On July 22, 1943 the Eldridge vanished with Nikola Tesla onboard. This disappearance coincided with equilateral triangles a mile on a side openinh up in eight locations around the world which remain open.
Six of these triangles open to what appears to a “parallel Earth” although with widely variant physical laws. Somehow travelers from these other worlds carry their reality's physical laws with them – werewolves remain vulnerable to silver, for instance.
The Nine Worlds
- Engstrom itself is locally known as Midgard.
- Reich-A ("Asgard"): local year 1954, originally an echo of Reich-2
- Vanaheim : gods and heroes walk the earth
- Jotunheim: local year 1949, where the Fourth Reich plans a comeback. Named "Jotumheim" in Lost Worlds.
- Svartalfheim: may be an echo of Leviathan
- Alfheim: local year 1194, where the Daoine Sidhe rule Europe
- Nidavellir: a hollow world controlled by the Agarthans.
- Muspellheim: local year 1945. Japanese giant monsters and giant mecha serve as shock troops.
- Niflheim: the restless undead roam the world.
Notes
The divergence date was originally given as July 12, 1943 but was changed to July 22, 1943 in Weird War II
While Engstrom calls itself "Midgard" it is a totally different reality from the one Infinity calls "Midgard".
Travel into or between any of the Nine Worlds is relatively easy; traveling out of the Nine Worlds to other Earths is at -8 to skill! Because Infinity has nearly lost four conveyors in this skerry they have classified all of the Nine Worlds as Z4.
References
- GURPS Infinite Worlds: Lost Worlds