History EldritchLocation / FanWorks

* In [[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/7628447/1/Memories Memories,]] Discord's homeland (later revealed in the sequel to be "off the Edge of the World") is described as this.

* ''WesternAnimation/DannyPhantom'' fanfic, [[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/12954788/1/Mortified Mortified]], has the Digressed Tower, which is eldritch even by the standards of ghosts. Basically, every floor functions as a miniature alternate universe that changes the past of anyone who goes inside as long as they remain on the floor. The entire thing was the result of a failed psychological experiment. Interestingly, someone built a casino on the 80th floor.

* ''Fanfic/GoddessRebornChronicle'': The physical world is half of one, there being four in total. It's noted that the [[WorldOfWeirdness creation of the working teleporters and Demon Summoning Program healed the divide between Assiah-Gashmi (physical world) and the rest of Assiah, allowing things like mages, angels, demons and various strange things exist on Earth]]. [[NiceJobBreakingItHero Dr. Steven, understanding the trouble humanity was in, then distrobuted the DSP to as many servers as he could]], which minimized casualties [[EndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt and changed humanity forever]].

* The Knee is ''weird'' in ''Fanfic/TheAmazingSpiderLuzInAcrossTheOwlVerse''. For whatever reason, the caverns below the Knee will move and shift around like rooms in a procedurally generated video game, seemingly at random, with the hole that Amity and Luz fell through vanishing as soon as no one was looking, the walls are made of something that Luz can't WallCrawl on, two of the rooms are what appears to be a ''human'' church and military base, and time is weird (Luz and Amity were in the tunnels maybe half a day from their perspective, but it was ''much'' later when they got out, which apparently not everyone manages). Really, the fact that the tunnels have light with no visible source, apparently from interactions from the magics used to light some of the rooms and basements caught up in the effect, is one of the ''less'' weird things about it.

** [[ComicBook/TheSandman The Dreaming]] is specifically stated to be even more bizarre than the Nevernever. In fact, the Nevernever is itself actually just a ''small'' part of the Dreaming.

* Fanfic/TheEmiyaClan basement is the equivalent of an epic dungeon crawler. It's basically where they throw all the junk they accumulate that is too dangerous or unstable to use. It's also where they lock any EldritchAbomination that is too hard to destroy. Put two and two together and you get something along the lines of ''[[Literature/TheLordOfTheRings Moria]]''.

* ''Fanfic/{{Equestrylvania}}'' has the Heavenly Doorway, the place between worlds that Aeon has to traverse in order to travel between dimensions. It appears to be [[GeniusLoci sentient]], and actively torments travelers in attempts to feast on their minds.
* [[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/6909519/1/Evangelion_The_Rite_of_Spring Evangelion: The Rite of Spring]] makes the battles with the Angels even more disturbing, as it moves the fight settings to Eldritch Location pocket universes. Kaworu and Rei's secret room in the theater may or may not count, but it certainly seems to defy the laws of nature.
* The physical world is half of one, there being four in total in ''FanFic/GoddessRebornChronicle''. It's noted that the [[WorldOfWeirdness creation of the working teleporters and Demon Summoning Program healed the divide between Assiah-Gashmi (physical world) and the rest of Assiah, allowing things like mages, angels, demons and various strange things exist on Earth]]. [[NiceJobBreakingItHero Dr. Steven, understanding the trouble humanity was in, then distrobuted the DSP to as many servers as he could]], which minimized casualties [[EndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt and changed humanity forever]].

* ''FanFfc/TheTerminatorsArmyOfLegend'', a supercrossover fanfiction, features the ''Inner Dimension'', a realm that lies between the two Capstone Universes, the home of the mystical Beams--and where the Alpha Breaker is currently wreaking havoc.

** Proving that even the safest havens can also be places that don't make a lot of sense, there's [[PocketDimension the Hunter's Dream]]. On the surface, it is a foggy, tranquil and melancholy place, with a workshop that sits on a small hill overlooking a field of white flowers and graves. It also [[spoiler:houses two of the most powerful entities in the series (i.e. [[MakesJustAsMuchSenseInContext a doll and her squid]]), one of them is [[DomainHolder the master who controls the Dream however he wants]]]]. To be precise: [[spoiler:only the two can enter and leave freely as they wish]]; [[spoiler:[[NarniaTime time flows according to his will]]]]; [[spoiler:Any wounds sustained heal more quickly]]; [[spoiler:Visitors are present only if he allows them to be there, like a private Discord server]]; and [[spoiler:[[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking The amount of fog present outside the workshop is dependent on his mood]]]].

