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 ======= The Mirror =======
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->//"[...] it is a constant in our galaxy's current stage of decay. Our actions change it, and its presence changes reality. It warps known sciences and resists us learning its secrets."//
+>//"[...] it is a constant in our galaxy's current stage of decay. Our actions change it, and its presence changes reality. It warps known sciences and resists us learning its secrets. But in solving it? We could find an answer to our eventual extinction."//
 >-Kattar, Ombori Metaphysicist
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-**The Mirror** is a nexus for the supernatural. Many cultures have different names for its effects, and often blur the lines between fact and folklore. It is important to understand that all matters to do with the Mirror are shaped by the individual realities within, called Shards. These places do not obey conventional laws within material reality. Instead, creatures and locations associated with Shards obey domains that they are relative to. For instance, [[the_scrape|the Scrape]] holds power through the tragedies and terrors of conflict. Its creatures only understand its laws of suffering, its locations are defined by exaggerated and grotesque warfare, and empowers those that spread its influence.
+**The Mirror** is a nexus for the supernatural. To those who are ignorant of it, its effects are mere folklore. To those who are aware, it is the machinations of reality itself. It is easiest to think of it as a compact of pocket dimensions, with each dimension affected by material reality and in turn affects it. For example, [[scrape|the Scrape]] is defined by the tragedies of war and associated suffering. Its creatures are an embodiment of exaggerated war or torture, and its locations inspire exquisite suffering of the flesh. It is shaped by the galaxy's past, and its influence is determined by the laws it has internally created.
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+For the bold, however, the Mirror offers an enticing prospect. It is a reality in which [[the adversary|The Adversary]] cannot tread. And if one plays their cards right, they may learn the ways of the occult. A practice in which one gains kinship with mirrored surfaces, as well as the Shards within. To many who are aware of the Mirror's effects on reality, there are novel and strange possibilities to combat the apocalypse.
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+====== Shards ======
+Individual dimensions within the Mirror itself. Typically, a person does not interact with the totality of the Mirror, and instead visit, or are visited by, agents of a given Shard. These pocket dimensions are living creatures in their own right, complete with a thriving ecosystem of Dwellers that do not obey the laws of material reality. Shards are beings of an unintelligible order, who act and plan in ways too long-term for many societies to properly study. Instead, they have to be observed through the behaviors of their environs and Dwellers.
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+**THE SCRAPE**
+{{ :scrapesymbol.png?direct&150 |}}
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+**The Scrape** is a plane of unfettered torment. It is associated with still-living fleshscapes comprised of the bodies of myriad living beings.
+  * **The scrape has no followers and brooks no deals.**
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+**THE GLASS CASTLE**
+{{ :glasscastlesymbol.png?150 |}}
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+**The Glass Castle** is a labyrinth made of glass and mirror. It is associated with temptation, reflection, and knowledge just out of reach.
+  *  **Welcoming of curious minds, associated with the manipulation of probability.**
+ </WRAP>
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+**THE CROSSROAD**
+{{ :crossroadsymbol.png?150 |}}
+</WRAP>
+**The Crossroad** is the Shard that connects through winding paths. Typically associated with wanderlust, anticipation, and yearning.
+  * **Favors dreamers and adventurers, offering the ability to fold space.**
+</WRAP>
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+**THE GLADE**
+{{ :gladsymbol.png?150 |}}
+</WRAP>
+**The Glade** offers comfort and respite in its dense and warm foliage. It a Shard of protection, rest, and anonymity.
+  * **Offering supernatural anonymity to those who find comfort in hiding, The Glade protects.**
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+====== "Magic", or the Occult ======
+====== test ======
+====== test ======