Post-Modern Era

The Duynburg skyline during a population boom in the 11th century AA.

The Post-Modern Era is an era in the history of Dimension S-2012 lasting from 1000 AA to the present day. It marks the arrival of the continent of Orwald from Dimension T-2022 and several nations from S-2020 and is characterized by the Sculk Revolution.

## History

### The arrival of Orwald and the Sculk Revolution

After the Great Collapse and the transportation of Neo Boreopolis to Dimension S-2012, the Library made sure to double its efforts regarding the prevention of future dimensional collapses. Around 1065 AA (*2022*), they came across Dimension T-2022, a world in the middle of the Industrial Revolution, and began monitoring it. One T-2022 nation in particular, the Kingdom of Corellia, was advancing in the field of transdimensional sciences and was close to developping a device capable of travelling to other dimensions. However, in the context of an intercontinental cold war, enemy spies sabotaged the device, causing the collapse of T-2022. Fortunately, due to the transdimensional link used by the Library to monitor T-2022, the continent of Orwald was transported to S-2012 in 1090 and thus survived the collapse. Orwald, and the collection of nations which called the continent their home, was transported east of USA, at the edge of the known world, were they were able to adapt to the new world they found themselves in. The Library moved quickly to restrict access to transdimensional technology by permanently disabling the device used to destroy T-2022. However, the presence of large Skulk and Amethyst reserves in Orwald caused a new technological revolution transforming the world. Whereas the main source of power in the Modern Era was redstone-based, this new Post-Modern Era would be powered by sound-based energy. This revolution is known as the Sculk Revolution.

The arrival of Orwald to S-2012 also led to new trade routes between east and west. The port city of Duynburg, located in the Kingdom of Duyn, experienced an unprecedented growth due to its position as intercontinental port connecting Orwald to USA and Frozyland. Coldram, the capital of Corellia, also experienced population growth and became a center of innovation for sound-based energy sources. However, other nations such as the Crimson Dynasty, the Principality of Inner Peria and the Golden Archipelago experienced population exoduses as they were all unable to cope with the changes. In the west, Frozyland and USA now for the first time had competitors to their position as global leaders. While the new nations of Orwald quickly joined the United Nations, the old nations in the west now lost their position as biggest voices on the international stage. In the 12th century AA, tensions between east and west grew because of the Library's restrictions around transdimensional travel. As a result, the Kingdoms of Duyn and Corellia initiated a military build-up by constructing shipyards in Duynburg and cloning facilities in Coldram.

### The recovery of the S-2020 nations

Against the backdrop of these rising tensions, scientists from the Library further looked for echoes of S-2020's collapse. They were able to locate a particularly strong signal which matched the energy recorded when Neo Boreopolis was transported to S-2012. After a successful transfer of this energy into S-2012 in 1144, the remaining nations of S-2020 were recovered and relocated to S-2012, in their original relative position to the Pontificate. Because several generations had passed since the arrival of the Pontificate and the other diaspora cultures who had initially survived the Great Collapse, the new survivor states experienced a temporal shock. However, this also presented an opportunity since the diaspora's could now serve as the perfect diplomatic entry point to establish healthy relations with the nations of S-2012. Any remaining tensions of the Great War were quickly burried and plans were drawn up to discuss the future of the International Community and the United Nations. Since the Pontificate, a founding member of the IC in S-2020, had already joined the United Nations, they took the initiative to sway the other S-2020 nations to join S-2012's equivalent of the IC. In 1145, the former nations of S-2020 joined the UN by signing the Frozyland Accords.

## Technological advancements

### Energy and transport

The Sculk Revolution in the 11th century AA (*1.20)* marks the transition from the Modern Era to the Post-Modern Era by introducing a new form of power. While redstone used to be the main source of power in previous eras, sound-based energy became increasingly common during the Sculk Revolution. Before 1100 AA (*1.19)*, the discovery of Sculk sensors deep underground had made it possible to use its sound-detecting characteristics on a limited scale. Wireless redstone systems thus became accessible to home appliances. However, long-distance communications still benefitted from the use of command block redstone systems, which were relatively expensive. This prompted scientists from the Kingdom of Corellia to experiment with long-rage sound based communication. They discovered that Amethyst had the ability to carry sound across long distances, as well as detect and differentiate specific frequencies. This allowed them to calibrate Sculk sensors and thus make them useful in long distance communications. As a result of this discovery, the continent of Orwald experienced an economic growth that brought it on par with the new world it now found itself in.