Kaldheim: A Multiverse Microcosm
It’s fascinating that in many ways, the plane of Kaldheim mirrors the order of the Multiverse as a whole.
There are realms with the Cosmos between them, much like planes with the Eternities. Like the Eternities, the Cosmos can only be traveled by specific types of creatures or through specialized portals, are inhabited by barely-fathomable cosmic beings, and spell maddening death for the unwary (or unlucky) traveler.
If we consider Kaldheim a miniature Multiverse, then, looking at the interactions of realms with each other and the Cosmos might give more insight into the behavior of planes.
Take Doomskars… a violent collision of realms in which mana, energy, and creatures pour uncontrollably from both, leaving chaos in their wake. Where have we seen that reflected on the planar level?
Most recently, in Arcavios.
The history of the plane tells of its creation when two planes collided, their opposing colors of mana twisting together to spawn the snarls and the elder dragons. The Rathi Overlay from Dominarian history could also be considered an artificial “Doomskar”-like effect.
Taking this further, it’s not too much of a stretch to consider Sarulf the Realm-Eater a mini-Eldrazi. (Emphasis on “mini” though, as the Cosmos are still planar space. If the Eldrazi were humanoids, Sarulf would be still an ant, and everyone else would be equivalent to the particles of matter that make up their food, more or less.)
My personal headcanon is that the Cosmos, like the Eternities, are suffused with aether, allowing phenomena like realmwalking shapeshifters (a local variant of aetherborn). Unlike the Eternities, the Cosmos can still be traveled by anyone with the right setup, whether that’s an Omenseeker longship or a chance encounter with an Omenpath. Those two things used to have multiversal analogues in planar ships and portals, but they were made nearly impossible after the Mending.
There are some very interesting implications that come with Kaldheim being a microcosm of the Multiverse, and I could see cosmology-savvy Planeswalkers eagerly studying its properties.
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