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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 '''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. | '''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. | 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 | 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. | 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. | ||
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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 | Sometime after the First Collapse, the worlds of the Solar system partway drawn into Aincrad from various "Darkness Zones" left behind, the a-life that would come to be known as the [[Fprum:The Black Swordsman|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 a-life 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 | As time passed differently in Aincrad, or perhaps the Darkness had bent the passage of time around the a-life 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 [[Forum:The White Angel|Angel]], Asuna, who had been waiting patiently for its return. | ||
===The Second Collapse=== | ===The Second Collapse=== | ||