The Second Founding

The Second Founding refers to the Emergency Government assembled by gman after the Discord server's creator, Ariel, fell into moderator inactivity.

Its successor is The Third Founding.

The Ultimatum
Early into the Discord's history, there were no rules- as is described by DLAE lore, albeit in a dramatised manner, - there were too few members to warrant a need for rules, and they were mostly inactive. At the time gman joined, there were around 30 members. Although Ariel, the Moderator of the server at the time, was extremely active then, he began to disappear, until eventually no one was able to reach him.

The other members, left in disarray, attempted to govern themselves. Not one of them having Administrator Permissions, the situation for the Discord seemed hopeless, and gman, fearing the collapse of the Server, motivated those who had some social power (such as Nicole and the First Emperor before he was Emperor) into sending an ultimatum to Ariel via Reddit to fix things. This was successful, and Ariel transferred server ownership to The First Emperor.

Ariel was a moderator on the Subreddit, and, with him out, the Discord was independent.

The First Government
Although the First Emperor was now the undeniable ruler of the Discord, the server had grown, and even with his immense power, the First Emperor would be needing help with moderation. gman sought to form a Constitutional Monarchy, but Orelle, on the other hand, sought to introduce permanent moderators.

Over the next hours, gman and Orelle were pitched into a debate that would ultimately decide the fate of the Discord server, and as a consequence, DLAE itself. Messages became far too aggressive for both to speak directly, and so they used the First Emperor as a halfway point to exchange words.

Having actual power within the Discord now (after Ariel gave him server ownership), the First Emperor eventually settled on gman's concept of a DLAE government. Orelle was angered at this and left the server. Nicole soon followed.

gman's system was put into effect. Running for King in the system he created, gman won the elections. He became the first King. Since the system required a King and a Queen, and no person identifying as female was running, the First Emperor served as co-King, holding both titles at the same time. gman and the First Emperor, were, therefore, the first Kings.