Pre-Ninzard Era

The **Pre-Ninzard Era** began on October 13, 2011, with the creation of Dungeon World and ended with the creation of Ninzardia. Think of this era as the prequel to the Ninzard Series. The Pre-Ninzard Era was marked by the start of the communities that would come together to form Ninzardia. The earliest known debates in regards to protecting the community versus expanding the community, would begin in this era. This is the first era of all lore of recorded ninzard history.

# History

## Pre-Ninzardia

### Dungeon World

*Main article: Creation of Dungeon World*
The creation of Dungeon World took place on October 13, 2011. The community was created by Castler, who would control the community until it would be abolished following the DNW War. Other than the date, the details regarding the founding of the community are unknown.

### Antares–Castler conflict

*Main article: 2011 Antares–Castler conflict*

The 2011 Antares–Castler conflict was an event that took place sometime in December of 2011 that resulted in the mild separation of the DNW community. The split group under Antares would go on to create their own community on July 11, 2012.

Sometime in December of 2011, around two months following the creation of Dungeon World, Castler became increasingly worried over Antares's social control over the group. In response, Castler attempted to *subtly* limit Antares's access to the community—people he could interact and play games with. However, Antares noticed this subtle attempt and on December 11, 2011, decided to retreat from the community with his friends and followers. A sizable chunk of DNW members left the community with Antares. These same followers and friends of Antares would later come to establish their own community called Core Wizardry on July 11, 2012.

Nonetheless, Antares and Castler still remained in contact and the conflict was brushed off as a mild incident. Castler and Antares would come to become more connected together which would lead to their discussions regarding the creation of Ninzardia that would occur on December 24, 2012.

### Core Wizardry

*Main article: Creation of Core Wizardry*
The creation of Core Wizardry took place on July 11, 2012. The community had been fully created by Antares and his friends, who were inspired by Castler's style of a gaming community. Core Wizardry started out as 16 members, growing to 33 from July to December (before the creation of Ninzardia). The Core Wizardry was peaceful and close-knit, however, efforts to grow the community were difficult.

### Ninzardia

*Main article: Creation of Ninzardia*
The Creation of Ninzardia took place on December 24, 2012, occurring concurrently with the 2012 Ninzardia gubernatorial election. The merge occurred between "four" communities: Core Wizardry, Dungeon World, Zapstorm, and Galaxia.

Antares became the newly elected first Leader of Ninzardia. This would be the cause of much conflict, especially among members of Dungeon World, now called Neptunity, who believed it to be unfair how he had received full loyalty from two separate districts. However, Antares insisted this was done out of Galaxia's free will, which was a lie. Discontent for Antares did not stir into outright disdain and conflict until Antares would initiated his anti-expansion policy, obstructing the aspirations of Neptunity (especially in regards to expansion).