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[[File:Monarch of pointland.png|central|400px]] {{Quote|"Behold yon miserable creature. That Point is a Being like ourselves, but confined to the Non-dimensional Gulf. He is himself his own World, his own Universe; of any other than himself he can form no conception; he knows not Length, nor Breadth, nor Height, for he has had no experience of them; he has no cognizance even of the number Two; nor has he a thought of Plurality; for he is himself his One and All, being really Nothing." - The Sphere describing the Monarch of Pointland|Chapter 20, Flatland}}
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{{Quote|"Behold yon miserable creature. That Point is a Being like ourselves, but confined to the Non-dimensional Gulf. He is himself his own World, his own Universe; of any other than himself he can form no conception; he knows not Length, nor Breadth, nor Height, for he has had no experience of them; he has no cognizance even of the number Two; nor has he a thought of Plurality; for he is himself his One and All, being really Nothing." - The Sphere describing the Monarch of Pointland|Chapter 20, Flatland}}


==Background==
==Background==
The Monarch of Pointland appears in Edwin Abbott's 1884 novel "Flatland: A Romance of Many Dimensions." It exists as the sole inhabitant and ruler of Pointland, a dimensionless realm that the Sphere shows to A Square during his metaphysical explorations. The Monarch represents the ultimate extreme of solipsistic existence, being completely unable to conceive of anything beyond itself.
The '''Monarch of Pointland''' appears in Edwin Abbott's 1884 novel "Flatland: A Romance of Many Dimensions." It exists as the sole inhabitant and ruler of Pointland, a dimensionless realm that the Sphere shows to A Square during his metaphysical explorations. The Monarch represents the ultimate extreme of solipsistic existence, being completely unable to conceive of anything beyond itself.


==General Information==
==General Information==
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'''First Appearance:''' Chapter 20, "How the Sphere encouraged me in a Vision", Flatland (1884)
'''First Appearance:''' Chapter 20, "How the Sphere encouraged me in a Vision", Flatland (1884)


'''Company:''' None (exists as a self-contained universe)
'''Company:''' Seeley & Co.
 
'''Creator:''' Edwin Abbott Abbott


'''Sex:''' None (exists as a mathematical point)
'''Sex:''' None (Exists as a mathematical point)


'''Sexuality:''' Not Applicable
'''Sexuality:''' Not Applicable
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'''[[Grade]]:''' '''F'''
'''[[Grade]]:''' '''F'''


'''[[Tiering System|Tier]]:''' '''11-C''' (Zero-dimensional)
'''[[Tiering System|Tier]]:''' '''Low 10-C'''


'''[[Cardinality]]:''' '''None'''
'''[[Cardinality]]:''' '''None'''
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'''[[Dimensionality]]:''' '''0-D'''
'''[[Dimensionality]]:''' '''0-D'''


'''[[Attack Potency]]:''' '''Absolute Zero''' (Exists only as a mathematical point)
'''[[Attack Potency]]:''' '''Low Subhuman level''' (Exists only as a mathematical point)


'''[[Durability]]: Absolute Zero'''
'''[[Durability]]:''' '''Low Subhuman level'''


'''[[Striking Strength]]:''' '''Absolute Zero'''
'''[[Striking Strength]]:''' '''Low Subhuman Class'''


'''[[Lifting Strength]]:''' '''Absolute Zero'''
'''[[Lifting Strength]]:''' '''Low Subhuman Class'''


'''[[Speed|Travel Speed]]:''' '''Immobile''' (cannot move in zero dimensions)
'''[[Speed|Travel Speed]]:''' '''Immobile''' (Cannot move in zero dimensions)


'''[[Speed|Combat Speed]]:''' '''None'''
'''[[Speed|Combat Speed]]:''' '''Unknown: True level'''


'''[[Reactions|Reaction Speed]]:''' '''None'''
'''[[Reactions|Reaction Speed]]:''' '''Unknown: True level'''


'''[[Stamina]]:''' '''Limitless''' (Exists eternally in its point state)
'''[[Stamina]]:''' '''Limitless''' (Exists eternally in its point state)


'''[[Range]]:''' '''Unknown: Lower Reality''' (Zero-dimensional existence)
'''[[Range]]:''' '''Below Standard Melee''' (Zero-dimensional existence)


