The Third War of Ars Magus

The Third War of Ars Magus (Called by some the Second Dark War) is the most devastating war the EvoBlaze world has seen, primarily between the Rogue Sectors and the Novus Orbis Sequentia and is known to be the time mankind nearly perished to the Seithr-generated-phenomena; the Black Corrosion. 
==History==
===Pre War===
The NOS having come into power following the events in Eternal Desires, had continued their iron grip on the world alongside their partner: the Izanagi Agency. They were planning to use their system to bring mankind's world into eternity with the help of the remains of very powerful individuals who supposedly had hand in designing this system. As Exitiums were made, and weapons were built, not everyone agreed with the plans or their visions. This resulted in the already disquiet sectors splitting away to become a government in their own right and set their challenge to this age, which the NOS saw as an act to bring destruction and chaos to their world.
A primary cause of this war was said to be the desire to locate the Azure for various reasons. For the NOS, it was the opportunity to make the world eternal as the system sought, while the Sectors wanted it to end the system, to prevent it from commanding their possibilities. However, all of this led to the Imperator once again suggesting the Azure should not be contacted or disturbed at a turbulent time such as the Third War. The world was trapped in thoughts of increasing chaos and malice, and desires consumed their hearts. A specialized AIP was designed to see to their purposes to act as something similar to the Successor to locate the hidden force, but never got a soul.
Collectively, the War was sparked from a growing dissent between the direction of the World Order and the people as a whole. This would lead to several cities within the region becoming liberated by rogue forces, eventually this small effort would blossom into that of the force known as the Rogue Sectors, Sectors of sovereign forces who rose against the NOS for various reasons. 
The Imperator was known to be the individual to officially declare this war, when the collapse of Ikaruga began and one of her cities, Yabiko, and people were completely wiped out from an attack of a weapon that was pinned as a design of the rebellions rising against the World Order. This attack took place during a envoy of the Imperator's approach to the Sectors, which ended in bloodshed and discovery of an experimental weapon, a strange but massive core within the depths of Ikaruga. In response, the World Order would make the choice to also pour its efforts into preparing for conflict with these small uprisings directly and discover the source of their dangerous research that could cause such devestation. But at the time this was a risky development as humanity had still not recovered from it’s confrontation with Irregularities being detected by the newly christened Boundary Management System. All efforts were already being poured into designing counter measures to such threats, including weaponry and Prime Field Devices, but these creations were soon adapted for combat against the rebellions. 
===The Third War===
With the previous events, the Third War officially began. 
It would also see the rise of a new Irregularity, ones that had developed beyond the current technology and weaponry, who had learned to utilize a Drive similar to Soul Eater with varying effects. Humanity had to adapt, and learn how to utilize everything at hand, leading to the leaders from the remaining branch of the guild to step up and try to make crystals and their codes more accessible. But this also opened the door for other research of the objects, at times controversial. 
The Rogue Sectors would target the controlled cities and try to liberate them, and this would lead to several skirmishes over it and research being stolen. The Sectors had their own individuals who utilized experimental weaponry while the NOS had their own elite forces designed and trained by the Izanagi Agency among them who wielded the sacred weapons known as the Voloarmis which were connected to the power of the system itself, and the Exitium alongside Prime Field Devices. It was a clash of desires between freedom and order. 
The gap between the NOS and the Rogue Sectors was apparent, with the NOS having the majority of the Azure Interface Prime Field Devices whom they used many souls with as the war continued to smelt them into units and weapons while other Devices were left unaware. Several research projects were funded to look into a way to stop them by the Rogue Sectors, resulting in new technologies being developed to help using the Seithr Cores and Boundary Fragments as a basis. The Rogue Sectors continued seeking the remains of the Azure as well as the Voloarmis.
