Dimensional Gap

The Ocean, Primordial Sea, Sea Between Worlds, Dark Dimension, Dark Singularity, Imaginary Number Space

### Master(s)

Great Red (Currently)
Ophis (Formerly)

## Details

### Features

* Mortal World
* Spirit World
* Divine World

**Dimensional Gap** is the formless void that lies between the Four Worlds, the physical manifestation of the boundary between reality and imagination.

It is known in many different cultures under many different names, such as Chaos, Ginnungagap, Wuji, Purusha, Abzu...

## Overview

**Chaos** is the mythological void state preceding the creation of the universe (the cosmos) in Greek creation myths. In Christian theology, the same term is used to refer to the gap/abyss created by the separation of heaven and earth.

## Appearance

The Dimensional Gap is primarily described as an endless void that stretches in all directions. In terms of appearance, it resembles that of an endless void, where in every direction, there is a mix of iridescent color which makes whoever looking directly at it feels like their insanity slipping away as they "look through the kaleidoscope".

The entire realm is scattered with giant floating islands the size of entire continents - Remnants of abandoned cosmos associated with faded pantheons and lost religions that drifted aimlessly amid the void after its inhabitants had all faded away. Located on one of the largest islands is a temple where Great Red, and formerly Ophis, dwells.

## Characteristics

The Dimensional Gap exists as an alternative space between the worlds of men (Mortal World), gods (Divine World), and spirits (Spirit World), placed in-between the Four Worlds that made up the lower parts of Creation. Any light there is cold; it can be seen, yet it does not radiate energy. According to Rodríguez, this is the world of "imaginary numbers", existing apart from "normal" space and reality.

There is a discordant sense of time here as spacetime within the realm still remains bound in a chaotic union with each other, thus removing all definitions and nullifying itself. This property produces the effect of a "void" which erases all of those who do not have sufficient magical protection out of existence by naming them an anomaly, triggering the systems of Entelecheia to immediately seek out and eliminate them before they could possibly become a threat to the balance of the natural order.

It is possible to travel through the Dimensional Gap in specialized mundane spacecraft, though the method is extremely difficult and inherently dangerous without magical protections. Upon entering the void, the craft departs from normal reality and dives into the "sea" of imaginary numbers, and requires a connection or bond to be formed to an existence within the normal reality in order to surface. According to Dr. Strange, it has "tides" which can cause a time difference between vessels passing through it and normal reality.

## Notable Inhabitants

### Dragon Gods

* Imdugud
* Kilgharrah
* Leviathan

* Melvazoa
* Regalzeva

* Seraselbes
* Tathamet
* Tiamat

### Others

* Bogeyman
* Cosmic Axolotl
* Gogmagogs
* Mistforms
* Sandmen
* World Turtles

## Trivia

* It's where the magical force known as the Mist originated from.
* When humans die, their remaining emotions, dreams, and regrets float down into the void whereas their shade is led to the Realm of the Dead. Based on whether these emotions are positive or negative, they will be transmuted by the Mist into light energy and dark energy respectively.
* Darlugdach likened the Dimensional Gap to "a small bottomless bowl of water from which the infinite worlds that spawn from it appear as tiny glittering crystals".