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The '''Primordial Void''' is the domain in which all of reality originates. It is here where the [[User:BakiDance/Creator|Creator]] formed the [[User:BakiDance/Book of Life|Book of Creation]], the vessel in which the Raposa universe, world, and species, was drawn into. Not much is known about the Void due to its imperceptibility. However, according to accounts from Genesis Raposa—including [[User:BakiDance/Veila|Veila Rheinschild]]—it is a limitless and conscious meta-dimension from which all [[Raposa]] souls are formed from (and return to after death) and the source of all [[User:BakiDance/Magic|Magic]]. The fundamental nature of the Void contradicts itself and lends to its imperceptibility; it is just as real as it isn't. | The '''Primordial Void''' is the domain in which all of reality originates. It is here where the [[User:BakiDance/Creator|Creator]] formed the [[User:BakiDance/Book of Life|Book of Creation]], the vessel in which the Raposa universe, world, and species, was drawn into. Not much is known about the Void due to its imperceptibility. However, according to accounts from Genesis Raposa—including [[User:BakiDance/Veila|Veila Rheinschild]]—it is a limitless and conscious meta-dimension from which all [[Raposa]] souls are formed from (and return to after death) and the source of all [[User:BakiDance/Magic|Magic]]. The fundamental nature of the Void contradicts itself and lends to its imperceptibility; it is just as real as it isn't. | ||
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| + | == Description == | ||
| + | The Void exists outside of reality and thus cannot be observed by living beings. However, accounts of the Void's existence date back to the creation of the Genesis Raposa who wrote agreeing passages about a sort of dream-like existence before awaking for the first time in the newly-created world. Additionally, some Raposa who have been resuscitated recall being transported to what they describe as the Void. These accounts are seldom considered reliable, however, as soul death—when the soul of a Raposa is apparently taken to the Void—only occurs hours following ''algor mortis'' at the shortest. | ||
| + | However, the most compelling account of the Primordial Void comes from Veila Rheinschild, who is the only Raposa known to have spent considerable time in the Void and return to reality with a relatively intact soul. | ||
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| + | Upon her soul becoming trapped within the [[User:BakiDance/Codex Perditus|Codex Perditus]], the tome became overcharged with the combined magic of the [[Book of Life]] and sought to return to a stable energy state. Within a moment of the Codex's creation it de-materialized, leaving the Raposa reality and becoming a separate entity within the Void. For centuries, Veila's soul remained entombed within the Codex in a state between life and death. Only for a few hours during the magic epoch—a time when magic levels are at their highest point in a century—could the Codex return to the Raposa world in a stable state. It was during one of these epochs that [[User:BakiDance/Manere|Manere]], a citizen Raposa from [[User:BakiDance/ForestStream|ForestStream]], happened upon the Codex Pertitus and destroyed it, releasing Veila's soul from the tome. | ||
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| + | Veila described her time within the Void as a vast cloudy expanse of darkness and stars, with an eclipsed moon-like object acting as the only real light source upon floating islands of rock. However, Veila noted that there are other spaces within the infinite darkness, and that the area she was trapped within was nothing like the one she was a part of before her creation. | ||
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| + | == Function == | ||
| + | Not much is known about the inner-workings of the Primordial Void. However, it serves a few known purposes. | ||
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| + | === As a source of magic === | ||
| + | Magic exists as a constituent part of the Raposa universe and can be found in various concentrations anywhere. Despite this, the magic and physical realms are not completely intermixed. The Raposa universe—all of reality—only exists within the [[User:BakiDance/Book of Life|Book of Creation]] which, in part, only exists within the infinite void. it would appear as though the Void itself is the source of all magic or, rather, is magic itself. Just as the Raposa universe exists within a small subset of the Primordial Void, the Primordial Void—and its magic—exists as a small subset within the Raposa universe. | ||
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| + | === As a source of life === | ||
| + | As made evident from the journals of the Genesis Raposa, the Primordial Void is the source of all Raposa souls. Before a Raposa is born into the world, their soul is separated from the consciousness of the Void and sent to inhabit the body of the Raposa, giving it life. Although the Genesis Raposa all seem to remember this process to an extent—based on their recounts of life before they were created—Raposa who were born of natural means do not possess such memories. | ||
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| + | Considering a Raposa's soul is what grants them the ability to manipulate magic around them, it makes sense that the soul is derived from the Void, as it is the innate source of all magic. | ||
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| + | === As an afterlife === | ||
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| + | === As the Creator === | ||
| + | It is contested whether the Creator is a separate denizen of the Void or fundamentally indistinguishable from the Void itself. | ||
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| + | magic analysis on raposa after death show that the soul vanishes, in most cases, shortly after death, violating the first law of thermodynamics and explains why souls, a form of magic in of itself, does not reflect the ambient magic levels on the planet. | ||
