The Pocket Worlds

Also called “The Outback” or “The Back Worlds” each pocket universe has at least one link to another world — the one from which it was created. Some were devised with additional links to ‘nearby’ pocket universes, and one or two have had new world gates constructed since their creation. Since it is very difficult to add an inter-world gate after the universe has ‘set’, most Gates connect to other locations within the same universe. Since Fallopia’s isolation from the main Universe, trade routes serviced by Xun forts and patrols have sprung up along the system of Gates.

One of the difficulties with moving amongst the pocket universes is that their local Laws vary, the two most important considerations being time flow and availability of mana with which to work the magic which activates the Gates. The other major difficulty is bandits; evidently some of the created creatures don’t understand that the Xun are in charge. Such creatures, along with so-called “Freedom Fighters” make inter-world trade somewhat chancy, especially if one wanders off the established routes.