'''[[Intelligence]]:''' '''Below Average''' (Can only comprehend itself)
'''[[Intelligence]]:''' '''Below Average Intelligence''' (Can only comprehend itself)


'''[[Knowledge]]:''' '''Self Only'''
'''[[Knowledge]]:''' '''Novice level''' (Only knows about itself and can only comprehend itself)


==[[Powers and Techniques]]==
==[[Powers and Techniques]]==
'''[[Lower-Dimensional Existence]]''' ('''Zero-Dimensional'''; [https://www.gutenberg.org/files/201/201-h/201-h.htm#:~:text=Look%20yonder%2C%20said%20my%20Guide%2C%20in%20Flatland%20thou%20didst%20hear%20the%20sound%2C%20but%20thou%20didst%20not%20see%20the%20form%20of%20words%3B%20now%2C%20in%20this%20realm%2C%20thou%20shalt%20hear%20and%20see%20both.%20Then%20my%20Guide%20led%20me%20down%20into%20the%20abyss%20of%20No%20dimensions. Exists in "the abyss of No dimensions"]), '''[[Reality Warping]]''' ('''Personal Reality'''; [https://www.gutenberg.org/files/201/201-h/201-h.htm#:~:text=He%20is%20himself%20his%20own%20World%2C%20his%20own%20Universe%3B%20of%20any%20other%20than%20himself%20he%20can%20form%20no%20conception. Controls their own universe as "his own World, his own Universe"]), '''[[Omnipresence]]''', '''[[Immortality]]''' ('''Types 1 and 3'''; [https://www.gutenberg.org/files/201/201-h/201-h.htm#:~:text=being%20really%20Nothing%20and%20being%20therefore%20All. Exists eternally as "Nothing and therefore All"]), '''[[Self-Sustenance]]''' ('''All Types'''; [https://www.gutenberg.org/files/201/201-h/201-h.htm#:~:text=what%20he%20thinks%2C%20that%20he%20utters%3B%20and%20what%20he%20utters%2C%20that%20he%20hears. Self-sustaining existence as shown by "what he thinks, that he utters; and what he utters, that he hears"]), '''[[Acausality]]''' ('''Type 5'''; [https://www.gutenberg.org/files/201/201-h/201-h.htm#:~:text=he%20has%20no%20cognizance%20even%20of%20the%20number%20Two%3B%20nor%20has%20he%20a%20thought%20of%20Plurality. Exists outside normal causality as shown by having "no cognizance even of the number Two"]), '''[[Power Nullification]]''' ('''Passive'''; [https://www.gutenberg.org/files/201/201-h/201-h.htm#:~:text=How%20could%20he%20ask%20or%20answer%20such%20a%20question%3F%20For%20the%20Point%20has%20no%20surroundings. Nullifies all external influences as "the Point has no surroundings"]), '''[[Nonexistent Physiology]]''' ('''Literal Nonexistence;''' [https://www.gutenberg.org/files/201/201-h/201-h.htm#:~:text=being%20really%20Nothing. Described as "being really Nothing"]), '''[[Mind Manipulation]]''' ('''Self Only'''; [https://www.gutenberg.org/files/201/201-h/201-h.htm#:~:text=Once%20when%2C%20moved%20by%20pity%2C%20I%20wished%20to%20warn%20the%20Point%20of%20his%20parlous%20state%2C%20my%20words%20were%20interpreted%20as%20the%20sound%20of%20his%20own%20voice. Interprets all external input as their own thoughts]), '''[[Abstract Existence]]''' ('''Information'''; [https://arxiv.org/abs/1508.02946 A point has Hausdorff dimension 0 and exists as a pure mathematical concept], [https://encyclopedia.pub/entry/36179])
'''[[Lower-Dimensional Existence]]''' ('''Zero-Dimensional;''' [https://www.gutenberg.org/files/201/201-h/201-h.htm#:~:text=Look%20yonder%2C%20said%20my%20Guide%2C%20in%20Flatland%20thou%20didst%20hear%20the%20sound%2C%20but%20thou%20didst%20not%20see%20the%20form%20of%20words%3B%20now%2C%20in%20this%20realm%2C%20thou%20shalt%20hear%20and%20see%20both.%20Then%20my%20Guide%20led%20me%20down%20into%20the%20abyss%20of%20No%20dimensions. Exists in "the abyss of No dimensions"]), '''[[Reality Warping]]''' ('''Personal Reality;''' [https://www.gutenberg.org/files/201/201-h/201-h.htm#:~:text=He%20is%20himself%20his%20own%20World%2C%20his%20own%20Universe%3B%20of%20any%20other%20than%20himself%20he%20can%20form%20no%20conception. Controls their own universe as "his own World, his own Universe"]), '''[[Omnipresence]]''' ('''Lower-Dimensional Omnipresence;''' [https://www.gutenberg.org/files/201/201-h/201-h.htm#:~:text=%22You%20see%2C%22%20said,his%20self%2Dsatisfaction.