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| + | I don't remember much from my creation; none of my peers do. Naturally, I would compare it to trying to recollect something before you were born, but it's not quite like that. I have memory, though incomplete, fragmented, and nearly incomprehensible. These memories that predate me are dreamlike, but I'm confident they're real. Before I was gifted a soul, I was a part of the primordial chaos. Describing it is impossible, as it's of many contradictions: inert and never constant, everywhere and nowhere at all, lifeless and teeming with activity. I was lost within it, but I was whole before "I" was "I." | ||
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| + | Then, I was plucked from it. Separated, I became a soul of my own. Yet, still, I had no thoughts. No ambition. No drive. Just a fragment of something greater. | ||
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| + | I was gifted a name by a voice I cannot recall. | ||
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| + | "Veila Rheinschild" | ||
| + | I was something new. | ||
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| + | I was given a purpose. | ||
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| + | "Further your species, guide them forward." | ||
| + | I had ambition. | ||
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| + | Then, I was gifted a body. | ||
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| + | And I awoke. Light, blinding me for the first time as I felt the soft turf beneath me. I heard gentle gusts of wind blow through the grass and distant trees. The smell of wildflowers and the taste of my mouth... These experiences were wholly new, but I wasn't shocked; somehow, it was familiar. | ||
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Latest revision as of 12:35, 19 May 2021
The Primordial Void is the domain in which all of reality originates. It is here where the Creator formed the Book of Creation, the vessel in which the Raposa universe, world, and species, was drawn into. Not much is known about the Void due to its imperceptibility. However, according to accounts from Genesis Raposa—including Veila Rheinschild—it is a limitless and conscious meta-dimension from which all Raposa souls are formed from (and return to after death) and the source of all Magic. The fundamental nature of the Void contradicts itself and lends to its imperceptibility; it is just as real as it isn't.
Description
The Void exists outside of reality and thus cannot be observed by living beings. However, accounts of the Void's existence date back to the creation of the Genesis Raposa who wrote agreeing passages about a sort of dream-like existence before awaking for the first time in the newly-created world. Additionally, some Raposa who have been resuscitated recall being transported to what they describe as the Void. These accounts are seldom considered reliable, however, as soul death—when the soul of a Raposa is apparently taken to the Void—only occurs hours following algor mortis at the shortest. However, the most compelling account of the Primordial Void comes from Veila Rheinschild, who is the only Raposa known to have spent considerable time in the Void and return to reality with a relatively intact soul.
Upon her soul becoming trapped within the Codex Perditus, the tome became overcharged with the combined magic of the Book of Life and sought to return to a stable energy state. Within a moment of the Codex's creation it de-materialized, leaving the Raposa reality and becoming a separate entity within the Void. For centuries, Veila's soul remained entombed within the Codex in a state between life and death. Only for a few hours during the magic epoch—a time when magic levels are at their highest point in a century—could the Codex return to the Raposa world in a stable state. It was during one of these epochs that Manere, a citizen Raposa from ForestStream, happened upon the Codex Pertitus and destroyed it, releasing Veila's soul from the tome.
Veila described her time within the Void as a vast cloudy expanse of darkness and stars, with an eclipsed moon-like object acting as the only real light source upon floating islands of rock. However, Veila noted that there are other spaces within the infinite darkness, and that the area she was trapped within was nothing like the one she was a part of before her creation.
Function
Not much is known about the inner-workings of the Primordial Void. However, it serves a few known purposes.
As a source of magic
Magic exists as a constituent part of the Raposa universe and can be found in various concentrations anywhere. Despite this, the magic and physical realms are not completely intermixed. The Raposa universe—all of reality—only exists within the Book of Creation which, in part, only exists within the infinite void. it would appear as though the Void itself is the source of all magic or, rather, is magic itself. Just as the Raposa universe exists within a small subset of the Primordial Void, the Primordial Void—and its magic—exists as a small subset within the Raposa universe.
As a source of life
As made evident from the journals of the Genesis Raposa, the Primordial Void is the source of all Raposa souls. Before a Raposa is born into the world, their soul is separated from the consciousness of the Void and sent to inhabit the body of the Raposa, giving it life. Although the Genesis Raposa all seem to remember this process to an extent—based on their recounts of life before they were created—Raposa who were born of natural means do not possess such memories.
Considering a Raposa's soul is what grants them the ability to manipulate magic around them, it makes sense that the soul is derived from the Void, as it is the innate source of all magic.
As an afterlife
As the Creator
It is contested whether the Creator is a separate denizen of the Void or fundamentally indistinguishable from the Void itself.
