Server History

## Preface

The Paradox SMP was originally named the DreamSMP SMP, and was heavily inspired by the Dream SMP. The server is hosted on the same seed as the DSMP for 1.18 and much of the world lore was connected to the server. That has since changed and the server is no longer directly connected to the DSMP, though some of the lore is still inspired by the server.

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**DISCLAIMER: None of the lore of the SMParadox is canon to the Dream SMP lore, the overarching world lore is just for fun and worldbuilding :)**

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## World Lore

### Origins

DreamXD, while making the Dream SMP, made a fatal error and had to discard the world before it could be created. That world is the SMParadox. A “what could have been” Dream SMP. Because of the world’s unfinished nature, the SMP occasionally glitches. These glitches can manifest as basically anything, including false memories, voices in your head, caves suddenly appearing and disappearing, etc. Glitches in the world’s foundation can also occur, and when they do the semblance of normalcy begins to break down. Should a glitch like this grow too large unchecked….a cataclysm of unknown proportions could be impending.

### Lives System

Typically, each person in this world has 3 "canonical" lives. A death can be made canon for various reasons, usually within lore but sometimes accidental offscreen deaths can be canon. When a person loses all 3 of their lives they are considered fully dead. What happens to a person when they die is shrouded in mystery.

Revival from death is possible, and seems to come in multiple stages. There have been instances of a failed revival, and a semi-revival, but not yet a complete revival. It can be assumed that the ritual needed to fully revive someone has not been discovered yet, but attempts have been made. When somebody is "semi-revived", they may reappear in an undead form, a ghost or zombie for example, and act different from their past self.

### Body, Soul, and Death

The body and soul are separate entities, the soul is like a core and the body is a manifestation of the soul, like a tangible projection. So while regular deaths are injury to the body, canon deaths are injury to the soul. When someone loses a "canon" life their appearance can change as a result, but this usually doesn't happen when someone dies regularly. When someone dies normally, their body disintegrates or disappears, and their soul regenerates a new body wherever their bed is. This usually happens instantly because there is no need to take time manifesting a completely new form, because there was no injury to the soul. But when someone dies a canon death their new body may reflect the damage a lot more. It may also take longer to regenerate from a canon death depending on the person and the damage the soul suffered. Someone's old body may be left behind after a canon death but sometimes it disintegrates, and after a final death the body always remains.

### Dimensions

The world is made up of two known dimensions, the Overworld and the Nether. The residents of SMParadox seem to be unaware of the existence of the End.

Lately, potentially due to "glitches", there have been dimensional fractures around the server, the Nether and Overworld leaking into eachother through portals, and patches of strange stone infecting the ground.