Verse and Dimensions: Stories

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Dei

Dei is a SuperGod and Onu’s sister. Dei has always been very interested in the history and nature of her ability Mind Link, frequently visiting Qorter’s Library outside of Anarchaon as often as she can to research whilst also unintentionally being very obnoxious towards other visitors of the Library. Qorter is not fond of her at all. The route and tunnels that connect the Library’s bubble and Anarchaon is not a particularly safe path and is home to many hostile entities of the Transcendent ecosystem. However, Dei does not care and unusually, has never once been seriously injured. Onu remains paranoid about his sister’s safety and thinks she is setting herself up to be killed, but Dei thinks that her brother is being silly. Onu was the only Twin that would nearly die whenever they exited their monocosmal cohort so if anyone had to be cooped up safe at home, it really had to be him and him alone.

Dei is allegedly “hypernaturally lucky” and physical harm is very rarely inflicted to her. When she did get hurt, the injuries were typically so minor that they never actually mattered very much despite the fuss Onu makes over them. This has led her to be very careless and carefree when traversing Anarchaon, nearby Beyond bubbles, and tunnels. Her carelessness never seems to pay off, making her detested by many SuperGods—including Onu and Qorter. Qorter has often tried to assassinate Dei but she always catches on and avoids his traps. Dei thinks Qorter is just playing hard-to-get and flirts with him in return.

Dei is able to know Onu’s feelings. However, much like her brother, she does not sympathize with what motivates her twin. Dei is also aware of her brother’s health. Normally being aware of when a sibling was severely injured would be a cause for concern, but considering how much Onu puts himself back together after incidents, Dei remains unconcerned about Onu’s general health much to his disdain. Though Dei is generally much calmer and more collected than her more hotheaded brother who was prone to having breakdowns and outbursts, Dei can often get a bit too excited over her passions for her own good much to the annoyance of other SuperGods.

Dei is very kind towards Tris and Tris is kind to her in return. Whenever she gets the chance (often when the Library was closed for some unknown reason), Dei would ask Tris to tell her stories about the past and hopefully find missing pieces of the puzzle that was the origin of her powers. Usually Dei gets misled by nonexistent links and goes on wild arelari chases afterwards, much to the annoyance of Onu and Tris. Dei wonders about the many stories and secrets Tris harbours and wonders if he truly knows of any links to her powers. Onu thinks that Dei is being ridiculous with her theories and should focus more on surviving in her hostile surroundings.

The Elder

The Elder is a relatively well-known legendary figure among many Transcendent Ecosystem species such as SuperGods often credited for the creation of the Transcendentem Continuum or Transcendentem depending on the group that discusses him. He is often described as a very powerful Aspect Lord, though few cultures estimate that the Elder's power may have been actually closer to that of a Transcendental Guardian or Greater Guardian. The creation of the eponymous pseudolifeform "Elder's Fire" is also very often credited to the Elder, though it is not actually known if the Fire had Aspect Lord origins due to the lack of substantial, replicable evidence that suggested anything of the sort. The majority of stories about the Elder consistently agreed that he created a deity vaguely similar to those of Least, Lesser, Greater, and Transcendental Guardians creatively dubbed "the Higher Guardian". The story of the Elder and his child is one of the oldest known stories to SuperGods and it is not known when the first inscripverses that recorded the story were created.

The Elder is by far the most commonly interpreted as well-meaning but an impulsive, reckless, and somewhat negligent individual that very often acted before he thought. If the Elder were to realize a mistake he made, he would immediately try to solve it with the first solution in mind. This greatly contrasted with the Higher Guardian's more prudent and intensely protective nature and created conflict between the two. However, alternate and less mainstream interpretations see the Elder as divine, wise, and benevolent while the Higher Guardian was more malicious and her creation was the Elder's greatest mistake. Such beliefs are held by the somewhat maligned group of SuperGods known as the Clan of the Followers of Nali.