Even so, these efforts were often met with a wall in the form of Akuhei Yamaorochi, the first and most deadly Destroyer to exist with the power of a unrestricted Anguis Inférnis: Leviathan. He was followed by a few others in this project who were capable of wielding the destructive power against their foes. These Destroyers made the process of gathering souls easy for the NOS, while the Rogue Sectors struggled to stay standing against this oppressive power. Yamaorochi sought the Observer's knowledge of the Azure for himself. 
At some point during this war, an individual who was formerly the Imperator's ally became a traitor, and introduced a new squadron of powerful individuals who could challenge the power of the Destroyers. With the remnants of forces of magic now backing them, the Rogue Sectors slowly saw a return to their feet in the War, forcing the NOS back, and taking their assets for themselves. This led to Lukain and his colleagues participating in research of the Sector's own developments to counter and investigate a means to end the war decisively.
But at the height and climax of the Third War between the factions, a new threat surfaced, the Irregularity Origin would take shape, and it began to change the flow of the War against the world itself. This Origin was challenged by the workings of the Boundary Management System itself, and some of it’s most powerful warriors who wielded Voloarmis and could access the system's sources of power, but it was to no success. The system suddenly experienced a critical malfunction during a key battle for control over the capital of Ikaruga where the Boundary’s strongest connections spread. This conflict the Rogue Sectors took directly on the World Order were believed to have led to the collapse and damage of the system, resulting in the gates falling out of control and Cauldrons breaking open and going haywire. As a consequence, Scourge would flood the world and plague mankind, crippling them and giving rise to disasters and heinous activities that have been scrubbed and lost within records locked away. These records were simply known as the Ikaruga Collapse, with key calamities striking every city in its vicinity and Ikaruga would turn into Taoreta, a giant spire of scourge and energy erected over the scarred land that became home to the Destructive Irregularities and the Origin. 
Berserk Black began to appear en masse within cities, and devastated humanity as they came out of the Cauldrons and created more and more Seithr. Without many AIP to help contain their power, or some becoming Seithr themselves, they were in a losing situation with souls being devoured and lost on all sides.
Observers, Prime Field, and Irregular Creatures were partially made to blame for this, and would lead to the beginning of mass purging of all beings connected to the likes of Magic and the Boundary’s power, illogical elements that would always invite Irregularity into their world or strengthen it by becoming absorbed by the Seithr Irregularities and mankind could afford no possible means of strengthening the hostile Irregularities any further. It was believed to be both the NOS and the Sector that participated in this, simply for the sake of preserving themselves. 
However it would not stop the growing power of the Irregularity Origin, and the arrival of the four Phase Black. Their power heralded the arrival of forces that mankind were simply unprepared for, and the War's stakes turned dire for the entire world. 
With all these chaotic events, the NOS lost control over the war and the system was damaged. The Imperator was deemed ‘unfit’ to take charge of the struggling Government, it was believed to occur for many reasons, some saying she had fallen ill or insane due to the scourge affecting her and her people, leading to unstable and violent thoughts and desires due to their sensitivity with the Seithr and sensing a disturbance in the Azure's power. Regardless, the Amanohokosaka Clan itself was removed from its seat of power. This leaving the man, Lukain Necaros to rise to glory. Lukain believed many were no longer fit to handle what became the fate of the world. The new Marshal, and Izanagi Agency's "Choice" takes his place in the War, abolishing the Imperator's "Inhibiting Influences" as he authorizes continuation in building the NOS' primary weapon that would save mankind in this time of struggle to try and salvage a victory. Lukain re-purposes their key forces with new technology via the Izanagi Agency, who were to hunt down any and all threats.
This collective creation was designed by the World Order using mankind’s collective hope for salvation, along with the designs of several anonomoys researchers to utilize a unified power against the Origin. It was accepted by the NOS, and this creation was used against the Irregularity Origin and its designs, it was sent directly into the Abysmal Frontier, and the experiment was a success, leading to the downfall of the Origin as it was then sealed into gates that mankind have dubbed Chaodis. An unsung hero and individual used the Unit, and later it was returned to the NOS as an empty shell with the owner missing. 
