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Axis Mundi in Monarch: Legacy of Monsters

Cate Randa: “So if we're in the realm of the Titans or whatever, why does it look so much like Earth?”

Keiko Randa: “Because it is. Parts of it, anyway. Different pieces of home. Different pieces of their world. All put together like a patchwork quilt. I don't think this is the realm of the Titans at all. It's a place between places. I call it "Axis Mundi".”

Cate Randa: “The pole between heaven and Earth.”

― Keiko Randa explaining to Cate Randa about the Axis Mundi ("Beyond Logic")

Axis Mundi (Latin for "world axis") is a region of the Hollow Earth that appears in the 2023 Apple TV+ Monsterverse series Monarch: Legacy of Monsters. Unlike other portions of the Hollow Earth seen in the Monsterverse, inhabitants of Axis Mundi experience time slower than those on Earth's surface. It is known to be connected to the surface world by at least four portals, similar if not identical to the Vile Vortices discovered to lead to other regions of the Hollow Earth: one in an abandoned nuclear power plant in Kazakhstan, one in the U.S. state of Kansas, another in (somewhere) Japan, and one on Skull Island.

The first known human visitor to Axis Mundi was Monarch scientist Dr. Keiko Randa, who fell there against her will in 1959 and was presumed dead. Monarch subsequently launched Operation Hourglass in 1962, an expedition into Axis Mundi which went awry and left the exploration party stranded. Though the party was preyed upon by the Ion Dragon, one member, Captain Lee Shaw, was eventually sucked up into a portal and emerged on the surface with his life—now in the year 1982. Decades later, in 2015, Shaw fell back into Axis Mundi along with May Olowe-Hewitt and Cate Randa, the lattermost finding Keiko, her grandmother, alive and still young. Together, they managed to fix up Lee's pod from Operation Hourglass and lured the Ion Dragon and Godzilla to stabilize the portal. Though Lee had to sacrifice himself, Keiko, May and Cate return to the surface and onto Skull Island in the year 2017.

History

Monarch: Legacy of Monsters (TV 2023-2024)

Monsterverse

Monarch: Legacy of Monsters

Aftermath

In 1959, as Bill Randa, Keiko and Lee Shaw tried to escape a swarm of Endoswarmers, Keiko lost grip of the rope she was being carried by and fell down an Axis Mundi portal.

Comics

Monarch: The Lost Adventures (2026)

Properties

Axis Mundi is connected to the surface through a vast network of portals similar to ones that lead to other sectors of the Hollow Earth. Portals into the Axis Mundi are unstable and require a Titan's radiation to stabilize it for safe travel. Due to their unstable nature, these portals can implode if disturbed, such as by the explosives Lee Shaw used to close two of them. When stabilized or during implosions, the portals will begin to suck in nearby objects, although large Titans such as the Ion Dragon and Godzilla were immune due to their immense weight. Whenever a rift closes, it produces an electrical charge that effects the vision of humans. This electricity builds up in patches that explode, which are lethal to humans and plant life effected by it. Due to Axis Mundi's gravitational distortion, space-time is dramatically slowed compared to the surface and other areas of the Hollow Earth. There does not appear to be any correlation between the time one remains in Axis Mundi and the time which passes on the surface of the Earth; Lee Shaw and Keiko Randa were trapped within Axis Mundi for a week and 57 days respectively, but on the surface 20 years had passed for the former and 56 had passed for the latter. When Keiko, Cate and May managed to escape Axis Mundi, two years has passed.

Gravitational distortion

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Temporal manipulation

Time flows much slower as when Lee Shaw and Keiko Randa were trapped within Axis Mundi for a week and 57 days respectively, but on the surface 20 years had passed for the former and 56 had passed for the latter.

Gamma ray absorption

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Electromagnetic wave manipulation

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Radioactive anomaly emission

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Light wave distortion

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Inhabitants

Gallery

Concept art

Nick Keller

Video

Extending Worlds: Axis Mundi

Trivia

Romanian scholar Mircea Eliade introduced the use of the term Axis mundi to comparative mythology as a means to express the concept of connection between higher and lower realms across various religions or mythologies.

