The Beyond

The Beyond (, literally "the outside") refers to the place outside of Zemuria. The Beyond operates on laws that exist outside of the world created by the Goddess, known in Zemuria as Divergent Laws (の literally "laws of the outside").
== Background ==
The concept of Divergent Laws is introduced in Loewe in : https://trailsinthedatabase.com/game-scripts?fname=c5317&game_id=2#349 and suggests a world outside the continent of Zemuria exists. This world, the Beyond, is possibly already destroyed, as hinted at in .
Zemuria and the Beyond are separated by "shackles". Interference from the Beyond in Zemuria manifests as inexplicable phenomena., most notably the Salt Pale. The consumption of Gnosis allows the user to witness the world beyond the shackles of the world,McBurn in : https://trailsinthedatabase.com/game-scripts?fname=m9051&game_id=9#69 as demonstrated by High Priest Joachim at the end of .After consumping a dose of red Gnosis, High Priest Joachim turns into a demon and witnesses the "state of the world and the hidden designs behind it": https://trailsinthedatabase.com/game-scripts?fname=m3099&game_id=4#198 The shackles prevent travel past a certain point,Emma Millstein in : https://trailsinthedatabase.com/game-scripts?fname=m9051&game_id=9#47 suggesting that the Beyond surrounds Zemuria.
The Septian Church appears to be aware of the Beyond , but that they attribute all the events it causes to the Goddess as a means of keeping the peace of Zemuria.Gaius Worzel in : https://trailsinthedatabase.com/game-scripts?fname=m9051&game_id=9#53 Examples of phenomena from the Beyond that the church attributes to the Aidios include the Salt Pale and the Planes where angels and devils dwell.Gaius Worzel in : https://trailsinthedatabase.com/game-scripts?fname=m9051&game_id=9#44 Artifacts may also be related to the Beyond.Alisa Reinford in : https://trailsinthedatabase.com/game-scripts?fname=m9051&game_id=9#50
The only known being from the Beyond is McBurn, who merged with an unknown individual.McBurn in : https://trailsinthedatabase.com/game-scripts?fname=m9051&game_id=9#76 upon visiting Zemuria around S.1156.McBurn in : https://trailsinthedatabase.com/game-scripts?fname=m9051&game_id=9#78 He is referred to as the Overlord of the Beyond by Valimar and the Grandmaster; his title in-game is Fallen Demon from the Beyond.
The Infinite Boundary is a phase space accessed in that acts as the boundary between Zemuria and the Beyond. Van Arkride creates a crack in this by throwing the diablic core of Vagrants-Zion into the distance. It was used to try and imprison the devil and prevent it from destroying the world.
== Divergent Laws ==
Divergent Laws have been associated with weapons given by the Grandmaster of Ouroboros to an Anguis or an Enforcer. Weapons crafted through Divergent Laws are capable of beating even Sept-Terrion, as demonstrated at the end of .
=== List of known Divergent Laws weapons===
* The staff capable of controlling space, wielded by Georg Weissmann.
*The demon sword Angbar (アングバール), wielded by McBurn.
*The demon sword Kernviter (ケルンバイター), wielded by Leonhardt.
== Gallery ==
Angbar 1 (sen2).png|Angbar
Angbar 2 (sen2).png|Angbar transformed under McBurn's demonic influence
Angbar (Sen III).png|Concept art of Angbar
Kernhitter SC EVO CC Collabo.jpg|Kernviter
== Trivia ==
* Based on comments from Campanella and Mariabell Crois in , Professor C. Epstein might have been one of the few people that knew about The Beyond.
* It is shown in that Lucrezia Isselee, is another enforcer that has been granted a weapon by the Grandmaster- the Dusk Glaive (ダスクグレイブ). It is possible that the weapon is also forged through the Divergent Laws, especially considering that it can manipulate space and cut into phase spaces, just like Angbar.
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