The cleansing (yet again) and subsequent expulsion back to the Outer World could be what took place 1000 years ago, thus giving the Outer World country enough time to regain some level of technology (along the lines of Bruce's description). Rivers there are problems with two rivers not lining up between the Northern and Southern Iciria Hollow World maps. Nonetheless, it could well have taken them thousands of years to get far enough to prompt the immortals to act again. Another idea is that the immortals may have wanted to preserve the technological aspects and tried something like with the Blacklore elves, but it backfired and eventually they regained their technology.
We already know that quite drastic swings are permissible if the seeds are already present - just look at the Azcans. The most obvious seed is that the immortals somehow missed some things in their "cleansing" of the culture. Supplement II: Blackmoor and the Judges Guild booklet the First Fantasy Campaign were the Blackmoor releases available to gamers in the 1970s, but in the following decade, gamers would be treated with four high production value modules that Dave Arneson co wrote with SPI designer David J. Aside from anything else it would be interesting coming up with a scenario which allows the Spell of Preservation to be ignored or over-ridden, and the culture to progress in the Hollow World. DA1 Adventures in Blackmoor was the module that brought Blackmoor back to TSR and D&D. The uncertain times can be decided by how long it takes the civilisation to get back into a technologically dangerous position within the Hollow World. Then effectively in Mystara we have three versions of Blackmoor: (1) the original setting, 4000 - 3000 BC (2) the Hollow World setting, 3000 BC - ? (3) the new Outer World Blackmoor, ?. You might think of the new surface world Blackmoor as a(nother) redevelopment of the setting. Although they text above suggests Blackmoor reappears in the "Known World", I think a location outside the Known World would be more suitable. As part of the Vault social experiment, the armory was overstocked with weapons and ammunition which gave it a gun focused culture. This is the only "canon" source stating that Blackmoor was in fact preserved in the HW. 'Industrial Junk Vault 34 is one of the Vault-Tec Vaults, located southwest of Nellis Air Force Base in the Mojave Wasteland in 2281. "1000 years ago" is obviosuly a mistake, perhaps carried over from DA1. In a nutshell, Blackmoor qualifies as "dark-age medieval fantasy with technology"! These are rare, poorly understood items that become very dangerous in the wrong hands. Blackmoor distinguishes itself from the traditional fantasy genre because of modern technology equipment that keeps showing up in their setting. Blackmoor re-establishes itself on the Known World, after being copiously trashed by their Immortal (ex)- patrons. The Blackmoorians' technological antics finally upset the Immortals who literally kick them out of the Hollow World. A bit of history: Blackmoor destroyed itself 1,000 years ago and was "cloned" inside the Hollow World sanctuary by the Immortals. Adventures in Blackmoor(tm) Boxed Set: This campaign set allows the return of the Blackmoor civilisation in the Known World.
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