DayZ Lore Explained (Documentary)

dayz stand alone's lore is primarily based on the events that transpired prior to the outbreak currently there is little to no information regarding the cause of the outbreak as all the events post-outbreak are intentionally avoided players assume the role of creating their own story based on foundations of the post outbreak lore in chenaris or livonia among other maps dayz standalone is set in the northeastern province of south zigoria in an ex-soviet republic called chenaris geographically chenaris is sandwiched between the russian federation to the north of the black mountains and pakistan to the west of the leia river the exact location of chenaris is unknown but it can be assumed it takes place somewhere in caucasia based on the satellite imagery from the arma 2 launch trailer dayz's lore is set on the timeline of the army universe this is evident by a variety of in-game references found throughout chenaris the most notable reference is the advertisement billboards with at least four of them sporting the names of prominent islands set throughout the arma series the four islands referenced are mauldin everon kolgayev and saurani another key reference is the flags of various factions that took part in the china russian civil war of 2009 the start of the outbreak can be likely considered to have occurred sometime during or after 2013 although speculation and the presence of the fx-45 pistol provides a solid starting point as to when the outbreak occurred the cause of the outbreak will most likely never be explained or referenced although we will take a look at theories later as the dayz developers have specifically intended for players to make up their own story based on the foundations of the environment they're in thus the only concrete lore pertaining to day z is the pre-outbreak army universe in many places around chenaris garbage bags marked as toxic waste can be found indicating some cleanup attempt was potentially made during the beginning of the outbreak at the same time military troops of the churner russian defense forces the armed forces of the russian federation and the allied nations were clearly in chenaris if the reason for this outbreak is not known regardless the combined forces could not stop the hordes of the infected and were slowly overrun even with heavy weapons like tanks which were destroyed or abandoned the military tried to contain the outbreak and organized the systematic disposal of courts after the outbreak the local military and civilian defenses were overwhelmed and disintegrated all inhabitants either fled the country were turned into infected or roamed the desolated area as survivors the lawlessness led to the rise of banditry and an overall lack of equipment and available food during the events of arma 2 the region of south zigoria is rocked by a bloody multi-faction civil war a communist political party known as the churner russian movement of the red star was responsible for igniting the civil war after capturing and executing churner russian government officials torturing and slaughtering local civilians taking over military installations previously under control by the turner russian defense forces and annexing most of south zigoria in october of 2009 the united states marine corps was sent to prevent further civilian casualties in the conflict nationalist guerrillas under the national party were blamed responsible for a terrorist attack in moscow russia resulting in the russian armed forces entering the conflict united states marine corps forces eventually captured the leader of the shidaki rebels thus ending the churner russian crisis the churner russian defense forces or cdf are the combined military forces of the republic of chennars while clearly overwhelmed and brought down by the infected outbreak much of the equipment from the force remain intact and usable all highly sought after by survivors that are in the country the churner russian defense forces should not be confused with the russian armed forces although both armed forces of the respected countries are successors of the armed forces of the ussr the cdf ground forces inherited multiple traditions and equipment choices from the soviet army after the collapse of the soviet union in 1991 including the various military bases constructed during the soviet era in autumn 2009 the cdf was involved in a bloody civil war against the opposed communist separatist in a close call shootout with the russian armed forces the newly formed communist political party was known as the turner russian movement of the red star also known as the chidaki by the local populace after ensuing chaos since the stage bombing in moscow the russian government was completely unaware of the rules conducted by the chadaki in which they successfully defaced the credibility and the status of the china-russian nationalists by painting them as the perpetrators of the bombing which successfully tricked the russian government into believing that nationalists were responsible for the terrorist attack after many months of civil war without resolution the country sought help from nato armies to fight alongside the chadaki claim most of south zigoria which is what led to the presence of the western and u.n equipment in the area lack of readiness and continued fighting left the army with no control of expanding the communist forces forcing them to retreat at some point after the civil war an infection rapidly spread throughout chenaris the cdf made many attempts to contain and destroy the outbreak they evacuated the cities of chenaris set up military camps bomb cities and set up roadblocks but even with these attempts they were clearly overwhelmed by the infected their soldiers either fled to the force or became infected themselves with most of the soldiers dead by then the cdf fell back or was completely destroyed now many weapons equipment and vehicles remain throughout the landscapes of chenaris mostly damaged but often in a repairable state because of this military equipment is some of the most sought after loot in the game frequently used by survivors and bandits alike the china-russian movement of the red star is a political movement that existed in chernarus prior to the zombie outbreak it was also the main group during the civil war in chenaris their communist ideology is linked to the nostalgia of chennar's former state of being a part of the soviet union the trini-russian movement of the red star or shidaki is a political movement