The Great Occult War

**NOTE:** **The information detailed on this page is part of a series of articles on the mythical **Great Occult War**, which did not happen, and is not to be confused for any actual, existing events within Omniversal History. Please do not believe any deluded Collectors who may attempt to argue there is any merit to these fairy tales.**

The **Great Occult War** was a war that resulted in the nearly irreversible restructuring of the Omniverse, retroactively erasing its existence. As a result, the Great Occult War never happened in the Omniverse's history ever and, as such, is not considered part of Omniversal history in the traditional sense. The only evidence of its existence is various documents found within powerful ontokinetic fields and devices which do not obey the rules of reality preserved in ontokinetic fields.

## Origin of the Conflict

The Great Occult War has been suggested to have started as a conflict between the Eternal Imperium and a group, no longer existing, named the Divine Order. The conflict ended up spanning the entire Barrel, from other parties getting involved due to the actions of the Eternal Imperium and the Divine Order. At some point during the war, the Barrel ended up getting restructured, making the reproduction of technology produced during this time near impossible, except within strong ontokinetic fields. As a result, a lot of records of this war are full of holes or entirely missing.

## Belligerents

### Eternal Imperium

The Eternal Imperium was one of the original parties that took part in the war, and which lasted for the length of the war. The Eternal Imperium just barely managed to survive the restructuring by modifying reality to change the conditions required for its existence. In the version of the Omniverse after the Restructuring, the Eternal Imperium's reincarnation was defeated by the Mevalkagna's reincarnation for threatening omniversal plurality, and many of their ontokinetic utilities were also destroyed by The Mevalkagna. It later ultimately dissolved in a revolt, splitting into the Great Cosmic Republic and the Eternal Legion

### Divine Order

The Divine Order, formally known as the Union of the Divine Sects, is a group of entities, formed from a union of several groups, all of which originally came from Creator's godverse. Along with the Eternal Imperium, they were one of the most powerful forces in the Barrel. The Divine Order was capable of manipulating divine energy, allowing for the creation of powerful weapons. After the Restructure, the Divine Order ceased existence entirely.

### Odhinites

The Odhinites were much more powerful before the Restructuring, comparable to the Eternal Imperium, and much different in their philosophy. They were more like a nation rather than a loose group of jurisdictions, and they had the organizations to conquer much of the Omniverse. Of course, after the Restructuring, magic was severely weakened, leading to the Odhinites known today.

### Mevalkagna

The Mevalkagna were involved in the war as well, due to the war causing immeasurable damage to the Omniverse. Another motive the Mevalkagna had was the possibility that the victorious parties in the Great Occult War could end up threatening omniversal plurality. Some say the Mevalkagna are responsible for the Restructuring, to prevent further threats to omniversal plurality.

### The Fracture

Though The Fracture wasn't very involved in the conflict, as it was primarily focused on spreading its religion, many skirmishes took place within territory controlled by The Fracture. These conflicts often ended up in a victory for The Fracture. However, there were a few times when other parties wished to use the abilities of The Fracture for their own ends, considering the power of The Fracture's mind effects.

## Technology

The weaponry used during this period is considerably more powerful than ones produced afterward, likely due to the Restructuring which occurred at the end of the war. Several of these have been lost or destroyed.

**Deadzone** - Deadzones, weapons creating an ultra-stable space, were created during the Great Occult War by the Eternal Imperium. Only a fraction of the deadzones still exist, most being destroyed by the Mevalkagna post-Restructuring and reproduction of this technology is restricted to ontokinetic fields. Even if one were to find one of these fields, the original data behind the creation of Deadzones is lost and is accessible only to the AI Terminus.

**Rewriter** - Rewriters, created by the Eternal Imperium, are capable of retroactively rewriting reality to, for example, change the result of a battle. Some speculate that this was the cause of the restructuring that ended the war, but the rewriters did not have near enough power to do so. Usage of rewriters requires tremendous ontokinetic power however, so it was used for only important battles. Rewriters have existed since the beginning of the Eternal Imperium. In fact, they have led to the creation of the Eternal Imperium in the first place.

**Idea Breakers** - Idea Breakers were a weapon created by a Mad God originally for the purpose of therapy, but were laster to fight against his enemies when he became corrupted. The Idea Breakers subsequently ended up killing and eating said Mad God later on. Some had "defected" to The Fracture's religion, but it was not an overly consequential loss. Due to contact with divine weaponry, the Idea Breakers became powerful on an Omniversal scale, but were dispersed throughout the Omniverse. Had it not been for their dispersion, they would've been quickly destroyed by the Mevalkagna as a threat against the Omniverse. The Idea Breakers are said to have survived the Restructuring, but were significantly depowered.

