The Wizard’s Multiverse

The Wizard’s stories are independent from each other, as they happen in different worlds. Not just different planets of the same universe, but in completely different universes. Aside from the first story, obviously, there is always a hint to the previous story, or something similar, but this doesn’t affect the new story. The only reason these hints exist is for making the stories’ order clearer.

“The Wizard and the Green Dragon” doesn’t have an obvious reference to the previous story, because it’s intended to be published in the same book. But, the Wizard has two familiars in this story – not three, any longer – which places the short after the second story of the Wizard, anyway.

In “The Sixth and the Wizard”, which is meant to be published in the same book as Eric’s story, the Wizard mentions that in his life he has met two people who messed up his plans. Before that, he had only met one. The second person is the one who has messed up his plans in the Green Dragon story. Therefore, the Wizard meets Eric after the Green Dragon incident.

The Wizard says he is one of the most powerful wizards of all worlds, and that’s probably true. He never claims he is the most powerful one throughout all the universes, but he makes sure he is the most powerful of the worlds he visits.

When it comes to spells that can affect a planet, or a great area of one, in some cases he seems stronger – like in the Green Dragon where he claims he can destroy planets – while in other cases he is not as powerful. Why?

The Magic of the Worlds

In the Wizard’s stories, all worlds have magic. Some have a lot of it, while some have a little. The planets have a “resistance” in magic that is proportional to that world’s magic. And that affects whether he can destroy a planet or not. In “The Wizard and the Green Dragon”, as you may remember, the Wizard said that that world has very little magic.

Incidentally, how powerful the beings with magic of each world can be depends not only on the amount of magic that world has, but also on how widely this magic is distributed amongst the beings. In the Wizard’s original world, magic was abundant and very few beings had it. Therefore, amongst those beings, some really powerful ones existed, including wizards more powerful than the Wizard himself, as well as real dragons.

On the other hand, in the world his second story takes place, magic is abundant in the world, but almost all humans – but not all beings – have it. That’s why dragons and magical beasts don’t exist there, and there aren’t any wizards that can come close to his power.

The second story explains this very well, so I don’t think there is a reason to say more about this here.

The Gods (and Demons)

By contrast, the theology of the Wizard’s multiverse is never explained clearly. There are only some – very few – hints here and there. So, let’s talk about this one, instead.

There are a few Supreme Gods who rule over all universes. These are the only truly immortal beings, other than the Wizard. Amongst them is a Creator. This Creator does not directly create any universe. Instead he creates avatars – clones of himself – each of whom creates one, or more than one, universes, including the gods of those universes. That’s why, there are gods and demons who rule over a few universes, and those who exist only in one.

Amongst the gods, there are also some minor ones, like planetary gods, or those ruling over elements or regions, etc.

All these gods and demons, in the eyes of the Wizard, are mortals, because they will eventually die when the planet, or the universe they rule over ceases to exist.

The Wizard won’t die. That’s why, although he isn’t stronger than those gods, he is quite arrogant. If they try to harm him, or his familiars, he can “torture” them for the rest of their lives. He wouldn’t mind, as he has unlimited time.

At times, he threatens planetary gods and the like, because them he can indirectly kill by destroying the planet, or whatever their existence depends on, leading them to an early death.

Although the Wizard isn’t exactly best friends with the gods, he sees them as mostly friendly beings. As long as they don’t act against him, his familiars and his plans. Moreover, sometimes he helps them because they ask him to – and gains their favour – while some other times he helps them because he feels like it.

On the other hand, he doesn’t like demons. He enjoys being called a demon, though.

The Wizard’s Immortality

When the Wizard was twenty-six years old, he gained a boon from the Supreme Gods and he asked for true immortality. From then on, he hasn’t aged a day, and he won’t die. There is no limit to his lifespan and he can’t be killed. There is no weakness in his immortality whatsoever. The only problem is that he cannot die, even if he decides he wants to.

To support his immortality he asked and received the ability to travel from universe to universe. After all, each universe is doomed to die, eventually. This ability of his comes with a restriction. To avoid this restriction, in the story of the Green Dragon he has Baskar bring him in and out of that world. Had he done it himself, he wouldn’t be able to return to that world ever again.

Inside the world, though, he can “teleport” freely anywhere, including different planes, and what we would call parallel universes. This is part of his immortality gift. In other words, it’s a divine power, not magic.

Is the Wizard Omnipotent?

No!

He can’t time-travel. After a meeting with a certain someone, he can manipulate time, a little, like stopping it locally, or making it run in peculiar ways, but he can neither go to the future, nor to the past.

He can’t raise the dead. If someone is still alive, he can heal them, no matter how seriously wounded or ill they are. But if they have already died, he can’t do anything about that.

He also can’t prolong someone’s lifespan more than what this person’s species (for example, human) allows, unless there is a rule in that world that makes it possible, under certain circumstances. In such cases, it’s more likely than not that he can create those circumstances.

In general, he can’t do things that go against the fundamental rules of the world he is in, even if he can do those things in other worlds, where the rules are different.

Can he fly? I’m not sure. I haven’t seen him flying in any case. He can stand middle-air, he can walk in the air, but when he wants to move fast, or a big distance he either teleports or he uses some other being (like a dragon) as a mount. Whether he does that because he can’t fly, or because he likes to show off, I can’t say for sure.

But, more or less, these are his weakness. More about his powers I’ll mention in a following post for him.

The Wizard and the Dragons

There are a few cases where dragons appear, or are mentioned in the Wizard’s stories. The Wizard either sees them favourably, like small pets, or he mocks them for pretending to be dragons, while they are nothing like “true dragons”, or “real dragons”. These terms refers to the dragons of his original world.

There are some exceptions, though. The dragon in the first story, as well as in “The Wizard and the Green Dragon”, for example.

Dragons can’t exist in every universe. The universe should have plenty of magic and this magic shouldn’t be widely distributed, for dragons to be able to exist. Nevertheless, apparently, they are a common archetype, and even in words that can’t have them in reality, dragons still exist in myths. Also, the Wizard refers to them as symbols of the supreme magical beast. Probably not as supreme as he is, though. 😏️

The Scientifically Wrong Allowances.

In every universe, the time is treated the same way. The day has twenty four hours; the days of the week have the same names; the year has the same twelve months; and, as you have figured out, a year has 365 days. And 366 once every four years, of course.

Obviously, this isn’t true even in the same planetary system, let alone in a completely different world. It helps though to keep the stories easier to understand, and it keeps the references to his age consistent.

Similarly, of course, there are humans in every universe, and they have the very same form we have. Even in cases where he moves from planet to planet, this doesn’t change.

Gravity, atmospheric pressure and composition, as well as basic human biology are also considered the same in all worlds.

I think it’s okay for me to ignore this scientific inaccuracies. I’m writing romance, not science fiction, after all. 😇️

Otherwise, though, his scientific facts – if we don’t take into account his magic – are correct.

I think I should stop here.

Thanks for reading!

If you need further explanation about the Wizard’s multiverse, feel free to ask.

And let me ask you a question. You remember that these are some of the background details for a secondary character, yes? 🤦‍♂️️🤪️🤣️

Have fun, and always be happy!

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Yorgos KC