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A few things: there are no satellites anywhere, "Jovian" refers to gas giants in general science fiction, and the "population" doesn't contain every living thing under the sun, that's all covered by the Shadowkeepers and the Nightmares. On another note, I have a few ideas for how to write Kirito/Asuna
m (A few things: there are no satellites anywhere, "Jovian" refers to gas giants in general science fiction, and the "population" doesn't contain every living thing under the sun, that's all covered by the Shadowkeepers and the Nightmares. On another note, I have a few ideas for how to write Kirito/Asuna) |
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|star, position= | |star, position= N/A, n/a | ||
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|temperature= Varies | |temperature= Varies | ||
|demonym= | |demonym= Aincradian | ||
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|population= | |population= [[Forum:Shadowkeeper|Shadowkeeper]] <br> [[Forum:The Black Fleet|The Pyramids]] | ||
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|image = https://news.game.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/little-nightmares-ii-2-interview-sequel-tv-signal-tower.png | |image = https://news.game.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/little-nightmares-ii-2-interview-sequel-tv-signal-tower.png | ||
|location = [[Solar System]] | |location = [[Solar System]] | ||
|hostile races = Shadowkeepers <br> [[Nightmares]] | |hostile races = Shadowkeepers <br> [[Nightmares]] {{c|[[Fallen]], [[Hive]], [[Vex]], [[Cabal]], [[Taken]], [[Scorn]]}} | ||
|factions = [[Forum:Shadowkeeper|The Shadowkeepers]] <br> [[Forum:House of Shadows|House of Shadows]] <br> Shadow Brood <br> Shadow Divisive <br> [[Forum:Shadow Legion|Shadow Legion]] <br> The Reborn <br> Cult of the Scorned | |factions = [[Forum:Shadowkeeper|The Shadowkeepers]] <br> [[Forum:House of Shadows|House of Shadows]] <br> Shadow Brood <br> Shadow Divisive <br> [[Forum:Shadow Legion|Shadow Legion]] <br> The Reborn <br> Cult of the Scorned | ||
|connecting areas = [[Forum:Realms of Glass|Realms of Glass]] <br> [[Distributary]] <br> [[Forum:Titania (system)|Titania]] <br> [[Solar system]] | |connecting areas = [[Forum:Realms of Glass|Realms of Glass]] <br> [[Distributary]] <br> [[Forum:Titania (system)|Titania]] <br> [[Solar system]] | ||
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{{Quote|I've seen the world [[Forum:The Black Swordsman|you]] created. In the oceans were deserts of bone. Fires filled the horizon. And everywhere I walked, there was screaming.|[[Forum:Shiro Yagamiro|Shiro Yagamiro]]}} | {{Quote|I've seen the world [[Forum:The Black Swordsman|you]] created. In the oceans were deserts of bone. Fires filled the horizon. And everywhere I walked, there was screaming.|[[Forum:Shiro Yagamiro|Shiro Yagamiro]]}} | ||
'''Aincrad''', also known as the '''Rebirth | '''Aincrad''', also known as the '''World of Rebirth''', the '''Nexus of Darkness''' and '''An Incarnating Radius''', is a Gordian tangle of twisted spacetime seemingly created out of the enshrouding of the [[solar system]]. A self-contained universe, its apparent dimensions are isotropically infinite and loop inward upon themselves, and is both part of the [[Ascendant plane]] as known by the Hive and embedded into the multidimensional brane of the wider universe as known to the Vex. | ||
No star exists, light provided instead by numerous wormhole singularities glowing throughout the eternal sky. Planetary masses are equally unknown, save for one gargantuan singularity massing many times that of a supermassive black hole occupying a central place in the sky. Pyramids can be found everywhere, some floating in place, others moving idly. | |||
==Overview== | ==Overview== | ||
An impossible flat world, Aincrad contains an approximate one hundred trillion different world-types from the overtly hostile to the downright Gaian. The only apparent sapient inhabitants are "pure" [[Forum:Shadowkeeper|Shadowkeeper]]s, the true forms of the [[Forum:The Black Fleet|Black Fleet]]'s armies, living shadows of no discernable appearance that yet move with a malevolent will. Solitary [[Vex]] collectives can be found attempting to convert portions of | An impossible flat world, Aincrad contains an approximate one hundred trillion different world-types from the overtly hostile to the downright Gaian. The only apparent sapient inhabitants are "pure" [[Forum:Shadowkeeper|Shadowkeeper]]s, the true forms of the [[Forum:The Black Fleet|Black Fleet]]'s armies, living shadows of no discernable appearance that yet move with a malevolent will. Solitary [[Vex]] collectives can be found attempting to convert portions of this world into computronium but are invariably repulsed by the terrain. | ||
Aincrad is a dangerous place, littered with arcane clarketech devices that can destroy the unwary—oftentimes teleporting one straight into a trap or depositing them into a hostile biome—and more benign entities that don't immediately destroy intruders upon first meeting. The boundaries between world-types is difficult to perceive; one moment one is walking through a beautiful if eerie paradise, the next blasted apart by a lightning storm from a Jovian. | |||
