The other half of Earth, or the other side of the Main Universe, is a world which is technically part of the Main Universe, but is in practice separate.
Every universe has at least two sides, as explained by Andrea.[1] The other side of the Main Universe was referred to as the 'first half' by Tara.[2]
The other side of the Main Universe has never featured in comic directly (on-panel), but we have some information about it from its known residents, griffins Andrea, Tara, Liam and Dwight. It seems implied that the unicorn is also from the other side, but this was not explicitly stated.[3]
The magic energy clog[]
Magic flows between the sides of the universe at several places, one of them having been (in) Moperville. Something happened[4] which stopped the flow, which was detectable as an energy clog[5] on the other side and as an excess of magic energy[6] on the Moperville side.
For a long time, the flow was merely slower, but recently it reached the point where locals on the other side were not sure if any was getting through. While not dangerous globally, it inconveniences those who formerly made use of that particular energy influx, and may be indicative of a bigger problem. Therefore, Andrea came to the Moperville side of the universe to investigate how it looked from there. She didn't really have any luck with it - she didn't find anything new, only confirming what she already knew from her side, and she got lost.
The blood of queens[]
Both Tara and Andrea, upon seeing Nanase, assumed her to be royalty. Ashley, Charlotte, Diane, Ellen and Elliot were also present but were not identified as royalty.[7][8] On the other side of the universe, the royal bloodlines of humans have the strongest magic of all the humans.
When Liam was compelled to attack royalty[9][10] he attacked Edward Verres and ignored Grace and Elliot, who were also present.[11]
The unicorn identified Rhoda (but not Catalina, Grace, Jay, Susan or Tensaided, who were also present) as royalty,[12] which suggests that he is from the other side too. He was seeking 'someone suitable' for 'a thing'[13] and Rhoda as royalty fitted his criteria. However, he saw Rhoda only dimly in the dream and Jay ended the shared dream before he could get identifying information.
Other characters not present on these three occasions have not had their auras examined (on-panel) by inhabitants of the other half of the universe, and so their royal status is unknown. If royalty is hereditary then blood relatives of Nanase (Mr Kitsune, Akiko, Mrs Kitsune, Noriko, Tedd, Van), Edward (Tedd again) and Rhoda (unknown) are candidates. Of these, Tedd and Noriko are established to be magically powerful, Van to be a magic-user at a young age, and Mrs Kitsune to be aware of magic, so it may be that the bloodline of Noriko and Mrs Kitsune is a royal one.
Vampires[]
The griffins talked openly about vampires and vampire hunters.
"Vampire" may refer to a specific class of aberration (including the French Aberration but not Sirleck, for example), however it is also possible that they call all aberrations vampires.
"Vampire hunter" probably refers to people who can use the type of summoning talent possessed by Susan and probably Diane.
Ancients[]
Ancients are either the equivalent of Immortals on their side, or possibly Immortals themselves who can cross between the halves of the universe.
Whilst they appear to be largely, if not exactly, the same class of being, the agreement by which they are bound is not the same:[14] the most important rule on the Moperville side is that immortals can only "empower and guide" humans,[15][16] whereas the most fundamental rule on the other side appears to be a prohibition on lying,[14] leading to a tendency for ancients to speak in riddles.
Magic is in open[]
The existence of griffins and royalty having the strongest magic was strong indication that magic is perfectly fine being in the open on their half of the world. This was confirmed by Dan: "The Griffin’s half has magic way, way, WAY out in the open. Their magic is less hipster and more honey badger."[17]
References[]
- ↑ EGS Main Story Comic for 2016-03-18
- ↑ EGS Main Story Comic for 2015-12-28
- ↑ EGS:NP Comic for 2020-12-17
- ↑ EGS Main Story Comic for 2016-03-21
- ↑ EGS Main Story Comic for 2015-09-04
- ↑ EGS Main Story Comic for 2013-01-23
- ↑ EGS Main Story Comic for 2015-11-18
- ↑ EGS Main Story Comic for 2016-03-11
- ↑ EGS Main Story Comic for 2022-03-21
- ↑ EGS Main Story Comic for 2022-04-18
- ↑ EGS Main Story Comic for 2022-03-23
- ↑ EGS:NP Comic for 2021-02-12
- ↑ Parable: Comic for Saturday, Jan 9, 2021
- ↑ 14.0 14.1 EGS Main Story Comic for 2016-03-30 ("Critical Information")
- ↑ EGS Main Story Comic for 2015-10-05
- ↑ EGS Main Story Comic for 2011-06-29
- ↑ danshive tumblr post ID 148594366152