Why I'm doing this
I was born after the world went dark. I don’t remember TV, Internet.
Heck. I only recently heard a radio.
And now my job is to find out and write down what happened.
Let me explain.
A few years before I was born the Sun let off a massive amount of particles. They hit the earth. And that destroyed most electronics. There are several ways electronics survived so it’s not like we don’t have computers servers, music, etc. But most of the world was plunged into darkness and technology equal to the middle ages or at the least pre-industrial.
Many people died. More than I can imagine.
I grew up in one of the new cities founded after the Darkness. We had a few good people who pulled together and made a community. That community stood the test and trials of death, disease, disaster, stupidity, and time.
One of our founders was fond of books and made a point to save every book he came across. Another was a teacher and when kids started popping up, as they do when adults are bored. This combination of books and teachers made a school. I read the stories of the Old World much the same as many of the people with technology read myths of old.
But now, we are simmering down, at least for a while. There was a request sent out by the Governor Council to write the history of how the darkness started. I applied and got the job. Now I have a mission, a budget, and awaiting adventure.
My job is to find people who lived through the Black Out and find out how the Dark World started.
