Background History, Cosmic SMP Season 6

Disclaimer: This document is mainly written by Bluestone.Bot and is entirely fictional material.

This article details the history of the world used in Cosmic SMP Season 6 before the server was opened. Basically what possibly could have happend prior to players entering the world.

## Experimental Archeology

All of the information on this page is largely based on Data recovered through an extremely arcane and advanced technique known as "Background data reading". The only "person" ever been recorded using this method is the Robot known as Bluestone\_Bot.

Alternatively reconstructed ruins in areas like The Battleground are also studied by archeologists and historians to further complement the research of the ancient times.

Books and other documentations which one might expect to find of these times are surprisingly rare or might not even exist at all. To this date (3th of December 2022) no physical record of the ancient times has been found, making the work of archeologist and historians extremely difficult as they essentially have to resort to educated guesses.

## Oldest recorded history

The oldest documents known to mankind depict the world far different that it is shaped now.

### Pre Elemental

Back then it was a time where the oh so natural bending capabilities were scarce. Only people with immense training and dedication could hope to achieve a fraction of the possibilities that are open nowadays. They tell of great druidic circles teaching and exploring magic as alien to us now as the world that they inhabited. Holding rituals in which they called upon the primal elements of nature for their guidance. And nature answered them, granting them longer lives which they should dedicate to protecting the natural order of the world.

It was through one of those rituals that a small circle of druids known as the Elementals was trying to meld the spirits of man with the forces surrounding them. And their efforts did not go in vain. Over decades of study and experimentation they had at one fateful night gathered again at one of their ritual sites to perform once more the technique they had been perfecting over the years. But what none had expected from that moment was to redefine the cultural and power inequality of the entire world. At that night, after all was finished, spirits of man and nature merged together, granting many people new capabilities unthought of before.

This Night is since then known as the Elemental Merging with events after it described as a.E (after Elemental) and events before it as p.E (pre Elemental). It is also the furthest point that background data reading can recover as it changed the nature of energy in that world so fundamentally that anything that happend before it becomes almost totally untraceable.

### After Elemental

At first there was chaos, with some nations collapsing from a power vacuum through not accepting the new capabilities of bending. What followed was a global state of anarchy, with only a few true states remaining. Those that could still support their governmental structure had been quick to incorporating the new abilities into their law enforcement and military apparatus. Kingdoms like the “Crumborian Tribes'' were amongst the first that started to expand their borders into the unorganized and wild lands known as the “Frontier''.

This expansion however proved difficult. Because in those regions where nature had retaken most of the land resided a coalition of different tribes combined known as the “Gaian Compact”.

Founded from members of the different druidic circles, the Gaian Compact had always seen its mission to protect the natural order and in turn thrive on nature's success. Due to their cultural and spiritual connections to the elements even in their daily lives, they possessed the most powerful elemental benders in the entire world. So as the different remaining nations encroached on the unconquered regions, the Gaian Compact fought back. Battle ensued once more on the land as armies of nations clashed with these “Savages”.

To combat the benders of the Gaian Compact and to ensure the safety of settlers from natural dangers and monsters, an Order of skilled Martials, Benders and Adventurers emerged. Founded in approximately 7 a.E. the order which calls themselves “The Golden Sun” started to become a powerful mercenary aid for various nations. Their leading philosophy revolves around bringing the light into the dark corners of the world, hereby referring to artificial light sources that illuminate the night. Their order in contrast to the Gaian Compact had a heavier focus on martial arts since its total devotion of connection to the spirits of nature meant that their benders could not achieve the same powers that benders in the Gaian compact were accustomed to.

In order to go against this unequal power distribution, a new type of martial combat was developed. The so-called “Chi-Blockers” are fighters who have mastered many complex techniques that while enhancing their already great combat power also allows them to sever a bender's connection with their element for a short period of time.

#### Recovered Timeline (not finished)

* 02 a.E. The "Crumborian Tribes" start training their first regiments which incorporate benders of different elements into their ranks.
* 10 a.E. A third of all regions previously under Gaian Compact control are now in the hands of various nations in huge part due to the help of Golden Sun forces.
* 21 a.E. The connection barrier is breached and the world is for the first time visited by Trans-dimensional beings (the players, server opens).