The Seven Forces of the Universe

The Seven Forces of the Universe are energy sources from which harmony arises across all Multiverses. They are actually a reflection of the Energy of Creation, more properly known as Alpha Effect.^[8][9] Also referred to as "Anti-Crisis Energy" or "Connective Energy", the Seven Forces are functions of the fundamental force of the Greater Omniverse born from The Source of All Existence. They encompass every Forces of Justice– including the Speed Force, the Collective Unconscious, and the Emotional Spectrum– and function to connect beings through memory and history, reminding them that, while they may be small, they are part of a vast, generational story. These Energies are gifted to The Hands by The Source itself to shape and give birth to each multiverse within the Greater Omniverse.

History

In the beginning of All Things, long before the Divine Continuum came into existence, there was only The Source. From The Source came the raw materials to create Systems of Life.^[2] Shortly thereafter, The Source sent its celestial offspring — the "Hands" — throughout the Void to use its own Energy of Creation and shape Multiverses.^[2] These beings would birth a whole new Creation and then die, giving themselves to the infant Multiverse. The bad seed among them, Perpetua, refused to die and defied her function, creating the First Multiverse using the Seven Hidden Energies of Creation, the dark reflections of the Harmonious Forces.

When Perpetua's children, the Brothers Three, learned of their mother's plans to twist the Multiverse into a self-sustaining weapon to challenge The Source with her transformed army of Apex Predators, they alerted The Hands whose response was to sent the Cosmic Raptor to imprison Perpetua, her Great Army and the Totality of the power she had selfishly hoarded in the newly-born Source Wall.^[3] Perpetua's Multiverse was erased and, eventually reborn through Seven Harmonious Forces, with Perpetua forced to watch the Multiverse grow without her taints.^[4] For ages, after the first Multiversal Reset, the Multiverse thrived in harmony with the Seven Forces of the Universe as the underlying energies that governed it.

Speed Force

The Speed Force is part of the Harmonious Forces and is the energy field that gives the universe motions and grants the Flash Family and all Speedsters their power. Based on velocity and movement, it is the representation of reality in motion, being the very cosmic force that pushes space and time forward. The opposite to the Speed Force is the Still Force which is a cosmic force based around entropy and inertia, capable to negate motion, baring the potential to induce and accelerate the force of entropy.

Emotional Electromagnetic Spectrum

The Emotional Electromagnetic Spectrum is part of the Harmonious Forces and is the energy field that gives the universe feelings and emotions and grants the Lantern Corps their power and is fueled by the emotions of all sentient beings. It governs the Red/Rage, Orange/Avarice, Yellow/Fear, Green/Will, Blue/Hope, Indigo/Compassion, Violet/Love, Black/Death, White/Life with each emotion having its own Emotional Entity such as Butcher, Ophidian, Parallax, Ion, Adara, Proselyte, the Predator, Nekron and the Life Entity. Outside the known colors of the Emotional Spectrum, there is the Invisible Spectrum, which is opposite to the Emotional Spectrum and part of The Seven Hidden Forces, which includes Ultraviolet, which feeds on buried primal emotions, especially hatred and has its own Emotional Entity called Umbrax.

Life Force

The Life Force represents quasiversal Harmonious Uniformity and is part of the cosmic force that allows life to flourish, interconnecting every living being down to their very souls. It is wielded by those like Aquaman or Poseidon who are connected to the nurturing oceans, the font of all life. Those touched by this force, whether it be through an object or through the energy itself, retain a connection to all life and can communicate in a telepathic manner. Its opposite in The Seven Hidden Forces is the Death Force which brings death to any and all things, even immortals like the gods, sending them to the Graveyard of Gods. Items that can channel this force, such as the Tear of Extinction, are what drive people & worlds towards isolation and solipsism. Pushing on entropy levels of sociopathic individualism as well as the inevitable collapse of life itself.

Sphere of the Gods

The Sphere of the Gods is the cosmic force that gives the universe magic and grants the gods and those who have godlike abilities their power. Beings such as the New Gods and other pantheons such as the Gods of Olympus, the Angels, and the Demons, wield this power and are mostly considered multiversal singularities. The Void Wind is opposite to the Sphere of the Gods and part of The Seven Hidden Forces: it's a cosmic dynamism, which is the twin force of the Tear of Extinction, that snuffs out magic, divinity and the like. It is derived from the harsh gales that blow from the Graveyard of Gods.

Dimensional Superstructure

The Dimensional Superstructure of the Multiverse is a power that governs everything imaginable and unimaginable. Wielded by those put in place to monitor all creation: Mar Novu who rules the positive matter realm which is firm and constant, Alpheus who rules the dark matter realm which is rich and full of potential, and Mobius who rules the antimatter realm which is corrosive and all-destroying. The Sixth Note, opposite to the Dimensional Superstructure in The Seven Hidden Forces, is the cosmic force beyond imagination and is unlocked when the impossible is glimpsed.