founded on the grounds of the churner russian civil war in 2009 the newly formed movement is about the ideology of marxism this new revolutionary movement is the start or origin of the civil war in 2009 their goals were to turn chenoris into a communist socialist state as it did prior to being a soviet socialist republic of the soviet union they succeeded in only taking most of south sigouria in the island of utes which they shortly gave up after the u.n and the united states marine corps helped take it back they also staged a bombing in red square moscow russia killing dozens and pulled the russian government into believing that the attack was done by a national party which was an underground group which opposed both sides of the conflict the russian federation was not happy and willingly gave excessive amounts of weapons and vehicles only furthering the conflict the political movement was forced into taking action upon its china's russian brothers of the churner russian defense forces the movement also came in contact with the united nations and the russian armed forces the national party or known as napa is an underground nationalist guerrilla organization consisting of many ethnic generation and russians who want to quell any foreign presence in chenaris the national party seems to have no presence in dayz but remain as a major faction in the civil war the only possible link of the national party would be the vodka distillery in baibor which was owned by a company known as bardock and sons this alcohol company was a target by napa as seen in security footage before the outbreak napa doesn't bear a single piece of trust with the eternal russian government as they see them as corrupted these rebels were a prominent fighting force during the turner-russian civil war of 2009 and were framed by the churner-russian movement of the red star for conducting a bombing in the red square which led to dozens of people dead this then involved the russian armed forces into invading the northeastern province of chenaris known as south zigoria in which napa was the primary target of both the united states and russia the national party has undergone various terrorist-like attacks on the local populace and was an easy target of being framed the russian government had vowed to quell them as they saw them as the main enemy this led to a big mess where the general russian defense forces came close to fighting the russian armed forces the russian armed forces are the combined forces of the russian military the russian army had a strong presence in chernarus during the civil war of 2009 but after the outbreak happened shortly after most of the russian army backed off and left some weapons and vehicles just up north of south zigoria next to the town of krasno a convoy of most likely russian vehicles lay dead in their tracks from an unknown cause at some point after the civil war an infection had spread throughout chernarus the russian armed forces fought against the zombie hordes however many weapons equipment and vehicles remain throughout the landscape of chenaris mostly damaged but often in a repairable state the russians were eventually overwhelmed by the infected and subsequently withdrew russian military equipment is some of the most sought after loot in the game frequently used by survivors and bandits alike the united nations is an intergovernmental organization tasked with maintaining international order and cooperation their only recorded involvement in trinars is stabilizing the homeland however the u.n deployed to neighboring pakistan later on during operation arrowhead to distribute humanitarian aid and supervise demilitarization of the area items and equipment found within post-outbreak cenaris suggests that um peacekeepers became involved in the country later on during the outbreak along with other factions in the region chenaris appears abandoned by the u.n potentially leaving behind clothing weapons supplies and vehicles the united states marines were deployed to south sigouria province of chenaris at the request of the turner russian government their primary objective was to provide training material and manpower support to the churner-russian government forces who were being overwhelmed in a civil war fighting against an insurgency group calling itself the turner-russian movement of the red star they were to restore order to the war-torn region back into the hands of the legitimate government and exile eventually their efforts would pay off and the leader of the red star movement was captured thus restoring peace back to chernarus multiple locations around chenaris gives us an idea that armed forces attempted to evacuate chenaris we see this with many evacuation sites such as the one at meshkino novi lug several grad starry sober and three crosses other locations play a huge role in the lore of day z so let's take a look at them tizzy military base is a large military facility located in the foothills of the black mountains approximately four kilometers south of the russian border in the extreme north of the trini-russian province of south sigouria the base lends its name from the small village of tizzy situated roughly 1.6 kilometers to the northeast during the outbreak the base was the site of the last stand against the infected in south zigoria the base's facilities were seemingly enhanced with a huge military camp in the forest south of the main installation presumably to accommodate additional military assets sent to the region in response to the outbreak due to the collapse of the organized military resistance in the region disney military base is entirely overrun with infected with various buildings in the base such as the headquarters mess hall and radar building succumbing to a general lack of maintenance commenced military base is an old abandoned military facility located in the north of chenaris kaminsk is far off the beaten track and may have been abandoned even before the outbreak because much of the barracks fixtures and military tents have become overgrown with vegetation much more than any other base in chenaris it also harbors a dark secret near its southeastern perimeter and inaccessible that was once accessible before an update underground bunker filled with dead bodies survivors can only get a glimpse of the underground through a metal gate although various pops and presumably an excess way enclosed in concrete can also be seen the presence of an underground facility in a huge mass grave has naturally led to