Chronology: Difference between revisions

| It becomes common practice for members of the Church Survey Brigade to stay in conquered areas after a successful expedition. They establish self-governing regions and become known as [[lords]].{{Bookref|WorldInside|Page 245: Chronology}}

| In order to further expand and stabilise its power, the Church begins to form mutually beneficial relationships with lords by means of profit sharing.{{Bookref|WorldInside|Page 245: Chronology}}

| Bribing powerful people within the Church becomes common practice for the lords. It is also common for the them to fight amongst themselves. The lands the lords govern become known as the "[[Land of Mountains]]" and the "[[Land of Forests]]."{{Bookref|WorldInside|Page 245: Chronology}}

| For the first time, the Director of a Magic Academy is chosen from among the lords. This reveals the corruption within the upper echelons of the Church, as the Director in question is not familiar with magic at all. Wizards of the Magic Academies grow restless.{{Bookref|WorldInside|Page 245: Chronology}}

|Some young wizards become fiercely opposed to the continued election of lords as Directors of the Magic Academies. They surround the Central Magic Academy in the Cathedral City and demand that the current Directors resign, but they are suppressed overnight. (White Revolt){{Bookref|WorldInside|Page 245: Chronology}}

| A large-scale famine breaks out. The food supply chain from the countryside into the city was severely disrupted for several years. As a result, it became commonplace for the local government and the upper echelons of the Church to trade money, weapons, women, and children to the lords in exchange for food.{{Bookref|WorldInside|Page 245: Chronology}}

| The Blue Order begins to gain traction. Many young wizards and lords who are dissatisfied with the Church support their cause. The Cathedral City's weaknesses are exposed; specifically their lack of military equipment and human resources due to years of food shortages and bribery.{{Bookref|WorldInside|Page 245: Chronology}}

| A massive revolt by the Blue Order breaks out in the Cathedral City (Blue Revolt). They occupy the Central Magic Academy with the aim of abolishing the power of the lords within the institution, and creating free and independent Magic Academies. However, the Blue Order is destroyed overnight by a large-scale sealing magic attack seen across the city. Eighty percent of the citizens living within two of the city's wards are used as catalysts for the sealing magic and die as a result. Meanwhile, the survivors go insane. Work begins to bury them alive.{{Bookref|WorldInside|Page 245: Chronology}}

| Following the Blue Revolt, the number of wizard applicants approved by the Magic Academies decreases sharply. The local government and Church become more and more dependent on the military might of the lords. Independent magical research and original magical research funded by the lords becomes widespread. This leaves the Magic Academy and the Church in an uncertain position.{{Bookref|WorldInside|Page 245: Chronology}}

| Finally, not a single Magic Academy Director across all the Magic Academies is a lord. Although the Magic Academies found their independence, they also lost all support from lords, leading to their somewhat ironic decline.{{Bookref|WorldInside|Page 245: Chronology}}

| One is reunited with her Intoner sisters a month later. Together, they travel to the Cathedral City to open Mercury's Door. However, One's sisters are viciously murdered by the lords. One uses her Power of Song to unlock the door, unleashing the [[Black Mud]] behind it.{{Bookref|Utahime5|Volume 2, Chapter 9}}

| Three lords die.{{Bookref|RecordOfFlower|Page 130: Record of Flower, #5: Related Materials}}{{Videoref|Nier10th|NieR Chronology Review}}

| Each nation's lord dies. This is kept secret from the general public.{{Bookref|RecordOfFlower|Page 130: Record of Flower, #5: Related Materials}}{{Videoref|Nier10th|NieR Chronology Review}}

| The Intoners who drove out the lords are seen as heroes and they start to be worshipped. One stands as their leader.{{Videoref|Nier10th|NieR Chronology Review}}

| The deaths of the lords are finally made public.{{Videoref|Nier10th|NieR Chronology Review}}

| Two and Cent are on a mission in the [[Forest of Fairies]] to clear out monsters and stragglers still loyal to the lords.{{Gameref|DOD3|Two's Chapter, Verse 2}}