**Miracle Deck** - The Miracle Deck is a deck of cards produced by the Odhinites during the Great Occult War similar to many weaker magical decks created by the Odhinites. These cards are capable of absorbing powers. The only known way to do this is to win a game against the entity whose power you want to steal, however, it is suggested that there is another mechanism to do so since some of the Divine Keys' abilities have been absorbed into the Miracle Deck. The Miracle Deck is currently in the hands of a human being.

**Divine Keys** - These unique objects were forged by the Divine Order as objects of divine power long before the Great Occult War. There were 12 created, but only a few still remain. The Divine Keys were seldom used since doing so rids an area of a tremendous amount of divine energy, causing entities called Ayin (among the most powerful in the Barrel) to manifest themselves, which could've spelled doom for the Divine Order. Some of these were absorbed into the Miracle Deck, specifically the ones which cause absolute death and absolute resurrection (Surrender and Remembrance).

* Key of Light - This key is the union of all other keys, brought on by the Key of Unity, and is suggested to grant omnipotence.
* Key of Crowns - This key's capabilities are unknown.
* Key of Creation - This key is capable of creating structures similar to Godverses.
* Key of Understanding - This key is capable of answering any questions that can be answered within the Barrel.
* Key of Unity - This key unites all other keys to form the Key of Light.
* Key of Love - This key is capable of harvesting and storing divine energy without the purity of the divine energy being compromised.
* Key of Strength - This key is a powerful superweapon capable of annihilating nearly anything.
* Key of Beauty - This key is capable of sending you to any area in the Barrel satisfying the criterion of the user.
* Key of Eternity - This key is capable of rendering an object indestructible.
* Key of Surrender - This key is capable of sending objects to the Outside.
* Key of Remembrance - This key is capable of sending objects in the Outside, into the location of the user.
* Key of Humility - This key is capable of locating all other keys.

## Consequences of the Restructuring

The Restructuring changed the fundamental nature of the Barrel, resulting in the Barrel we know today.

### Magic

After the Restructuring, magic became more fragile, and could easily be manipulated with mere thoughts, causing the cessation of magic's effects in the Outside to occur.

### Ontokinetics

After the Restructuring, ontokinetics became severely limited, nearly impossible to occur, except in strong ontokinetic fields existing before the Restructuring. This meant that travelling outside of the Omniverse became nearly impossible.

### Mevalkagna

The Mevalkagna, in the current iteration of the Omniverse, are the most powerful group by a landslide, but before the Restructuring, they were comparable to many groups, like the Eternal Imperium and the Odhinites because of the radically different power of ontokinetics and magic before the Restructuring. Unlike the other groups, the Mevalkagna became more powerful after the Restructuring, and as such, they can be considered as the true winner of the conflict.

## The Restructuring

The Restructuring's cause is unknown and most likely will never be known, but many people have speculated on the cause of the Restructuring and here are the theories.

### Rewriter Theory

The Eternal Imperium, being capable of using powerful ontokinetics, could have caused the Restructuring, even having rewriters. Perhaps they created a more powerful form of the rewriter, and used it to rewrite the Barrel so that they were the most powerful civilizations.

### Mevalkagna Theory

The Mevalkagna desire for omniversal plurality, making sure no one civilization takes control of the entire Omniverse, however, before the Restructuring, technologies existed which made one civilization owning the entire Omniverse a much more plausible scenario. Because of this, it is speculated that the Mevalkagna rewrote the Omniverse to prevent the rise of plurality threatening technologies.

### Ayin Theory

The Divine Order's ultimate weapons, the Divine Keys, could possibly have triggered the Restructuring. Perhaps they used one of the keys, perhaps the Key of Light, and as a result, divine energy all around the Barrel disappeared, causing Ayin to manifest themselves, and rewrite the entire Barrel.

## Legacy of the Restructuring

The Restructuring not only left documents and devices but also people. Sophonts within an ontokinetic field retained their memories, as well as any possible augmentations from technology at the time. Because of this, they quickly rose to power, and formed a coalition, the Collectors, to send the Barrel to a similar state as it was before the Restructuring.