
+}
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/skriptlang/skript/bukkit/chat/elements/package-info.java b/src/main/java/org/skriptlang/skript/bukkit/chat/elements/package-info.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..d05865be9d6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/java/org/skriptlang/skript/bukkit/chat/elements/package-info.java
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+/**
+ *   This file is part of Skript.
+ *
+ *  Skript is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ *  it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+ *  the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+ *  (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ *  Skript is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ *  but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ *  MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+ *  GNU General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ *  You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ *  along with Skript.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+ *
+ * Copyright Peter Güttinger, SkriptLang team and contributors
+ */
+@NonNullByDefault({DefaultLocation.PARAMETER, DefaultLocation.RETURN_TYPE, DefaultLocation.FIELD})
+package org.skriptlang.skript.bukkit.chat.elements;
+
+import org.eclipse.jdt.annotation.DefaultLocation;
+import org.eclipse.jdt.annotation.NonNullByDefault;
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/skriptlang/skript/bukkit/chat/package-info.java b/src/main/java/org/skriptlang/skript/bukkit/chat/package-info.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..09d974c28f3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/java/org/skriptlang/skript/bukkit/chat/package-info.java
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+/**
+ *   This file is part of Skript.
+ *
+ *  Skript is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ *  it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+ *  the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+ *  (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ *  Skript is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ *  but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ *  MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+ *  GNU General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ *  You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ *  along with Skript.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+ *
+ * Copyright Peter Güttinger, SkriptLang team and contributors
+ */
+@NonNullByDefault({DefaultLocation.PARAMETER, DefaultLocation.RETURN_TYPE, DefaultLocation.FIELD})
+package org.skriptlang.skript.bukkit.chat;
+
+import org.eclipse.jdt.annotation.DefaultLocation;
+import org.eclipse.jdt.annotation.NonNullByDefault;
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/skriptlang/skript/bukkit/chat/util/CodeConverter.java b/src/main/java/org/skriptlang/skript/bukkit/chat/util/CodeConverter.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..8c3affb2ab6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/java/org/skriptlang/skript/bukkit/chat/util/CodeConverter.java
@@ -0,0 +1,62 @@
+/**
+ *   This file is part of Skript.
+ *
+ *  Skript is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ *  it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+ *  the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+ *  (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ *  Skript is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ *  but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ *  MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+ *  GNU General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ *  You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ *  along with Skript.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+ *
+ * Copyright Peter Güttinger, SkriptLang team and contributors
+ */
+package org.skriptlang.skript.bukkit.chat.util;
+
+import org.eclipse.jdt.annotation.Nullable;
+
+import java.util.HashMap;
+import java.util.Map;
+
+class CodeConverter {
+
+	private static final Map<Character, String> CODE_MAP = new HashMap<>();
+
+	static {
+		CODE_MAP.put('0', "black");
+		CODE_MAP.put('1', "dark_blue");
+		CODE_MAP.put('2', "dark_green");
+		CODE_MAP.put('3', "dark_aqua");
+		CODE_MAP.put('4', "dark_red");
+		CODE_MAP.put('5', "dark_purple");
+		CODE_MAP.put('6', "gold");
+		CODE_MAP.put('7', "gray");
+		CODE_MAP.put('8', "dark_gray");
+		CODE_MAP.put('9', "blue");
+		CODE_MAP.put('a', "green");
+		CODE_MAP.put('b', "aqua");
+		CODE_MAP.put('c', "red");
+		CODE_MAP.put('d', "light_purple");
+		CODE_MAP.put('e', "yellow");
+		CODE_MAP.put('f', "white");
+
+		CODE_MAP.put('o', "italic");
+		CODE_MAP.put('l', "bold");
+		CODE_MAP.put('m', "strikethrough");
+		CODE_MAP.put('n', "underlined");
+		CODE_MAP.put('k', "obfuscated");
+
+		CODE_MAP.put('r', "reset");
+	}
+
+	@Nullable
+	public static String getColor(char code) {
+		return CODE_MAP.get(code);
+	}
+
+}
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/skriptlang/skript/bukkit/chat/util/ComponentHandler.java b/src/main/java/org/skriptlang/skript/bukkit/chat/util/ComponentHandler.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..1ae323b0a34
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/java/org/skriptlang/skript/bukkit/chat/util/ComponentHandler.java
@@ -0,0 +1,349 @@
+/**
+ *   This file is part of Skript.