==Geography== | ==Geography== | ||
Shrouded in endless twilight, the only sources of light being | Shrouded in endless twilight, the only sources of light being singularities scattered about the skies and the beacons from passing or solitary pyramids, the landscape is a treacherous place. Massive groves of gigantic trees more than thrice the height of a Vex spire stretch into the skies, and not all of them are whole; hollow trunks filled with gelatinous, fleshy plantlike material, sometimes oozing with unidentifiable liquids, are common. The wildlife that can be encountered are twisted abominations of familiar creatures; moose and lions, for example, are walking corpse-like entities with fell, blazing eyes. The ocean waters are enchanted, and those that touch it are either gripped with instant madness or lose all semblance of identity. An endless fog or mist is all pervasive, sometimes dissolving into a dreary rain that doesn't let up for months at a time. | ||
Ruins of ancient cities dot this hellscape, even in places where they shouldn't physically exist. Such locations include "[[Forum:The Last City (Aincrad)|The Last City]]" at every point of its existence from a collection of tiny huts on its outskirts to the continental megapolis dominating the center of an ocean more vast than a [[Jupiter]]-mass planet; and the "[[Forum:Vault of Glass (Aincrad)|Vault of Glass]]" built inside a mountain greater than any in the enshrouded solar system, from all times of its existence. They are reconstructed into alien geometries, buildings and constructs flexing away in impossible orientations, looking as if they are quite capable of collapsing then and there. | Ruins of ancient cities dot this hellscape, even in places where they shouldn't physically exist. Such locations include "[[Forum:The Last City (Aincrad)|The Last City]]" at every point of its existence from a collection of tiny huts on its outskirts to the continental megapolis dominating the center of an ocean more vast than a [[Jupiter]]-mass planet; and the "[[Forum:Vault of Glass (Aincrad)|Vault of Glass]]" built inside a mountain greater than any in the enshrouded solar system, from all times of its existence. They are reconstructed into alien geometries, buildings and constructs flexing away in impossible orientations, looking as if they are quite capable of collapsing then and there. | ||
In spite of the apparent endlessness, there is a specific direction and center—the enigmatic [[Forum:The | In spite of the apparent endlessness, there is a specific direction and center—the enigmatic [[Forum:The Signal Tower|Signal Tower]]. Concealed behind thick shadows and pale mists, protected by endless walls and keeps, ranks upon ranks of battlements ascending, it is an ominous sentinel, its solitary baleful light acting as a dim sun. Pyramids can be seen docking or decoupling along its sheer length and departing to parts unknown. Its mass is regarded as infinite, and attempts to remotely measure its foundations return with confused readings, as the Tower is somehow both part of the literal bedrock and growing down from the skies. | ||
==History== | ==History== | ||
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===The Swordsman's Arrival=== | ===The Swordsman's Arrival=== | ||
Sometime after the First Collapse, the worlds of the Solar system partway drawn into Aincrad from various "Darkness Zones" left behind, the alife that would come to be known as the Black Swordsman was deposited at the foot of the Signal Tower. Confused and disoriented, Kirito demanded answers from anything that would speak to it, and received nothing. After many long and fruitless months of attempting escape, Kirito gave up all hope and resigned itself to its fate. It was then the Darkness spoke to it, promising rich rewards in exchange for lifelong servitude. The alife agreed, and was rechristened the Black Swordsman, herald of the Darkness' coming and leader of its armies. | |||
As time passed differently in Aincrad, or perhaps the Darkness had bent the passage of time around the alife specifically, no sooner had the Swordsman agreed than it was revealed the Black Fleet had been mustering for its second all-out assault upon a weakened Traveler and the small alliance of humans it had rallied. Kirito was sent out from Aincrad into the material realm, reawakening long dormant lieutenants of Darkness and cutting off avenues of escape, was reunited with its Angel, Asuna, who had been waiting patiently for its return. | |||
===The Second Collapse=== | ===The Second Collapse=== | ||
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==Locations== | ==Locations== | ||
*[[Forum:Resistance's Foundation|Resistance's Foundation]] <small> ([[Social|Social Space]]) </small> | *[[Forum:Resistance's Foundation|Resistance's Foundation]] <small> ([[Social|Social Space]]) </small> | ||
*[[Forum:The | *[[Forum:The Signal Tower|The Signal Tower]] <small> (Landing Zone) </small> | ||
**[[Forum:Chamber of Fragments|Chamber of Fragments]] | **[[Forum:Chamber of Fragments|Chamber of Fragments]] | ||
***[[Forum:Aincradian Pyramid|Aincradian Pyramid]] | ***[[Forum:Aincradian Pyramid|Aincradian Pyramid]] | ||