Ancient Wizarding World

The lobby for Crazy Caves

Ancient Wizarding World is a Minecraft Adventure Map which consists of two seasons/parts, the first one being a dungeon crawler and the second one being a parkour. It was finished completely on October 19, 2019. It is the first installment in the series as a whole.

## Premise

Many years ago, the world clashed for control over the Source of Magic. Eventually, it was claimed by the powerful wizard The Deathmaster. He used it to wage war and destruction over the centuries until he was defeated and sealed into the Void, in which the portal was stuck under The Volcano. The Source of Magic, foolishly, was kept in the same location. Over the years, many foolish dungeoneers have ventured here to find this Source and keep the power for themselves... to become invincible. Only one, however, has come close to succeeding. The Dungeoneer, the mysterious one that no one knows about, has arrived... and he is you.

## Characters

**Playable character**: Dungeoneer

**Protagonist**: n/a

**Deuteragonist**: n/a

**Tritagonist**: n/a

**Tetartagonist**: n/a

**Pentagonist**: n/a

**Major character**:

**Supporting character**: Chappal

**Minor character**: NPCs

**Main antagonist**: Coo Coo

**Central antagonist**: Coo Coo

**Secondary antagonist**: Dolu the Murderous Barbarian

**Tertiary antagonist**: Ghostie the Greedy Ghoul

**Quaternary antagonist**: Raimor the Elemental Master

**Major antagonist**: Ezmio the Powerful Sorcerer

**Supporting antagonist**: n/a

**Minor antagonist**: n/a

**Overarching antagonist**: n/a

## Development

Ancient Wizarding World was created to be part of a trilogy of Minecraft Adventure Maps (which ended up being only two, though the third is equivalent to ten). It was designed to be a dungeon crawler. It started as a very small project, but ultimately grew to be larger once the creator learned how to do functions. It underwent several stages of development and at one point he tried to make it a randomized dungeon crawler, but it turned out he wasn't advanced enough for that.

Eventually, once he fully completed Crazy Caves (which was very flawed) he went to do its sequel, Painful Parkour, which took place in the same world. He originally made the ending of it very ambiguous, but after doing around 40% of Ancient Wizarding World's sequel, The Tree of Life, the ending was remade to be very mixed. Afterwards, a credits scene was added in.

## Plot

Before the story begins, a recap is told through a way to the "tutorial" (which is actually a recap, not a tutorial). It tells about how the Source of Magic was learned about through the world. It was first dropped from Tulgey Wood (an alternate realm) and into the world of Lijos, thus leading to a war between humans and monsters who wanted access to it. The enormous war was mainly between The Deathmaster, Coo Coo and Zovan. It eventually was won by The Deathmaster after defeating both Coo Coo and Zovan. He created an enormous war for nearly 2,000 years. He was attempted to be stopped by Raimor the Elemental Master and Ghostie the Greedy Ghoul, but The Deathmaster easily stops them. The one who ultimately defeats The Deathmaster ends up being Ezmio the Powerful Sorcerer, who worked for an entire century to train and learn enough magic to seal The Deathmaster away into the Void. Over the course of the next few decades, people who heard these stories wished to gain the Source of Magic for themselves, one of them being the Dungeoneer.

The story ultimately begins with the Dungeoneer traveling into Crazy Caves, into the mines. They start by fighting several monsters for two floors, until eventually they reach the third floor, where they find one of the NPCs. They end up freeing the NPC and then proceeding to the boss level. They then encounter Dolu the Murderous Barbarian, who demands to be free, adding that he'll kill people once he is, which the Dungeoneer quickly denies. Dolu attacks the Dungeoneer, and after a brief battle, Dolu is killed by the Dungeoneer, but not before cursing the Dungeoneer and expressing his hope that they will die.

The Dungeoneer arrives at the lair, the second layer of Crazy Caves eventually. After this, the Dungeoneer fights off several cave spiders, vindicators and witches. Eventually, the Dungeoneer finds another NPC and frees him. The Dungeoneer finds the boss level and encounters Ezmio the Powerful Sorcerer, who asks to be freed, which the Dungeoneer denies, causing Ezmio to feel betrayed and attack the Dungeoneer; however, his power had been greatly weakened, and the Dungeoneer is able to kill him (or at least wound him, as he does return later). The Dungeoneer proceeds to the next layer.

The Dungeoneer fights through several monsters in the next layer, and eventually frees another NPC. They then encounter Ghostie the Greedy Ghoul, who asks to be freed but is refused, prompting a brief battle. The Dungeoneer emerges as the victor of the battle, killing Ghostie. They then move on.

After killing Ghostie, the Dungeoneer arrives at the final layer of Crazy Caves. They continue their routine of fighting monsters, freeing one of the NPCs and fighting a boss. However, this time, they have finally finished the Crazy Caves, and ultimately find the Source of Magic. They are then faced with the choice of taking it or leaving it, and then ending the game on that option.

However, there is a hidden choice to advance to the darkness, and attempt to see exactly what darkness is plaguing the Crazy Caves. If the Dungeoneer selects this, they will be warned of what danger they could find, and then have one more chance to proceed if they still wish to. The Dungeoneer will then choose to proceed or go back.

If the Dungeoneer proceeds, they will confront The Deathmaster, who has been released from his prison at long last. The Deathmaster appears for a fierce battle with the Dungeoneer and a revived and reformed Ezmio the Powerful Sorcerer, where the two of them combat The Deathmaster for a great length of time; however, eventually, Ezmio uses the last of his magic abilities to seal The Deathmaster away, back into the Void, but at the cost of his life, as he evaporates, not even leaving a body or any chance of resurrection.

The Dungeoneer, after this, leaves to Painful Parkour.

The Dungeoneer arrives at Painful Parkour, a new challenge in which they must complete an enormous parkour in order to advance to a new treasure, but an ancient threat that may destroy the world. The Dungeoneer has the chance to return to Crazy Caves or to advance.

The Dungeoneer, if they choose to advance, goes through the parkour, but throughout, has the demigod Coo Coo torment them, throwing animals at them. However, the Dungeoneer kills each of them, angering Coo Coo to great extents. Eventually, the Dungeoneer encounters Chappal, who tells them that they must help her, or else Coo Coo could bring back The Void, which would destroy the world, plus they'd get treasure. This results in a fierce battle between them, which ultimately leads to The Void abandoning Coo Coo, thus removing all her Void powers, and lets the Dungeoneer kill her.

However in the aftermath of these events, Coo Coo becomes aware of what she's done, and apologizes just before her demise to a heartbroken Chappal. While Chappal begs her to stay and tells her she can fix her, Coo Coo denies, telling her no one can help her now. She bids her friend goodbye and dies, which shatters Chappal. The Dungeoneer shows no care for what has happened, angering Chappal, who simply abandons them.

While nothing itself happens after that, several things are confirmed, namely the fact that Coo Coo was ultimately resurrected by The Void and used once more as a pawn, the Dungeoneer was killed by the spirit of Zovan and that Coo Coo released all her minions as well as The Deathmaster and the Order of Magma War began shortly afterwards.

## Trivia

* There was originally supposed to be a third map after Crazy Caves and Painful Parkour, but it instead ended up as The Tree of Life, an entirely separate map with a mostly separate story.