Collective Unconscious

The Collective Unconscious is the cosmic force that gives others knowledge and wisdom and is part of the Seven Harmonious Forces. It is responsible for granting telepaths their power and is also wielded by the greatest of minds. The force that is opposite to the Collective Unconscious and part of The Seven Hidden Forces is the Black Apple which involves forbidden knowledge.

Faithfulness

Faithfulness is the seventh harmonious force and is tied in the nature of Faith in Justice which is mostly relied on the goodness within people's hearts and their heroic natures. The dark counterpart to Faith and the last of The Seven Hidden Forces is the Faithlessness which is a force based on faith people have in Doom as it relies on the evil within people's hearts and their selfish and cruel nature and is unlocked when one loses the faith one possesses of their loved ones. These two forces have to be balanced in the Multiverse (and any other Multiverse in the Omniverse) in order to avoid the shift toward Justice or Doom and, as a consequence, prevent The Hands' Cosmic Judgment.

Powers

The Connective Energy is the positive pole of the universal power that sustains the Multiverse.^[2] It unifies all life and history into a generational story. Each of its seven most important energies represents a distinct aspect that governs creation: motion, emotion, magic, life, knowledge, possibility, and faith. Together, they ensure that all elements of the Multiverse operate in harmony.^[5]

• Reality Alteration: Connective Energy is the creative force born of the Source/Presence and wielded by its cosmic agents, the Hands, to initiate Multiverses.^[2] Its power allows users to shape and influence reality on a cosmic scale. This ability has been demonstrated by several beings: Doctor Manhattan, infused with Connective Energy, used it to shape and temper the timeline in an attempt to mend it; Wally West, who later acquired a portion of this energy, was able to eradicate an incursion of Dark Matter (particles) in the universe; and Wonder Woman, empowered by a massive stream of Connective Energy, could shake stars and phase through time with sheer strength.^[6]
• Nigh-Omniscience: Those infused with Connective Energy perceive time non-linearly, witnessing past, present, and future simultaneously. Doctor Manhattan’s atemporal perception is blocked by tachyons, limiting him to the present, though it is unclear whether this is a restriction of the Connective Energy or of Manhattan himself. The Batman Who Laughs, similarly empowered, is aware of every Batman from the Dark Multiverse and can absorb their skills and experiences, integrating them into his own mind.
  • Cosmic Awareness: Those infused with Connective Energy possess an understanding of the Multiverse on a vast, interconnected scale. This allows them to sense multiversal events and detect disturbances. The Batman Who Laughs, empowered in this way, can sense the Dark Multiverse as part of himself.
• Psychic Link: Connective Energy can create a shared mental and emotional connection across all beings. Wonder Woman, combining her Lasso of Truth with Element X from the Forge of Worlds, generated a massive stream of this energy, unifying the knot by linking collective memories and histories and binding everyone to the truth of their own existence.^[7]

Current Owners

• The Hands
• The Watchman (Clark Dreiberg) (All Anti-Crisis Forces)
• Flash Family (Speed Force)
• Lantern Corps (Emotional Electromagnetic Spectrum)
• Atlanteans (Life Force)
• Superman Family (Faithfulness)
• Magical Creatures (Sphere of the Gods)
  • Gods
    • Hecate (Collective Unconscious)
    • Poseidon (Life Force)
  • New Gods
• The Monitors (Dimensional Superstructure)
• All Telepaths (Collective Unconscious)
• All the Greatest Minds (Collective Unconscious)

Previous Owners

• Perpetua (All Anti-Crisis Forces)
• Doctor Manhattan (All Anti-Crisis Forces)
• Flash (Wally West) (Unknown level of Anti-Crisis Energy)

Notes

• The Doomsday iteration of Time Trapper refers to Alpha Effect as the Energy of Creation. He also described Alpha and Omega Effects as the original sources of power within the Greater Omniverse, implying that the Connective and Crisis Energies were actually functions of the primal power sources, both ultimately deriving from the Source.^[9]
  • Previously, the Alpha Effect was already referred to as a flowing source of positive energy throughout the universe,^[8][10] closely reflecting the characteristics of Connective Energy. By contrast, the Omega Effect, as its antithesis, is the origin of Crisis Energy, functioning as a destructive force that restrains creation.^[2][10]
• It has yet to be confirmed whether Elemental Realms and the Life Equation are part of the Connective forces. However, it's very possible that this is the case since the Anti-Crisis Energy regroup every positive energy in the Multiverse.
• The Darkest Knight told Diana that she can't create worlds with Anti-Crisis Energy but he can with Crisis Energy. This claims, however, is a false since The Hands uses Anti-Crisis Energy to configure and birth Multiverses across the Void. It is possible that the Darkest Knight lied to Diana in an attempt to convince her to let him kill The Hands.

Trivia

• The Batman Who Laughs referred to The Seven Forces of the Universe and The Seven Hidden Forces as Anti-Crisis and Direct-Crisis energies with the acronyms AC and DC. This is a pun on the Australian rock band AC/DC.^[2]

See Also

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