# Clans of Tear The inter-dimensional travelers that is a clan having multiple sources of operation traveling to try to find and map all the dimensions nearby the Earth realm magical portals, hidden passages (like closets, mirrors, rabbit holes), powerful spells, or special artifacts, but it can also be achieved through altered states like dreams/lucid dreaming, exploring natural 'thin spots' in reality, or even manipulating the very fabric of space through 'tessering'. Loading zones. Think of in a videogame where you enter an area that isn't loaded yet, but as the new area loads, the place you came from disappears. It could be hidden with fog, smoke, darkness, or something else, but there is the idea that the world just forms around you. Blink. You are just suddenly there. Like one frame of animation you are at one place, then the next frame you are somewhere completely different. Dreams. You don't retreat into your mind when you dream, but into another world. Could your dream self find their way to your "real body" and interact with it? They get a swing set (maybe it's a magical pendulum device or something if you want to go fancy with it) and they rock themselves higher and higher. Once they get enough momentum to swing all the way over the top of the frame, they do a dimension flip, where the ascending part of the arc they're in dimension 1, at the pinnacle they swap over and the descending part of the arc then takes place on a linked swing in dimension 2. The poor people of my universe travel through dimensions by going through the metaphorical garbage dump dimension i.e. the universe's version of hell. Since the garbage dump is the only link that connects all worlds to each other, it is the only method known to anyone capable of planar hopping, even the gods. Not a pleasant experience. Can also easily drive anyone insane, since the 'dump' has no concrete concept of space, time, or tangibility in general. --- # Agent Instructions: Querying This Documentation If you need additional information that is not directly available in this page, you can query the documentation dynamically by asking a question. Perform an HTTP GET request on the current page URL with the `ask` query parameter: ``` GET https://wiki.coldmc.com/dim/the-end/clans-of-tear.md?ask= ``` The question should be specific, self-contained, and written in natural language. The response will contain a direct answer to the question and relevant excerpts and sources from the documentation. Use this mechanism when the answer is not explicitly present in the current page, you need clarification or additional context, or you want to retrieve related documentation sections.