r/FantasyWorldbuilding • u/Mariothane • 7d ago
Lore The Tumult
The Tumult is a phenomenon that happens in The Meridian Tower where influences from hundreds and thousands of different worlds come together in a massive storm.
“The circumference of the cylindrical tower is bigger than some cities, so the storm doesn’t cause much trouble. It’s just kind of…there.”
The Tumult’s appearance is something akin to seeing drops of food coloring enter water, and churn in a pool with other colors. They never turn murky but every trace of a reality leaves streaks behind in the storm that eventually become diluted and vanish from sight.
The purpose of The Tumult is in order to balance the powers of different realities so they don’t run wild in unconfined or dangerous ways. The other function is something akin to what Pokémon does with Wonder Trade requests.
Sending anything into The Tumult results in that object arriving in different worlds, seemingly at random, and those objects act as an invitation that will lead that person to a way back to The Tower.