The Dark Forest

The Dark Forest is an un-region of the Void and a Pool of Possibility at the edge of the Weave, host to an infinite set of 'many worlds' multiverses within.

Description
The Dark Forest is among the more notable regions outside the Weave, with the universes within being similar to a canopy of trees; hiding and obscuring anything within them from he prying eyes of Transcended, Old Brethren and all manner of Void entities. Few Transcended civilisations exist in this part of the Void, but those that do use the obscuring nature of the universes within to live in isolation.

History
The Dark Forest was created by the Outer God Un-ruh during the first Aeon War as part of a plot to trap their rival Oquut. During the preparation before the battle between the two, Un-ruh created an infinite set of universes with an unlimited number of coterminous timelines within each one. In doing so, they also created two regulatory intelligences; the Empyrean and the Material, for the purpose of assisting Un-Ruh in their fight. The Empyrean and the Terrestrial were formless entities that lived both outside the space-time of the universes within the Forest and as the foundation concepts and physical laws for which every one of the universes could exist on. Both entities were able to create, manipulate and destroy the universes under their domain on a whim, and through such abilities hid several Transcended civilisations that would act as support for their creator. The Empyrean focused mainly on the metaphysical aspects of these universes while the Material had their priority on the physical aspects.

Oquut was eventually lured to the Forest by rumours of an artifact in Un-ruh's possession that could reveal the necessary steps for a Transcend to become an Outer God. When the time of the battle came, both The Empyrean and Material were extinguished and unmade within moments of Oquut's arrival, but had obscured their allies enough for the hidden Transcends to spring the trap. Through a lengthy battle Oquut was imprisoned within the Forest, whereupon the Outer God made an agreement with Un-ruh in exchange for their freedom. With both entities dead and an ongoing Aeon War, the Dark Forest was abandoned, with the universes within destabilised by the death of the Empyrean and the Material, now missing the the foundation concepts and physical laws that comprised them and the beings that regulated them..

After the end of the First Aeon War, Un-ruh returned to the Dark Forest to repair the universes within the region. In honour of their creations, Un-ruh left memorials to the Empyrean and Material within each universe, taking the form of different concepts and physical laws that made each and every universe unique from the others in the Forest.

The Forest has mostly remained untouched by the denizens of the Weave, remaining mostly as a distant cosmic wilderness that has only become more so after the devastation of Tor.