* ''Fanfic/LostCities'': The Everfree's description leans towards this more than it "simply" being an EnchantedForest. It stands in defiance of the magical laws that govern the rest of the world, and every year tries to creep a little farther out and swallow a little more land. Its depths are filled with increasingly alien and dangerous life -- parasitic, chimeric or magically reactive plants and powerful predators are already common on its borders, and things grow more dangerous further in -- and it's crossed by paths that somehow ward off the predators, but which periodically vanish from existence in a manner that, according to magical monitoring, causes them to occasionally just... never have existed at all. This is emphasized in ''Natural Histories'', which depicts it as a place profoundly twisted and altered by magic left to decay and fester over a millennium.
* ''Fanfic/TopHatsAndTigers'' has the Mindspace, a place where the conscious minds go while the subconscious minds are swapping bodies. It resembles a WhiteVoidRoom, except it is checker-patterned.
* In the ''WesternAnimation/JackieChanAdventures'' and ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitans'' crossover fanfiction ''Fanfic/AShadowOfTheTitans'', Jade experiences two (the realm the Cackler resides in, and the TT world shadow realm).
** The Buried Brick Homes and Gardens are a sunken apartment complex below Gotham that, due to a failed ritual attempt to summon an eldritch horror, were sunk trans-dimensionally and only quite exist if you approach them from certain directions.
* ''Fanfic/DungeonKeeperAmi'' features several levels of this. First, there are dungeons from the perspective of normal people, with both a population of monstrous horrors and corrupt magic that actively and visibly sculpts the landscape of the surface world. In extreme cases, this means into places not dissimilar from a nightmare. Then there are the temples dedicated to dark gods, which never seem to be perfectly silent, and which have even more horrific architecture. Then there is the gladiatorial arena of Azzaratha, which apparently supports a literal endless pit; if you fall in, you get to [[FateWorseThanDeath meet Azzaratha personally. He doesn't go easy on the defeated]]...
%% * Voidspace from ''[[http://alaxr274.deviantart.com/gallery/33810717 Super Milestone Wars 2]]''.

* [[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/6909519/1/Evangelion_The_Rite_of_Spring Evangelion: The Rite of Spring]] makes the battles with the Angels even more disturbing, as it moves the fight settings to Eldritch Location pocket universes. Kaworu and Rei's secret room in the theater may or may not count, but it certainly seems to defy the laws of nature.

* ''Fanfic/ThePowersOfHarmony'' has the Hollow Shades, a forest of massive trees, which was corrupted by Nightmare Moon a thousand years ago. The lingering magic doesn't affect ponies, but has mutated all the wildlife into [[{{Kaiju}} massive Star Beasts]] (like the Ursa Major).
* ''Fanfic/QueenOfAllOni'':
** The vision Jade has of the lost city of the Shadowkhan implies this about it. For bonus points, the scene describing it has a very Lovecraftian feel to it.
** It's commented on several times that the Vault of Endless Night cavern is far too large to naturally exist under Mexico City and go unnoticed; characters on both sides agree that it must be a result of the place's inherent [[SealedEvilInACan magic]] warping reality.
* ''Fanfic/HarryPotterAndTheMethodsOfRationality'' implies that Hogwarts is one. Harry himself is warned that when he gets lost (not if, when), ask a painting for a direction, and if he thinks he's higher than the castle should be, don't move, search parties will be along shortly. If not, everyone will find him in six months, and he will somehow be two years older, and that's if he ''stays inside'' the castle.

