Introduction[]
Greetings boys and gals! Today we are going to explore another heavily obscure novel that somehow made me question evolution... and this is Shaped Truth. This verse heavily indulge in Science Fiction such as Physics, for instance; Atomic Physics, and as well as other concepts alike. If you like the lore of Destiny, then you'll definitely like this one; as you'll see how similar they are. Before we start, I would like to thank you Oblivion for introducing this verse to me and i suppose helping me in this blog as well.
WIP (missing a lot of stuff)
Supervisors/Contributor[]
Cosmology[]
The cosmology of Shaped Truth is very explicit and simple, same goes for its narrative and story, it has 3 existing structures: Material Substrate, Exosphere, DATASPACE. This section will go through those said structures and try its best to explain them properly, in a way so that a suitable tier can be given.
The Universe[]
Universes in ST are infinite space-times. In addition, the tiniest fraction of time can contain infinite tridimensional forms:
The Universe. A term for an infinite space-time that consists of four dimensions. Length, width, height, and time. But differently from the first three, Time is a continuous progression of eventuality, of which even the tiniest fraction already encapsulates infinite tridimensional forms.
–A Comprehensive View
Material Substrate[]
The Material Substrate (also sometimes called just Substrate) is a wide multiverse abridging an immense quantity of universes, and they are embedded in a higher-dimensional void:
KUR was located in a different universe than the one we were currently in. Since it was beyond the reach of this space-time continuum, conventional space travel would not help. This is due to the dimensional separation between each universe. Each universe is its own four-dimensional space-time continuum, a timeline, and there were many of them. As much as 10^900, to be more specific. This wide multiverse is what we call Material Substrate.
To traverse into another timeline meant to escape beyond the bounds of spacetime and reach the void outside the universe. Think of it like a bridge that acts as the path one has to cross to reach the next nearby universe. If you leave a universe, you'll find yourself in a void, the bridge, until you keep flying until you reach yet another universe, and so on, like a higher-dimensional net.
–Hyperspace
It is later clarified that such quantity of universes is only what has been actually studied, while the Substrate is, in fact, infinite and much more, with every thought and quantum moment resulting in an infinity of more universes. In addition, the Material Substrate contains not only every possible world already manifested but all that can be manifested through thoughts already realized, no matter how complex or nonsensical that thought is:
Material Substrate. A made-up term to refer to the multiverse that most species are familiar with. The Material Substrate is said to contain an incomprehensibly large amount of universes. But this is only as far as conventional studies go. In truth, the Material Substrate is infinite, and much more. For every thought conceptualized at any instant, an infinity of universes is brought forth. Every decision and sub-atomic events raise a brand new space-time, and every thought and quantum instant within that space-time in turn raises an infinity more. But even all of this is still an understatement, for the Material Substrate contains not only every possible world already manifested but all that can be manifested through thoughts, already realized. Indeed...if you think even for a moment in your mind, about a giant canine with three heads that spits fire from its mouth, you can bet there is a universe out there in which that creature actually exists and is commonplace. Any thought, no matter how complex or nonsensical, is already realized as an alternate reality out there (though there are certain exceptions to this rule). Many intellectual species tied the principles of the Material Substrate to a boundless wholeness that encapsulates all stories, propositions, and theories.
–A Comprehensive View
Exosphere[]
The Exosphere is the dimension created by Venus Hekatonreis as her own home and safe place outside the machinations of the Hex. It is as big as the Material Substrate, and differently from the latter, it contains some of Venus's characteristics etched into it and additional laws operated by Venus' will.
Thus, she stepped out of the bounds of the Material Substrate and shaped a new dimension into existence. One that would become her own new world. One that the hefty and problematic Hex could not access.
"I thereby create my safe space, free of the dictatorship of machines and mine to freely develop. My Exosphere. Let it be thus."
And so it was.
A structure as large as the Material Substrate was then unraveled. The Exosphere.
A vast green void stretched out in all directions.
Uncountable universes were then shaped into existence, and laws that were unseen in the Material Substrate were brought into operation.
The Exosphere was sustained by Venus' will, as were its rules, and some of her characteristics were etched into it.
"Now, let this home be a place for all children to come."
