Solstrale (JMW)

***Spoiler warning:** Plot and/or ending details follow.***Solstrale** is the setting for Journey to the Magical World. It is a parallel universe to Earth, though it is only populated by magical creatures. Jessica, the main character of the story, is the only human in the world, and her friends belong to this realm.

## Description

Solstrale is known by names such as "The Nearerworld," "Wakizasu," and "The Magical World." A magical veil separates Solstrale from Earth, keeping the ideas, imaginations, and such of humans away from Solstrale's inhabitants, though throughout its history, it has grown weaker or stronger, and parts of the veil have collapsed, been chipped away, etc.

## History

### Before the events of Journey to the Magical World

Ancient humans lived in The Otherworld for the first thousand years of their existence. They originally came from Earth and were mostly Southwest Asian and Middle Eastern in descent. One young woman who lived in North America as part of a group of explorers could hear voices from Solstrale. The spirits taught the girl magic, and she was able to open a passage for her village to enter the Beyond.

Humans lived with the creatures side-by-side, but when they became more developed, they set up a monarchy. Despite this, they lived in peace for several hundred years and grew more prosperous and advanced. The creatures became less and less equal to humans, and slavery was common. Finally, the humans attacked the monster settlements because they wanted more control of the land and resources. The monsters retaliated and surprised the humans by taking down their king and commencing a genocide against them. They instated King Andor as their ruler and rid the land of humans, either by killing them or them being smuggled to Earth.

After ruling Solstrale for several hundred years, Andor began to sense that some of his citizens were growing unhappy with the way he treated them. He initiates war across the land to get rid of any opposition to him and his reign.

### Journey to the Magical World

Jessica is brought to Solstrale by Twilight in the midst of the Second Solstralian Civil War. She is able to gather the support from many of its inhabitants and invades King Andor's castle, successfully ousting him and replacing King Triton as the king. However, King Andor still retains control of his allies and the army and continues to wage war against Jessica and her comrades.

## Locations

During the time of Journey to the Magical world, some ideas from Earth seeped in through damaged parts of the veil and collected in certain areas. These places have accumulated objects and such from Earth and could spread like a virus to other areas. King Andor typically did a decent job at containing it. These locations have not appeared in the story or its notes.

## Trivia

### Interesting facts

* The monsters of the Otherworld believe that there were multiple humans involved in the first opening of a portal between Earth, but ancient native records say only one had this connection.
* Most of the Beyond believes that the First Solstralian Civil War was initiated by the monsters, but in fact, it was the humans who made the first strike.

### Author statements

* Solstrale and all of its magical creatures were solely concentrated in North America before the events of Journey to the Magical World. Adira couldn't think of a better reason at the moment other than there wasn’t a lot of imagination happening around the world, which is strange in hindsight.

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