This Chiral Matter is similar to dark matter, present in our universe since the Big Bang but until Death Stranding its existence was not known nor could it be interacted with. This Timefall seems to be caused by the Chiral Matter, some particles present in the Beach and that, together with the EVs, have reached our world spreading through the atmosphere. The Timefall is rain, although it would be more accurate to say precipitation, since it can also occur in the form of snow or hail, which causes everything it touches to age rapidly in a matter of seconds, but, after the first contact, it turns into normal water. On the other hand we have Timefall, which always accompanies BTs. They are also accompanied by a black tar-like liquid. As if that were not enough, the BTs are invisible except in very specific conditions. These explosions are what primarily wiped out Earth's cities, roads, communications, and most of its inhabitants. This is very dangerous since BTs are made of antimatter and when they come into contact with a human they produce small (and not so small) explosions, known as Voids, which destroy everything in their path. Since Death Stranding begins, every person who dies and his body is not destroyed before 48h is necrotized and becomes a BT. The Stranded Entities are the soul of the dead that filter from their world and the Beach into ours and are intrinsically hostile, for the most part, towards humans. During this phenomenon three fundamental things happen: the arrival of the Stranded Entities, the Timefall and the DOOMs. A cataclysm, known as the Death Stranding, has occurred and no one knows anything about the Beach or the world of the dead. There are other special Beaches, but I will explain them later.Īt the beginning of the story we are immersed in the end of the world.

In addition, each Beach is unique for each person, although in special cases, such as wars, they can be shared by different people, because those people died at the same time and in a traumatic way, sharing very strong thoughts and feelings. Entering that sea, we reach our final destination in The Beyond. The Beach is physically a beach as we know it, with its sand and its sea.

The world of the living is where we find ourselves, the world of the dead is the place where our soul will die and the Beach is the path that we must cross from our world to the world of the dead once our life ends. In this world there are three existential planes: the world of the living, the Beach and the world of the dead. The story of Death Stranding takes place in an alternate reality of our world. First of all credits go to 'Arthur Dayne' who posted this great analysis of the story behind this game in the Spanish website “forocoches”, I think this is the best in depth explanation of the story of Death Stranding I have seen out there, I have translated everything to English, so you can also enjoy this great explanation of the lore.

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