The Dark Flour War was a period of time on Earthbread that marked the fall of the Ancient Heroes. It was instigated by a 
harbinger of darkness who commanded the Cake Monsters to spread Darkness across the land and crumble countless Cookies.
The crux of this era was a direct assault on the Vanilla Kingdom castle by a Cake Witch, forcing the Ancient Heroes to band together there to defend it. Dark Enchantress Cookie would use the opportunity to defeat them all at once and take their Soul Jams. A desperate final spell cast by 
Pure Vanilla Cookie banished both Dark Enchantress Cookie and himself, which also caused the Soul Jams to shatter and a massive explosion to occur in the Castle.
No one knows who ultimately won that night, but the resulting disappearance of the Ancient Heroes left the Cookies unable to hold back the forces of Darkness. Thus, the remaining Cookie civilizations fell into decline.
Aftermath[]
Vanilla Kingdom[]
Before Dark Enchantress Cookie's forces arrived in the Vanilla Kingdom, the citizens were made aware of the impending war and fled the kingdom via an airship waiting under the Castle. The Cookies then discovered a small seaside village while traversing the continent and allied with its villagers to build a nation that would become the grand Crème Republic.
The Vanilla Kingdom was thus left empty in the wake of the Dark Flour War, inhabited by nothing but defunct Wafflebots and a 
single child left behind in a cryobaking pod. Pure Vanilla Cookie was stripped of his memories after banishing Dark Enchantress Cookie and instead adopted the identity of Healer Cookie, residing in an abandoned village by the Raisin Cliffs and serving as their sole medic.
Hollyberry Kingdom[]
After failing to defend those dear to her during the war, 
Hollyberry Cookie abandoned both her kingdom and her shield. She felt that she was undeserving of such a great shield and believed that her descendants would be able to better care for the kingdom in the ways she failed to do. Jungleberry Cookie and Royal Berry Cookie were left as the nation's queen and king, though the throne would become forcefully occupied by Pitaya Dragon Cookie with no one to challenge their rule.
Hollyberry Cookie traveled abroad as a nameless hunter following her abdication of the throne, concealing her true identity and instead spending her days tracking and defeating beasts across Earthbread. She believed that the kingdom would forget about her during her disappearance and chose to turn her back on her legacy.
Dark Cacao Kingdom[]
Rather than abandon his homeland, 
Dark Cacao Cookie remained in the Dark Cacao Kingdom and dedicated all of his and the Black Citadel's efforts into strengthening the kingdom's defenses. This extreme level of focus gradually sequestered Dark Cacao Cookie further and further into Black Citadel until the kingdom's citizens were no longer allowed to see or speak with him. He believed that safety of the continent as a whole rested solely on his shoulders, consistently investing resources into bolstering the walls' defenses even when they were scarce in an attempt to be prepared for any and all possibilities.
While the walls protecting the continent from the Licorice Sea remained steadfast, the state of the kingdom itself steeply declined to the point where several villages on the kingdom's outskirts were overrun by wild beasts, starvation, and theft until they disappeared entirely. The Black Citadel remained closed off despite this, with any citizens seeking assistance from the Watchers or the king being turned away at the locked gates.
Golden Cheese Kingdom[]
Golden Cheese Cookie's kingdom received perhaps the worst of Dark Enchantress Cookie's wrath. While nothing has been seen of the onslaught itself, a memory from its ruler reveals that practically the entirety of the kingdom, its assets, and its inhabitants—notably 
Mozzarella Cookie, Smoked Cheese Cookie, and 
Burnt Cheese Cookie—were obliterated in the war, leaving Golden Cheese Cookie alone in the dunes to mourn the ashes of something forever gone.
Golden Cheese Cookie, devastated, decides she can't accept such loss. She retreats into a virtual version of her once-shining kingdom, the Golden City—a world flawless yet painfully fake.
Cookies of Darkness[]
Pure Vanilla Cookie's spell successfully sealed Dark Enchantress Cookie inside a moonstone at the Hall of Enlightenment, though in doing so released a fragment of her former identity as 
White Lily Cookie to wander Earthbread. In her absence, a loyal few of Dark Enchantress Cookie's followers continued to carry out her vision of spreading Darkness across the land while searching for a way to free their leader.
Notes[]
- During
Pure Vanilla Cookie's confrontation with Dark Enchantress Cookie in cutscene 3 of the Timeless Kingdom Story, he states that "we started this war", indicating that Dark Enchantress Cookie's conquests were perhaps not born solely from her own malice.
- Pure Vanilla Cookie may be referring to the experiments conducted by him and White Lily Cookie during their time at the Blueberry Yogurt Academy, where he vowed and failed to put an end to her research after she had gone past what he was comfortable with studying.
- Pure Vanilla Cookie may be referring to the experiments conducted by him and
- In cutscene 12 of the Timeless Kingdom Story, Pomegranate Cookie accuses Pure Vanilla Cookie of meddling with forbidden Crescent Moon magic on the day of the Dark Flour War and subsequently cursing the other Ancient Heroes. While he initially denies this, he does end up breaking down with guilt as she continues to cast illusions onto him, leaving his true actions ambiguous.
- Furthermore, the [STORY] Dark Flour War video specifically mentions that Dark Enchantress Cookie attacked the Vanilla Castle "on the fateful night of the crescent moon".
- Furthermore, the [STORY] Dark Flour War video specifically mentions that
- The [STORY] Dark Flour War video states that the Ancient Heroes fell one by one, with Pure Vanilla Cookie being the last one standing. While it may only be for visual effect, the Heroes disappear in the following order: Hollyberry Cookie, Dark Cacao Cookie, Golden Cheese Cookie, and White Lily Cookie.
Videos[]
