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Monolith Battleplates

A Plate region after the Collapse

Plate World Realm

Position

Legitimitium MultiVerse

Periods of Interest

Post-Ragnablok Era

Population

Unknown

Resources

All manner of ABS, Artifakts and Crystals

Controller

Forces Unknown Perpetually Contested by minifig factions

Inhabitants

Minifigs, Beastfigs, Demons, Mutants, Paranormal Entities Monolith characters

Key Locations

Omega, Zeta, Khrabrost, Anwar

The Monolith Battleplates, also referred to as the Monolyth Realm is a large Plate Grouping that was born from a Resonance cascade during the Ragnablok event. In the Galaxia Nehellenium region known as the Gold Sector had experienced perpetual brutal war at a far higher scale than was normal for the already chaotic Galaxy. Meanwhile, mad scientists had been secretley tampering with the very fabric of reality, and unknowingly ripped a tear in the Multiverse that created a large crystaline entity that would later come to be known as the Monolith. As it attempted to escape to what became the Baseplate Dimension, The Monolith destroyed most of the sector reemerged in the Baseplate Dimension, Poisoning a large portion of it, turning them into what is known as the Monolyth Battleplates

Origin

In the waning days of R2018, when the events of the Ragnablok began to unfold. A massive Resonance cascade Caused by a magikal crystal, wiped out the Gold Sector. Erasing it from the the Galaxia Nehellenium, the occurance puzzled minifigs of the galaxy for months, but were too busy with their own battles to care for too long. Eventually it was realized that a new dimension had been created. This new dimension became known as the Battle Plates Dimension, a realm full of seperate baseplates linked together by portals and seperated by void space. And a very large "continent" of these plates, were named the Monolyth Battleplates.

Events

By the time of Ragnablok, the Monolith realm had already existed for eons, Time moves much faster within the realm. Much recorded history of the realm had been forgotten by the time of R2019.

What events and eras that have been recorded, have been divided into Four periods

The fall of the Old Alliance

Q1, R2019

Bratva-Imperiya war

Q2, R2019

The Lag

Q4, R2019

Sometime last Thursday, the Lazarus network began to malfunction when it showed signs of delays in reincarnating dead minifigs. Many of those affected would later report that they were stuck in a hellish purgatory that they were unable to escape. Not knowing if they were in there for hours, days or years. And when they did return they felt terrified of dying again in fear of getting stuck there again.

It was suspected, but never confirmed that the lag was brought about by an assassination attempt on an important figure within the Imperiya

The lag lasted For about a month... And then things got much worse.

The Collapse

R2020-Present

About a month after the reports of the Gate network lagging, and Minifigs having their seemingly immortal lives disrupted and turned on their heads. One day the gates all went dark. They came back online about an hour later.. And Minifigs went about their lives.. Using them to teleport to other hub zones without a care in the world.

Meanwhile, elsewhere in the Brikverse.. An unknown energy wave hit the dimension with great force. Something significant had happened in the Cosmos. And Suddenley, the system wasn't just lagging... It wasn't working at all. The living were able to still use the system to teleport. But it was no longer producing fresh bodies for the wandering spirits... They were stuck in Purgatory. Mass panic set in while local governments and military groups attempted to protect their assets. Very early on, Scientists had discovered that the Gates could be "bribed" if one was to take a piece of Warpstone Into a gate and used it to teleport somewhere, that they'd be given a singular extra life. It was theorized that the Lazarus Gates linked to some secret location where the bodies may be coming from, and that they simply weren't being transported anymore. Warpstone being the central ingredient in general teleporters was thought to usher this process along.

With their discovery, and given the mass panic, the strongest clamped down in a mad dash for resources, Warpstone was now the most valuable commodity in existence. And dozens would die over a single peice of it, to give one lucky minifig a second chance if he died. Some L-Gates were destroyed by terrorists, others fiercely defended by security forces as they represented half of the requirements to actually use the said Warpstone. The population of the plates dropped by half within two months of the crash, and the incident was by now being referred to as "The Collapse". The realm had entered a dark age.

Regions and Locales

The Monolith Plates consist of tens, if not hundreds of thousands of individual baseplates. Mapped out by the Land Barons and their Administrator overlords, the regions are divided into clusters, mainly among biome lines.

The Monolith Realm Consists of a number of biome clusters each housing a few hundred, to in some cases a few thousand plate worlds, as well as an underworld known as the "Omega Plate" which goes on in perpetuity. The Worlds are Quarreled over by endless factions of Minifigs, Beastfigs, Demons, Mutants, Supernatural entities and brainwashed agents of the Monolith itself. The forces of the realm constantly fight over territory, recruits, resources and artifakts in order to further fuel their love of combat. The most powerful artifakts allow the leaders of these factions to open portals to other realms, and magikally or teknologically inclined outsiders can also open portals to the realm and raid it for it's own resources, and even more so on the Omega Plate where resources are theoretically infinite.

