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{{Location|title=The Contradiction|image=TheContradiction.jpg|type=[[Rift]]|location=[[The Yonder Realm]]|universe=All|inhabitants=[[The Champions]], [[The Seekers]], [[The Deviants]]|affiliation=[[The Deviants]]}} | {{Location|title=The Contradiction|image=TheContradiction.jpg|type=[[Rift]]|location=[[The Yonder Realm]]|universe=All|inhabitants=[[The Champions]], [[The Seekers]], [[The Deviants]]|affiliation=[[The Deviants]]}} | ||
'''The Contradiction''' is a transdimensional nexus of unstable conduits linking multiple universes and timelines within the [[Continuum Universes]]. Once the chaotic residue of failed [[Divine Fathoming]], it was later discovered — and corrupted — by the [[The Deviants|Deviants]], who reshaped it into a labyrinthine network for interdimensional travel. | |||
== | This network defies the natural barriers erected by the [[Divine Parents]] to protect mortals from the unstructured depths of the [[The Yonder Realm|Yonder Realm]]. In doing so, it grants passage between universes, but at catastrophic metaphysical cost: the erosion of divine law and the bleed of [[Outer Darkness]] into the living cosmos. | ||
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[[ | == Origins == | ||
{{DEFAULTSORT:Contradiction, | The Contradiction began as a failed act of creation — a universe that collapsed inward during an early Divine experiment. Its remnants coalesced into a self-sustaining pocket of paradoxical space, where Essence inverted into anti-Essence. For eons it drifted beneath the fabric of the Continuum, inert and sealed by divine decree. | ||
It was the [[The Deviants|Deviants]] who rediscovered it. Through forbidden experimentation, they punctured the dimensional barriers and learned to harness the Contradiction’s paradox energy. They reshaped it into a **network of conduits**, linking not only worlds but *moments* across history. In doing so, they transformed the Contradiction from a dormant scar into a living system of tunnels and fractures spanning the multiverse. | |||
== Structure == | |||
The Contradiction now exists as an immense, fluid web of corridors and nodes connecting divergent planes and realities. Each conduit is a stabilized fracture — a place where space, time, and Essence momentarily agree to coexist. However, these channels are inherently unstable. Each traversal further erodes the laws of causality, spreading corruption across connected universes. | |||
Travelers describe it as an ever-shifting architecture of impossible geometries — stairs that ascend into time, doors that open into memory, and horizons that curve back into the traveler’s own thoughts. | |||
== The Deviant Network == | |||
The [[The Deviants|Deviants]] use the Contradiction as both refuge and weapon. Their mastery of hybridized magic — fusing energies from multiple universes — depends on this network. They call it the *"Lattice of Liberation"*, claiming it frees creation from divine censorship. To the Divines, it is the greatest blasphemy ever constructed. | |||
The Deviant conduits are anchored by black monoliths known as '''Pillars of Paradox''', which stabilize breaches and allow deliberate traversal. Each pillar is attuned to a specific frequency of [[Essence (Sodahan)]], allowing selective passage between planes. Destroying one can collapse entire timelines. | |||
== Interaction with Outer Darkness == | |||
By warping the boundaries between universes, the Contradiction inadvertently opened rifts into the [[Outer Darkness]]. Through these breaches, entities of uncreation — primordial minds that predate the Continuum — have begun infiltrating the multiverse. Each incursion further destabilizes the network, making travel increasingly hazardous even for the Deviants themselves. | |||
Some scholars suggest that the Outer Darkness now *feeds* on the Contradiction, expanding it like a parasitic infection. Others fear the two realms are merging, forming a new cosmic ecology of entropy. | |||
== Energetic Nature == | |||
The Contradiction’s energy — called '''anti-Essence''' — mirrors the structure of [[Essence (Sodahan)|Essence]] but carries opposite alignment. Where Essence amplifies harmony and will, anti-Essence multiplies conflict and doubt. Exposure warps both mind and body: thoughts fragment, identities split, and memory becomes recursive. In extreme cases, travelers become *Echoes*, living contradictions incapable of dying or existing fully in any timeline. | |||
== Divine Law and Prohibition == | |||
The Divine Council declared all research and travel through the Contradiction forbidden following the [[Second Convergence Breach]]. Only the [[Celene Concord]] and the [[Forgebound Union]] maintain controlled observation posts near stable rifts, guarded by [[Dragorian]] sentinels and psionic seals. Even so, smugglers, heretics, and rogue [[Immortal|Immortals]] continue to exploit the Contradiction for power or prophecy. | |||
== Philosophical and Theological Significance == | |||
The Contradiction represents the shadow of creation’s freedom. To the Divines, it is a wound; to the Deviants, a frontier. It embodies the eternal paradox that defines the Continuum itself — that creation without limitation births destruction, and restriction without creation breeds stagnation. | |||
{{Quote | |||
| quote = The Contradiction is the scream between two universes — the proof that every truth casts an echo. | |||
| speaker = Scholar-priest [[Vael Tiron]] | |||
}} | |||
== Modern Status == | |||
As of the post-Convergence era, the Contradiction continues to expand, threading through the lower planes of [[Sodahan]] and other universes. The [[Transplanar Forge]] channels Essence outwards to counteract this growth, but the struggle remains ongoing. Some Divines whisper that one day, the Contradiction may become a universe of its own — a twisted reflection of the Continuum born from its own decay. | |||
== See Also == | |||
* [[Sodahan]] | |||
* [[Essence (Sodahan)]] | |||
* [[Divine Fathoming]] | |||
* [[The Deviants]] | |||
* [[Outer Darkness]] | |||
* [[The Convergence]] | |||
* [[Transplanar Forge]] | |||
* [[Vareth]] | |||
* [[Aulirya]] | |||
== References == | |||
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