Where did the door in the Chrysalis lead to?

[MoofiaBossVal]

Where did it lead to? The heart of the star? The moon? The void? Some other dimension we don't know about yet?

[Enkidoh]

Well, I'm not sure what the Lorebooks said but the ARR artbook interestingly revealed the directive the artist who designed it was given from the writing team stated that the Chrysalis is a pocket dimension made from the "memories of the Ascians", and that the areas that were well defined were meant to represent "where the mind was strong" and "unravelling where the mind was weak" (paraphrased).

And, the whole feel of the Chrysalis matches the 'darkness crystals/platforms' suspended above Etheirys at the end of the Amaurot dungeon much much later in the game (apparently where Zodiark was originally summoned), this kind of makes sense.

So whether that door was based on something from their memories or something else is unclear - it's more likely to be just symbolic and not a literal door, given the Ascians kind of have no need for them (as they simply teleport everywhere, as they're beings of aether and all). Maybe it was meant to represent Zodiark's throne or something, given he's their 'one true god' and all looking at it it does seem to have vaguely Amaurotine icongraphy, so take from that what you will.).

[KageTokage]

The "rift between" itself is still something that feels a touch...ill-defined given that's not some transitional area between corporeal and aetherial like it was initially implied to be as we didn't need to enter it to reach the aetherial sea.

If you look down below the platform in Chrysalis, you can still see a churning water-like surface akin to what the boundary of the aetherial sea looks like over in Labyrinthos so it does seem like it at least sits directly adjacent to it, though.

[Iscah]

Kingdom Hearts.

[Cleretic]

Kingdom Hearts.

That can't be right. I have it on good authority that Kingdom Hearts is Light!

[Iscah]

That can't be right. I have it on good authority that Kingdom Hearts is Light!

That's why they keep the door shut.

[Rannie]

Now I'm just waiting for someone to call out SORA, DONALD, GOOFY... to complete it all

[Vyrerus]

It's the door to Emet-selch's naptime room.

[Skyborne]

Well, I'm not sure what the Lorebooks said but the ARR artbook interestingly revealed the directive the artist who designed it was given from the writing team stated that the Chrysalis is a pocket dimension made from the "memories of the Ascians", and that the areas that were well defined were meant to represent "where the mind was strong" and "unravelling where the mind was weak" (paraphrased).

And, the whole feel of the Chrysalis matches the 'darkness crystals/platforms' suspended above Etheirys at the end of the Amaurot dungeon much much later in the game (apparently where Zodiark was originally summoned), this kind of makes sense.

So whether that door was based on something from their memories or something else is unclear - it's more likely to be just symbolic and not a literal door, given the Ascians kind of have no need for them (as they simply teleport everywhere, as they're beings of aether and all). Maybe it was meant to represent Zodiark's throne or something, given he's their 'one true god' and all looking at it it does seem to have vaguely Amaurotine icongraphy, so take from that what you will.).

So the art books have snippets of lore like that as well? Guess I will have to check them out... the rift was one of those things I would have liked to have found out more about ingame.

... Although funnily enough, some of the Ascian scenes appear to take place in the Mordian Gaol.

[Rannie]

It's the door to Emet-selch's naptime room.

Question is Spriggy-Selch invited to Emet's nappy time room?