Tartarus

Tartarus First Theme

Tartarus Second Theme

Tartarus Third Theme Tartarus are the rifts which appear in Monster Girl Quest: Paradox. In the Paradox Trilogy universe, thirty years before the game's events, a catastrophe which is known as the Great Disaster drastically altered the entire world in the same day. As a result, seven huge black holes called Tartarus appeared all over the world; each Tartarus had massive dungeons within, filled with Apoptosis, and lots of highly advanced relics and technologies called Makina were discovered.

As evidenced by the destruction of Heaven, the Tartarus literally tore through the fabric of reality itself. It's not just like a massive explosion created them. A piece of something from another world tore through into this one and built the pits which the inhabitants of the Paradox world refer to as Tartarus.

Each of them include a mysterious door that can be only opened by a small number of people that can travel between dimensions, including the hero Luka. Even Ilias note he shouldn't be able to do so.

Behind these doors there is a part of the destroyed city of Remina (except for the one located in Sabasa), and a place known as the Chaos Passage with a portal somehow leading to another dimension...

Chaos Passage
These mysterious places can be found behind the doors present through the Tartarus Rifts around the world. They look like paths of dirt floating in the middle of the void, each leading to a small altar with a portal leading to another world. No one knows the reason to be of these places, and there is not a single sign of life to be seen.

Known Tartarus

 * Tartarus I299387 (Southern Ilias Continent)
 * Tartarus I372367 (Eastern Ilias Continent)
 * Tartarus CW148240 (Northern Sabasa)
 * Tartarus CW117136 (Western Gold)
 * Tartarus CE262195 (Western Noah)
 * Tartarus XXH145087 (Western Hellgondo Continent)
 * Tartarus XXX169203 (Central Sentora Continent)

Unofficial Tartarus
Though not officially a Tartarus, the emergence of Apoptosis inside the Château des Romances caused by its transportation from another world followed by Gilgorn's bombardment transformed the place in an alike structure.

The Ilias temple Ruins got warped by chaosization after Eden released the barrier. The chaosization comes from Ilias herself who's alive and supposed to be dead. Chaosization increases at a great pace, further reinforced by the ensuing chaos during the story.


 * Chateau des Romances
 * Ilias Temple Ruins

Trivia

 * Tartarus, the Greek underworld, is based off Greek mythology. Tartarus was two things. It was the Greek underworld, and also a primordial force, the ancestor of the Titans. While Hades was the place of the dead, Tartarus was the place where the worst of the worst went, such as the Titans. Think of it like Hell, the opposite of Heaven. Tartarus being deeper than Hades itself would connect to the fact Tartarus is the deepest location accessible in the Paradox world. There were five other primordials, but whether they will be mentioned in Paradox cannot be said.
 * Luka feels a sense of familiarity the first time he enters a passage if he has interacted with Reaper in Hades beforehand.
 * The form and exploration of Tartarus is a clear reference to Alice in Wonderlands, as Alice follows the White Rabbit down the hole.
 * The in-game names for Tartarus describe their location on the World Map:
 * I299387 (Ilias x299 y387)
 * I372367 (Ilias x372 y367)
 * CW148240 (Centora West x148 y240)
 * CW117136 (Centora West x117 y136)
 * CE262195 (Centora East x262 y195)
 * XXH145087 (Hellgondo x145 y087) (the XX could refer to the fact that this was the epicenter of the Great Disaster)
 * XXX169203 (Central(?) x169 y203)