Far Horizons: Tales of Sci-Fi, Fantasy and Horror. Issue #11 February 2015 | Page 37

they used to enhance humans gave mankind the
power, when working collectively, to create gods. Now
there are minor gods everywhere, creating mayhem.
You have already heard the story of the most feared of
them, the Dark God, Gadiel. Gods can only exist while
enough humans believe in them. Unfortunately, their
numbers are growing and their powers too, as more
and more of humankind are ensnared into belief. With
the slow demise of the elves and dwarves, the time of
humankind is upon us. The Balance tips, some say
inevitably, towards chaos.”
Simon remembered his science classes. Disorder and
chaos is thermodynamically inevitable. Entropy must
always increase. He dragged himself back to concentrating on Manfred’s speech and gave himself a metaphorical pat on the back for being one step ahead of
the wise wizard. I’m good!
“Many of the Great Sages believed that the energy required to reduce the effects of entropy was not sustainable indefinitely and that therefore chaos would eventually emerge victorious, whatever we did. Bedwyr did
not subscribe to this theory and neither do I. Were it
a universal law, the Great Old Ones would never have
reached the stage of their development where they
were able to create us.”
Simon’s self-belief took a dive as Manfred shot down
his theory in flames. I never liked thermodynamics or
statistics.
“All of this we could have dealt with if it had not been
for the second, more profound change. We do not
know how or why this happened, even though we have
been studying it for millennia. I hope that Rheanna
may be able to shed more light on the matter later. At
some point, and I think that I have now identified that
moment in time, the multiverse was formed. An event
took place, so momentous that the universe could not
accept the outcome. Two realities were created, one
where the event occurred, one where it did not. Everything else up to that point was identical.”
Simon put thoughts of entropy to one side. He knew
that scientists had been postulating the existence of
additional dimensions for many years. The prospect of

a multiverse had always excited him. There’s a dimension where I’m not still a virgin. He had already experienced the reality of the multiverse on his journey
here. He had accepted that he was no longer in his own
dimension, that the Earth that he called home was not
the same as this one. A realisation dawned on him.
I’m special. I can travel through the dimension ́