How a fractured timeline, engineered ancestry, and authoritarian control shape the entire universe.
The Ends of Time operates on a world shaped by three forces:
Temporal engineering
Political power
Human resistance
This page reveals how the world functions beneath the story: the systems, rules, technologies, and social structures that define the timeline.
The central power structure is built around an authoritarian leader who controls:
time travel access
android enforcement
engineered ancestry
who gets to exist in the future
This world is not governed by laws, it’s governed by lineage.
The dictator’s philosophy:
If you control the past, you control everyone who comes after.
This idea forms the backbone of the world’s political reality.
One of the bleakest pieces of world building is the “life insurance” system:
Aristocrats can arrange the marriages of their ancestors.
Bloodlines are curated, not natural.
The poor are scattered across history to prevent solidarity.
Elite families protect themselves across centuries.
This creates a society where:
class is genetically preserved
ancestry is manipulated like an investment portfolio
rebellion becomes a fight not just for freedom, but for identity
It’s time travel as social engineering.
The rebellion survives in the cracks of the dictatorship’s timeline.
They rely on:
stolen intel
partial knowledge of time mechanics
personal loyalty over hierarchy
makeshift technology
hope over certainty
They are not polished heroes; they are survivors navigating temporal chaos.
Their world is defined by uncertainty.
The portals are technological rather than mystical, and they serve specific functions:
Elite transport for aristocrats traveling to curated eras
Lineage management for arranged ancestor placement
System maintenance for android enforcers
Restricted zones rebels are never meant to enter
Gary’s escape creates a temporal rift because he uses a device not designed for fugitives.
The portal system is precise, and its misuse destabilizes everything.
Androids exist to maintain timeline stability through force.
Their design:
immune to paradox
track humans across decades
enforce lineage protection
operate with perfect memory across timelines
They are programmed for one purpose:
Preserve the dictator’s engineered future at all costs.
Time functions with a structured but flexible logic:
One major jump can split timelines
Changes cause gradual ripples, not instant erasures
Paradox can fracture identity but not erase it
Timeline shifts create dual versions of characters
The past can be altered, but only strategically
This allows the story to explore contradictions without collapsing into confusion.
The world is divided into:
future dystopian control centers
rebellion networks and safe houses
historical timelines where aristocrats manipulate their ancestry
neutral zones heavily patrolled by androids
The geography shifts with each era, giving the world a layered sense of place.
The world is ultimately built around a philosophical conflict:
Who owns the past?
The rebellion fights to reclaim:
agency
identity
historical freedom
And the dictator fights to protect:
power
legacy
engineered destiny
The world exists at the intersection between choice and programming.
The Core of the World building
Everything in The Ends of Time: its politics, its technology, its timelines serves a single thematic truth:
The future is not free when the past is owned.
