Basic Ancient Info

This bit of information shows how I think of Ancients, their cultures, their ideas, and The Great Cycle. This section will differ to others view of Rain World, so some things only apply to my perceived version of Rain World. Do NOT take my ideas as canon as they are only my headcannons of the game.

The Great Problem was the issue of not being able to die permanantly, where everything is stuck in a loop of life and death. How the cycle works is that when someone fully dies, the world continues on, and the once dead being wakes up in the next time cycle as if nothing ever happened to their body, except they and every witness to said death has the memories of said death. The only known confirmed way to escape the Main Cycle is by jumping into the void sea and letting your body disintigrate into it. Even then, that way wasn't 100% as some Ancients would become an echo, forced into sitting idly as the world passes around them because they were too involved in the five natural urges, their ego was too big, or they were too attached to the world.

Rain World's Ancients were at the top of everything, having a firm grasp on anything and everything they could find. Ancients could manipulate creatures, alter plants, and use technology to do many things, including using said technology to solve problems for them. This is because the Ancients were desperate to find a solution to The Main Cycle/The Great Problem. Due to being stuck in The Main Cycle, the Ancients did everything they could to get out of it, even creating and living on top of their purposed organism super computers called iterators. They made Iterators mainly to solve their problem for them, but some iterators were created for entertainment or for knowledge storage. Due to time passing, and the Ancients impatience growing more and more, all of them eventually decided to leave the world for good by jumping into the void sea and abandon everything, making an event known mainly as the Mass Ascension.

Basic Iterator Info

This bit of information shows how I think of Iterators, a bit of how they function, Saint Spoilers, and The Great Cycle. This section will differ to others view of Rain World, so some things only apply to my perceived version of Rain World. Do NOT take my ideas as canon as they are only my headcannons of the game.

The Great Problem was the issue of not being able to die permanantly, where everything is stuck in a loop of life and death. How the cycle works is that when someone fully dies, the world continues on, and the once dead being wakes up in the next time cycle as if nothing ever happened to their body, except they and every witness to said death has the memories of said death. Iterators are exempt from this, as Ancients built them to only guide others to ascension, hence why Iterators are stuck in boxes locked inside themselves, and have many taboos to prevent self destruction/ascension. The only way to get an iterator to ascend is if the puppet falls into the void sea, or a specific small green creature comes along to ascend them.

Iterators are purposed organism super computers which created by the Ancients to solve The Great Problem/The Main Cycle, but also sometimes were created to store information, or provide entertainment. Each Iterator has a Prime Administrator who would usually speak to them on the regular to track the Iterators progress on The Great Problem. Alongside this, due to Iterators using water to breathe, it's caused the rain to become heavier and heavier, creating destructive rains near iterators structures. Due to the crushing rains, it caused the Ancients to live on top of the Iterators structures to avoid it, causing each iterator to have a city.

Due to time passing, the Ancients grew impatient that no solution was found yet and eventually they all Mass Ascended, leaving Iterators to solve The Great Problem for no reason, other than thats what they were purposed to do, and to chat with each other until communications eventually break down.

Iterators are giant living buildings that have their concious stored in their puppet, while the rest of them, their structure, is a necessary extension of them that helps their thoughts flow freely. Without their structure, Iterators are not able to think properly, and are unable to do anything other than look around, read pearls sometimes, and talk if they have the proper tools to keep their puppet somewhat functioning (Except if an Iterator is ascended).

After the Mass Ascension, an Iterator by the name Sliver of Straw foud the solution, but when investigated, it was found out that Sliver was confirmed dead, so it remains a mystery on if Iterators can ascend, and if Sliver of Straw really found the solution.

Basic Iterator Info

This bit of information shows how I think of Slugcats. Do NOT take my ideas as canon as they are only my headcannons of the game.

Slugcats are decendants of purposed organisms that vary from color to color, slugcat to slugcat, and subspecies to subspecies. Most of them are descendants of pipe cleaner organisms, while others come from more rodent heritage, and others come from more snail heritage. Rgardless of origins and when they started evolving, Slugcats ended up with more catlike appearances while also having slug-like qualities to them. Slugcats are often seen as rodents, or sometimes pests which is why it's strange for iterators like Seven Red Suns to get attached to them, and also why they are the most commonly tested on species for Iterators. Despite being percieved as rodents, Slugcats should not be underestimated, as most are quite smart and can be overpowering by themselves. Even more so if someone poses a threat to their colony, as a whole group will come in to the slugcat, or slugpups defense.

Slugcat Colonies: To be written...