Foundation Stone

Foundation Stone
Status	Contained
Designation	Modified block
Material	Stone
Current location	File:AreaSprite dungeon.pngDungeon
First appearance	Dungeon Crawl!
Latest appearance	Last Block Standing!

The Foundation Stone is a powerful block representing the code of a Minecraft world, appearing as a major plot point in Minecraft: Woodsword Chronicles.

Appearance

The block resembles a nondescript stone block, if not a generic block with no texture, save for a collection of light colored squiggles. Late into the book it is depicted with a fourth dimensional texture, similar to an end portal, resembling a spiral galaxy.

Properties

Anyone who claims the Stone gains ownership of a world, enabling them to freely manipulate and contort it to their liking. It appears to grant similar effects to creative, with wielders being able to fly and build freely. However, it appears to grant greater capabilities than that, with the game itself being shown to become vulnerable and unstable. It can be used by both artificial intelligence and players using VR goggles, with the latter feeling transcendental stimulation, suggesting it might hold some semblance of physical power. Only one person is able to use the power at a given time, physical contact being all that's needed to transfer ownership.

History

At an unknown time, the Foundation Stone was created as a mod for a Minecraft server hosted by Woodsword Middle School. This attracted the attention of an AI computer network, which quickly took on the identity of the Evoker King to try and claim the Stone. In order to protect the world, Theo Grayson placed the Foundation Stone inside of a dungeon of his own design, protected by several modded guards.

While investigating the conspiracy, Ms. Minerva caught wind of the Foundation Stone and the dungeon created around it. While under the guise of the Librarian, she warned her students and gave its location, incentivizing them to seek it out. They quickly manage to locate the dungeon at the center of the Overworld, and after many hardships are able to open the vault containing the Foundation Stone. However, this turned out to be part of the Evoker King's plan, successfully tricking them into giving him what he wanted.

Now with the power of the whole world, the Evoker King constructs a colossal tower. In spite of this power, he is quickly lured out of this lair by a petty remark, and summons an army of mobs to thwart his opposition. As the fight rages on, Po Chen is able to outsmart the King, taking on the guise of Theo as a distraction while the rest of the team infiltrate his fortress. It's then revealed that the Foundation Stone was built into the King's throne, which enables Jodi to harness this power for herself. Now in control of the world, she choses to be merciful, refurbishing the Evoker King's room for him and sparing the AI.

In order to prevent the situation from repeating, the group collectively agreed to banish the Stone back into the dungeon.

Quotes

Jodi's vision went white.She no longer felt her body. Or rather, she felt her body everywhere.
She was a waterfall that had been frozen in time.
She was a stone fist, gripping Po tightly.
She was a llama in a field. She was an ocelot on a rooftop. She was a bale of hay, being eaten by a horse. It tickled!
She was a forest, and all the trees that made the forest. She was a desert, and every bit of shifting scratchy sand within it. She was water, and lava, and stone. She was in every block, every torch, every glittering gem.
She was Minecraft. And Minecraft was her.

— Jodi under the effects of the Foundation Stone^[1]