Grand Design

Within the grand design, there exist many realities and timelines. As explained in the earlier slide, there are alternate realities & timelines that exist aside from the prime reality. All of these are separate, but as of the 3rd Age, the damage done to the Grand Design has caused some timelines to ebb and flow, causing them to collide and mix. This mixing of everything will allow us to see shifts to previously established characters and entirely new characters all together. This page consists of a rundown of how the Grand Design multiversal structure is constructed with the differences highlighted between timelines, alternate realities and dimensions with examples where applicable.

## Timelines

Timelines exist on the X and Y axis of the grand design, with all timelines progressing on a linear pathway from the singular origin point of creation. The X axis represents the linear flow of time with the Y axis displaying the various different deviations with an infinite amount of branching timelines covering the grand designs. Manipulation over the X axis or linear time is a fairly understood school of magic, with it being manipulable by many time mages, in small instances at least. Manipulation over the Y axis or alternative timelines is hard and extremely rare.

Timelines have an extremely large range of variation between them, but generally display less differences between them compared to dimensions as they share the same beginnings and general world code structure. However timelines may seem wildly different based on how far seperated the timelines are in the grand design due to early deviations allowing for extremely different development of events. These far seperated timelines are often referred to as alternate universes & realities, but this term is generally only reserved for timelines that are extremely far apart, being at least over 500 parralel roots apart.

Examples of this difference in timelines include the Prime and Neon Dystopia’s timelines. Both timelines share the same beginning with the same initial world set up, but this was then followed up with an early deviation from one another when fervorstone was fashioned into advanced metals and materials, which developed into an entirely different branch of magic that became the foundation of their technological society called Synth magic. This lead the reality an entirely different path, further deviating itself from the prime timeline.

Another example of alternate timelines that can be considered their own realities is with Xeina’s origin timeline. Her original timeline is one of the furthest from the Prime timeline, with the original formation of the main world being the deviation point itself. In this alternate reality, the world created ended up being something very similar to modern day Earth, with the magical elements developing in the background and being hidden knowledge.

### Notable alternate timelines

 Neon Dystopia Timeline
 Eternal King Timeline

## Dimensions

Dimensions exist on the Z axis of the grand design, and are fundamentally different due to their changes in the base world code. Dimensions are oftened also referred to as Realms & Planes of Existence and serve as different parts of the same timeline, essentially with different filters on them. Dimensions will always have a moderate to drastic amount of difference from the main timeline compared to the potentially small variation seen in closely linked timelines, again due to the inherent difference in the world code base.

They act as pockets of existence that are physically seperate from the timeline, but are still linked through to that timeline's flow of time, even if the realm itself doesn't age things within it. Dimensions are usually accessed through a major change to a being's life status via whatever means, an example being the realm of death itself. Death is a separate realm with the major change being the status of dying, shifting the being's conscious up the Z axis, but keeping them in the same timeline on the X axis.

Each timeline has its own dimensions anchored to the timeline. Dimensions can be removed without the timeline ending, being the coating on top or below the timeline on the grand design. However, the removal of the dimensions may cause the timeline to become unstable or simply speed up the timeline's demise, such is the case with the Eternal King alternate reality. A real world analogy would be like removing clothes off of a person where the person can function without the clothes. But remove the person from underneath the clothes, and suddenly the clothes do not function.

All dimensions experience the same flow of time due to them being anchored to the timeline. This does not mean beings in all dimensions will be affected in the same way by this constant flow of time. For example, the realm of death still makes it so that beings within are able to percieve the days going past, yet this dimesions causes it so that the passage of time will not actually affect their being ie aging.

### Notable Dimensions

 The Realm of the Dead
 The Elemental Planes
 The 221594th Dimension

## World Inbetween The Walls

The World Inbetween The Walls is not classified as a dimension nor a timeline, and instead as an entirely seperate entity as it seemingly exists in all realities and realms everywhere at the same time. A mistake originating from the conception of existence itself, it exists in the conceptual space between timelines and realms. This was not as intended, as per her original design, the All Mother had each of the timelines and realms exist directly parralel to one another.

No one knows for sure what occupies this intriguing connecting pocket of existence, as those that are able to percieve this space are usually amongst the insane. During the second age however, this area began to invade the main parts of the Grand Design, seeping in with its almost nonsensical mode of reality. The link between timelines and realities should be as simple as a connection as a door opening and closing, but now thanks to the presence of this mistake in the architecture of the Grand Design, there exists a door, then an infinite sprawling mess of a corridor inbetween, then another door.

The beings hailing from the World Inbetween The Walls are often extra fantastical in apperance, with many of the resulting monsters from the breach being extraterrestrial in their apperance, with no discernible physical characteristics to associate them with. Merely reacting out of pure instinct and pain, they are able to tap into a singular hive mind thanks to the progenitor of this space: Abzulor.