the speculation regarding the history of the base with many theorizing that the facility is where the outbreak originated however without greater access to the underground survivors may never know the true purpose of the base green mountain military base is a small military installation situated atop of green mountain due to being centered around a large radio tower the base is easily locatable and attracts survivors from afar survivors can only speculate about the base's history and what role if any it may have played before and during the outbreak one of the more popular theories alleges that the facility played a key role in the systematic extermination of the civilian populace as can be seen throughout the region in the form of mass graves others claim to have heard radio transmissions emanating from the base when in possession of a handheld transceiver eight one zero seven zero four nine zero four seven zero four nine zero four seven after further investigation it was determined that these transmissions were locations of tree stands and nothing of significance many theories surround the lore of dayz and what actually caused the outbreak in this segment we will be looking at a few theories across reddit and other formats to take a deeper dive into what could have possibly caused the outbreak our first theory comes from the dayz podcast where former daisy dev matt lightfoot shed some light on what could have possibly caused the outbreak who's one of the uh testers so he's loading into utes in one of the player roles on the mod um presents yeah um uh it'll say a yousec force production because you set force was our gaming clan this super old logo um but we used to have this intro every single time you load it onto a freaking server so on the 12th of march 20 2013 i imagine the rabies virus mutated and something something basically and triggering a global pandemic um basically this was the back story that we had to it and it was very very much based on 28 days later among the world's population triggering the virus creates a massive um it was oh i can't remember something shock uh known as an immune response immune response known as an epilepsy is it something shock and basically uh yeah it was because this is next level matt this is stuff that i i call myself a daisy fanboy but i've never heard that it was from the rabies virus or if i have like forgotten ben are you this is not this is not canon this is not canon this is just that we put together back in like 2012 before it was ever released like not canon so it says for most the fevers run so high that their heart stops and their brain cooks i am also pausing and unpausing so i can actually read the text eight percent of the world's population die and also all of this artwork is fair use um those that survive suffer brain damage uh from the virus and as from the favor of fever sorry from the fever and as the something spreads i i aggression insomnia somewhere else and somewhere else it feels like you predicted 2020 [Music] um yeah basically it it gives you it's giving you the background it might have even been knit that text might have even been nicked off 28 28 days later society crumbles as the pandemic spreads rapidly you are one of the two percent who are immune this is your story the original creator of daisy dean hall wrote his very own backstory about a preon disease spreads among the world's population triggering a global pandemic and here we see 87.8 survivor fm go into further detail so here's where things start to get interesting now i posted up on reddit asking people if there were any other little bits of uh misinformation about daisy that bug you and pretty much the smartest guy i know when it comes to daisy law chamber senator um or known as avigar on reddit uh piped up with a link to a document that i had never seen before and it has a slightly different version of the dayz law which he states is from the actual files from arma 2. now this actually links to a website called daisyinversion.com forward slash backstory and slightly different this is what you would see on the loading screen dean hall presents a you sec force production on the 12th of march 2013 a prion disease spreads among the world's population triggering a global pandemic the disease causes proteins in the blade in the brain to be replaced with prion ceasing regular function most people progress to dementia and then death as the brain is replaced with ineffective sludge 86 of the world's population die some survive with the disease at a chronic state lacking regular brain function they are scarcely human they are unable to communicate driven by insatiable desire for violence and attracted to the scent of those uninfected society crumbles as the pandemic spreads rapidly you are one of the two percent who are not infected yet this is your story both of these viruses lead me to believe that this is a biochemical attack most likely from the napa party or the party of the red star using the abandoned military base that commenced one of these two parties out for revenge created a biochemical weapon and used it against the population in order to gain control but things got out of hand and a global pandemic followed this could be why you see the underground facility at commence with piles of bodies and biohazardous waste bags our final theory is what i have concluded myself aliens we see aliens in two modded maps in the mosque in banav and one dlc in livonia the arma 3 dlc contact takes place in livonia in which you investigate the possibility of alien life but what i really want to concentrate on is the mosque the mosque has an alien structure and a wormhole that has been discovered on the island after the events at namask and if you don't know what happened you can check out my video i'll have it linked below an alien ship enters earth's atmosphere carrying some sort of artifact as it enters the atmosphere the outbreak occurs sending the mosque and other parts of the world into complete chaos to conclude this documentary i'll just say this we may never know what caused the outbreak because even the daisy development team is on record saying that they don't even know what caused the outbreak and that there is no lore except for what exists from the arma 2 story so my suggestion to you is to create your own story that's what's so great about day z every life is a new story

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Id: WRp8HMleXZw

Length: 22min 45sec (1365 seconds)

Published: Thu Jan 20 2022