The composition of the universe can be described in the most basic way as a supermassive web of unstable matter, suspended in an endless void. Scattered along this web are bubbles of stability known as Realms, which contain within the conditions that allow life and civilization to exist and thrive.
While the size of the universe and the number of realms is theoretically infinite, there are only about 150 Realms which are in contact with each other; most of these exist in one of two closely connected clusters, which are named the Astral Domain and Edaxian Domain. The remaining Realms can be found in the void between the two clusters, which is called the Great Division.
Realms can come in a wide range of sizes, with the largest being about half the surface area of Earth, and the smallest being only a few kilometers in length. They are all cylindrical in shape, as a Realm’s Seal, which helps keep the entropy of the outside universe from destabilizing the Realm’s interior, will always wrap completely around a segment of the universal web. All realms contain both a Sun and a Moon; the Sun being a disc of pure energy embedded on the seal, which provides a Realm with light and heat, and the Moon being a spherical ball of matter that orbits around the Realm’s surface, nearly outside but still within the seal. What purpose a moon provides, as well as their very nature is still shrouded in mystery, as no known person have managed to successfully land on a moon’s surface.
So this is the first entry in a series of images and writing that I have been working on for over a year; the Chimera Arcana Lore Guide! The intent of this series is to go over any info that may be helpful to know before the webcomic properly begins. This is also all optional info, though; none of this will be strictly necessary to read in order to understand the story.
Other Lore Guide posts:
Time and the Calendar