Due to it's nature of being a number of plate clusters rather than a terrestrial landmass or star sector, The Realm is difficult to map in a way that is immediately understood to outsiders. Each plate cluster houses hundreds of Plate Worlds, Each Usually home to a varying number of minifigs and housing different levels of development. Each plate cluster would therefore be home to anything between hundreds to tens of thousands of minifigs, depending on the regions. Clusters have their own names, and generally most worlds in a cluster will be similar to each other in biome or features.

Warring Factions and Clans have bases of operations marked in their respective regions with a flag. Factions don't necessarily own or control entire plate clusters, they just happen to have their headquarters or another major base there. Land ownership is actually fairly uncommon. The only cluster with a lot of land ownership is the Alpha Zone, Where a Land Baron Alliance had purchased the land from the Anwar Land Office.

The Realm, with Faction and minor clan bases of operation marked, Some factions have set up multiple bases.

Notable Regions

Zone, Cluster or Sector	Notes
Alpha	The largest in both the number of regions, as well as the number of minifigs living there. Alpha cluster is known for having a temperate biome which is relatively calm and peaceful. Most of the Largest cities in the realm are located in the Alpha zone. The Collective Civil Defense Force, known as OSKOM polices the region. As it houses most of the economy and industrial capacity of the realm.
Tau	Commonly referred to by nicknames like "The Boneyard" and "The Grinder", The Tau sector has been devastated by a perpetual war between rival factions Imperiya and Bratva, It serves as the frontline between their respective headquarters in the Gamma and Beta clusters
Lambda	Lambda began to become another contested frontline between several groups when several skirmishes erupted over artifakts found in the Basil region of the Lambda Cluster. Several factions and clans have established bases here, and there is next to no stable civilization in the area. Mostly scattered trading posts and primitive villages.
Xi	The Xi sector is a barren wasteland, stripped bare of resources in endless fighting by dozens or more extinct factions over the years. The regions of the Xi sector today are almost completely deserted, and home to only a few tool age clans and mutants fighting each other for the scraps that remain. The sector is a tekonological dark zone. Very few items utilizing electricity or advanced machinery still function here.
Omega	Not actually shown on the map, because the Omega Sector isn't a cluster at all, it's the Monolith Underworld, a single great battleplate that expands infinitely in all directions.

Teleportation and Travel

The Monolith Battleplates consist of hundreds if not thousands of baseplates, The majority of which house little civilization or stable infrastructure. Crude personal teleporters are widespread, and can be used to transport minifigs to nearby plates however doing so is not always reliable. Baseplates will often reject too many minifigs on them at once. Forcing clans and factions to resort to other means to get minifigs on the ground, The use of fleet ships that fly through voidspace, over and past other plates like a conventional transport and teleport hubs that increase the stability of teleporters from the owned faction. Teleport hubs are so essential to controlling a plate, that during sieges they are often the primary target of both sides. Serious battles over a plate will often resort to stopping the other side from being able to reinforce the region, and the rest is down to attrition.

Scattered across the plates and found in the hundreds are special psionik portal devices called Lazarus Gates, or L-Gates. They exist as both a transportation system as well as Supernatural or magikal ressurection device. Any minifig that uses an L-Gate is added to the Psionik network, Their conscience and physical form is copied into an Archive of sorts, and reconstructs and resurrects a fallen Minifig at the gate of their choosing after some time.

Supernatural Phenomenon

Across the Monolith Regions, Individual plates from various clusters are known to exhibit supernatural or magikal phenomenon, Extreme temperatures, deadly anomalies, psionic disturbances, interruptions of space time, Weird land formations, mutants, demons and all sorts of other hazards dot the various plates across the dimension.

The Omega and Zeta plates, which themselves are both single baseplate regions, also exhibit extreme cases of anomalies. While the Zeta plate itself is of mythic status and is said to house an all powerful crystalline deity. The Omega plate exists on a plane entirely separate from the rest of the Monolith Plates. An infinite landmass of both idyllic paradise and uninhabitable brikhell

Lazarus Effect

The Monolith Realm displays a peculiar phenomenon where minifigs who die, later come back to life from strange black Portals which the populace calls "L-Gates", short for Lazarus. The gates can be passed through by Living minifigs, and used as a teleportation network. But when a minifig dies, Their spirit wanders aimlessly. If they managed to use an L-Gate at least once in their life, then their body will be "uploaded" to a psychic network of sorts. And a clone body is grown. When ready, they can inhabit their new body and emerge from an L-Gate of their choosing.