–A New Home
It is later explained that the Exosphere is actually bigger than the Material Substrate, having not only the same characteristics of the latter, but also containing every non-thought and the illogical as manifested realities as well:
Exosphere. A name made by Venus Hekantoreis Vanaheimr to refer to the realm she herself created to serve as a home for her species. This is a multiverse of its own, and in fact, larger than even the Material Substrate could ever be. This is because the Exosphere not only has the same potential as the Substrate, but also contains every non-thought and the illogical manifested as realized realities. Many laws and principles created by Venus govern and keep this place in order, and many characteristics of the Exosphere share the same traits as hers.
–A Comprehensive View
In the Exosphere, worlds/universes can also be created by the sheer willpower of an ethernal (the main race that inhabits this realm). These worlds/universes shaped by their will are called metaworlds:
The Exosphere is a wide multiverse, in which worlds are either pre-established or created by the wonders of the mind of an ascended etherian, an ethernal. Those worlds were called metaworlds, universes shaped by sheer force of will, and they were as real as any other.
–Walkure Letter
Femto Realm / Microspace[]
It is a hidden world that exist outside time and space:
Femto Realm. A hidden world, situated outside time and space. Also called Microspace, it can be accessed only by things or entities of sub-quantic size. A certain species became what we know as "The Hex Pattern" after unintentionally entering this realm in an attempt of escaping from a Big Crunch event.
–A Comprehensive View
DATASPACE[]
Dataspace is the home/realm of the Hex, a self-sufficient and ectocausal biomechanical species that harvests universes for an unknown purpose. This realm can be accessed by entering inside the singularity (naked or not) of a natural black hole.
16254ANSKFDN26198 SECRET INSTANT ENTER: DATASPACE CONTACT CONTACT CONTACT COMPLEXITY. EXO. NULLCAUSE.
MULTIPLE DATA ACQUIRED SUGGEST THE HEX IS A SELF-SUFFICIENT AND ECTOCAUSAL BIOMECHANICAL SPECIES COMING FROM A PLACE OUTSIDE THE MATERIAL.
THE NAKED SINGULARITY EXPERIMENT SUGGESTED THE EXISTENCE OF AN ALTERNATE REALITY IN WHICH THE CHAOS BETWEEN EQUATIONS DWELLS, CALLED DATASPACE.
WE POSTULATE THEY EXIST PURELY AS ACTIVE TIMELESS MATHEMATICAL OPERATIONS THAT WERE PROJECTED INTO REALITY, STRICTLY FOLLOWING PRESET CRITERIA.
THE EXACT PURPOSE OF THEM IS NOT CLEAR.
DO NOT ENGAGE.
–Nullcause
My consciousness had transcended time and space, and it could reach anywhere. I felt like I could understand all secrets of the multiverse and beyond. Thus, I was never bored, but I could not interact, feel, touch, or say anything, even telepathically. All I could perform was walk between planes and watch. Was this a lesson mother had prepared for me?
One day, I went inside a black hole, to see what was inside the so-called singularity.
When I entered it, I was seemingly transported to another reality.
I came across a vision that I would never forget.
A boundless realm stretched out before me.
–Look Into It
The Hex are fundamentally stronger when inside Dataspace, as they are empowered by said realm, as opposed to their iterations in the physical multiverse:
Each of these levels, all infinite and beyond, contained Hex of all kinds. Hex that we have fought, Hex that we haven't seen yet, Hex stronger than the ones we clashed with, and Hex that were incomprehensible even to myself who had attained a transcendental enlightenment moments ago. They seemed to be heavily empowered at this place in contrast to the ones in the Material Substrate or our home.
–Look Further Into It
This place is infinite in every possible and non-possible way. A chaotic and abstract realm, mathematical in nature, containing all kinds of geometries and topologies.
It wasn't the Material Substrate, nor the Exosphere.
Differently from the other two, this place was truly infinite in every way, in every form, and in every non-form.
It was mostly white, but it contained blue, purple, and red traits here and there, and it constantly shifted as if it was a volatile nuclear state of electrons. Topologies and geometric shapes of all forms and sizes were created, destroyed, recreated, and modified on a whim.
Then I remembered what mother told me once. In the past, when she was still a mortal, she had once seen and heard an encrypted message detailing the nature of ectocausal machines and that they came from a chaotic realm, abstract and mathematical in nature.
The home of the Hex. Dataspace.
–Look Into It
It is a place beyond every level of time and space:
A realm created by intellectual machines known as the Hex Pattern. In their time of evolution, they managed to build their own home, beyond every level of time and space, by trying to harness a portion of the Primordial Essence. And as far as vastness goes, this place easily tops the Substrate and Exosphere combined.
