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The '''Transcendental Beings''' were creatures that had existed since before the universe of [[N-Space]] had formed, made from the very fabric of [[time]] itself. These beings included the [[Guardians of Time]], the [[Eternal|Eternals]] and their cousins the [[Chronovore|Chronovores]], (described as the Guardians' children) the [[Time Wraith|Time Wraiths]], the [[Swimmer (species)|Swimmers]], and the [[Great Old One|Great Old Ones]]. The [[Sixth Doctor]] described them as beyond [[human|humanity]]'s comprehension, and even his own. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Quantum Archangel (novel)|The Quantum Archangel]]'') | |||
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== Interaction with the normal universe == | |||
In the aftermath of the [[Big Bang]], the Transcendental Beings found themselves in their new home when six dimensions curdled into themselves and formed a six-dimensional universe, a separate realm where they could thrive and prosper without interference from the lesser beings. Known to human science as [[Calabi-Yau Space]], the [[Six-Fold-Realm]] was protected by the [[Ancient Covenants|Great and Ancient Covenant, ]]which bound them, ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Quantum Archangel (novel)|The Quantum Archangel]]'') serving as codes of conduct. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[No Future (novel)|No Future]]'') For example, the Guardians were essentailly the universe, so they would not dare interfere in order to preserve the structure of reality, ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Quantum Archangel (novel)|The Quantum Archangel]]'') using agents as they mustn't be seen to act. ([[TV]]: [[Mawdryn Undead (TV story)|''Mawdryn Undead'']]) Because of this power, the [[Time Lord|Time Lords]] may have made a deal with the Guardians, ([[PROSE]]: ''[[No Future (novel)|No Future]]'') as [[Rassilon]] wouldn't dare to break the Covenant, the Time Lords never managing the total destruction of a race of Transcendental Beings. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Quantum Archangel (novel)|The Quantum Archangel]]'') | |||
They preferred the Realm or the upper levels of the [[Time Vortex]], ignoring the deepest levels known as the darker strata. Although they could share the vortex with the lesser beings, the Covenants divided them. However, some Transcendental Beings, including the [[Great Intelligence]], the [[Nestene Consciousness]], the [[Animus]], and [[Nyarlathotep]], saw the universe and its people as a challenge to be conquered and raped, and stole away into the hidden places, regions of the [[multiverse]] even more remote than the darker strata of the vortex. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Quantum Archangel (novel)|The Quantum Archangel]]'') The [[Celestial Toymaker]] and [[Fenric]] enjoyed playing games with lesser beings, ([[TV]]: ''[[The Celestial Toymaker (TV story)|The Celestial Toymaker]]'', ''[[The Curse of Fenric (TV story)|The Curse of Fenric]]'') while the [[Gods of Ragnarok]] used them for entertainment. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[No Future (novel)|No Future]]'', [[TV]]: ''[[The Greatest Show in the Galaxy (TV story)|The Greatest Show in the Galaxy]]'') The [[Carnival Queen]] mentioned creatures who had escaped the [[Pre-universe|old time]], describing them as a handful of baby godlings and '[[Great Intelligence|great intelligences]],' but considered them to be weak, unimaginative creatures, who gave into the Order imposed on the universe by the [[Time Lord|Watchmakers]]. ([[PROSE]]: [[Christmas on a Rational Planet (novel)|''Christmas on a Rational Planet'']]) | |||
The [[Eternal|Eternals]] viewed mortals, whom they called "[[Ephemeral|Ephemerals,]]" as toys for diversion from the boredom of [[eternity]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Enlightenment (TV story)|Enlightenment]]'') | |||
Transcendental Beings had some difficulty interacting with normal life, Chronovores and Guardians feeling cramped in the dimensions of the normal universe, ([[PROSE]]: [[Blood Heat (novel)|''Blood Heat'']], [[AUDIO]]: [[The Destroyer of Delights (audio story)|''The Destroyer of Delights'']]) | |||
The Eternal [[Elektra]] and the Chronovore [[Prometheus (The Quantum Archangel)|Prometheus]] conceived [[Kronos|a child]] they planned would lead all Transendental Beings to common ground and live together with the races spawned by the universe, including humans, [[Gallifreyan|Gallifreyans]], and [[Dalek|Daleks]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Quantum Archangel (novel)|The Quantum Archangel]]'') | |||
== Types of transcendental beings == | == Types of transcendental beings == | ||
