Reality Quakes

Unlike a timeline shift (see p. 544),
a “reality quake” is a parachronic con-
vulsion that overturns the past of a
given world, rewriting reality and
changing its established history. This
would normally go unnoticed, except
that fragments of the previous past
(“reality shards”) often still remain,
persisting as bizarre memories, inex-
plicable amnesia, or anomalous arti-
facts – especially in the “fracture
zone,” the name given to the “epicen-
ter” where the two histories began to
diverge. Some reality shards are even
human – legendary figures, mysteri-
ous strangers, or individuals “dupli-
cated” across worlds. Extremely pow-
erful reality quakes sometimes over-
turn both the past and future of a
world, hurling reality shards into
nearby parallels.