** Proving that even the safest havens can also be places that don't make a lot of sense, there's [[PocketDimension the Hunter's Dream]]. On the surface, it is a foggy, tranquil and melancholy place, with a workshop that sits on a small hill overlooking a field of white flowers and graves. [[spoiler:It also houses two of the most powerful entities in the series (i.e. [[MakesJustAsMuchSenseInContext a doll and her squid]]), one of them is [[DomainHolder the master who controls the Dream however he wants]]. To be precise:]]
*** [[spoiler:Only the two can enter and leave freely as they wish;]]
*** [[spoiler:[[NarniaTime Time flows according to his will]];]]
*** [[spoiler:Any wounds sustained heals more quickly;]]
*** [[spoiler:Visitors are only present if he allows them to be there, like a private Discord server, and;]]
*** [[spoiler:[[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking The amount of fog present outside the workshop is dependent on his mood]].]]
* ''Fanfic/TheWorldOfTheCreatures'' takes place inside a human mind. Specifically the mind of someone obsessed with creatures from across the boundaries of time, space, and imagination.
* [[Franchise/TheSlenderManMythos In the Slender Man fic]] ''Fanfic/ByTheFiresLight'', the Slender Man hangs out with his victims in a dimension filled with fire, ash, and stunted, gnarled, and blackened trees.
* The Zone of Desolation from ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/8512815/1/TROTTER-Shadow-of-Cheernobyl T.R.O.T.T.E.R. Shadow of Cheernobyl]]'' is one of these, much like its [[VideoGame/{{STALKER}} original inspiration]]. The weather changes entirely on its own, unicorn magic is unreliable at best, and even time and space are not constants. It's also [[GeniusLoci actively malevolent]]. And just to make it even worse, there are [[BodyHorror many]] [[SurrealHorror more]] anomalies than the games.
* The physical world is half of one, there being four in total in ''FanFic/GoddessRebornChronicle''. It's noted that the [[WorldOfWeirdness creation of the working teleporters and Demon Summoning Program healed the divide between Assiah-Gashmi (physical world) and the rest of Assiah, allowing things like mages, angels, demons and various strange things exist on Earth]]. [[NiceJobBreakingItHero Dr. Steven, understanding the trouble humanity was in, then distrobuted the DSP to as many servers as he could]], which minimized casualties [[EndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt and changed humanity forever]].
* In [[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/7628447/1/Memories Memories,]] Discord's homeland (later revealed in the sequel to be "off the Edge of the World") is described as this.
--> '''Discord:''' ''"It was like a prison. Gray. No color. Just... a horrible grayness. And darkness. There was no sun. No sun," [...] "I felt confined. Trapped. And soooo boooored,"''
* The Seventh Magniverse in the fanfic ''Ultraman Moedari,'' where the [[EldritchAbomination Great Names]] are sealed by the power of the Pillars and The Keystone.
* In the ''WesternAnimation/DannyPhantom''/''Film/{{Beetlejuice}}'' {{crossover}}, ''Fanfic/SayItThrice'', there are a few [[AlternateDimension alternate dimensions]] that were mentioned in {{canon}} that qualify in the fanfiction. [[WesternAnimation/DannyPhantom The Ghost Zone]], [[Film/{{Beetlejuice}} the Netherworld, and Saturn]] are all not quite the same as the human world, due to their unique compositions, physics, passages of time, and [[AlienGeometries geometries]].
* The Black Moon in ''Fanfic/ThousandShinji''. During Third Impact, that was the place where the energies of an alternate dimension poured through a crack in the fabric of reality as several {{Eldritch Abomination}}s came into being. Concepts such like space, time or laws of physics worked in erratic ways.
-->Deep within the Black Moon, the Egg of Lilith, the Warp bled out into reality, creating the perfect gestation grounds for the beings within. In this seething cauldron of unreality, things had many layers, and viewing things from different angles could have a profound effect on what was seen.
* An interesting example comes up in ''[[http://www.tthfanfic.org/Story-16694/MMcGregor+The+Wonderland+Subject.htm The Wonderland Subject]]''. According to Nick Fury, it's been discovered that the multiverse is essentially a "stack" of universes. Going up the stack leads to more orderly universes and going down leads to more chaotic ones. Apparently, the [[Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer Buffyverse]] is the -3125 from the Marvelverse and the most chaotic they can live in (with +3125 being the most orderly); people from the Marvelverse can't exist beyond those boundaries due to the universes being too chaotic/orderly..
* ''Fanfic/DominusMundiTheKingOfKings'', a ''Franchise/HarryPotter'' fanfic, has the Graveyard, a by-product of the creation of time and standing in opposition to the Future. The Mandarin described it as the place where "time goes to die", and contains all events that occurred before the main point of the timeline. It is stated that mortals cannot enter it, or they cease to exist due to the Graveyard's proximity to non-existence itself. It also seems to be impervious to the laws of physics.
* ''FanFfc/TheTerminatorsArmyOfLegend'', a supercrossover fanfiction, features the ''Inner Dimension'', a realm that lies between the two Capstone Universes, the home of the mystical Beams--and where the Alpha Breaker is currently wreaking havoc.
* Hogwarts in ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/11634921/1/ Itachi, Is That A Baby?]]'' not only has over three thousand secret passages, but several of them don't make any sense at all. One starts at the dungeons and goes up several floors, including outside a few times, and ends in the Entrance Hall despite going upwards the entire time. Another goes from the kitchens ceiling to the fifth floor but somehow bypasses the Great Hall directly between them. Not to mention all the passageways that don't always exist or can only be seen after you're already progressing through them.
* Subverted in ''Asshai's Flames'': Asshai only has the reputation we see in canon because it's comfortable for the residents (mostly sorcerers and Red Priests/Priestesses) this way. In fact the city is fairly average, if more soaked in magic than the outside world, and most of the rumors are false or just misinterpreted (for example there is no agriculture, but because the city can afford the import, not because the plants don't grow there).

