Welcome to the Aggregate!
Firstly, what is Harthorn's Reverie/Aggregate? It is an interconnected archive of speculative worlds, fractured histories, industrial civilizations, and cosmic mythologies spanning multiple timelines and realities. Science-Fantasy novels to Slice-of-Life Short Fictions.
*While the terms are synonymous, Reverie is typically used to refer to the chronicled narratives, while Aggregate is used to refer to the background lore that props the Reverie up.
*The official name of the universe is '1.31.99.', with the official name of the material realm in which nearly all stories are written from is '2-897'. (Pronounced Two, Eight, Ninety-Seven) This naming scheme originates from the in-lore concept of the 'Gyrovarse Theory'.
*1.31.99. has been a passion project by Dustin Harthorn since 2012, after having a dream about a homebrew TTRPG that had everything from the supernatural to the superpowerful. It was originally named "Realms", and it's first campaign was titled "Super-Erza", but overtime these changed to better fit publication.
How to Explore?
Below is a section that explains starting materials to introduce you to the setting of 1.31.99., and past that is (will be) a list fully explaining the various sagas and thematic anecdotes, with links to each (eventually).
Within all the writing found on the blog is (should be) links to the wiki, which can aid readers in knowing exactly who is who, and what is what. These links are for the readers who wish to know about the more intricate background information that might not be immediately available in the narrative, including how economies work, or a fuller explanation on groups/concepts/events, that might not be overly explained as some things are just general knowledge for people in-lore, or it having been explained before.
*I will never write 'somehow he's returned', don't worry, everything will be explained and explored in narrative, though some information might have to be pieced together from separate stories to get the whole picture. The wiki just simplifies this process for both myself, and more casual readers/world learners. Don't feel that the wiki is going to take away from the narrative, it is a companion, not a core piece. That being said, the wiki is the rawest way to explore the setting and holds a great deal of spoilers for narratives and events, both written and yet to be, so: explore at your own risk.
The timeline as found in the Aggregate is vast and filled by many calendars, myths, and different explanations that become a bit confusing for new-comers, and so for the sake of simplicity and ease of introduction, it has been broken down in the meta into four major periods: Mythical, Pre-Godfall, Post-Godfall, and Interstellar.
The history of Ceryniotsklesu spans more than twenty-four thousand years and encompasses everything from the planet's formation to the rise of interstellar civilization. Across this immense span of time, countless calendars, kingdoms, religions, and cultures have developed their own methods of measuring history, often resulting in contradictory dates and interpretations.
For the sake of simplicity, the Aggregate divides history into five Great Ages: the Cosmogenic Age, Mythic Age, Industrial Age, Renaissance Age, and Galactic Age. While individual scholars may debate precise dates and events, these five ages provide a convenient framework for understanding the broad development of the world and its peoples.
The Five Great Ages
Cosmogenic Age
The ten-thousand-year period spanning the formation of Ceryniotsklesu and the emergence of life, consciousness, and the first sapient peoples. This age concludes with the possession of Bàrtoloméu of Belanara, marking the beginning of recorded mythology and the world's first known interaction between mortals and extra-dimensional forces.
Mythical Age
The five-thousand-year age of magic, monsters, heroes, and ancient civilizations. During this era, dragons ruled the skies, giants built kingdoms, and countless races established themselves across the world. The age ultimately ended during the Era of Dark Blooms, when Sëbastián Wáutër's three-century pilgrimage severed much of civilization's connection to magic.
Industrial Age
The two-thousand-year period following the Severance. Freed from dependence upon magic, Anthral civilization experienced an unprecedented cycle of technological and industrial advancement. Successive revolutions transformed the world from scattered kingdoms into global powers, ultimately culminating in the catastrophes collectively known as Godfall.
The age of recovery and rediscovery that followed Godfall. Civilization slowly rebuilt amidst the ruins of the old world, reclaiming lost knowledge while adapting to a reality permanently altered by metaphysical catastrophe. During this age, humanity was reunited with distant colonial descendants who had escaped the collapse.
Galactic Age
The current age of interstellar expansion. Following first contact with the Solar Templars and introduction to the Adrophontic League, humanity spread beyond Ceryniotsklesu and established itself among the stars. This age chronicles humanity's transformation from a planetary civilization into a galactic one.
What was Godfall?
Godfall is the name given to the vast sequence of catastrophes that occurred during the final centuries of the Industrial Age. Though often remembered as a single event, Godfall was in reality a prolonged period of technological, ecological, spiritual, and societal collapse that nearly ended civilization upon Ceryniotsklesu.
Beginning with the discovery of Eaftousia and escalating through increasingly dangerous experimentation with dimensional forces, advanced technologies, cloning sciences, and spiritual manipulation, the world entered an era of unprecedented instability. Regional conflicts evolved into global warfare, ecosystems collapsed, and countless civilizations were destroyed.
Yet the physical devastation was only one aspect of the catastrophe. Numerous higher-dimensional entities responsible for maintaining portions of reality's structure were displaced, killed, or corrupted during the conflict. The resulting metaphysical instability permanently altered the relationship between the physical world and neighboring dimensions, leaving behind mutations, anomalies, spiritual disturbances, and countless mysteries that persist to the present day.
Though Godfall marked the end of the Industrial Age, it did not mark the end of humanity. The survivors inherited a broken world and began the long process of rebuilding, giving rise to the Renaissance Age.
Good Starting Material
Chapters and Short Stories are currently found on the companion blog, where new pieces are uploaded every Friday.
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