Demiurge

The **Demiurge** is a meta-real being which exists in an unknown reality outside of Earth-199998.

While non-physical, as the progenitor of material reality it is able to be perceived tangibly and visibly. Though its true appearance is unknown and likely incomprehensible to humans as inherently physical beings, it appears to humanity as a gigantic, black, snake-like entity.

## Biology

As an extradimensional, meta-real being, little is known of the Demiurge's physiology. Tony Stark theorized that humans may not be able to fully comprehend information on the biology of the Demiurge even if we were able to obtain it, as it exists in a non-material reality which is inhospitable to humanity.

The Demiurge may be an offshoot, child, or larval form of a larger, more powerful being referred to as the Monad. The Monad, theoretically, is responsible for the creation of everything non-material, including the multiverse itself. The Monad and Demiurge are not thought to interact, and the Demiurge is believed to be ignorant of the Monad's existence.

The Demiurge is considered to be a non-physical being, as it originates from a non-material reality. However, perhaps contradictorily, it is physically tangible and can affect the material world. This may be involved with its role in the creation of the material universe.

The Demiurge feeds upon material reality. It is known to have created at least one reality in order to feed upon it later, Earth-199998.

## Tabula

Tony Stark's Tabula theory posits that reality exists in "stacks" (which are not spatially stacked in a literal sense but metaphorically, as in a computer's program priority hierarchy), in which higher stacked realities are able to affect only realities stacked below their own. The Demiurge's reality exists in a layer "above" our own, making it hyper-real compared to our own; this is what enables it to access the reality known to humanity. Thus, the Monad's own reality exists in its own layer separate from the Demiurge's reality, making the Monad able to access the Demiurge's reality but causing the Demiurge to be unable to access the Monad's reality and thus ignorant of this "higher" being. The reality from which the Demiurge originates is referred to as the Sarkos; the reality in which the Monad exists is referred to as the Pleroma.

This reality may be theoretically accessible through use of the Reality stone, possibly amplified by usage of other Infinity Stones.

## Creation of Earth-199998

At some point prior to the Big Bang and the creation of the universe, the Demiurge entered the space (then non-space) which the universe would later occupy. It would create what is now recognized as material reality, which refers to all things which physically exist and can be seen, sensed, or proven to exist tangibly, in order for it to grow unsupervised for it to feed upon later, much in the same way a farmer plants crops in order to harvest them later. In the Demiurge's creation of material reality, it created the point in space which would later expand into the known universe as the Big Bang. It also created the being Infinity, which would later produce the same Infinity Stones which may allow access into the Sarkos.