%22 Exists in a state of omnipresence], [https://www.gutenberg.org/files/201/201-h/201-h.htm#:~:text=%22Behold%20yon%20miserable,happy.%20Now%20listen.%22 being the whole zero-dimensional universe itself]), '''[[Immortality]]''' ('''Agelesss;''' [https://www.gutenberg.org/files/201/201-h/201-h.htm#:~:text=being%20really%20Nothing%20and%20being%20therefore%20All. Exists eternally as "Nothing and therefore All"]), '''[[Self-Sustenance]]''' ('''Nutritional''', '''Restful''', & '''Respiratory;''' [https://www.gutenberg.org/files/201/201-h/201-h.htm#:~:text=what%20he%20thinks%2C%20that%20he%20utters%3B%20and%20what%20he%20utters%2C%20that%20he%20hears. Self-sustaining existence as shown by "what he thinks, that he utters; and what he utters, that he hears"]), '''[[Acausality]]''' ('''Causality Immunity'''; [https://www.gutenberg.org/files/201/201-h/201-h.htm#:~:text=he%20has%20no%20cognizance%20even%20of%20the%20number%20Two%3B%20nor%20has%20he%20a%20thought%20of%20Plurality. Exists outside normal causality as shown by having "no cognizance even of the number Two"]), '''[[Power Nullification]]''' ('''Passive'''; [https://www.gutenberg.org/files/201/201-h/201-h.htm#:~:text=How%20could%20he%20ask%20or%20answer%20such%20a%20question%3F%20For%20the%20Point%20has%20no%20surroundings. Nullifies all external influences as "the Point has no surroundings"]), '''[[Personal Nonexistence]]''' ('''Metaphysical Nonexistence;''' [https://www.gutenberg.org/files/201/201-h/201-h.htm#:~:text=being%20really%20Nothing. Described as "being really Nothing"]), '''[[Mind Manipulation]]''' ('''Self Only'''; [https://www.gutenberg.org/files/201/201-h/201-h.htm#:~:text=Once%20when%2C%20moved%20by%20pity%2C%20I%20wished%20to%20warn%20the%20Point%20of%20his%20parlous%20state%2C%20my%20words%20were%20interpreted%20as%20the%20sound%20of%20his%20own%20voice. Interprets all external input as their own thoughts]), '''[[Abstract Existence]]''' ('''Information''', '''Absolute Abstraction;''' [https://arxiv.org/abs/1508.02946 A point has Hausdorff dimension 0 and exists as a pure mathematical concept], [https://encyclopedia.pub/entry/36179])
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==Notable Techniques==
==Notable Techniques==
'''Absolute Solipsism:''' The Monarch exists in a state where:
'''Absolute Solipsism:''' The Monarch exists in a state where:
* [https://www.gutenberg.org/files/201/201-h/201-h.htm#:~:text=All%20that%20he%20sees%2C%20feels%2C%20or%20hears%2C%20is%20himself%2C%20and%20nothing%20but%20himself. Interprets all external input as internal thoughts]
* [https://www.gutenberg.org/files/201/201-h/201-h.htm#:~:text=All%20that%20he%20sees%2C%20feels%2C%20or%20hears%2C%20is%20himself%2C%20and%20nothing%20but%20himself. Interprets all external input as internal thoughts].
* [https://www.gutenberg.org/files/201/201-h/201-h.htm#:~:text=He%20is%20himself%20his%20own%20World%2C%20his%20own%20Universe. Maintains complete control over its zero-dimensional reality]
* [https://www.gutenberg.org/files/201/201-h/201-h.htm#:~:text=He%20is%20himself%20his%20own%20World%2C%20his%20own%20Universe. Maintains complete control over its zero-dimensional reality].
* [https://www.gutenberg.org/files/201/201-h/201-h.htm#:~:text=of%20any%20other%20than%20himself%20he%20can%20form%20no%20conception Cannot be affected by higher dimensional beings]
* [https://www.gutenberg.org/files/201/201-h/201-h.htm#:~:text=of%20any%20other%20than%20himself%20he%20can%20form%20no%20conception Cannot be affected by higher dimensional beings].
 
