[Brainmaster07]

On The Axioms & Corollaries Governing Temporal Transforms
by the Chrono Compendium

Space

All matter is composed of four basic elements - lightning/heaven, water, fire, and shadow, which can be produced by mixing the others. These elements can be manipulated biologically through a process called 'magic,' which can be utilized innately or artificially through certain sources of power. Also, further 'elements' can be manufactured by certain combinations of the basic four; these can be witnessed in Dragonian technology. This is known as Aitrus's Principle -- that Dragonian elements are like secondary colors, whereas the basic elements that form reality as primaries.

Dimensions & Time

The Chrono series is composed of an infinite number of dimensions that are all a matter of possibility. Time travel conducted within dimensions and there effects thereof are limited to the parent dimension, except in certain cases. These are supported by the following:

On what we shall limit our concern to, and on the basic reasons for certain dimensions existing:

ZeaLitY wrote:
Relevant Dimensions Theory

When considering the Chronopolis computer's statement -- that in other timelines, Lavos's data (or implications) in spacetime were extremely volatile -- the others can be regarded as fragmentary, incomplete, or otherwise possible but nonexistent and unrelated dimensions; the only we should truly focus on and recognize as existent are those seen from the perception of the Keystone Dimension; if other worlds are to be viewed, then let us go by the Chronopolis statement -- the world is only stabilized by the viewpoint of the one who observes it -- and base our vantagepoint in this dimension, home to the series and for all intents and purposes, complete. This stated, I propose that dimensionally, Home/Another splitting was caused by Kid's time traveling and the gravity of Serge's life/death on the continued existence of reality, and the splitting of Prehistory into the Reptite Dimension and Keystone Dimension was a matter of possibility, as stated by Chronopolis; that the Reptite Dimension is simply the most logical choice by which the planet pulled a counterbalance for Chronopolis from; finally, that the Radical Dreamers Dimension is another matter of possibility and does not directly stem from the Keystone Dimension.

On time traveling being limited to parent dimensions, known as the Singular Worlds Theory:

warmgun wrote:
(The Tesseract's) existence proves that timelines do, in fact, disappear. If timelines disappear, then dimension creation is not an insignificant event. Every change (in time) does not lead to a new dimension. If it did, then the Tesseract would have no use. I believe the time mechanincs in Chrono Trigger are exactly as they appear and aren't the illusion of time travel via dimensional travel. Singular worlds all the way. The Time Devourer was going to destroy all of reality, correct? That was the impression I was under. Under the Singular Worlds theory, there aren't an infinite number of dimensions. So perhaps its not such an absurd task after all.

Note: There are an infinite number of dimensions; however, the Singular Worlds Theory proposes that time traveling does not cause new dimensions with every instance of change.