The Nemesis Cycle

The Nemesis Cycle is a description of the cycle of time on the World of Ta. It describes series of cataclysms triggered on the World of Ta by the passing of the Nemesis World. Every 9,999 years, the Nemesis World passes through the inner solar system in a highly eccentric, elliptical orbit that intersects the orbit of the World of Ta.

As the rogue planet passes near the World of Ta, it triggers a Cataclysm of Fire, Water, Earth or Air, depending on the astrological alignments of the Four Wanderers (the other four planets that share the system with the World of Ta). This Cataclysm destroys most civilization, causes massive depopulation, and resets the world. Some Cataclysms are severe, and others less so, allowing some recovered civilizations to reach highly technological levels of advancement.

The Nemesis Cycle was revealed via a series of dream visions to the Star Wizard Astrid of Kymirra. Her visions detailed the birth of the cycle as the rogue Nemesis World was captured in orbit around the sun to cause the First Cataclysm of Fire. The period following this cataclysm is known as the First Cycle. Astrid's revelation was written during the 3rd Cycle, in a book called the Nemesis Code x. It predicts the method of each Cataclysm and describes the 18 Faces of Ta.

The 18 Faces of Ta are the figures discovered on the Dennison Tablets. These figures are reincarnated at some point during each 9,999 year cycle. In each Cycle the 18 Faces have different roles, responsibilities and relationships.

The Cycle will repeat 999 times over the course of 9,989,001 years.

Astrid's dream revealed that in the final, 999th encounter the orbits of the World of Ta and the Nemesis World will result in a collision of the two planets, ending the cycle and remaking the solar system.