San Fran

Poena and her guilds

Poena is an impossible city in the Interworld, a stronghold of planeswalkers. Surrounded by stone walls, the entrance is guarded by bouncers. Inside is the main square with merchants. Nearby is Faragonda's Tower, where planeswalkers are tortured.

Establishments. The Azure Harbor mage quarter houses the market and the Pot-bellied Fox bar. It also houses a portal to any dimension—the only way to leave the Interworld.

Five Guilds

Mages. Own the Azure Harbor. Open a portal for a fee. Led by the Hat. San-Fran is a member of the Mages (he has a dual guild with the smugglers, but has abandoned the business).

Smugglers. The only ones allowed outside the walls. They hunt monsters and sell artifacts to mages. Their leader is Scar. Ashra is the leader of the group, which includes Lololoshka, Crab, Julio, and John.

Killers. The most dangerous. The Dead City district is closed to everyone. Headed by Button.

Thieves. The "Smell Grove" district. Head: Snake.

Spice merchants. The richest, they hire Dasks for pennies. Head - Muscat.

Guarantor Poena: Et, a very important person in the city and everyone respects him

The Guarantor is responsible for maintaining order in the city. Eo blackmails Fran by claiming he helped build Faragonda's Tower (but no one is supposed to know about this, and Eo shouldn't either, but somehow he does).

Poena: Shops, taverns and bars

The main square. Immediately beyond the gates is a square paved with stone bricks. There are stalls with merchants selling a variety of goods, from ordinary items to magical artifacts.

Azure Harbor (the Mage's Quarter). This is the only quarter accessible to all Poena residents. It houses a market with rows of stalls filled with vendors and buyers. In the same square, not far from the entrance to the Smuggler's Quarter, is the "Bellied Fox" bar—an establishment where you can drink, eat, and socialize with other planeswalkers. Most importantly, the main square of the quarter houses a portal to any dimension, which mages can open for a fee. This portal is the only way to leave the Between Worlds.

The Sinister Grove (Thieves' Quarter). An area overgrown with plants and trees. Nothing is known about the specific establishments inside, but it can be assumed that there are dark drinking spots for insiders.

The Dead City (Murderer's Quarter). The most dangerous and closed area. Ordinary residents have no access there, so there's no information about possible taverns or shops.

Other Guilds. The smugglers' and spice traders' quarters aren't described in detail, but it's clear they have their own districts with all the necessary infrastructure.

Poena (Impossible City): Location

Poena (also known as the Impossible City) is a key location, located right in the Between Worlds. It is a stronghold of planeswalkers, a place where life unfolds with its own rigid orders, laws, and divisions into castes and guilds.

Appearance and design

The city is surrounded by high, thick stone walls. Bouncers stand at the entrance, guarding the passage and monitoring arrivals, weeding out those who are not welcome.

Just beyond the gate, following the road, you'll find the main square, paved with stone bricks. There are stalls with vendors selling a variety of goods.

Near the city lies Faragonda's Tower—a sinister building where planeswalkers are abducted. There, they are tortured and subjected to eternal fear in order to drain their Spark and extract the essence of travel. Those who survive this become Extinguished—planeswalkers who have forever lost the ability to walk between worlds.

Internally, the city is divided into five quarters, each of which belongs to one of the ruling guilds and has its own unique style.

Appearance. Eo is a gray-haired, older man with large gray eyebrows. He wears a long, dark gray cloak with long sleeves and always wears a black fedora. His natural eyeballs are yellow—like all Dusks—but he disguises this with lenses from his Observer Bubble, which make his eyes appear green.

Personality: Calm and level-headed, but with his quirks. He can be quite emotional, but calms down quickly. Due to post-traumatic stress disorder, he can lose his sense of reality when reminded of nightmares in Vidomnia, panicking and convincing himself he's safe. Because of this, when he met Lololoshka, he believed him to be a hallucination.

Eo is very persuasive and hides his true feelings well. He has a unique approach to every type of person—even those as complex as Button. Behind the wise old man's exterior lies a cunning manipulator who knows how to wait and calculate his moves ahead.

Ashra: Appearance and character

Appearance. Ashra is a girl with brown hair and brown eyes. She wears a brown buttoned vest with a gold badge on the upper right side. The symbol of the Smugglers' Guild—a gray wolf's head—is embroidered on the back of the vest. A fur coat, possibly made from the hide of a slain animal, adorns her neck. In Eressia, she can sometimes be seen wearing a simple black tank top. Her appearance exudes the stern practicality of someone raised on the streets of Poena—no unnecessary details, just what's needed for survival and work.

Personality. Ashra has a bold but broken character—the result of a difficult childhood without parents in the cruel world of Poena. She is extremely distrustful of strangers, but warmly treats her friends and guildmates, considering them her family. She possesses a strange combination of social awkwardness and a complete lack of understanding of norms of behavior, along with clear moral principles and kindness. Ashra often has mood swings, is prone to spontaneous decisions and rash actions. She clearly feels lonely, although she tries not to show it, and is used to entertaining herself, even if it seems silly. She can easily mistake friendly sympathy for romance. She also adores animals, especially bees, and the most important thing for her in forays is not the catch, but the excitement and drive.

Lololoshka: Appearance and character

Appearance. Lololoshka is a tall man (190 cm) with pale skin and brown eyes. He has short, light-brown hair with bangs slanted slightly to the left. He is unmistakable without two iconic accessories: white headphones with black ear pads and blue decorative glasses with black lenses that conceal his eyes. He wears a white hoodie with a soft blue tint and black stripes on the sleeves. Around his neck is a checkered scarf in black and blue tones, which, along with his glasses, has become his signature look. He wears black pants with two dangling blue suspenders and light blue sneakers with white soles.

Personality. Lololoshka is easygoing and balanced, not particularly talkative. He's kind and fair to others, often called an "errand boy"—he genuinely enjoys being a hero and helping everyone. He's sometimes frivolous, inattentive, and naive, which leads him to make poor decisions. He offers second chances and trusts people without being aggressive. Despite his openness, he carefully analyzes his surroundings and distrusts just anyone. He can develop complex plans, but sometimes neglects his own interests to be seen positively.

San Fran: Appearance

Appearance. A tall, slender elf with white hair pulled back into three ponytails (two short ones on the sides, one long one in the back). His eyes are dark blue. He wears either a cornflower-blue cape with a white shirt, or a summer version: a gold T-shirt and white pants. He always wears a thin amethyst necklace.

Between Worlds: Platform in the Void

Imagine an endless void in which myriad worlds float—Poena, Proppia, Yakuza, and many others. And between them, like a tiny island, lies the Betweenworld.

This place is truly unique. By all the laws of reality, its existence is impossible. The only reason this patch of land hasn't crumbled to dust is the Tower. This colossal structure pierces the Interworld and serves as its heart and foundation. The Tower is so important that it is considered the stronghold of the entire Interworld.

Within the Tower dwells Faragonda, a sorceress of incredible power but also a tragic fate. It is said that she was born without a Spark, but she so desperately desired to become a planeswalker that it led to dire consequences.

Despite its fragility and location in the middle of nowhere, the Between Worlds also has some truly practical establishments. For example, there's a local tavern run by someone named Fox (or Dog—opinions differ). It's a place where you can find a place to stay, have a warming drink, and exchange news with other travelers stuck between worlds.

👁️ Vidomnia: Digital Prison

If Interworld is a crossroads, then Vidomnia is more like an isolator. And a very specific isolator.

This isn't a physical world in the conventional sense. Vidomnia is a digital reality, a kind of vast matrix or simulation. According to one leading theory, it was created for one purpose: control.