Fractal

A Fractal, as understood by the Fractal Map methodology, is one of many cosmic frames which holds the Planes and acts almost like a lens for The Stream to pass through it and refract like a kaleidoscope equally across them. Each Fractal receives information from The Stream which determines the balance of The Three Insights and The Essences which The Multiverse is built on. A fractal itself is not a plane, it is not a space which can be traversed openly by mortals, and even in the most technologically advanced civilizations across The Known Universe it is incomprehensible knowledge to consider what may exist "outside" any given fractal. It has been proven that the gods of many pantheons, despite holding godlike powers, still exist within these fractal frames - just simply at much higher or lower frequencies.

Each Fractal has a natural frequency at which the stream passing through it causes it to vibrate, and though there is an almost infinite amount of frequencies possible - it is not common knowledge how one could possibly record or resonate with any fractal layer which exists outside of specific equal distance resonances.

The stream passes through all fractals, at all times - touching every single object and entity, resonating through them at different rates based on their own Internal Resonance for entities and Aura Resonance for locations.

When one takes these frequencies and creates equal distance between them, one can observe patterns and resonances which inform them of the existence of these other fractal layers, and the potential of travelling to them. The most common knowledge of how one travels between these fractals is by using portals. Depending on the method and circumstances, this can have a variety of complications and consequences - but it is not always a difficult process for those well versed in the arcane, supernatural beings and entities from across The Multiverse.

It is too simple to think of these fractals as being at distances from one another like we are used to in the real world. For instance, the fractal layers 440, 523 and 783 may be numerically distant, but harmonically - their frequencies are closely related. This is a fantastic indication of the various fractal layers can bleed into one another or be related to one another. Travelling to a plane from 440 to 523 could be considered easier than travelling from 440 to 466 due to how closely these frequencies clash with one another.

It is believed that the further you descend or ascend from 440 vibrations per second, the more wildly different you can expect the planes within each fractal layer to become.

Regardless, as interdimensional travel inevitably takes place across The Known Universe - while they may not know it, all travelers are either directly or indirectly participating in passing through and interacting with these fractal layers by vibrating out of sync with their current layer and rebalancing themselves with the destination. When the two-headed "demon" emerges from its chaotic rift in space and descends on you - it is passing from one plane to another - and most likely between fractals depending on how far it has travelled. It is no longer "in-sync" with its departure point, and instead begins to merge with the layer it is arriving on.

These beings from foreign vibrations are known as Outsiders