===Aftermath===
When the Irregularity Crisis finally ended, all forms of it were said to be eradicated, including crystals, cores and cellular remains. Along with this, gates were shut down and control over them was maintained solely by the NOS, including artifacts connected to the Boundary. Cauldrons were sealed and monitored once again. The primary one being a very obscure Gate, called the The Eye of Sheol which is said to be linked to the Seithr Scourge and very similar to the "Chaodis". The Imperator inhibited the uses of Seithr Cores and fragments, preventing any further research and the world gradually began to recover but Ikaruga was left in a husk, called the Taoreta Region. The Clans broke apart as well, with their status unknown, and the Imperator's power and control over the "Golden Age" crumbling to obscurity as they were linked to the damage in the war and lost the faith of the people.
The Rogue Sectors were tied up in conspiracies and were hunted down one by one, erased by the wielders of the now perfected Exitium weaponry. The remnants of the Rogue Sectors became the Liberation Sector, and all hope of rising against the World Order would disappear for many years until the eventual Phantom Operations. 
Humanity would also look toward the NOS for protection against the lingering forces that sought to bring their world suffering, and lost their faith in forces like the Rogue Sectors. 
A name commonly mentioned with this war is a man named Blood 0, who was both a unique Irregularity and an envoy of mankind’s hope that has remained a mere memory of the system now. In addition, the True Successor who could have seen the Azure was said to have died in this War, leading to the loss of the immaculate force humanity desired to salvage the world as it had in the past. The system remains damaged as it was in the War, and its wielder died, with this being impossible to repair and causing a slow decay.
===Known Discrepancies===
A large chunk of the war is also unclear or censored. Between the events leading to the Disasters of Desire during the Irregularity Crisis, and the final conflict called the Black Reckoning are the most notable. All that's known is Yamaorochi was somehow defeated. Lukain's idea would be put to use and was how mankind was protected and ultimately survived leaving him as a war hero.
Strangely, Lukain didn't seem to care even in victory, even being unsatisfied with the result as Yamaorochi disappeared, the Agency crumbled, and the Azure never was seen. Believing the NOS to still be in agreement with the Rogue Sectors to the benefit of mankind, they proved otherwise, backstabbing them, continuing the purges and hunting the remains down to present day.
==Genesis Destruction==
Genesis Destruction tells the true tale during the Third War, though isn't known by many in the Control Sequence saga to begin with.
==Control Sequence Plot==
The War is very scarcely talked about, the NOS is known to be the undisputed victor and its leaders considered heroes while the Liberation Sector has barely survived the war.
The only Observer known to survive the Purge was the Alucard, a girl named Legna who witnessed the events from the safety of her own realm.
Supposedly, Miwa Suzuki was alive during the time in this war, though she at some point was put into cryo-sleep and lost her memories.
==Known Major Events==
*The Ikaruga Collapse - The beginning of the war, starting with the death of a Clan Leader caused by an experiment linked to the Rogue Sector.
**The Wadatsumi Collapse - Where Blood 0 awakened his armament, and Amara became ill due to Corrosion.
*Fallout Sequence - The System's downfall, caused by the Rogue Sectors by unknown means.
*Covenant to Azure - Where the Forsaken Ten would become a group and unite. 
*World Crisis - A world-wide scale phenomena that pushed the world into dealing with the worst Seithr event in history.
*The First Purge - A Purge of Irregular Creatures connected to the Boundary and magic as a whole, including any rogue Observers, Prime Fields, and individuals. 
*The Disasters of Desire - Cities that were targeted by disasters where people began to get overwhelming senses of "Desire", lead to the Black Reckoning and arrival of four key Phase Black. Now black-record events.
*The Black Reckoning - The last confrontation until the end of the war. 
*The Second Purge - Purge of information by the NOS who black listed all of the records, and continued hunting of Irregular beings. Resulted in the loss of power or doom of most Observers, leaving Legna Alucard the only known survivor.
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