The Lore of World’s Edge

How World’s Edge came unmoored from reality

World’s Edge was once a perfectly ordinary village. Nobody knows which dimension it began in, although the basic architecture suggests it was a world adjacent to medieval Britain.

It was a successful village. Its nobles were knightly, its folk free. It sat at a crossroads where many travellers passed, and every night its taverns rang with tales of heroes and monsters, futures and pasts, lies and truths.

The Great Unhitching

Opinions differ as to exactly how this quaint, friendly village came wildly unmoored from reality.

Some say that too many stories were told at once in the Dragonhall Tavern. They piled up, faster than reality could sort them, until suddenly – kaboom. Reality collapsed under the weight.

Some say that a why-vern, flying past at the exact moment the stars were in the wrong order, sneezed. Draconic creatures do many things, but they do not apologise for metaphysical shear stress.

Some say that the gods were multitasking. During a routine celestial meeting, responsibility for the village was briefly handed over to ‘whoever’s free’. No-one was. By the time someone noticed, it was off on its own adventure, free from the warp and weft of destiny.

Others say that a wizard, living in the small apartment below the granary, made too much use of underpaid magical apprentices performing small stabilisation spells. When they went on strike, nobody noticed at first. The sky merely flickered, gravity went slightly freelance, and Tuesdays began repeating. By the time the wizard agreed to raise their pay, the village had already drifted half a mile sideways in causality.

The New Not Normal

Whatever the truth, World’s Edge is no longer normal. For centuries, it has drifted through time and space, connecting here and there to various worlds. It picks up villagers as it goes – those who wander in and stay too long, or decide to make their home amongst its merry folk.

Spend a day in World’s Edge, and you’re as likely to meet an armoured knight plucked from the distant past as you are to bump into a stray cat-alien from a planet of feline warriors, or a dragonrider strolling in from a world of legends, or a lost fae queen seeking her retinue.

Connection To Our World

Those who study the movements of World’s Edge – villographers – have announced that on 13-14 June 2026, it will align for the first time with our own world, connecting for two days at the historic Cressing Temple in Essex.

During this time, you’ll be able to cross into the village. The villagers, hearing of the connection, are very excited and are preparing fantastical shows, mindbending displays of talent and whimsy, and a market showing the greatest of their creations. Their finest musicians are tuning and rehearsing to entertain you, and their archers and warriors are gearing up for contests of skill. This will be a festival like no other.