The Other Place is a realm from the Dark Multiverse which is inhabited by the Otherkind and said to be the source of all dark magic.[1]
History
At the dawn of creation, magic existed in its raw form within the plane that would become the Sphere of the Gods. It was promising and pure, as it surrounded the forming Multiverse. From that energy, the first magical being shaped herself out of the cosmos. Before long, she sensed that beneath the Sphere was a darker font of magic similar to her, one which was tied to the Dark Multiverse. This font would later become known as the Upside-Down Man who existed in a dark realm that would become the Other Place. Frightened by this evil, Hecate created a barrier between her realm and the Other Place, so that her realm of possibility couldn't be ruined by darkness.[1]
The dark magic that originated within the Other Place was brought to the Multiverse by Hecate, after humans had turned on her. She became furious and reached into the Other Place, allowing some of the darkness to break through the veil of existence. She gifted this dark magic to the magicians of Earth in hopes that they would destroy themselves with it.[1]
At one point in time, John Constantine had encountered the power of the Other Place, when a piece of the darkness broke free and nearly burned Heaven to the ground. Three lives were destroyed by John's magic, simply trying to commune with the darkness, in an attempt to understand it.[2]
Residents
- The Otherkind
- Upside-Down Man
- The Conjoined
- The Offspring
- The Rip
- The Soup
- Giovanni Zatara
- Swamp Thing[3]
Notes
- It was originally stated in Justice League Dark (Volume 2) #3 that the dimension known as the Other Place was the source of all magic, but this was contradicted a year later in Justice League (Volume 4) #30 which says that it is actually the Sphere of the Gods that is the source of all magic. These contradictory statements were finally elaborated on in Justice League Dark and Wonder Woman: The Witching Hour #1 where it was revealed that the Sphere of the Gods is the source of magic for those who originate from the positive Multiverse while the Other Place is the source of magic for those who originate from the Dark Multiverse.
See Also
- Appearances of Other Place
- Location Gallery: Other Place