Realm

A Realm (Art by RAJESH misra)

A **Realm** is a self sustaining area that grows from one of the branches of the World Tree. They're not the same as Parallel Universes nor are they located within them or vise versa, rather they sort of meld into each other.

## Overview

The realms were created by the demiurges while the physical plane was still young. Some of these realms were made using the mutilated corpses of their primordial ancestors, often after they just killed them. The realms are in a constant process of change, shifting like the dreams of a mortal. Travel between these realms are done via portals, some created by one of magical expertise while others were accidental Glitches in Reality.

Most pantheons has at least one realm to itself. For example, the Norse pantheon has the Yggdrasil tree, which is "inside" the Void of Oblivion, Ginnungagap. Yggdrasil itself also serves as a bridge to other realms, as it can lead the gods and even humans from Asgard to Midgard, the Norse name of the human realm. Realms are sometimes seen as an alternate universe even if that is factionally incorrect though some realms may have their own dimension with it having its own physical and temporal laws. All realms exist within the Multiverse and can be connected and accessed through black holes, white holes, wormholes or interdimensional passages between the "gap" that separates each universe.

## Description

Each realm is different from the other, and may be completely different from the mortal universe where humans live, for example: there may be a realm where time runs backwards from the human perspective, or a universe where time runs faster, making 1 day on Earth is 200 years in the realm. However, a realm that always catches the attention of human beings is the abode of God and the angels, Heaven, also called the Pleroma. One of the Bible writers, Paul, wrote that he was taken to the Third Heaven in spirit and saw ineffable things. Which means that Heaven is a realm beyond the imaginable, being indescribable to human beings.

Another realm that deserves attention is the Outerverse, created by God to trap the Old Ones and prevent the annihilation of all reality. The descriptions of this dimension are beyond imagination, totally inexplicable for any human being and even an angel, it is a space of pure nothingness and chaos that transcends all conceptions of being, size and limits, as the genuine and definitive infinity beyond the mathematics of any cosmos, of which all existence is but an atom, residing beyond a vast hierarchy of "unlimited void beyond all thought and entity."

In addition to this realm, there is also The Empty, a mysterious place that is said to predate Ayin and Khaos, ruled by an eternally sleeping entity called only "Nobody". This place is said to be beyond the powers of God Himself and that none other than Nobody has power and authority from that place. The Empty also serves as the afterlife for most supernatural beings.

## List of Realms

### After Lives

* Heaven: An Afterlife of pure bliss belonging to the Almighty God.
* Hell: An Afterlife used for the torture of sinners belonging to the Almighty Anti-God.
* Purgatory: A realm for beings after physical death for expiatory purification before they go to Hell or Heaven.
* Skyland: A collective realm ruled by the highest ranked-deities of a pantheon or their respective heavenly deity.
* Underworld: A collective underground realm meant for the dead ruled by their respective underworld deity.

### Yggdrasilian

* Alfheim: The realm that acts as a home to the Light Elves.
* Jötunheimr: A location associated with the Jötnar.
* Muspelheim: A realm of pure fire populated by the Fire Giants.
* Nidavellir: A realm filled with rocks populated by the Dwarves.
* Niflheim: A realm of primordial ice and cold, with the frozen rivers which come from all rivers.
* Svartalfheim: A realm home to the Svartálfar.
* Vanaheim: The lowest of the Nine Realms and the residence of the Vanir.

### Other

* Human Realm: A realm that contains the Solar System and Earth.
* Otherworld: A realm of pure imagination, containing Wonderland and the Land of Oz.
* World of Mirror: World that exist behind the reflections.
* Outerverse: The prison that contains Azathoth and the Outer Gods.
* Overvoid: A void that existed before God that serves as an afterlife for any supernatural creature.
* Abyss: A megaversal prison used by God to trap beings He no longer wants to deal with anymore.
* Credentia: The home realm of the Credentials.
* Interview Room: A realm used for questioning by the Interviewer.
* Hyperverse