Map of the multiverse
Lore forum
Posted on June 4, 2014, 8:18 a.m. by tyforthevenom
I would like to see if anyone has knowledge enough to create a map of the planes of the multiverse, from what i know a planeswalker can only travel between parallel planes so using this you may be able to create it
well unfortunately the whole idea is they keep making new planes, so really it wouldn't make sense to have something that can be mapped out because inevitably they would need o make a new planes that wouldn't fit the map. The multiverse is meant to be unimaginably huge so that they can keep coming back with new worlds without anyone questioning it, thus allowing them to keep the game and the lore going without having to revisit the same place several times, which would make it stale. It's all about the Benjamin. The bigger the world, the more they can do with it, the more money they can make on it. As of now the multiverse could be mapped out, but the only people that would know enough about it would be the folks at Wizard, and releasing something like that would pressure them to stick to it when releasing sets in new planes, which can bite them in the ass if they screw it up or run out of space. All just sort of my opinion I guess, but they less they have to explain, the more they can make in the future.
June 4, 2014 10:14 a.m.
tyforthevenom says... #5
A multiverse is infinite and has infinite ways to connect each plane but you can map it and still add without pressure or taking away due to the fact that a multiverse is infinite, meaning there is plenty of space your argument contradicts itself the multiverse never ends but it has universes that connect like the galaxies in our universe
June 4, 2014 10:38 a.m.
Servo_Token says... #6
I'm thinking that the argument above is in reference to an actual physical map that would be given out in, say, supplemental products or intro packs / whatever.
I'm thinking that TYFTV is looking for like a 3d model of the multiverse thus far. It wouldn't really be too difficult to make, but I really don't see any benefit of having it because the only lore that the multiverse actually gives us is where a certain planeswalker is at a given point, which we get from the story anyway. I'm not saying that it wouldn't be cool, but it really also doesn't give us much information. Wizards provides a list of all the planes on their site, so just use that and your imagination.
June 4, 2014 12:02 p.m.
tyforthevenom says... #7
ThatBlueMage true i am looking for a 3D model, i lack the skills and tech to do it myself i just think it would be good for the lore fanatics aswell as the role players to be able to see the multiverse and be able to track their favorite planeswalkers path they've traveled or in the case of the roleplayers map their own journey across the planes and overall design a much more believable role playing experience for their group
June 4, 2014 12:33 p.m.
KrosanTusker says... #8
The planes don't connect like galaxies in our universe, they each are an independent "mini-universe." A 3D model would be meaningless because the planes don't connect in physical, geometric 3D space, anymore than you could build a 3D model to show the relationship of the USA in the 1800s, Ancient Egypt, and current events in the Andromeda Galaxy.
June 4, 2014 3:39 p.m.
tyforthevenom says... #10
have you read the stories of urza? he was often trying to find "a connecting plane"
June 4, 2014 3:46 p.m.
KrosanTusker says... #11
No, I haven't. My best guess would be that, when describing something so incomprehensible as the Blind Eternities, he would have to use language like that, because we just don't have the words.
June 5, 2014 4:03 a.m.
tyforthevenom says... #12
We didn't have the words for phyrexian either but we still got elesh norn in phyrexian scrypt, true creators will make words for the things there are no words for
Epochalyptik says... #2
Moved to Lore.
June 4, 2014 8:24 a.m.