Possible creations

Many texts and inscripverses claimed that the Fires that can ravage the Ecosystem and allegedly burn through solid Transcendentem with ease was a creation of the Elder himself. As such, the Fires are very often called "Elder's Fire". Despite being named after the Elder, it is not actually known if the Elder's Fire can actually be attributed to an Aspect Lord from beyond the Transcendentem Continuum, not even by SuperGods that possessed omniscience^3. However, due to the lack of evidence that an Aspect Lord did not create Elder's Fire, it is also not actually known if the Fires did not have Aspect Lord-related origins.

It is debated whether or not the Elder actually directly created the Transcendentem Continuum (or Transcendentem). The oldest inscripverses that were held in Inscripverse archives owned by SuperGods such as Qorter and Abstractil do not make any mention or useful description of the structure that the Elder and Higher Guardian had dominion over. The most natural conclusion SuperGods came to was the Transcendentem, but due to the advent of a particularly vocal omniscient^3 entity that had a rudimentary understanding of post-beyond cosmology, many became more willing to accept that a large ?+4-verse imaginatively named the "Transcendentem Continuum" was a more likely candidate for the structure the Higher Guardian and Elder had power over.

Some SuperGods believed that rather arcane and rare recessive abilities that SuperGods were able to possess such as Mind Link and the ability dubbed omniscience^3 had origins related to the Elder. Some believed that SuperGods with such abilities were descendents of those that might have been granted the ability, while others believed that the SuperGods were direct descendents of the Elder himself. Others believed that the abilities had no close connection to any actual being that was the Elder whatsoever and were probably just the result of anomalous godsmoke.

The Tc-SuperGods

'The Tc-Supergods' is a term used to refer to a version of The Supergod Council existing in a parallel Transcendentem to ours within the Transcendentem Continuum. The Tc-Supergods are referred to as such as the Transcendentem they reside in is commonly known as "Transcendentem-Tc", as opposed to our own, referred to as "Transcendentem-Ta".

The group is mostly composed of the same members as our Supergod Council, and the events of its formation are largely the same. However, events begin to differentiate from those of the Council in our local Cohort when the Collapse began to take its effect, resulting in far fewer casualties among the Council however leaving those who survived in a more difficult position.

The majority of Tc-Supergods (specifically Paradoxus, Logixel, Conceptilum, Matharin, Empiroxus, Abstractil, Xenixel and Peralitus) are currently stranded in the middle of Transcendentem, struggling to survive by hiding inside their broken automaton Hellensoerensen and using it as a protective shell from the effects of the Collapse. Three others however (specifically Kalyutim, Omnarin and Tracidel) remain within the Council's Beyond Bubble, attempting to restore the Council's complex Tunnel system to locate and rescue the other Tc-Supergods.

Kalyutim has appointed himself leader of the 'Emergency Supergod Council' in the absence of Xenixel and is spearheading the effort to rescue the other Supergods. Omnarin is attempting to help Kalyutim in his efforts but often gets distracted very easily, much to the annoyance of Kalyutim. Tracidel has a deep hatred for the former members of the Supergod Council and doesn't consider rescuing them to be a priority at all, instead believing that Kalyutim and Omnarin (whom she idolizes) are the future of the Council.

Characters and Locations

The majority of Tc-Supergods share the same identities as those in our local Cohort. However, Conceptilum and Matharin's three youngest children (known in our Transcendentem as Unthil, Realitus and Imaginatim) were born and raised on their own without the influence of Conceptilum, Paradoxus or Logixel. As such, they developed entirely different personalities and identities. Along with this, the unique circumstances of the Collapse greatly altered the state and function of Tc-Hellensoerensen compared to Ta-Hellensoerensen.

Kalyutim

Kalyutim is a dedicated and intelligent but overworked and highly irritable Supergod, currently leading an 'Emergency Supergod Council' within a parallel version of Beyond inside Transcendentem-Tc. Kalyutim is the third child of Conceptilum and Matharin and the only one to inherit Matharin's Omniscience^3, making him far more knowledgeable than his siblings very early on into his life.

