Darkness Beyond Time

General Information

Music: Dark Realms of Time
Bosses: Time Devourer

The Darkness Beyond Time is the final wastebasket for timelines nullified by time travel. It can be accessed physically as a place, and served as the home of the Time Devourer. Apparently, when Lavos was defeated, he was relegated to the darkness; there, he took advantage of Schala, who had been transported there by the Ocean Palace Incident. He bound with her to evolve into the Time Devourer, a being that once matured would be capable of consuming space-time. The Dragon God also was sent there somehow after its defeat at the hands of Chronopolis. The Darkness Beyond Time's mechanics are largely theorized, however; it is stated that when timelines are nullified, they end up in the Darkness Beyond Time. In the final battle, tiny, transparent globes of what appeared to be locations passed through Serge and the Time Devourer; these can perhaps be inferred as discarded timelines. In any event, special conditions are needed to access the area. A catastrophic dimensional distortion threw Schala there, while Serge employed a Time Egg and special portal arranged by Belthasar to achieve passage.

Theory and Analysis

• Darkness Beyond Time (Is it multidimensional?)

Japanese Equivalent

Translation: Beyond the Darkness of Time

Media

Music

• Dark Realms of Time

Images

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Chronology

-The Darkness Beyond Time exists as a repository of discarded timelines of the
Keystone Dimension.
-As do Pocket Dimensions, the Darkness Beyond Time's timeline runs
"perpindicular" to the outside world.
-Schala is transported here in the Keystone timelines in the Ocean Palace
incident.
-Lavos's future within Keystone PD-1 is transported here upon Lavos's defeat in
the Keystone timelines.
-Lavos, even in his defeated and condemned state, is able to fuse Schala onto
himself to create the Time Devourer.
-The Time Devourer begins maturing.
-The Darkness Beyond Time remains the same for both the Home and Another
Dimensions upon the Keystone Dimension's split.
-Serge's party arrives here via the Time Egg and possibly the Frozen Flame, and
defeats the Time Devourer.
-Schala is freed, and Serge's party is returned to the Ideal Timeline.

From: Chronology
From: Locations (Chrono Cross)
From: Theory (Principles of Timelines and Dimensions)