'''Dimensional Transcendence Immunity:''' [https://www.gutenberg.org/files/201/201-h/201-h.htm#:~:text=Infinite%20beatitude%20of%20existence!%20It%20is%3B%20and%20there%20is%20none%20else%20beside%20It. The Monarch is immune to attempts by higher dimensional beings to make it comprehend additional dimensions]


'''Personal Reality Maintenance:''' [https://www.gutenberg.org/files/201/201-h/201-h.htm#:~:text=What%20he%20thinks%2C%20he%20utters%3B%20and%20what%20he%20utters%2C%20that%20he%20hears. The Monarch constantly maintains its personal zero-dimensional reality through pure solipsism]
'''Dimensional Transcendence Immunity:''' [https://www.gutenberg.org/files/201/201-h/201-h.htm#:~:text=Infinite%20beatitude%20of%20existence!%20It%20is%3B%20and%20there%20is%20none%20else%20beside%20It. The Monarch is immune to attempts by higher dimensional beings to make it comprehend additional dimensions].


'''Personal Reality Maintenance:''' [https://www.gutenberg.org/files/201/201-h/201-h.htm#:~:text=What%20he%20thinks%2C%20he%20utters%3B%20and%20what%20he%20utters%2C%20that%20he%20hears. The Monarch constantly maintains its personal zero-dimensional reality through pure solipsism].
----
==Other==
==Other==
'''Standard Tactics:''' None - The Monarch cannot engage in tactical thinking as it cannot perceive anything beyond itself
'''Standard Tactics:''' None - The Monarch cannot engage in tactical thinking as it cannot perceive anything beyond itself.


'''Weaknesses:'''  
'''Weaknesses:'''  
* [https://www.gutenberg.org/files/201/201-h/201-h.htm#:~:text=he%20knows%20not%20Length%2C%20nor%20Breadth%2C%20nor%20Height%2C%20for%20he%20has%20had%20no%20experience%20of%20them Complete inability to perceive or interact with higher dimensions]
* [https://www.gutenberg.org/files/201/201-h/201-h.htm#:~:text=he%20knows%20not%20Length%2C%20nor%20Breadth%2C%20nor%20Height%2C%20for%20he%20has%20had%20no%20experience%20of%20them Complete inability to perceive or interact with higher dimensions].
* [https://www.gutenberg.org/files/201/201-h/201-h.htm#:~:text=nor%20has%20he%20a%20thought%20of%20Plurality Cannot learn or grow due to solipsistic nature]
* [https://www.gutenberg.org/files/201/201-h/201-h.htm#:~:text=nor%20has%20he%20a%20thought%20of%20Plurality Cannot learn or grow due to solipsistic nature].
* [https://www.gutenberg.org/files/201/201-h/201-h.htm#:~:text=How%20could%20he%20move%20or%20go%20anywhere%3F Cannot move or change]
* [https://www.gutenberg.org/files/201/201-h/201-h.htm#:~:text=How%20could%20he%20move%20or%20go%20anywhere%3F Cannot move or change].
* [https://www.gutenberg.org/files/201/201-h/201-h.htm#:~:text=of%20any%20other%20than%20himself%20he%20can%20form%20no%20conception Unable to comprehend the existence of other beings or dimensions]
* [https://www.gutenberg.org/files/201/201-h/201-h.htm#:~:text=of%20any%20other%20than%20himself%20he%20can%20form%20no%20conception Unable to comprehend the existence of other beings or dimensions].
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==Battle Records==
==Battle Records==
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Latest revision as of 13:28, 3 December 2024

