The Cycle

The Cycle is a trans-dimensional phenomena imposed upon Origin and its solar system by Jade, the omnipotent guardian of the planet. The Cycle refers to a persistent oscillation of the planet's Transit Phase and Active Phase. A set of Transit and Active phases are referred to as a "Continuum" by the Nox Septimus - each one differs just slightly from the next. Perhaps some people will be different, some events will happen differently, etc. In each individual continuum, however, the Avatar takes on a completely new and unique person.

Jade initiated The Cycle after ascending to power with the premise of locating the most suitable "soul bindmate" in the entire Multiverse. The Multiverse refers to the near infinite collection of universes and their various different timelines. Once a subject is trapped within The Cycle they are forced to live and die for anywhere between a hundred to a million times, as per The Cycle's oscillation. By allowing the subject to live a myriad of different lives, Jade hypothesizes the soul will collect subtle information and experiences. Thus, after each oscillation, the subject is expected to perform substantially better than the last. Progress and performance is defined arbitrarily by Jade, including factors like lifespan, accomplishes, and kills.

If The Cycle fails to improve a subject further, the soul is discarded and remains in the Dormant Phase until a new unlucky soul finds its way to Origin. The latest unlucky soul happens to be none other than The Avatar and possibly Executor Menros after the crash of the DFDS Va'ala.

After the introduction of The Avatar, The Cycle has now been re purposed into something far more brutal and difficult. Origin is now more of a battleground for The Avatar and Executor Menros' eternal deathmatch, until one or the other ultimately succeeds by a wide margin.

Transit Phase
The Cycle's Transit Phase is activated when the current specimen has died. Before the soul has a chance to fade into nonexistence, it is captured and the world's events are randomly shuffled and reorganized. Thus, theoretically, every time Origin experiences a Transit Phase, its entire history and layout is completely different. This is to encourage the subject's soul to learn from a variety of different scenarios and trials. After a new Origin is created, the bound inhabitants are given completely new bodies to start anew, with no recollection of the previous Active Phase.

This phase begins by completely wiping out the planet and its unbound inhabitants. The only bound inhabitants are The Avatar, Executor Menros, a few select Origin natives, and of course the Nox Septimus.

Human populations are seeded into Origin during the transit phase by replicating the past souls the Avatar and Executor Menros. Thus, every human on Origin was once either The Avatar or Executor Menros.