Glossary:Overlaid Reality

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 * Title            = Overlaid Reality
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 * Definition       = An overlaid reality is a reality that exists when a base reality is warped into a new one. This is typically caused by altering reality through technological, temporal, or mystical means. One reality overwrites the other creating a new existence causing the previous one to cease existing. An overlaid reality can be temporary or permanent. When the reality overlay is reversed sometimes the created reality ceases to exist or continues to exist independently of the reality it temporarily replaced.

Examples

 * When the chronal being known as Tempus tricked mailman Willie Lumpkin into travelling back in time and altering history, it caused his native reality of Earth-616 to be overlaid with reality Earth-74082 a reality of primitive savages. The Fantastic Four traveled back in time and prevented this from happening foiling the schemes of Tempus and restoring Earth-616 to normal. It has not been determined if Earth-74082 continues to endure independently of this reversal.


 * Ancient mystic Kulan Gath once cast a spell that reverted Manhattan into a realm trapped in the Hyborean era. The sorcerer Stephen Strange casted a temporal spell to change past history to prevent these events from occurring. It has been stated that this altered reality continues to exist as Earth-58163.


 * When the mutant known as Legion travelled back in time to kill his father's lifelong enemy Mangeto he failed and accidentally killed Charles Xavier instead. This caused a new reality (later indexed as Earth-295) to overwrite the Earth-616 universe. In this new reality, where Apocalypse dominated the Earth, the X-Men travelled back in time to prevent Legion's botched assassination attempt, restoring Earth-616 in the process.  While initially believed to have been destroyed, it was later revealed that Earth-295 continues to exist independently of Earth-616.


 * When the insane Scarlet Witch used her reality warping powers she temporarily replaced Earth-616 with reality Earth-58163 where mutants ruled over humanity. However the heroes of Earth-616 regained their memories and forced her to restore reality to normal. However it has since been revealed that this reality still endures.


 * When the genocidal robot known as Ultron attempted to conquer Earth and wipe out humanity, Wolverine and the Invisible Woman ventured back in time to prevent Ultron from doing so. The reality where Ultron rules over the Earth endures as Earth-61112.


 * With the collapse of the multiverse, Doctor Doom stole the power of the Beyonders and created Battleworld a singular reality comprised of fragments of the old multiverse that he ruled. Ultimately the surviving heroes of Earth-616 banded together and ended Doom's reign and restored the multiverse to normal. However Doom's Battleworld is said to still exist on reality Earth-15513.

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 * SeeAlso          = Multiverse, Omniverse, Parallel Earth, Merged Reality