+ *
+ *  Skript is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ *  it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+ *  the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+ *  (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ *  Skript is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ *  but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ *  MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+ *  GNU General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ *  You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ *  along with Skript.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+ *
+ * Copyright Peter Güttinger, SkriptLang team and contributors
+ */
+package org.skriptlang.skript.bukkit.chat.util;
+
+import ch.njol.skript.Skript;
+import ch.njol.skript.lang.Expression;
+import ch.njol.skript.lang.VariableString;
+import ch.njol.skript.registrations.Classes;
+import net.kyori.adventure.audience.Audience;
+import net.kyori.adventure.platform.bukkit.BukkitAudiences;
+import net.kyori.adventure.platform.bukkit.BukkitComponentSerializer;
+import net.kyori.adventure.text.Component;
+import net.kyori.adventure.text.minimessage.Context;
+import net.kyori.adventure.text.minimessage.MiniMessage;
+import net.kyori.adventure.text.minimessage.ParsingException;
+import net.kyori.adventure.text.minimessage.tag.Tag;
+import net.kyori.adventure.text.minimessage.tag.resolver.ArgumentQueue;
+import net.kyori.adventure.text.minimessage.tag.resolver.TagResolver;
+import net.kyori.adventure.text.minimessage.tag.standard.StandardTags;
+import net.kyori.adventure.text.serializer.plain.PlainTextComponentSerializer;
+import org.bukkit.command.CommandSender;
+import org.bukkit.event.Event;
+import org.eclipse.jdt.annotation.Nullable;
+import org.jetbrains.annotations.NotNull;
+
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.Collection;
+import java.util.HashMap;
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Map;
+
+public class ComponentHandler {
+
+	private static final Map<String, Tag> SIMPLE_PLACEHOLDERS = new HashMap<>();
+	private static final List<TagResolver> RESOLVERS = new ArrayList<>();
+
+	/**
+	 * Registers a simple key-value placeholder with Skript's message parsers.
+	 * @param tag The name/key of the placeholder.
+	 * @param result The result/value of the placeholder.
+	 */
+	public static void registerPlaceholder(String tag, String result) {
+		SIMPLE_PLACEHOLDERS.put(tag, Tag.preProcessParsed(result));
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Unregisters a simple key-value placeholder from Skript's message parsers.
+	 * @param tag The name of the placeholder to unregister.
+	 */
+	public static void unregisterPlaceholder(String tag) {
+		SIMPLE_PLACEHOLDERS.remove(tag);
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Registers a TagResolver with Skript's message parsers.
+	 * @param resolver The TagResolver to register.
+	 */
+	public static void registerResolver(TagResolver resolver) {
+		RESOLVERS.add(resolver);
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Unregisters a TagResolver from Skript's message parsers.
+	 * @param resolver The TagResolver to unregister.
+	 */
+	public static void unregisterResolver(TagResolver resolver) {
+		RESOLVERS.remove(resolver);
+	}
+
+	private static final TagResolver SKRIPT_TAG_RESOLVER = new TagResolver() {
+		@Override
+		@Nullable
+		public Tag resolve(@NotNull String name, @NotNull ArgumentQueue arguments, @NotNull Context ctx) throws ParsingException {
+			Tag simple = SIMPLE_PLACEHOLDERS.get(name);
+			if (simple != null)
+				return simple;
+			for (TagResolver resolver : RESOLVERS) {
+				Tag resolved = resolver.resolve(name, arguments, ctx);
+				if (resolved != null)
+					return resolved;
+			}
+			return null;
+		}
+
+		@Override
+		public boolean has(@NotNull String name) {
+			if (SIMPLE_PLACEHOLDERS.containsKey(name))
+				return true;
+			for (TagResolver resolver : RESOLVERS) {
+				if (resolver.has(name))
+					return true;
+			}
+			return false;
+		}
+	};
+
+	// The normal parser will process any proper tags
+	private static final MiniMessage parser = MiniMessage.builder()
+		.strict(false)
+		.tags(TagResolver.builder()
+			.resolver(StandardTags.defaults())
+			.resolver(SKRIPT_TAG_RESOLVER)
+			.build()
+		)
+		.build();
+
+	// The safe parser only parses color/decoration/formatting related tags
+	private static final MiniMessage safeParser = MiniMessage.builder()
+		.strict(false)
+		.tags(TagResolver.builder()
+			.resolvers(
+				StandardTags.color(), StandardTags.decorations(), StandardTags.font(),
+				StandardTags.gradient(), StandardTags.rainbow(), StandardTags.newline(),
+				StandardTags.reset(), StandardTags.transition()
+			)
+			.resolver(SKRIPT_TAG_RESOLVER)
+			.build()
+		)
+		.build();
+
+	/**
+	 * Parses a string using one of the MiniMessage parsers.
