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The Mirror Dimension (also known as "The Forbidden Dimension", "Mirror World", "Deadite Dimension", and "The Cradle of The Damned") is an otherworldly dimension that serves as the realm in which The Dark Ones and the Deadites were banished to, and is where "swallowed souls" go upon being completely consumed by a Deadite spirit.

The concept of the Mirror Dimension was retroactively introduced in the 1987 film Evil Dead II, and first alluded to in the 2000 video game Evil Dead: Hail To The King, though it would be properly introduced and appear until the 2005 comic Army of Darkness vs. Re-Animator #2.

History[]

Despite existing in several alternate realities, the Mirror Dimension seems to share an identical history at least two of these worlds. In both realities, The Dark Ones held dominion over the Earth, keeping humanity in-line with the aid of an endless Deadite legion. In an effort to aid humans of their otherworldly tyrants, God had selected an individual (dubbed "The Chosen One") and imbued him with powers and skills which would allow him to defeat these monsters.[1] Both Deadites and The Dark Ones alike were banished by this "Chosen One" to the Mirror Dimension, cursed to remain there until summoned back to the world of the living with the aid of artifacts like the Necronomicon Ex-Mortis.[1][2][3][4]

Earth-818793[]

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Ash Williams fights the "Alice" themed atrocities of the Mirror Dimension (Army of Darkness vs. Re-Animator #3)

In the reality known as Earth-818793, Ash Williams would find himself pulled into the Mirror Dimension by his counterpart during his escape from Arkham Asylum in the mid-2000s.[2] Inside the twisted world in which the Deadites dwell, Ash encountered Sheila (whose spirit had been exorcised from her body sometime during his incarceration in the asylum), as well as the "real" Herbert West, and a mysterious man known as H.P., who seemed to have a vast knowledge about the history of the Deadites and the dimension itself. After given instructions on how to escape the Mirror Dimension, Ash and the others were attacked by Evil Ash, who revealed that this world was where the spirits of slain Deadites returned to after being destroyed in the world of the living. Williams escaped the encounter with his clone, and eventually returned to "the real world".[1]

In the aftermath of Ash's death at the hands of an evil clone of Sheila, Evil Ash took possession of his human's counterpart's body, which imbued him with the power to "shatter" the Mirror Dimension and unleash the Deadites held within.[5] Eventually this act would be erased from history upon the real Ash's return and his alteration of the timeline.[6]

The Mirror Dimension of Earth-818793 also served as the prison for Freddy Krueger for several months after his defeat at Camp Crystal Lake,[7][8] though eventually the United States Government opened a temporary portal directly into the dimension and retrieved Krueger in the hopes he would aid them in "Project Black Book" operation.[9]

Cradle of The Damned[]

In one alternate universe, Annie Knowby opened a portal to the Mirror Dimension in the hopes to pull in the various demonic forces which she had unleashed upon the world six months prior after escaping Hell itself. This rift began to pull in a simulacrum duplicate of Ash Williams who had been helping her round-up the Deadites during this time, as he was made from the evil-infected hand of the original Ash.[3] Not wanting to lose him, Annie followed him into the dimension, where they were subjugated to horrific visions of each-other dying before being found by a man named Regardie. A member of a secret society from the late 19th/early 20th Century who had been trapped in the dimension, Regardie explained that Annie could escape this realm following a "soul purification" ceremony, which would mask her from The Dark Ones.[10] Following the ceremony, Annie and Ash were attacked by an oily black tentacle monster while traveling through a canyon leading to the dimension's exit, with the simulacrum Ash sacrificing himself for Annie to escape.[11]

Though she initially believed to have escaped the Mirror Dimension following this attack, it wouldn't be until after The Dark Ones appeared on Earth that Annie and the simulacrum Ash discovered they had never left, as they had been subjected to a simulation induced by The Dark Ones to see if the souls of humanity were worth harvesting at this point in time. Upon realizing that it was not the right time for such a harvest, Regardie released Ash and Annie back to the real world.[12]

Physical Appearance[]

Earth-818793[]

According to H.P. (a resident of the Mirror Dimension connected to Earth-818793), the dimension's appearance seemed to constantly change based on recently assimilated souls "swallowed" by the Deadites. During Ash's visit to this realm, the dimension and it's inhabitants reflected the characters and setting of Lewis Carroll's Alice In Wonderland story, which led H.P. to hypothesize that Carroll himself had recently fallen to the Deadites.[1]

Cradle of The Damned[]

In an alternate reality, the Mirror Dimension's "base" form resembled that of an endless desert beneath a mint-green sky filled with various metallic silver shapes.[10] For a moment, the dimension took on the form of the Garden of Eden (with Ash and Annie taking on the roles of Adam and Eve), though this form was destroyed shortly after Ash took a bite out of a nearby apple.[10] Though unseen by Ash and Annie during their initial visit, a large temple where The Dark Ones resided was said to have been located somewhere in this iteration of the Mirror Dimension.[13]

Entering & Exiting The Mirror Dimension[]

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Ash Williams is dragged into the Mirror Dimension (Army of Darkness vs. Re-Animator #2)

So far, there are three known methods for entering the various forms of the Mirror Dimension, including:

  1. An individual's soul being "swallowed" by a Deadite (exclusive to the Earth-818793 version).[1]
  2. An incantation found within the Necronomicon Ex-Mortis.[7][3] In both instances, this rift only pulls in nearby demonic entities, though non-demonic creatures can also be pulled in.
  3. An individual's doppelganger pulling them in via a reflective surface (though this can only occur when a large amount of supernatural activity is happening).[2]

As far as methods for escaping the Dimension, only two are known of so far. The first method can only be done provided the individual was pulled into the Dimension (listed as the second entry method above), this involves returning to the place where a Deadite doppelganger switched places with the "good" counterpart and shattering a magical monocle glass.[1] The second method is a simple teleportation spell, which is seemingly only achievable by a servant of The Dark Ones.[12]

Gallery[]

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Cradle of The Damned[]

Trivia[]

  • The cancelled comic Evil Dead 2: Doppelganger Wars would have revealed that The Dark Ones took residence inside a large bone-like cathedral inside the Mirror Dimension.
  • The Ash vs Evil Dead television series would introduce their own variation of the Mirror Dimension concept in the show's third season. "The Deadlands" seemed to take inspiration from the Earth-818793 version of the Mirror Dimension, as both are explained to be where "swallowed souls" go following Deadites overtaking their physical bodies.

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