Darkness Beyond Time
The Darkness Beyond Time is the final wastebasket for timelines nullified by time travel. It can be accessed physically as a place, and served as the home of the Time Devourer. Apparently, when Lavos was defeated, he was relegated to the darkness; there, he took advantage of Schala, who had been transported there by the Ocean Palace Incident. He bound with her to evolve into the Time Devourer, a being that once matured would be capable of consuming space-time. The Dragon God also was sent there somehow after its defeat at the hands of Chronopolis. The Darkness Beyond Time's mechanics are largely theorized, however; it is stated that when timelines are nullified, they end up in the Darkness Beyond Time. In the final battle, tiny, transparent globes of what appeared to be locations passed through Serge and the Time Devourer; these can perhaps be inferred as discarded timelines. In any event, special conditions are needed to access the area. A catastrophic dimensional distortion threw Schala there, while Serge employed a Time Egg and special portal arranged by Belthasar to achieve passage.
Chrono Cross Locations | |
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Overworld | El Nido |
Dimensions | Home World | Another World |
Locations | Arni | Bend of Time | Cape Howl | Chronopolis | Darkness Beyond Time | Dead Sea | Death's Door | Divine Dragon Falls | Dragon King Palace | Earth Dragon Isle | El Nido Triangle | Fossil Valley | Forbidden Island | Fort Dragonia | Gaea's Navel | Guldove | Hermit's Hideaway | Hydra Marshes | Isle of the Damned | Lizard Rock | Lucca's House | Marbule | Mount Pyre | Nadia's Bell | Opassa Beach | Pearly Gates | S.S. Invincible | S.S. Zelbess | Sea of Eden | Shadow Forest | Sky Dragon Isle | Temporal Vortex | Termina | Terra Tower | Viper Manor | Viper Manor Bluffs | Water Dragon Isle |