* ''Fanfic/InTheEyeOfTheBeholder'':
** The Mirror World, where Shadows lurk and whole areas made of quartz are created from a person entering, much like the TV World in ''VideoGame/Persona4''. For instance, Allie's takes the form of a rave warehouse, while Damien's takes the form of a massive quartz skyscraper.
** The Velvet Room in this incarnation takes the form of a dressing room, which Victor calls [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin the Velvet Dressing Room]].
* The Astral Plane from ''Fanfic/EquestriaDivided'' serves as an afterlife, however as [[MonsterFromBeyondTheVeil Pinkie Pie]] can tell you there are some parts that you'd rather keep away from.
* ''Fanfic/OfSheepAndBattleChicken'': The entire planet of Khar'shan thanks to [[spoiler:the Dark God cabal of Leviathans who slumber beneath the waters of the Black Lake.]] Batarians can and have killed themselves creating sculptures in the middle of nowhere for reasons they can't explain, and said sculptures are typically disturbing and-or horrifying to view.
* ''Fanfic/APrizeForThreeEmpires'' has Marcus' palace, located in a dimension beyond physical space and time called Limbo. The walls are shifting and fluctuating, and different time periods flash around of the building.
* ''Fanfic/RobbReturns'' has Hopemourne, the [[GrimUpNorth furthest North]] location in Westeros. When the Children of the Forest first emerged in Westeros, these ancient ruins were already there, inhabited by ''[[EldritchAbomination something]]'' (speculated to be the Great Other), which repelled the Children and later created the Others in a mockery of them. And ever since their defeat in the Long Night, the it has been where the Others have lived, gathering their power and preparing for Round 2.
* ''Fanfic/PersonaTheSougawaFiles'': Every location taken over by Shadows, starting from Shadow Wilma and beyond, warps places into this. The worst example is Shadow Arata's, which [[spoiler: somehow manages to fit an entire ''outdoors'' village ''inside'' an abandoned prison.]]
* In ''Fanfic/MaybeTheLastArchieStory'', [[ComicBook/ArchieComics Mad Doctor Doom]]'s Limbo fortress is a floating, ''spherical'' castle located beyond the space-time continuum. Walls, windows, arcs... appear, multiply, shift or vanish every second.
-->They were in what probably passed for a courtyard in the Limbo castle. Beneath them was, recognizably, soil and the equivalent of grass, though it was of a light yellow color. A wall enclosed the courtyard on more than three sides, but in front of them was the castle proper, or at least a wing of it. There were several arches before them...Archie found it hard to count them, as if their number altered from moment to moment...and doors beyond them.[...]\\
Jan boldly went forward to one of the doors under the arch. It looked to be made of wood, though Archie thought that just might have been what he perceived. The door opened to Jan’s touch, without her having to twist a handle. "Follow me," she said. The crew could see what looked like a hallway beyond.\\
The Time Police woman stepped inside.\\
After her heel went through the doorway, the walls closed in behind her. There was no door anymore. Only a brick wall in its place.
* ''Fanfic/InfinityTrainBoilingPoint'' has the Boiling Underworld, the stomach of the Titan where the MightMakesRight mentality of the Isles reaches its logical conclusion: Not only does everybody get designated as being either "Strong" or "Weak", but the latter [[spoiler: have their organs harvested to feed the Strong.]] And if that's not enough, it's the WombLevel of a ''GiantCorpseWorld''.
* ''Fanfic/OSMUFanfictionFriction'': The forest of Hy-Brasil is thick and expansive, home to many weird creatures and even weirder people. The island itself is a mythical island that only appears once every seven years.

* ''Fanfic/LostCities'': The Everfree's description leans towards this more than it "simply" being TheLostWoods. It stands in defiance of the magical laws that govern the rest of the world, and every year tries to creep a little farther out and swallow a little more land. Its depths are filled with increasingly alien and dangerous life -- parasitic, chimeric or magically reactive plants and powerful predators are already common on its borders, and things grow more dangerous further in -- and it's crossed by paths that somehow ward off the predators, but which periodically vanish from existence in a manner that, according to magical monitoring, causes them to occasionally just... never have existed at all. This is emphasized in ''Natural Histories'', which depicts it as a place profoundly twisted and altered by magic left to decay and fester over a millennium.

** Project Pegasus is one thanks to whatever the people working there, who were experimenting with magic to gain an edge in the Cold War and create a new SuperSoldier, ended up doing. According to Ward, they got close to creating a new SuperSoldier. According to Coulson, who was there when all hell broke loose, [[GoneHorriblyRight that was the problem.]] Whatever was down there, it was bad enough that Alan Scott, a Green Lantern at the [[PhysicalGod very height]] of his powers, barely managed to subdue it and seal it off from the world.