This chapter contains major story details and is meant to clarify things for readers who may have doubts or questions. If you want to experience the story without any spoilers, it's best to continue to the next chapter.
•Terra
A mysterious planet that orbits a star called Solus, the location of Terra in space is unknown. The map of Terra is the same as that of Earth.
•Gate
A gate is a passageway within one to convert elemental energy into elements. Every living creature on Terra has a gate within them. While humans can only have one gate, other living creatures can have more than one. There are 10 tiers of gates out of which the names of 4 have been lost in Unknown. Each tier will be more potent than the last. After going up a tier, one can learn something new about their Element. Each gate is restricted to only 1 Element.
1) Broken
2) Ascendant
3) Conjuror
4) Bound
5) Echo
6) Cardinal
7) Monarch
8) Primodial
9) Immortal
10) Celestial
•Elemental energy
Everything in nature has a part of it built out of Elemental energy. A human body, a piece of paper, a tree, a rock, etc... Living creature can use this Elemental energy to turn it into Element. Element can be used for self-defense, offence, and even in day-to-day life. One can recover Elemental energy just as they recover stamina.
•Elements
Elements are formed by living creatures by the use of a Gate and their internal Elemental Energy. There are 10 types of elements. Each of them is unique in their own way and equal to each other. Out of these 10 elements, three have been lost in Unknown. The elements of all living beings are decided when they are born. No hard work can change the element you have affinity towards.
1) Inferno
2) Aqua
3) Tempest
4) Terra
5) Soul
6) Solar
7) Shadow
8) ???
9) ???
10) ???
A human (example - "David") has an Echo gate and Inferno Element affinity, so he would be called "Inferno Echo David" or just "Echo David".
•ElementOre
There are two ways to obtain Element Ore.
On Terra, Element energy in nature isn't equally distributed. Some places might have an abundance of Element Energy, while others might not even have a single drop. Places with high Element energy have high chances of 'Element Ore' forming in them.
Creatures that live in these high-element zones have a high chance of forming Element Ore within them.
Element Ore can differ in two ways. Its tier(Lowest being Awakened and highest being Celestial) and its affinity(example-Inferno). There are two ways to use Ore. You can use it as a container for that affinity of Element, its capacity being proportional to the tier of the ore. Or you can forge Elemental objects with it.
•ElementalObjects
During the process of making any item, a small amount of Element Ore is imbued in it. The object will then gain the affinity of that respective ore.
(Example - A Cloak, Tempest Ore of the fourth tier), If during the process of making the cloak, a sufficient amount of Tempest Element Ore is used. The cloak will have an affinity towards the Tempest Element, its ability corresponding to the bound tier. The Cloak will then be called - 'Tempest Bound cloak' or 'Bound cloak'.
•Life on Terra
Just like Earth, Terra also has a lot of different living creatures, but these creatures also have gates within them. When the tier of their gate is low, for example, a Broken or Awakened gate, the animals are the same as those of Earth, but as the tiers progress, they become more and more different..... Some living beings can have more than one gate. Insects like ants, butterflies will have only 1 broken gate most of the time, whereas animals like bears, elephants, and lions might have more than 1 gate of a higher tier. Animals with more than 1 gate will have only one primary gate, and the others will be secondary.
For example, a cedar tree has two gates of the bound tier: one is Aqua(primary) and the other is Terra(secondary). The tree will be called " Aqua Bound Cedar" or just "Bound Cedar." However, primary and secondary hold no meaning as both gates can be used with equal potency.
•The Dawn Era
Around 1000 years ago, humans were a thriving species of the planet; they were on each continent of the planet and were stronger than a lot of beasts. Humans had the knowledge of all the elements, and some humans were even as strong as the calamities. But due to a reason lost in Unknown, most of the humans on Terra were wiped out. The only humans alive are on one continent, but the knowledge of the outside world has been lost. The world outside the continent is called Unknown.
•Unknown
Humans are only alive on 1 of the 6 continents of Terra; the other 5 continents are called Unknown. The knowledge of the other continents, higher tier of gates and elements has been lost in Unknown. Going out into Unknown is a death wish as it is ruled by higher tiers of creatures called calamities.
•Calamities
Calamities are Apex predators of each continent. The number of Calamities is unknown, but each continent has or had at least one. Calamities have at least 2 gates and are above the echo tier.
•Countries
Unlike Earth, Terra does not have countries. The land has been split between 4 rulers who are a part of the country of Mytherra. The Western territory, The Eastern territory, The Northern territory and The Central territory.
•Humans
Humans are born with a broken gate within them; the element of the child is decided at birth, and it will be either that of the father's or that of the mother's. Children are homeschooled by private tutors until the age of 15 and until they have an awakened gate. One can start the process of forming an awakened gate at the age when they have a complete grasp of their entire body, around 10-12, with the help of tutors and books. But 30% of humans still have broken gates.