L-Gates are seen as important hubs, Factions guard the gates in their territory with all their might. As they form the crucial chain in the circle of life and death in the realm. Going so far as to claim gates for themselves, and turning them into spawn bases for factions, and killing anyone who isn't supposed to use them, or those who might try to teleport into a base to attack it from the inside.

Dark Energy & Permadeath
Weapons imbued with Dark Energy are able to permanentley kill off Minifigs, as they also subdue wandering spirits... The Black blade 'Blackstar' is one such relic able to do this. The destruction of L-Gates is a crime on the level of terrorism in the Realm, as it is another way to kill off others for good. However this cannot reliably used to kill specific beings as it is far too sloppy, and often just kills whoever was in the process of using it
When a minifig's spirit is killed by dark energy or by other means, This is called Ending. Ending is distinct from the killing of a body, one who has been ended cannot come back. Ending a minifig is a capital offense in the eyes of most societies from the Plates

Minifig Antics

The plates are home to hundreds of thousands of minifigs, the majority of baseplates that are inhabited, still remain uncontacted and the minifigs live shrouded in mystery. Nevertheless the norm for the explored regions is that Minifigs will compete for resources to build the best stuff. Normally they are concerned with simply building shelters and staying alive. Even though death is not the end for these minifigs, they can still feel pain. And there are worse things out there that will motivate minifigs to take care of themselves.

The lowest a minifig can fall, is to be naked, homeless and penniless. And the thought of losing one's house, their stuff, or the clothes off their back is enough to motivate minifigs to stay alive. A prevalent problem relating to this issue is the concept of slavery. Minifigs are often captured and imprisoned, and forced to do hard labor or otherwise unsavory tasks for the benefit of others.

Many equivalents of governments exist, however the area they "govern" is miniscule compared to the overall population of the plates. Nevertheless a rudimentary economy exists, backed on transparent elements and mixed with other intemediaries like paper notes, coins, and digital currencies.

The battleplates are also home to a number of important and otherwise signifigant Characters

Races

Yellow	Peach	Mutant	Beast	Robot	Demigod
70% Population	15% Population	2% Population	3% Population	10% Population	.001& Population

Yellows also known as Commoners, Yellows are the most populous and widespread race of the plates. Possessing a huge range of variance within it's population. Masters and Morons, Great Warriors and gigantic wussies. Psionics, Scientists, Politicians and Soldiers. The Yellows are found almost everywhere. They are known for building large towns and cities, and controlling most of the Politics between both Settlements, and Faction Armies.

The Majority of Yellows speak a language known as the Monolyth Slavonik, which is a carryover from the now dead Gold Sector of the Galaxia Nehellenium. Although this language is easily translatable as it's more or less the same as Galacian Slavonik. Which was the language of the former star nation of Galacia in the old world.

Yellows are also one of the most susceptable populations to the formation of religions, and the following of Deities, Such as Chernobog, Molokh, Perune, and Svarog. Many of which are actually dead Viceroys from the plates.

Peaches also known as Peachenegs, and Fleshies. much like in other parts of the Brikverse, are a race of pariahs that are shunned or distrusted simply for being "different". They make up the second largest group among civilized folk on the Plates. And are known as hard workers and good fighters, possibly because their struggles of prejudice and angst against them gives them greater willpower.

Peaches from the Monolith Plates generally speak one of two languages. Many speak Monolyth Slavonik, but another carry-over from their Gold Sector homes, called "Perriska" is also spoken by many. It's almost completely unintelligble and extremely difficult to translate. Pretty much the only thing that can be easily identified is any word that's used frequentley... which usually turns out to be nothing but Cussing and Swearing.

Peach Monolithians don't really have any of their own religions. Those who do follow a faith, usually follow the same ones that Yellows do. Many of them were not necessarily Peach, or Yellow faiths, but founded by both of them.

