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Too many things have happened in the world that the history subject became a specialized subject, much that it can have its own curriculum.

Well fortunately, in the new world year 100, things have stabilized and humans are still within the ecosystem.

Hmm...

An example for one of the things that happened, is that magic, a completely impossible thing in the past, was now a common find in the present.

Following magic are things you can find in the fantasy books, legends, folklore and the likes that the realm of science in the past cannot possibly explain.

The introduction of magic, like electricity, brought revolution to humankind, just that unlike at the time with electricity, magic did not just bring technological advancement, but also biological advancement, that the already diverse ecology of earth became more diverse that scientific names were now a bother in naming them.

If the evolution was limited within the already existing organisms on earth, the the scientific naming problem would not be that much of a problem, but after creatures of weirdly proportions and descriptions started popping out, people stopped bothering and scientific names were out right dropped.

Ghosts were not given scientific names because before, they were treated as an event, but after ghosts became 'defined' than before, people of today have to consult the very first person to encounter a ghost to name it, which is rather insane to think about it.

And back to the topic, magic brought too many changes to earth, not just humanity, that it cannot be described limitedly to good or bad, but rather it was good and bad, for better or for worse.

Changes here and there, heroes popping out like mushrooms after the rain in a forest, society was mold and reformed like clay, leaders were replaced like products in a manufactory (availability), and disasters were ever present like things in a daily occurrence.

It took the earth for a few to several centuries to meet stability after the old and new denizens of earth took their lesson in an event where all life was almost brought to extinction. Like how dinosaurs were brought to an end with a mean(in this case a super mega huge asteroid), the earth itself wished for a mean for the chaos brought by too many changes to be forcibly stopped.

Dinosaurs were a problem because they cause too few changes, thus the earth decided to do a house cleaning, and the too many changes caused by magic also triggered earth to move again, as what was stated by someone really popular, which rather became a theory that everyone was now minding of, that brought to this stability on earth.

Whether everyone like it or not, they were forced to calm down and think(plus, talk things through), leading for them to see that earth was too damaged caused by the bad side of changes within the several centuries after magic was discovered.

The civilized part of earth became smaller as safe places became scarce, and danger zones were common compared to what were that old denizens of earth was used to.

The new denizen of earth got what they wanted, but became isolated, making it harder for them to advance with what they currently have.

Everything on earth became meek as they were forced to digest all the changes that happened.

Wars became less frequent, new alliances were born and old alliances were reforged. Technology was given the green light to advance. Supposedly new things that were now common were given an all new perspective, and the power balance were redistributed and soon after became stable.

But everyone on earth new that they cannot be easily content with what they currently have, and they also new that re-entering conflict would also be bring more damage to themselves that the gains would be worthless to compare.

They looked back and found the answer to their questions on how should they continue to take resources from another(in a more subtle way of description, but still everyone got the gist, nonetheless), and they decided that they would rely on competitions, more concisely, on the form of a game.

An MMORPG on the virtual world that a very few participants would know that true purpose, and the representatives within the game would decide the future of their side.

As for why was it decided that way, it was because they cannot decide on a place on earth to held their competition, and since it would be held on the virtual side, plus it was subtly decided that it would still the same for a long time, why not create an MMORPG, that everyone can join while at it.

Economists and military people agreed as they saw opportunities and the project was pushed, thus the stability on earth was officially accepted by various powers present and all have their sights on the game that would decide their future.

Portal, the game that leads to another world, was created.