Dark Dimension

Goblins

Wereworms

Condensed Shadow

The **Dark Dimension** is an alternate dimension existing in parallel to the human world. Most, if not all, flora and fauna present in the dimension are linked together in a hive mind controlled by the Dark Lord, essentially forming an enormous superorganism. A key component of this hive mind was a species of humanoid predators, dubbed goblins, which originated from the dimension.

In 1987, during an experiment hosted at the St. James Institute, a child test subject named Subject 67 made inter-dimensional contact with the Shadow Goblin and unintentionally opened the Breach. Through this gateway, the Dark Lord began using its dominion over the Dark Dimension to invade the town of Dewberry, spreading its toxic biological matter with the goal to eventually invade the entire Earth. However, this plan was stopped in 1988 when the Breach was closed, subsequently severing the dimension's connection to the regular world. Nonetheless, the Dark Lord continued to attempt to invade the human dimension using a herald dubbed "Air-Walker" in 1989. Finally, in 1990 of the New 1989 timeline, the Dark Dimension successfully invaded Dewberry thanks to the efforts of the possessed Jacob Hamilton.

It was discovered in 2012 that the Dark Dimension was once the mental space of Subject 001, much like the Palace is the mental space of Ellie.

## History

### 1955

The Dark Dimension was created when the human Subject 001 died in a fire and his consciousness survived, expanding his own mental space into an entire alternate dimension. This dimension was a dark and twisted version of 1950s Dewberry, serving as a home for his consciousness, which took a new monstrous form, the Dark Lord. Over the next few decades, the dimension became inhabited by creatures made out of pure condensed shadow.

## Nature

The connection between the Dark Dimension and its opposite dimension was seemingly established when Ellie made contact with the Shadow Goblin using her psychic abilities, causing a portal between dimensions to rip open beneath the St. James Institute. It contains the same locations and infrastructure as 1950s Dewberry, but it is much darker, colder and obscured by an omnipresent fog. It is devoid of human life, instead being overgrown with rotten, root-like tendrils and biological membranes covering practically every surface. Properties and characteristics of the human world, such as, light, gravity, and sound, appear to function the same way as in the regular world.

## Biology

The Dark Dimension contains no life recognizable to humans beyond plants and trees, instead harbouring its own unique biology and ecosystem. Biological growth of various kinds, such as tendrils and flesh-like membranes, are prevalent across the dimension's version of Dewberry, permeating and covering most surfaces. These life forms appear to grow and spread in a similar fashion to fungi or plant life. As discovered by the Fellowship, the organisms of the Dark Dimension cannot exist in their true forms in the human dimension, and so create biological forms when they enter the human realm.

### The Dark Lord

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Presumably, all biological growth and organisms present in the dimension are part of a hive mind-controlled by an enormous entity known as the Dark Lord. Because of this, the entire dimension is virtually a giant superorganism. The Dark Lord used his influence to spread the Dark Dimension’s biological matter through the Breach. Max, James, Brooklyn and MJ theorized his reason for doing this was to eventually take over the entire world. If this theory holds true, it is very likely the Dark Lord had done the same to the dimension that he currently resides in, and therefore responsible for the dimension’s current state.

The Dark Lord has only one weakness: heat, especially fire. Everything connected in his hive mind shares this weakness. As a result, if a host is burned, the Dark Lord, as well as all other hosts, feel the pain.

### Goblins

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Humanoid predators, known as goblins, reside in this dimension and are a powerful and dangerous part of the Dark Lord’s army.

### Wereworms

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Wereworms are the infectious growth that serve as the foundation of all the vegetative life in the Dark Dimension. Like goblins, wereworms can only exist in the human dimension in bodies made from biological material. However, unlike goblins, wereworms are made from plant material, giving them the appearance of vines.

### Condensed Shadow

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Everything in the Dark Dimension is made of a black, dust like substance dubbed "condensed shadow". It is highly toxic but cannot exist naturally in the human dimension, and so must combine with biological matter from the human dimension.

## Trivia

* The realm was officially going to be called "The Endless", with only the characters referring to it as the "Dark Dimension". This was changed before release.
* The realm is referred to as the Dark Dimension in *Season 2* as a reference to the evil realm from Marvel Comics.
* This dimension is one of three known in the series' universe, the other two being the human dimension and the time crossroad.

## Trivia

* Nick, Cooper and Joyceln are all currently trapped in the Dark Dimension.