“ "Behold yon miserable creature. That Point is a Being like ourselves, but confined to the Non-dimensional Gulf. He is himself his own World, his own Universe; of any other than himself he can form no conception; he knows not Length, nor Breadth, nor Height, for he has had no experience of them; he has no cognizance even of the number Two; nor has he a thought of Plurality; for he is himself his One and All, being really Nothing." - The Sphere describing the Monarch of Pointland „
~ Chapter 20, Flatland

Background

The Monarch of Pointland appears in Edwin Abbott's 1884 novel "Flatland: A Romance of Many Dimensions." It exists as the sole inhabitant and ruler of Pointland, a dimensionless realm that the Sphere shows to A Square during his metaphysical explorations. The Monarch represents the ultimate extreme of solipsistic existence, being completely unable to conceive of anything beyond itself.

General Information

Name: The Monarch of Pointland, The Point

Origin: Flatland

First Appearance: Chapter 20, "How the Sphere encouraged me in a Vision", Flatland (1884)

Company: Seeley & Co.

Creator: Edwin Abbott Abbott

Sex: None (Exists as a mathematical point)

Sexuality: Not Applicable

Pronouns: It/Its

Age: Ageless

Homeworld: Pointland (Zero-dimensional space)

Residence: Pointland

Story Role: Philosophical Example, Dimensional Being

Classification: Zero-dimensional Entity

Species: Point Being

State of Being: Dimensional Entity

Physiology: Point

Occupation: Self-proclaimed Monarch of Pointland

Containment Status: N/A

Affiliations: None

Enemies: None (cannot comprehend external entities)

Height: None (zero-dimensional)

Weight: None (zero-dimensional)

Status: Alive

Alignment: True Neutral (Exists in complete solipsism)

Threat Level: None (Cannot affect higher dimensions)

Codex Statistics

Grade: F

Tier: Low 10-C

Cardinality: None

Dimensionality: 0-D

Attack Potency: Low Subhuman level (Exists only as a mathematical point)

Durability: Low Subhuman level

Striking Strength: Low Subhuman Class

Lifting Strength: Low Subhuman Class

Travel Speed: Immobile (Cannot move in zero dimensions)

Combat Speed: Unknown: True level

Reaction Speed: Unknown: True level

Stamina: Limitless (Exists eternally in its point state)

Range: Below Standard Melee (Zero-dimensional existence)

Intelligence: Below Average Intelligence (Can only comprehend itself)

Knowledge: Novice level (Only knows about itself and can only comprehend itself)

Powers and Techniques

Lower-Dimensional Existence (Zero-Dimensional; Exists in "the abyss of No dimensions"), Reality Warping (Personal Reality; Controls their own universe as "his own World, his own Universe"), Omnipresence (Lower-Dimensional Omnipresence; Exists in a state of omnipresence, being the whole zero-dimensional universe itself), Immortality (Agelesss; Exists eternally as "Nothing and therefore All"), Self-Sustenance (Nutritional, Restful, & Respiratory; Self-sustaining existence as shown by "what he thinks, that he utters; and what he utters, that he hears"), Acausality (Causality Immunity; Exists outside normal causality as shown by having "no cognizance even of the number Two"), Power Nullification (Passive; Nullifies all external influences as "the Point has no surroundings"), Personal Nonexistence (Metaphysical Nonexistence; Described as "being really Nothing"), Mind Manipulation (Self Only; Interprets all external input as their own thoughts), Abstract Existence (Information, Absolute Abstraction; A point has Hausdorff dimension 0 and exists as a pure mathematical concept, [1])

Notable Techniques

Absolute Solipsism: The Monarch exists in a state where:

Dimensional Transcendence Immunity: The Monarch is immune to attempts by higher dimensional beings to make it comprehend additional dimensions.

Personal Reality Maintenance: The Monarch constantly maintains its personal zero-dimensional reality through pure solipsism.

Other

Standard Tactics: None - The Monarch cannot engage in tactical thinking as it cannot perceive anything beyond itself.

Weaknesses:

Battle Records

0-0-0

None (Cannot engage in combat due to dimensional limitations)

None (Cannot engage in combat due to dimensional limitations)

None (Cannot engage in combat due to dimensional limitations)

References

  • Abbott, Edwin A. "Flatland: A Romance of Many Dimensions" (1884), Chapter 20
  • Project Gutenberg Edition of Flatland
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