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TLDR: Lists of different codices, basically lore dump. The Journal of Insanity is a title dedicated to recording the journeys of different characters throughout several novels and the different flavours of insanity catering to their protagonists. Rather than a fixed universe, it is a scalable setting. Due to the scalable setting, versatile narrative, and its infinite multiverses, just about any story can fit perfectly into this universe - ranging from cyberpunk style capitalist distopia to ''''dungeons and dragons'''' style pseudo-medieval fantasy. The setting draws inspiration from a great many popular titles, so familiar names and some familiar mechanisms built into the power systems are likely intentional. I have intertwined things I like with my own creations and interpretations, organized them in a mostly logical framework, and presented the setting through the perspective of different stories. There can be multiple interpretations of the same set of events in-universe. The practicality lies in being able to retcon details at a later date. However, the real reason for doing so can be stated as such. Within this setting and across many of its factions, information is considered an extremely precious resource. As such, nobody has the full picture regarding any topic and they tend to vary as perspectives change. Also, some statements can be simultaneously true, as in, ''''''''Gravity is a force of attraction that exists between any two objects with mass." "Gravity is fundamentally the curvature of spacetime caused by the presence of mass and energy." Considering all this, I deemed this necessary to prepare a countermeasure against plotholes. Akhasic Records is a journal of title-specific codices dedicated to a single faction or an in-universe event at a time that was briefly mentioned in one of the novels but not relevant enough to be discussed at length, or perhaps not even referenced at all! This strictly helps with the worldbuilding in general, without introducing a new arc or a new novel every time. If you find some of these codices meet your fancy, do let me know. The most popular ones will receive a dedicated one-off novella each, purely for fan-service reasons. (Not the ecchi stuff; there are already plenty throughout actual novels).