Unidentified Extradimensional Substance

Wereworms

**Unidentified Extradimensional Substance (UES)**, formerly classified as **Substance E-51b** and better known as **Condensed Shadow**,is a mysterious toxic substance that every flora and fauna in the Dark Dimension is made of. It appears both as a black, dusty and sticky substance and also as a filthy mist. It is considered a creature in its own right, due to being under the direct control of the hive mind. It is the ultimate key to understanding the Dark Dimension.

According to the Montauk project, UES is a form of "deactivated resonance".

## History

### 1955

Following the death of Subject 001, all that was found of the boy was an ashy substance. The substance was designated E-51b by the Institute and became the new focus of their research, due to its ability to manipulate the physiology of living creatures, and even the fabric of reality itself.

### 1968

In the mid 1960's, the St. James Institute combined UES with the DNA of a human test subject and an elk, creating a hybrid of all three. This creature escaped the Institute and into the Dark Dimension, where it began kidnapping people to use as the basis of the Dark Lord's future goblin army.

## Overview

### Nature

Condensed shadow is incredibly toxic and is not absorbed by the ground, giving it the appearance of dirt.

### Abilities

UES has the ability to manipulate matter and reality, depending on how it is used. The St. James Institute discovered that it can manipulate compounds and the physiology of living creatures. Test subjects exposed to UES often begin developing supernatural abilities in the vein of Subject 001; these include telekinesis, biokinesis and telepathy to varying strengths. In several cases, the offspring of some of these test subjects - such as 067, the daughter of 008 - inherited some of these abilities and demonstrated greater power and control due to being born with them.

When combined with an immense amount of energy, UES can also merge elements with biological material. The most well-known case of this happening was the explosion of the St. James Institute in 1987, which gave the nearby 48th Street Fellowship superpowers. Max Hamilton gained pyrokinetic powers by merging with the flame of his lighter; James DeLare gained control over electricity after being shocked by the radio tower he was working on; Brooklyn Yates was smashed against a tree; MJ Baines went blind and deaf from the explosion; and Michael Tomlinson screamed in fear as he disintegrated. After each being exposed to yet more UES over the course of their battle with the Dark Dimension, the Fellowship's powers each got stronger, reaching a height in New 1989 when the Dark Lord-possessed Jacob Hamilton travelled back in time, releasing a shockwave of pure UES when he arrived.

UES' reality-altering capabilities have not been thoroughly explored, but have been demonstrated several times. The most notable was the creation of an entire dimension from the consciousness of Subject 001. The second was the forming of the MacNamera Threshold, which damaged the reality around it so much that the Time Crossroad began to leak in, forming an organic time machine.