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==== A Perfect Union (November-December 2013) ====
In the late autumn of 2013, New Danzilona was enjoying slow but steady growth. The town was beginning to grow past its primarily agricultural roots, and new neighborhoods were starting to grow on the West and Southwest side of the city.<ref>https://i.imgur.com/QLdLf2f.jpg</ref> One day, a stranger decked out in combat gear appeared in the city and killed a prospective resident.<ref>https://www.reddit.com/r/Danzilona/comments/1pvee0/wanted_rancuneus_for_theft_murder_and_extortion/</ref> The stranger quickly fled the area, but a bounty was issued to spur his capture. Two days later, residents of the city awoke to pillars of lava and water covering a small part of the old town.<ref>https://www.reddit.com/r/Danzilona/comments/1pyab7/lava_griefing_cleaned_up/</ref> Snitch logs revealed that the culprit was the mysterious stranger, Rancuneus, who was wanted for the earlier murder. Members of the city cleaned up the damage and set out to capture Rancuneus. However, this would prove to be a game of cat and mouse as Rancuneus' European time zone allowed him to hit the city repeatedly while the majority of New Danzilona's citizens were sleeping. [[Prussia]], [[Civcraft2Import:Towns/pella|Pella]], and a number of other cities across the map assisted with the cleanup and hunt for Rancuneus, but the combat login timer was not yet implemented on the server, so the terrorist was able to repeatedly slip away. The combat timer was subsequently implemented as a direct result of Rancuneus's tactics, becoming a staple of the Civ server genre from that point on.<ref>https://old.reddit.com/r/Civcraft/comments/1u1oi0/discussion_on_logout_timers/</ref>
After a few weeks, Rancuneus turned his attention to other cities across the map. [[CivcraftImport:Cities2/churchill|Churchill]], [[CivcraftImport:Cities2/quito|Quito]], [[CivcraftImport:Cities2/catalonia|Catalonia]], [[Fellowship]], and a few others were attacked within a short timeframe. This elevated the hunt for Rancuneus to a new level, and even more fighters across the map were on his trail. Around the same time, members of New Danzilona became suspicious that Rancuneus was actually an alt of a player living in the city at the time, Goldmap, given their similar login times, familiarity with the city, and ability to avoid tripping snitches in the city. A post on Reddit later confirmed this suspicion as Rancuneus mistakenly posted a comment from his Goldmap account.<ref>https://i.imgur.com/ToX9Z3h.jpg</ref>
[[File:Ndz after lava.jpeg|thumb|Overhead view of NDZ after Rancuneus' attacks. Most buildings in NDZ at the time had wooden roofs. ]]
Following his attacks across the server, Rancuneus once again focused his attention on New Danzilona. In one particularly harsh attack, half of the city was covered in lava while nearly a double chest of reinforced blocks were placed along roads and entryways.<ref>https://i.imgur.com/MJgJiuS.png</ref> Rancuneus offered to stop the attacks if prominent members of the city left in exile.<ref><nowiki>https://i.imgur.com/EQZ2hpG.jpg</nowiki></ref> This was promptly rejected. His last major attack took place on Christmas day, where he once again covered much of the city in lava.<ref>https://imgur.com/a/52HnZ</ref> However, he would make a mistake of breaking into a hidden vault. The placement of this vault led the mods of the server to conclude that he had been using x-ray (and some other illegal mods), and he was banned.<ref>https://www.reddit.com/r/Civcraft/comments/1u8y0t/gg_civcraft/</ref> While a trying time for the city, it solidified the attitude within that New Danzilona was filled with resilient players. It took a few weeks for things to be cleaned up and rebuilt, but the following few months would see a boom in growth and development.
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