Background/Lore

Kalyutim was born into very unfortunate circumstances – hatching during the catastrophic Beyond Bubble Collapse that was threatening his Beyond Bubble and family, while everyone he knew was far away from Beyond. Kalyutim's Omniscience^3 immediately made him acutely aware that he was alone in the Bubble, which would be destroyed any metasecond now if he didn't take action. Thus, Kalyutim's life began with him desperately saving and repairing his Beyond Bubble, with only knowledge granted to him by his Omniscience^3. Since then, he has taken the role of leader of the Supergod Council in Xenixel's place and is attempting to rescue his family and the other Council members while maintaining the stability of Beyond.

By any metric, Kalyutim was left with far too many problems for any newly hatched Supergod to deal with. His Beyond Bubble was on the brink of annihilation, the Tunnel systems leading out of Beyond were destroyed, countless Monocosms were in desperate need of repair and he was also left as the only one capable of raising his two younger siblings, Omnarin and Tracidel, who hatched shortly after the Collapse. As such, Kalyutim's entire existence from the metamoment he was born has been a desperate rush to try and fix everything to the best of his abilities. He can never really remember a time when he wasn't working. His Omniscience^3 helps with this of course – not only does it serve as a massive collection of useful information, but it also aids him in quickly coming up with easy solutions to countless problems. But nevertheless, Kalyutim very often feels overwhelmed by his circumstances which sometimes appear to be far beyond his control.

Personality

Kalyutim is a very dedicated and somewhat altruistic Supergod, always on the lookout for new solutions to problems wherever he can find them. Despite his efforts to help anyone and everyone he can, Kalyutim is quick to anger as he is always in a constantly rushed state, making minor distractions utterly infuriating from his perspective. This mostly manifests when attempting to work with his younger sibling Omnarin, who gets constantly distracted and often seemingly makes attempts to distract Kalyutim too, something he absolutely cannot stand. Omnarin is a very difficult Supergod to offend, so Kalyutim's outbursts tend to have very few negative repercussions, although the extreme rage of this colossal all-powerful god must surely be a fright for passing mortals. (Something that very often makes Kalyutim feel bad, though he doesn't really have the metatime to apologize with his busy schedule.) Tracidel thinks Kalyutim's outbursts are perfectly reasonable and anyone in his position would be easy to anger, and more generally she is very keen that everyone knows how much of a competent, intelligent and level-headed leader he is.

Kalyutim finds attempting to deal with Tracidel exceedingly difficult as he sees her objectives as completely contradictory to his own. Obviously, if Omnarin's minor distractions greatly angered Kalyutim, Tracidel's interruptions make him absolutely livid. However, Tracidel has very thin skin and often gets extremely upset when Kalyutim loses his temper, prompting him to attempt to better control it when around her. (Although 'attempt' is very much the key word here.) Kalyutim loves Tracidel very much and put far more effort into her upbringing than Omnarin's, however absolutely does not trust her judgement whatsoever and goes to great lengths to prevent Tracidel from gaining any real control over Beyond in any form, while also hiding this fact from her as he knows how much this revelation would upset her. While one might assume Kalyutim greatly appreciates Tracidel's endless praise, in reality Kalyutim finds it difficult to listen to as the leaps in logic Tracidel has to make remind him of just how many failures he's had while attempting to set things right.

Perhaps Kalyutim's most positive relationship is with Beyond's many mortals. Quickly realizing that his situation was too much to handle alone and as kind as his two younger siblings would be, they would not actually be particularly helpful in rescuing the other Supergods, Kalyutim immediately sought the help of many Monocosmic gods and mortals. Substantial power has been devolved to groups such as The Eternal Legion, the leader of whom Kalyutim is in close contact with, along with multiple Monocosmic god unions created in protest of the former Council's strict policies. His approach towards mortals and Monocosmic gods is far more popular among said mortals and Monocosmic gods and many share Tracidel's beliefs that it might be a mistake to rescue the former Supergods, who are widely regarded as authoritarian and cruel. Kalyutim has found some of these groups to be extremely helpful in maintaining Beyond, while others have frankly been an absolute nightmare to work with diplomatically. (Kalyutim's laughably poor temperament has certainly not helped these relations.)