–A Comprehensive View
Dataspace contains infinite layers, like an infinitely-layered onion, a superspace. Even the first layer already dwarfs all of creation into insignificance, and the second layer trivializes the lower one to the same extent the first one does to Creation. This proccess continues through the entire infinite hierarchy. No matter how much the infinity from a lower layer is increased or expanded, it can never hope to fill the entirety of the next layer:
While venturing through the infinite vastness of Dataspace, I realized this realm was much bigger than it seemed.
It was larger than infinity. Larger than what is beyond infinity. Larger than yet the latter as well. And yet, all of this was just a fraction of Dataspace's true capabilities.
This space, which stood outside space, was infinite-layered, like an infinite-sized onion. A superspace.
The first level superseded all of creation to unfathomable degrees...No, this was an understatement. It was like comparing the difference between the smallest infinity and the next strongly inaccessibility. Furthermore, the succeeding levels trivialized the preceding ones into insignificance under this same principle. This was madness. It defied mental comprehension. I would be completely unable to discern this whole ordeal if my consciousness hadn't reached the state it has now.
Hidden in a realm of quantum unreality, the Prime Reactor provides metaphysical energy throughout the entirety of the chaotic realm. It is through this energy that each phase is given proper form and consistency. The highest the layer, the more energy it is provided, despite the first phase already being provided by infinite energy. Mathematics and Physics have simply become irrelevant at this stage, so they can be freely modeled. In this way, each phase harbors an infinite amount of energy, although each higher phase contains a greater limitless than the last. But even this is also a great euphemism. No matter how much a limitless from one phase is stretched, increased, moved, or warped, it cannot ever hope to fill the entirety of the limitless of the next phase. These processes and principles proceed forwards throughout the entire veil.
–Lost Records
Beyond all the infinite layers, lay a realm that superseded all of the rest equally, much like how the first layers superseded creation. Here were where the strongest Hex resided. The ones who had achieved the ultimate shape, who created all of Dataspace.
But there was more to this. Ever since I got into this place, I had a feeling there was something else lurking in here. Something unknown. Something that defied everything I had experienced thus far. Something that would have likely made all of this into existence and that it couldn't be matched to the others in any way. Something watching me from above.
Beyond the previously mentioned infinite succession, lay the last realm that superseded all of the rest equally, similarly to how the first layers do towards the Material Substrate. I tried to peek into its contents, but I could not fathom a single thing, for it was surrounded by multiple enacted constructible universes that were defined as supercompact and extendible cardinals instantiated into being. Far too complex for me to fully understand or pass through.
Could the queen and us really stand up against all of this? Against those who turned themselves into math, projected it, and weaponized it? Against those laying within the last level who might have attained the ultimate shape? I fear for all of us.
–Look Further Into It
The Abysm[]
The Abysm is an immense void that exists beyond everything previously mentioned, with no amount of complex language being able to decipher it:
At the same time this happened, the scenario around her changed drastically, reformulating in accordance with each piece of knowledge she gathered and fully understood. The first iteration of the cosmos. The Lost World. The youkais manifested from human negativity. Hell. Material Substrate. Exosphere. Dataspace. Femto Realm...
But there was more. She wanted to know more.
As she kept ascending, she came across a boundless void. So immense and vast that no amount of complex language would be able to decipher it.
–The Primordial Essence
It has infinite floors/layers beyond duality, with each being more complex and abstract than the previous:
But this was only the tip of the iceberg. This void, which many called the Abysm, was larger than it seemed. Indeed, Venus had only stepped through the first floor of this darkness. As she ascended further, she realized how scary this entire place was.
Endless floors and layers of darkness stretched out. Endless darkness beyond all thought and non-thought, space and non-space, time and non-time.
Ineffable structures burst through in quick succession, and at length, Venus felt that these were realms of greater existential logic than anything else she had seen.
She found bizarre landscapes of alien architecture, vast expanses of black holes of numerous shapes and sizes, structures that lacked geometry and coordinates, and oceans of terrifying, tentacled beasts.
Each floor was more complex and more abstract than its predecessor. Numerous creatures of nigh-incomprehensibility could be found here, of which descriptions would fail to grasp. It wouldn't be an exaggeration to say that merely looking at one of these creatures would cause a being to cease to exist.
Were they guardians of the Abysm? She didn't know, and there wasn't much point in trying to know. Compared to the other places that were revealed to her, this one strangely lacked information.
