Wonderworld

Wonderworld is a unique patch of Weird Space--located in the Black Eye Galaxy--shaped by the inner thoughts of its inhabitants. The void of outer space can be seen at the edges of each of Wonderworld's inhabitant-created Wonderlands.

## **Universe 1**

Balan, a spacefaring performer, discovered Wonderworld inside the Black Eye Galaxy and decided to operate from it after it shaped itself to him. Balan performed for the Tims that Wonderworld provided him, entertaining them to cheer them up and using them as an audience to improve his show skills.

### **Birth of Mondas**

After several hundred years of performing for Tims, Balan suddenly sensed a new potential audience in his galaxy. With magic, he created a portal to Mondas and a theater in a Mondasian settlement to put on a show. The primitive, early Mondasian crowd was easily astonished by the fancy show, which pleased Balan. Balan continued to return to Mondas again and again, each time pleasing many. But over time, he noticed some of the Mondasians' moods failed to improve from his performances. He began taking them to Wonderworld, where their down moods would manifest and he could help them find, as he called it, their "hearts." Soon after, he stopped performing on Mondas, seeking out only those heartless individuals instead.

### **Durga's Wrath**

After eons of Balan helping Mondasians through their troubles, Durga put Mondas under her protection and noticed Balan's activities. Interpreting the removal of one of her chosen people as a kidnapping, Durga sent Lance and the Negati to inflict her wrath upon Balan in Wonderworld. When the "kidnapped" Alice protected Balan, defeated Lance, and returned to Mondas unharmed, Durga realized her mistake and called off her attack.

### **Shady**

After Alice and the other inhabitants returned to Mondas unharmed, Durga turned a blind eye to the Balan Theater and Wonderworld. Balan continued to help Mondasians find their hearts, and one such person was Shady.

Shady was a Mondasian who over time had become a Shadow Person. She lived in the light and traversed across the shadows cast by Mondas. Balan brought her to Wonderworld, posing as a therapist helping her through her past. In Wonderworld, Shady's past self manifested as a young confused child afraid of the light. Together, Shady and her past self worked through their fears of the light and dark, and Shady's dissociation with her childhood. Like the other inhabitants Balan had guided, Shady returned to Mondas a more whole person, where she continued life as a Shadow Person but no longer restricted to just the shadows.

### **Corruption of Wonderworld**

Due to Alice's extended time in Wonderworld, her connection to the strange land had grown stronger than other visitors. Just like Balan, the land changed to reflect her mental state even when she was outside Wonderworld.

Unfortunately, Alice's psyche took a drastic turn after her return to Mondas. The night after her return, her family's mansion went up in flames, taking the lives of her parents and older sister with it. Alice was institutionalized in Rutledge Asylum, where her trauma compounded. Over time, Alice's personal region of Wonderworld, Wonderland, became more and more warped by Alice's enduring trauma. The Red Queen, a manifestation of Alice's survivor's guilt much stronger than Balan's influence took over and spread her influence throughout Wonderworld until all of it was corrupted. Balan and his Tims eventually succumbed to her influence too, becoming warped versions of themselves--the mechanized Hatter and the ankle-biting Snarks, respectively.

Wonderworld remained in this tainted state until Alice returned, dismembering Hatter for attacking her and confronting the Red Queen herself. Wonderland, freed from the Red Queen and Alice's survivor's guilt, returned to a much brighter state. But absent unconsumed inhabitants, Wonderworld remained solely influenced by Alice.

### **Alice's Final Return to Wonderworld**

1 year later, Alice was still undergoing therapy. Wonderland had begun warping again from its brighter self. Alice found herself intermittently passing between Mondas and Wonderworld.

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