Whereas normal life was made from [[baryonic matter]], the Transcendental Beings were made from the very fabric of time itself; the Chronovores were described as living nonbaryonic matter, who in their natural form existed as six-dimensional polymorphic lattices of [[photino|photinos]] and [[chronon|chronons]], bound by [[superstring|superstrings]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Quantum Archangel (novel)|The Quantum Archangel]]'') The Guardians' and Old Ones' natural form was stated to be a collective consciousness possessing neither form nor substance and existing between dimensions. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Divided Loyalties (novel)|Divided Loyalties]]'') | |||
Transcendental Beings were often immortal, the Guardians alwasy existing until they were no longer needed and the Eternals merely being "transfered" rather than killed. ([[TV]]: ''[[Enlightenment (TV story)|Enlightenment]]'') The Old Ones were incapable of being killed in the normal universe, ([[PROSE]]: [[White Darkness (novel)|''White Darkness'']]) and the Toymaker remarked that were he to be killed, he would simply reappear. ([[AUDIO]]: [[Solitaire (audio story)|''Solitaire'']]) Effectively, the only way for a Transcendental Being to truly die would be if they willed it. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Quantum Archangel (novel)|The Quantum Archangel]]'') | |||
Various Transcendental Beings displayed similar powers, such as being able to change their appearance ([[TV]]: [[The Armageddon Factor (TV story)|''The Armageddon Factor'']], [[PROSE]]: ''[[No Future (novel)|No Future]]'') manipulating time and creating [[Timeline|timelines]], ([[COMIC]]: [[Time & Time Again (comic story)|''Time & Time Again'']], [[AUDIO]]: [[Protect and Survive (audio story)|''Protect and Survive'']]'', ''[[PROSE]]:'' [[No Future (novel)|No Future]]'') and following and moving individuals through time and space. ([[TV]]: [[The Web of Fear (TV story)|''The Web of Fear'']], ''[[Enlightenment (TV story)|Enlightenment]], [[The Curse of Fenric (TV story)|The Curse of Fenric]], ''[[PROSE]]: [[The Well-Mannered War (novel)|''The Well-Mannered War'']]) Both the Eternals and Chronovores were [[Time sensitivity|time sensitives]]. ([[PROSE]]: [[The Crystal Bucephalus (novel)|''The Crystal Bucephalus'']]) | |||
=== The Guardians of Time === | === The Guardians of Time === | ||
''See [[Guardians of Time]]'' | |||
The Guardians were one of the powers of the [[Omniverse]] that could do anything, ([[PROSE]]: ''[[No Future (novel)|No Future]]'') existing as the pinancle of reality, able to collectively act and reshape the universe . ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Quantum Archangel (novel)|The Quantum Archangel]]'') They each personified a different concept, and were only as strong as their elements were in the universe. ([[PROSE]]: [[The Well-Mannered War (novel)|''The Well-Mannered War'']]) They were known to only a few advanced species, including [[Time Lord|Time Lords]] and the [[Eternal|Eternals]], who called them "Enlighteners" and defered to them. ([[TV]]: ''[[Enlightenment (TV story)|Enlightenment]]'') | |||
Known as the Six-Fod God, the six Guardians were the [[Black Guardian]] of [[Entropy]], the [[White Guardian]] of Structure, the [[Red Guardian]] of Justice, the [[Azure Guardian]] of Equilibrium, the [[Celestial Toymaker|Crystal Guardian]] of Dream, and the [[Gold Guardian]] of Life. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Quantum Archangel (novel)|The Quantum Archangel]]'') | |||
=== The Old Ones === | === The Old Ones === | ||
The Old Ones were cruel and dangerous beings who tried to conquer | ''See [[Great Old One]]'' | ||
The Old Ones were cruel and dangerous beings from the [[Pre-universe|previous universe]] who tried to conquer the normal universe, and played a more active role than other Transcendental Beings. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Quantum Archangel (novel)|The Quantum Archangel]]'') They were more a patheon of various beings than an actual race. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Divided Loyalties (novel)|Divided Loyalties]]'') | |||
Old Ones included the [[Nestene Consciousness]], which could be considered its own race, and [[Nyarlathotep]] ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Quantum Archangel (novel)|The Quantum Archangel]]'') , as well as the [[Gods of Ragnarok]], [[Fenric]], the [[Great Intelligence]], and the [[Animus]], ([[PROSE]]: ''[[All-Consuming Fire (novel)|All-Consuming Fire]]'') all of whom were also called "[[Elder God|Elder Gods]]." ([[AUDIO]]: [[Black and White (audio story)|''Black and White'']], [[Gods and Monsters (audio story)|''Gods and Monsters'']]) | |||
=== Eternals === | |||
''See [[Eternal]]'' | |||