+	 * @param message The message to parse. Will be parsed with the safe parser by default.
+	 * @return An adventure component from the parsed message.
+	 * @see #parse(Object, boolean)
+	 */
+	public static Component parse(Object message) {
+		return parse(message, true);
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Parses a string using one of the MiniMessage parsers.
+	 * @param message The message to parse.
+	 * @param safe Whether only color/decoration/formatting related tags should be parsed.
+	 * @return An adventure component from the parsed message.
+	 */
+	public static Component parse(Object message, boolean safe) {
+		String realMessage = message instanceof String ? (String) message : Classes.toString(message);
+
+		if (realMessage.isEmpty()) {
+			return Component.empty();
+		}
+
+		if (realMessage.contains("&") || realMessage.contains("§")) {
+			StringBuilder reconstructedMessage = new StringBuilder();
+			char[] messageChars = realMessage.toCharArray();
+			int length = messageChars.length;
+			for (int i = 0; i < length; i++) {
+				char current = messageChars[i];
+				if (current == '§')
+					current = '&';
+				char next = (i + 1 != length) ? messageChars[i + 1] : ' ';
+				boolean isCode = current == '&';
+				if (isCode && next == 'x') { // Try to parse as hex -> &x&1&2&3&4&5&6
+					reconstructedMessage.append("<#");
+					for (int i2 = i + 3; i2 < i + 14; i2 += 2) // Isolate the specific numbers
+						reconstructedMessage.append(messageChars[i2]);
+					reconstructedMessage.append('>');
+					i += 13; // Skip to the end
+				} else if (isCode) {
+					String color = CodeConverter.getColor(next);
+					if (color != null) { // This is a valid code
+						reconstructedMessage.append('<').append(color).append('>');
+						i++; // Skip to the end
+					} else { // Not a valid color :(
+						reconstructedMessage.append(current);
+					}
+				} else {
+					reconstructedMessage.append(current);
+				}
+			}
+			realMessage = reconstructedMessage.toString();
+		}
+
+		// TODO find a better solution
+		// Really annoying backwards compatibility check
+		realMessage = realMessage.replace("<dark cyan>", "<dark_aqua>")
+			.replace("<dark turquoise>", "<dark_aqua>")
+			.replace("<dark yellow>", "<gold>")
+			.replace("<light grey>", "<grey>")
+			.replace("<light gray>", "<grey>")
+			.replace("<dark silver>", "<dark_grey>")
+			.replace("<light blue>", "<blue>")
+			.replace("<light green>", "<green>")
+			.replace("<lime green>", "<green>")
+			.replace("<light cyan>", "<aqua>")
+			.replace("<light aqua>", "<aqua>")
+			.replace("<light red>", "<red>")
+			.replace("<light yellow>", "<yellow>");
+
+		return safe ? safeParser.deserialize(realMessage) : parser.deserialize(realMessage);
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Constructs a list of components from the given expressions.
+	 * @param e The event to get expression values with.
+	 * @param expressions The expressions to parse from.
+	 * @return A list of components parsed from the stringified expressions.
+	 * @see #parseFromSingleExpression(Event, Expression)
+	 */
+	public static List<Component> parseFromExpressions(Event e, Expression<?>... expressions) {
+		List<Component> components = new ArrayList<>();
+		for (Expression<?> expression : expressions) {
+			if (expression instanceof VariableString) { // Get the unformatted string since we'll be formatting it here
+				components.add(((VariableString) expression).getAsComponent(e));
+			} else { // Might not be safe, only parse formatting
+				for (Object messageObject : expression.getArray(e)) {
+					if (messageObject instanceof Component) { // No point in doing anything
+						components.add((Component) messageObject);
+					} else {
+						components.add(parse(messageObject, true));
+					}
+				}
+			}
+		}
+		return components;
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Constructs a component from the given expression.
+	 * @param e The event to get expression values with.
+	 * @param expression The expression to parse from.
+	 * @return A component parsed from the stringified expression.
+	 * Will return an empty component if the provided expression is null.