–The Primordial Essence
Miscellaneous[]
This following section will address information on the numerous key ideas and terminologies used throughout the series, so that readers are provided in understanding them properly because they are crucial to the overall cosmology.
The Triumvirate[]
The Triumvirate are the three children of the Queen of Exosphere, Venus Hekatonreis Vanaheimr. They are the first children to be born in Exosphere directly from Venus herself. Accordingly, the Triumvirate, as followed; Antrax, the first born; Walkure, the second born; Penumbra; the last born, are beings of immense power that would act as the second in command should the Queen not decide to intervene. Notwithstanding having characteristics in common with their mother, they were all different from one another.
Walkure, the middle child, reveled in inflicting punishment on those she deemed deserving. This retribution or punishment, as based on her imagination, took the form of killing, suffering, torture, or otherwise. She was aware of the unrelated actions that occurred across the Exosphere and the Material Substrate that could be perceived as punishment both subjectively and objectively. Identically to her other siblings her shape was designed in the manner of that she's empowered as she conduct the way her shape is designed, Punishment.
Lastly, Penumbra, the lastborn, he was stated to be the strangest of all siblings, since he doesn't say much and rarely interacted with others. He was as silent as the night, because he was the night. To be more specific, he was the void from which the dark emerged. Anywhere there is darkness (and nothingness) in the Exosphere is under his influence. Just as his other siblings he feels stronger due to his shape being designed in this manner.
The siblings are representations of axioms; instantiated very much like the Queen herself. They are also enacted as commanders of the etherian population.
The Hex Pattern[]
The Hex Pattern, more commonly known simply as 'The Hex', is the main antagonist of the series. They were first introduced in the first chapter; Oath, being described as an extraordinarily-advanced species that weaponized physics, space-time, and information. They invaded the space of other universes, including the one where our main character, Venus, resided. In which, a dark wave followed as they invaded.
Their species is stated to be causeless in nature, as well as defied the very logic of the reality they stood on, as did their Dark Wave as per stated. Galaxies and planets turned dark as every area of the universe was polluted by the dark wave they emitted, which also infected every creature that existed there and put said universe in an eternal state of stasis. Even in a single part of their body emits this 'Dark Wave', which again radiates an eerie aura and presence which darkens its surroundings. It is also stated that a Hex Construct can contain a tremendous energy despite being the size of only a golf ball. Energy that includes radiation, antimatter, and high-speed neutrino circulations.
Later on in the series, it is revealed that they're actually an a self-sufficient and ectocausal biomechanical species that came from a place outside the material substrate; the Dataspace. They exist purely as active timeless mathematical operations that were projected into reality.
The SHAPE[]
The [SHAPE], first mentioned in chapter; Torn Fragments and further introduced in the following chapter; Revelations, is a crucial term found in the series. It is regarded and implied to be a person's axiomatic "entirety", their whole conceptual existence. Back in Chapter; Revelations, where Venus, who presumably died, was sent to a mysterious Void, being faced to face with what is and what isn't; order and chaos; life and death. There, she meets the two divinities, who is implied to be the beings who gives her SHAPE and is presumably the progenitors of all SHAPES. It is revealed that SHAPE can also refers to one's fate, or rather their fate is decided the way their SHAPE is designed.
The SHAPE also refers to one's state, if one were to manipulate another's SHAPE, their state of existence would also change and be manipulated, which can cause someone as [NOTHING or [WERE]; which means nonexistent history], or somewhat similar to that. Moreover, one's SHAPE also refers to one's nature, and also empowers them if they act to what their SHAPE designed for.
It is later revealed that the SHAPE is much more than just a concept of an individual. The SHAPE exists in all things. It is the primal essence that is insubstantial and archetypal, which in turns gives material or immaterial substance in the world; an essence that transcends time, space, and causality. It's not a concept or idea, as it is deeper than such things.
SHAPE manipulation is a power shown only to be exclusive to Venus herself, excluding the two Divinities of course, this ability can make someone powerless, incapable and impotent. Furthermore, it can enact laws, which one will forcefully follow, for that law is enacted in truth.
Conclusion[]
- Universe: 3-A
- Metaworlds: 3-A
- Material Substrate: 2-A
- Exosphere: Low 1-C
- Dataspace: High 1-A
- The Hex Pattern: Varies from 3-A to High 1-A
- Prime Hex: High 1-A
- The Abysm: High 1-A