Eternals were creatures who used Emphemerals, parasites feeding on thier minds, using them as blueprints for their own amusement as a diversion from the endless wastes of [[eternity]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Enlightenment (TV story)|Enlightenment]]'') They were disembodied energy matrices, ([[PROSE]]: [[Goth Opera (novel)|''Goth Opera'']]) some of whom posed as gods on [[Gallifrey]], such as [[Death (Timewyrm: Revelation)|Death]], [[Pain (Set Piece)|Pain]], and [[Time (Set Piece)|Time]]. ([[PROSE]]: [[Happy Endings (novel)|''Happy Endings'']]) | |||
=== Chronovores === | |||
''See [[Chronovore]]'' | |||
Chronovores, the most fearsome being [[Kronos]], were winged beings who fed on time. ([[TV]]: [[The Time Monster (TV story)|''The Time Monster'']]) According to one account, they were originally native to the real universe, feeding on the raw energy of stars before evolving to a higher plane. ([[PROSE]]: [[The Dark Path (novel)|''The Dark Path'']]) They could be bound by the blood of an Eternal, change their appearance, and manipulate timelines. ([[PROSE]]:'' [[No Future (novel)|No Future]]'') | |||
=== Other similar beings === | === Other similar beings === | ||
Although not explicitly stated to be Transcendental Beings, creatures that displayed similar characterstics included the [[Timewyrm]], ([[PROSE]]: [[Timewyrm: Revelation (novel)|''Timewyrm: Revelation'']]) the [[Mandragora Helix]], ([[COMIC]]: [[The Mark of Mandragora (comic story)|''The Mark of Mandragora'']]) the [[Kraken (Unnatural History)|Krakens]], ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Shadows of Avalon (novel)|The Shadows of Avalon]]'', ''[[Unnatural History (novel)|Unnatural History]]'') the [[Ancient Lights]], ([[TV]]: ''[[Secrets of the Stars (TV story)|Secrets of the Stars]]'', [[WC]]: ''[[Sarah Jane's Alien Files|The Alien Files]]'') the [[Pantheon of Discord]], ([[TV]]: ''[[The Wedding of Sarah Jane Smith (TV story)|The Wedding of Sarah Jane Smith]]'', [[WC]]: ''[[Sarah Jane's Alien Files|The Alien Files]]'') and [[The Trickster]] ([[TV]]:'' [[Whatever Happened to Sarah Jane? (TV story)|Whatever Happened to Sarah Jane?]]'', ''[[The Temptation of Sarah Jane Smith (TV story)|The Temptation of Sarah Jane Smith]]'', ''[[The Wedding of Sarah Jane Smith (TV story)|The Wedding of Sarah Jane Smith]]'', [[WC]]: ''[[Monster File: The Trickster's Brigade (webcast)|Monster File]][[Monster File: The Trickster's Brigade (webcast)|: The Trickster's Brigade]]'') | |||
As the [[Temperon]] was distantly related to the Chronovores, they were presumably Transcendental Beings as well. ([[AUDIO]]: [[The Sirens of Time (audio story)|''The Sirens of Time'']]) | |||
== Terminology == | |||
Many of the same Transcendental Beings are identified by different names, making true ''specific'' distinctions unclear. Various accounts have refered to the Celestial Toymaker as being from a race of [[Toymaker|Toymakers]], ([[PROSE]]: [[The Celestial Toymaker (novelisation)|''The Celestial Toymaker'']]) a Guardian, a Great Old One, ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Divided Loyalties (novel)|Divided Loyalties]]'') and an Elder God, ([[AUDIO]]: [[Black and White (audio story)|''Black and White'']]) although "Elder God" may have just been a synonym for Great Old One. | |||
Additionally, the Guardians were also Great Old Ones, considered a pantheon within a pantheon, with the other Great Old Ones considered to be "sub-Guardians." ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Divided Loyalties (novel)|Divided Loyalties]]'') | |||
The [[Fifth Doctor]] referred to the Eternals and Chronovores as being "[[Transient Being|Transient Beings]]," time-sensitive races that also included the [[Legion|Legions]], [[Tharil|Tharils]], and even [[Time Lord|Time Lords]]. ([[PROSE]]: [[The Crystal Bucephalus (novel)|''The Crystal Bucephalus'']]) The [[Sixth Doctor]] later referred to the Great Old Ones as transient beings. ([[PROSE]]: [[Millennial Rites (novel)|''Millennial Rites'']]) | |||
The [[Carnival Queen]] referred to a handful of baby godlings and '[[Great Intelligence|great intelligences]],' ([[PROSE]]: [[Christmas on a Rational Planet (novel)|''Christmas on a Rational Planet'']]) implying there were others besides [[Yog-Sothoth]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[All-Consuming Fire (novel)|All-Consuming Fire]],'' [[Millennial Rites (novel)|''Millennial Rites'']]) | |||
[[Category:Time Vortex inhabitants| ]] | The Eternals were considered part of the "[[Old One|Old Ones]]" that existed during the [[Dark Times]]. ([[PROSE]]: [[The Knight, The Fool and The Dead (novel)|''The Knight, The Fool and The Dead'']])[[Category:Time Vortex inhabitants| ]] | ||
[[Category:Shapeshifters]] | [[Category:Shapeshifters]] | ||
[[Category:Time-sensitive species]] | [[Category:Time-sensitive species]] | ||
