Horizon (World of Darkness)
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Horizon is a term used in the old World of Darkness role-playing game.
[edit] Definition
Not to be confused with the Technocracy's term for the Gauntlet, most beings in the World of Darkness use the term Horizon to describe a nearly-impermeable barrier that separates the Near Umbra from the Deep Umbra. This barrier requires considerable supernatural power and skill to breach and it is the anchorhead for a wide variety of realms known as Horizon Realms or Horizon Constructs. A Horizon Realm is much like a realm found in the Near Umbra, but is distinct because it is finite and artificial (Horizon Realms are almost always created, usually by mages). Recent events, including the formation of the Avatar Storm, have left many of these realms isolated or in ruins.
[edit] Horizon Realms
- Accidental College of Mercury
- Autocthonia (also called the Great Machine, see Shenti below)
- Balador Pleasuredome
- Concordia
- Darkside Moonbase
- Doissetep
- Gernsback Continuum
- MECHA
- Midrealm
- Moreauvia
- Seasonal Realms
- Victoria Station
- Yenosia (also called Null-B)
[edit] Shade Realms
In addition, realms known as Shade Realms exist on the Horizon. Shadows of the Shard Realms (described under Celestial Bodies, below), the Shade realms provide a shortcut to the celestial bodies without having to cross the nigh-infinite gulf between planets.
