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I wanted to start by posting some behind the scenes, so to speak. I have a personal document of events, timelines, and other references that I use to lay out my universe. Because I personally have always been interested in world building, I thought I'd share some of that here. It may also make things clearer when reading the main story. (If you're just here for the one shots, go ahead and skip to the next chapter. I won't be offended).
First off, to better understand the context of the one shots I need to establish a sort of timeline. The main story (so far) spans across nine years, starting from the moment that Essempee was formed. Since the actual years of the events are purposefully ambiguous, I'll be referring to the timing by how long it's been since Essempee was created: starting at Year 1, and going to Year 9 when the main story is taking place. Ages of characters may be important, so for clarities sake I'll post how old each member is at the start of Year 1 and how old they would be in Year 9:
Wilbur, George, Punz: 16 ~ 25
Dream, Eret: 14 ~ 23
Fundy: 13 ~ 22
Sapnap: 12 ~ 21
Niki: 11 ~ 20
Tommy, Tubbo: 9 ~ 18
(These are all based on their real life ages, obviously because of birthdays the exact timing may be off a bit, but these are approximations that I took into account while writing.)
Here's a timeline of major events, this shouldn't be a spoiler if you already know what's happening in the Dream SMP but I'll throw in a [POSSIBLE SPOILER ALERT] just in case. The additions unique to my universe aren't really spoilers either, I set them up early in the fic as background knowledge.
Year 1: The group of survivors settle in a large area of land, dubbing it Essempee, and begin building a wall around the circumference to keep out monsters/unwanted people.
Year 2: The wall is completed. Towards the end of the year unrest causes citizen to start planning a rebellion against Dream. Wilbur moves himself and a group of people outside the city limits to avoid the conflict. The community they create is soon named "The Outskirts" by Dream.
Year 3: The rebellion takes place, the rebels lose and are banished to The Outskirts
Years 4-8: Essempee remains steady for this stretch, Dream ostracizes the people on The Outskirts to make an example of the few rebels that now live there
Year 9: L'Manberg is formed and the events of the war take place.
The only other piece of info I can think to add now would be the map I drew of Essempee/L'Manberg. It's not super accurate in terms of scale or exact layout, but it helps give a better idea of what the area looks like. (The paper on top is hiding actual spoilers I doodled around the map).
If there's anything else people wanted to know more about, feel free to ask! I may add a chapter simply dedicated to random canon facts for the story. I have a lot of ideas floating in my head. If nothing else this is just for my enjoyment and organization!