Galaxia scandal

Following the Creation of Ninzardia, an election was agreed to held to decide the new leader of the new Ninzardia community. Antares, however, planned his victory in advance. This became known as the **Galaxia scandal**. On March 9, 2013, the plan was exposed by the Hybridex members who were banned by leader of Galaxia, Netterix. While the act of banning the two members served as a factor for Antares's unpopularity, the new, publicly revealed revelations regarding Antares's scheme cemented his popularity. A number of people left the community due to no longer trusting the community's leadership. Most notably, several of Neptunity's members left the community, considering the anti-expansion policy of Antares and the new scandal as huge factors. This became a factor for the onset of the DNW War that would begin three days following the circulation of the Galaxia scandal.

## Antares's election scheme

During the process of establishing the Ninzardia community, intending to merge three communities, Antares also alerted that there was another community that had be interested in joining. However, unknown to both Zap and Castler, this had merely been part of Antares's plot to win the election to become the community's new leader. This community, known only as "Galaxia," was controlled by Netterix, who was secretly working with Antares to help ensure his victory. As a result, Galaxia joined along with the three communities in the merge.

In order to create Galaxia, Antares split the Core Wizardry into two, one as Core Wizardry and the another as a faux-community called "Galaxia." He had believed that without splitting the community into half, both Castler and Zap would not agree to an election due to the obvious advantage that was held by Antares through his numbers. However, through accepting in a faux-community which appeared to be neutral when it came to the election, Zap and Castler would be more likely to accept—which they both did.

## Revelation

Originally, Alaric and Orion1 were instructed not to reveal Antares's scheme by Machitis. Machitis had stated that immediately revealing this would simply kill the Ninzardia community. Initially, both Alaric and Orion1 questioned this reasoning. Alaric mentioned that revealing Antares's immediately would unseat him as the leader and if not, they could all just leave to form another community. Machitis, however, argued that this would be "problematic" as Antares would likely not accept the aftermath. It was likely he would still hold on the power due to his loyal support in Galaxia and Core Wizardry and would only kill Hybridex, Neptunity and Zapstorm. If Hybridex, Neptunity, and Zapstorm were to form their own community, Machitis argued, Antares would instruct Core Wizardry and Galaxia to go after the newly made community and cause havoc. It was better, in the view of Machitis, to stay united for now and to reveal it when the right time came. Alaric agreed with Machitis's reasoning. Orion1, on the other hand, was not fully persuaded by Machitis's line of thinking, but complied with Machitis's instructions anyways.

Machitis planned to expand the Hybridex, Neptunity, and Zapstorm community big enough that if they were to leave and create their own community, Antares would hold off due to the difference of size, Galaxia and Core Wizardry being smaller. However, Machitis's plan did not work out due to Antares's anti-expansion policy, which prevented the growth of all the districts.

### Scandal comes to light

Originally, the whole scandal was to be revealed near the upcoming 2013 Ninzardia gubernatorial election that was scheduled to be held in June of 2013. However, due to Antares's anti-expansion policy, Machitis decided it would be better to reveal the scandal then on March 9, 2013.

## Aftermath

After revelations of the scandal, Castler became outraged. Antares, realizing his vulnerable position, tried his best to retain the community to prevent them from leaving entirely. As a result, he repealed his anti-expansion policy and allowed for new members to join. However, at this point, much of the disgusted Neptunity community began leaving the community. Castler followed suit on March 10, 2012. Two days later, the DNW War would ensue.