Mutants is a particularly mean term for a number of minor races of minifigs of different color or starkly different appearance. Reds, Greens, Blues, and many others find themselves surrounded by foreigners and are forced to integrate into their socities. Not all do however. Some live in exclusion and form their own factions. Civilized Mutants make up a very small percentage of the population. Many of them live in primitive savage conditions, but those folk are often indistingushable from Beastfolk.. the two terms are often interchanged

Mutants speak both Monolyth Slavonik, and some of their own unique languages

Mutants, Much like Peaches, Follow some established relgions, as well as some of their own

Beastfigs are a number of races who exhibit anatomy features that are completely different than Yellows, Peaches and other colored Minifigs. Some of the notable forms of Beast Races are Canids, Gatormen, Dungans, Avians, Panthera, Trolls, Cyclops, and various hives of Bugmen. If Colored Mutants had it rough, the Beastfolk have it harder. Probably one of the least trusted and respected races. The Beast races in themselves have a totem pole of race hierarchy. Some types are tolerated or even respected in the world at large, like Canids and Avians. Whereas others are treated like Animals, and killed or enslaved en masse. like Gatormen and Dungans.

Some Beastfolk can speak languages, others must use tek to provide a voice as they're unable to actually vocalize... And some are just too dumb to do anything but grunt and scream. (See Dungans Jaw-Jaw)

Beastfolk, much like everyone else, follow some established religions, or their own niche pagan religions.

Robots Also known as Synthetics, and a number of various derogatory insults are a race of intelligent machines. Most are wholly independent and display their own sense of personality and conscious. But others are susceptible to being apart of a network and being little more than controlled Drones. Synthetics make up a fairly large population of the plates. But most resign to a life of seclusion, either completely on their own because of social stigma. Or as apart of a larger Machine community. Those that live in the society with the others however, are known as excellent workers, builders, crafters and soldiers.

Machines are able to communicate in any language that living fleshbags use.. But they can also communicate with each other digitally. A much faster, and completely discrete way opposed to the flapping of gums

Machines generally don't follow religions, but they are susceptable to being influenced or outright controlled by other machine intelligence much more advanced and powerful than them.

Demigods

Demigods are Powerful Minifigs skilled in the Arcane and Psionik schools. They act as the overlords and in some cases.. the gods of the Plates. Most of them live in seclusion with an army of servants. While a significant amount of them came together to form the "Administration" which controls much of the Politics, Diplomacy and Economy of the civilized world in the plates. Independent Demigods are known to scheme and even war against each other. Although many of them don't bother to get involved with the actual events on the plates, or waste their time talking to lesser races. Several have been known to have either raised armies of followers and gone to war against each other. Or simply enslaved them to obey their will. Demigods are all servants of the Monolith, as All of them were granted their power by the crystal, but they don't necessarily all work together. One topic of contention is the possession of extremely powerful artifakts. Possession of these artifakts grows a Demigod's power. And it's cited as the number 1 reason that they kill each other. Unlike on the plates with L-Gates, when Demigods kill each other, they willfully use dark energy, black magik, and other means of permanently offing their enemy.

Some Demigods, both living and dead, have been worshiped as Magikal Leaders. And the lesser races Fight, preach and celebrate over their influences. Usually it's the dead ones that are revered as gods...

Central Government

Elsewhere, based in a floating city high above the Alpha Plates lies the city of Anwar. Considered the diplomatic and economic center of the fragmented plates. Whatever trading or negotiating that does go on in the plates, Usually goes through Anwar, or by systems controlled by Anwar. The city itself is governed by a number of Demigods called the Administrators who control the dealings in the city and occasionally intervene in plate matters. However after the destruction of Anwar by the Black Legion, and the later ending of the administrators by dark energy blades. The Administration was rendered extinct, and the central government was eradicated.

Following the end of the Administration, a number of their lackies, the Tax Collectors, Governors and other brownnosers known as the Land Barons had banded together in the Alpha Plate Cluster and formed the "Land Baron Alliance" and created their own army, the "Civil Defense Kommand" or OSKOM To attempt to police the precious alpha plates from damage and destruction from the various armed groups and armies abroad.

Factions & Groups

Major Factions

The largest and most powerful Factions commanding the largest armies, the most assets and resources, and the most influence on the realm

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  Monolith Imperiya

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  Monolith Bratva

Large Factions

Large and still signifigant Factions and Organizations commanding influence over localized regions, By no means superpowers, but not ones to trifle with either

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  Armata Alliance

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  The Vorhut Order

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  The Black Legion

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  The First Echelon

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  The Syndicate

Minor Factions

The smaller, less powerful or otherwise less influential groups that make up the rest of the world stage

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  Svoboda Clan

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  OSKOM Civil Defense Kommand

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  Cordova Coalition

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  Insurgent Crew

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  Clan Krieger

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  Reaver Pirates

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  Clan Phalanx

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  Empire of the Black Dragon

Other Groups

Other groups that are barely worth mentioning, either due to there being nothing known about them, being too small, or being visitors to the realm simply there for mining resources