+	 * @see #parseFromExpressions(Event, Expression[])
+	 */
+	public static Component parseFromSingleExpression(Event e, @Nullable Expression<?> expression) {
+		if (expression != null && expression.isSingle()) {
+			if (expression instanceof VariableString)
+				return ((VariableString) expression).getAsComponent(e);
+			Object object = expression.getSingle(e);
+			if (object != null) {
+				if (object instanceof Component)
+					return (Component) object;
+				return ComponentHandler.parse(object, true);
+			}
+		}
+		return Component.empty();
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Creates a plain text component from an object.
+	 * @param message The message to create a component from.
+	 * @return An unprocessed component from the given message.
+	 */
+	public static Component plain(Object message) {
+		return Component.text(message instanceof String ? (String) message : Classes.toString(message));
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Escapes all tags known to Skript in the given string.
+	 * @param string The string to escape tags in.
+	 * @return The string with tags escaped.
+	 */
+	public static String escape(String string) {
+		return parser.escapeTags(string);
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Strips all formatting from a string.
+	 * @param string The string to strip formatting from.
+	 * @param all Whether ALL formatting/tags should be stripped.
+	 *            If false, only safe tags like colors and decorations will be stripped.
+	 * @return The stripped string.
+	 */
+	public static String stripFormatting(String string, boolean all) {
+		return stripFormatting(parse(string, !all));
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Strips all formatting from a component.
+	 * @param component The component to strip formatting from.
+	 * @return A stripped string from a component.
+	 */
+	public static String stripFormatting(Component component) {
+		return PlainTextComponentSerializer.plainText().serialize(component);
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Converts a string into a legacy formatted string.
+	 * @param string The string to convert.
+	 * @param all Whether ALL formatting/tags should be converted to a legacy format.
+	 *            If false, only safe tags like colors and decorations will be converted.
+	 * @return The legacy string.
+	 */
+	public static String toLegacyString(String string, boolean all) {
+		return toLegacyString(parse(string, !all));
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Converts a component into a legacy formatted string.
+	 * @param component The component to convert.
+	 * @return The legacy string.
+	 */
+	public static String toLegacyString(Component component) {
+		return BukkitComponentSerializer.legacy().serialize(component);
+	}
+
+	@Nullable
+	private static BukkitAudiences adventure = null; // Can't set here as we need an instance of Skript
+
+	public static BukkitAudiences getAdventure() {
+		if (adventure == null)
+			adventure = BukkitAudiences.create(Skript.getInstance());
+		// TODO we might need to close this ('adventure.close()')
+		return adventure;
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Constructs an audience from command senders.
+	 * @param senders The members of this audience.
+	 * @return An audience consisting of the provided command senders.
+	 */
+	public static Audience audienceFrom(Collection<CommandSender> senders) {
+		List<Audience> bukkitAudiences = new ArrayList<>();
+		for (CommandSender sender : senders)
+			bukkitAudiences.add(getAdventure().sender(sender));
+		return Audience.audience(bukkitAudiences);
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Constructs an audience from command senders.
+	 * @param senders The members of this audience.
+	 * @return An audience consisting of the provided command senders.
+	 */
+	public static Audience audienceFrom(CommandSender... senders) {
+		List<Audience> bukkitAudiences = new ArrayList<>();
+		for (CommandSender sender : senders)
+			bukkitAudiences.add(getAdventure().sender(sender));
+		return Audience.audience(bukkitAudiences);
+	}
+
+}
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/skriptlang/skript/bukkit/chat/util/package-info.java b/src/main/java/org/skriptlang/skript/bukkit/chat/util/package-info.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..605ab1b7c18
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/java/org/skriptlang/skript/bukkit/chat/util/package-info.java
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+/**
+ *   This file is part of Skript.
+ *
+ *  Skript is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ *  it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+ *  the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+ *  (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ *  Skript is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ *  but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ *  MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+ *  GNU General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ *  You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ *  along with Skript.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+ *
+ * Copyright Peter Güttinger, SkriptLang team and contributors
+ */
+@NonNullByDefault({DefaultLocation.PARAMETER, DefaultLocation.RETURN_TYPE, DefaultLocation.FIELD})
+package org.skriptlang.skript.bukkit.chat.util;
+
+import org.eclipse.jdt.annotation.DefaultLocation;
+import org.eclipse.jdt.annotation.NonNullByDefault;
diff --git a/src/main/resources/lang/default.lang b/src/main/resources/lang/default.lang
index 02909f887b2..8cb004e3b34 100644
--- a/src/main/resources/lang/default.lang
+++ b/src/main/resources/lang/default.lang
@@ -2031,3 +2031,7 @@ types:
 	# Hooks
 	money: money
 	region: region¦s
+
+	# Other API
+
+	component: component¦s @a