M-Throne Empire Expedition USSSR Expedition Greene Cartel House Dragonfyre Imperial Magikstrate Expedition The Red Line Alliances, Coalitions & Treaties While many factions may carry the name Alliance or Coalition within their own title. There also exist a number of Groupings of factions who work together for a specific purpose Alliances Are Official and indefinete agreements between groups to fight side by side, whether at home in a defensive nature or while invading enemies Coalitions Are similar to Alliances, but are temporary in nature, Normally founded during a crisis and are disbanded when the crisis ends. Treaties Are factions that have agreed to do, or not do something. They vary in length, some are temporary and some permanent. They sometimes include groups that are hostile to one another Name Type Members Notes Anwar Initative Coalition Monolith Bratva Cordova Coalition Armata Alliance Krieger Clan Founded after the Anwar Incident. A Coalition of groups dedicated to combat and punish the Black Legion for it's acts of Terrorism, namely the destruction of Basil, Anwar and the murder of the Council

Ranks and Titles

Within each faction, ranks positions and titles may vary. But between all of them, there are certain types of individuals who fill roles within the groups

Leaders Leaders are as their name implies, the head honchos, the big cheeses, the kings and queens shit of turd mountains. Leaders are weild an abstract trait known as Power. Power, not to be confused with energy that powers devices... is the relative gauge of how many Minifigs one is able to influence, or get them to listen, follow, and obey their commands.

Officers and Generals Officers and Generals are like the middle and upper management of a group. Veterans and Specialists who weild power and skills to control groups of soldiers.. but they themselves are subservient to the Leader. Generals are the highest ranking officers in a group, Who still take orders from the Leader or Leaders. Varying levels of officers, and trusted Generals may go by different names in different groups. But the role remains the same

Engineers Engineers are Technicians, Mechaniks and Nerds who possess the traits and skills to build, repair or improve stuff. Namely the ability to turn a pile of ABS into an actual functional weapon. A faction's Engineers working in R/D are responsible for designing everything from the guns and helmets their troops use, all the way up to the Tanks, Fighters and Fleetships

Psioniks Psioniks are minifigs gifted with paranormal powers. Namely the ability to influence the world with nothing more than their mind. They are similar to Wizards and Mages, but do not explicitly require the use of a staff or other medium to use their abilities.

Resources and Artifakts

Appearance	Name	Description
		A Red rock, Crystaline in shape Generally used for weapon cores, or in some cases as a power source
		A Dark Blue rock, Crystaline in shape
		A Light Blue rock, Crystaline in shape
		A Dark Green rock, Crystaline in shape
		A Bright Green rock, Crystaline in shape
100px		A Yellowish Green rock, Crystaline in shape
	Warpstone	A Pink rock, Crystaline in shape
		A Purple rock, Conical in shape
File:Rockcrgreen.jpg		A Shiny reflective rock, Crystaline in shape
		A shiny reflective rock with a green tint, Crystaline in shape The most rare material known to civilization. It can be used to bring a minifig back from the dead.

Artifakts are extremely rare and powerful items that grant the user special powers or abilities. Power Staves are a collection of unique and powerful artifakt Magik Staffs that each hold a special power.

Staff	Elemental Color	Type	Powers	Owner
Null Rod	Red	Offensive	A ranged energy weapon that will instantly kill anything it hits. It is possessed by the Vorhut Order's Primarch, who hide's it's true identity to others, pretending that the power it holds is actually his own. Under Vorhut possession it is called the Holy Torch	Charon (Stolen from Jericho)
Force Blade	Blue	Offensive	A melee weapon that can throw a "wave" of energy as a ranged attack in a wall of death	Missing
Kolobok	Green	Support	Can be used to grant power to minifigs to stave off death, allowing them to survive otherwise fatal blows.	Lost during the Attack on Anwar, Likely in Black Legion possession
Dramacron	Purple	Support	Holds power over the mind, influencing minifigs to do things that the caster wants. An especially powerful staff that can be used to make entire armies go to war with one another	Vaclav
Pulsar	Bright Green	Offensive	Blasts a powerful, armor penetrating beam	Charon (Stolen from Pracka)
The Eye	Clear	Support	Considered one of the most powerful of the power staffs. It makes it's user clairvoyant. Allowing them to see through walls, see hidden traps or threats, and in some cases, predict the future in short spurts.	Missing
Obliterator	Orange	Offensive	The most powerful of the offensive staffs, the Obliterator can summon fire and explosions at will, and if used as a melee weapon, it will deal explosive damage to the target without hurting the user.	Missing

Meta

The Monolith Battleplates are heavily influenced by concepts explored in the Elder scrolls series. And the STALKER Series of computer games.