Locations
Showa
Countries	Japan (Hiroshima • Nagasaki • Tokyo (Shinagawa • Ginza) • Kobe • Osaka • Nagoya • Okinawa (Cape Manzamo) • Hokkaido • Kyoto • Fukuoka) • China (Beijing) • Philippines (Manila) • New Guinea • Marshall Islands • United States (New York City • Alaska • Texas) • United Kingdom (London) • France (Paris) • Italy (Venice) • Germany • Russia (Moscow) • Rolisica (New Kirk City) • Mu • Selgina • Seatopia • North Korea • South Korea
Geographic points	Mount Aso • Mount Fuji • Aokigahara • Pacific Ocean (Bikini Atoll • Odo Island • Iwato Island • Kamiko Island • Faro Island • Infant Island • Sergio Island • Letchi Island • Sollgel Island • Monster Island • Mondo Island • Ogasawara Islands • (Monsterland) • Wester Island • Japan Trench • Tokyo Bay • Osaka Bay • Sagami Bay • Suruga Bay) • Arctic Ocean
Planets and continents	Earth (Asia • Europe • America • Antarctica) • Mysteroid • Planet R • Planet Paira • Venus • Mars • Jupiter • Planet X • Moon • Gorath • Terra • Planet Fire God • Dark Gaseous Nebula of the Orion • M Space Hunter Nebula • Planet Peaceland • Planet Garoga • Planet Bulgar • Black Hole Planet 3
Miscellaneous	National Diet Building • SEIKO HOUSE GINZA • Tokyo Tower • Osaka Castle • Saikai Bridge • Haneda Airport • Golden Gate Bridge • Statue of Liberty • Atami Castle • Nagoya TV Tower • Nagoya Castle • Wakato Bridge • Kurobe Dam • Arc de Triomphe • Godzilla Tower • Underground Cave • Atlantis
Heisei
Countries	Japan (Tokyo • Osaka • Hokkaido (Sapporo) • Fukuoka • Nagoya • Yokohama (Minato Mirai 21) • Kyoto • Kobe • Kagoshima • Beppu • Kumamoto • Okinawa • Omaezaki • Sendai • Ashikaga • Shima) • China (Hong Kong) • Philippines • Marshall Islands • Russia • Saradia • North Korea • South Korea
Geographic points	Mount Mihara • Mount Fuji • Mount Aso • Aokigahara • Lake Ashi • Pacific Ocean (Tokyo Bay • Bikini Atoll • Lagos Island • Bering Sea • Sea of Okhotsk • Infant Island • Adonoa Island • Baas Island • Himegami Island • Kowloon Bay • Suruga Bay • Godzilland • Godzilla Island • Matango Island • Bungo Channel • Yakushima • Nilai-Kanai Temple) • Arctic Ocean
Planets and continents	Earth (Asia) • Mars • Jupiter • Monster Planet • Planet Torendeiru
Miscellaneous	Ihama Nuclear Power Plant • National Diet Building • SEIKO HOUSE GINZA • Fukuoka Tower • Sapporo TV Tower • Nagoya Castle • Nagoya TV Tower • Yokohama Landmark Tower • Yokohama Bay Bridge • Cosmo Clock 21 • Tokyo Tower • Kai Tak Airport • Tokyo Bay Aqua-Line • Tokyo Metropolitan Government Building • Tokyo Telecom Center • Ikata Nuclear Power Plant • Haneda Airport • Ariake Coliseum • Underworld • Atlantis
Millennium
Countries	Japan (Tokyo • Okinawa • Tokai • Manazuru • Hokkaido (Nemuro) • Osaka • Yokohama • Tateyama) • United States (New York City • Arizona) • France (Paris) • Australia (Sydney) • New Guinea (Papua New Guinea) • China (Shanghai) • Canada
Geographic points	Pacific Ocean (Tokyo Bay • Kiganjima • Infant Island • Ogasawara Islands (Magonoté • Himago Island) • Japan Trench) • Atlantic Ocean (English Channel) • Mount Myoko • Lake Ikeda • Mount Fuji • Aokigahara • Area G
Planets and continents	Earth (Asia • Europe • America • Oceania • Australia • Antarctica) • Gorath • Planet Fire God
Miscellaneous	National Diet Building • Tokyo Tower • Tokai Nuclear Power Plant • Yokohama Landmark Tower • Yokohama Bay Bridge • Empire State Building • Statue of Liberty • Sydney Opera House • Eiffel Tower
Reiwa
Countries	Japan (Tokyo (Kamata • Shinagawa • Ginza) • Kamakura • Mechagodzilla City • Nigashio) • United Kingdom (London) • France (Paris) • Germany • United States • India • Marshall Islands
Geographic points	Mount Fuji • Tanzawa Pass • Pacific Ocean (Odo Island • Tokyo Bay • Sagami Bay • Bikini Atoll • Ogasawara Islands • Bōsō Peninsula) • Atlantic Ocean (English Channel)
Planets and continents	Earth (Asia • Europe • America) • Kepler-452b • Tau Ceti e • Moon
Miscellaneous	National Diet Building • Tokyo Tower • Tokyo Station • SEIKO HOUSE GINZA • Aratrum • Oratio • Union Compound India
American films
Countries	United States (New York City • Hawaii • Nevada • San Francisco • Boston • Sedona • Phoenix • Hoboken • Washington, D.C. • Pensacola • Alaska) • France (French Polynesia • Montagnac) • Marshall Islands • Jamaica • Philippines • Japan (Janjira • Tokyo) • Vietnam • Mexico (Isla de Mara) • Brazil (Rio de Janeiro) • Germany (Munich) • Russia (Moscow) • United Kingdom (London • Gibraltar) • Spain (Cadiz) • Italy (Rome) • Barbados • Norway (Kvitøya) • Sudan (Jebel Barkal) • Peru (Machu Pichu) • Egypt (Cairo) • China (Hong Kong) • South Korea
Geographic points	Pacific Ocean (Bikini Atoll • Skull Island • Tasman Sea) • Arctic Ocean • Yunnan Rainforest • Mount Fuji • Infant Island • Victoria Peak
Planets and continents	Earth (America • Europe • Asia • Oceania • Antarctica)
Miscellaneous	Empire State Building • Statue of Liberty • World Trade Center • Madison Square Garden • Brooklyn Bridge • Honolulu International Airport • Golden Gate Bridge • Yucca Mountain Nuclear Waste Repository • Fenway Park • Apex Cybernetics • Colosseum • Great Pyramid • Christ the Redeemer
Printed media
Countries	United States (San Francisco • San Diego • Los Angeles • New York City • Texas • Washington, D.C. • Seattle • Las Vegas • Alaska • Chicago) • Japan (Tokyo) • Germany • Brazil (São Paulo) • France (Paris) • Greece • Italy (Pompeii • Rome) • Ghana (Accra) • India (Mumbai) • Turkey (Istanbul) • North Korea • South Korea (Seoul) • Russia (Moscow) • Mexico • Vietnam • Jamaica • Peru • Canada (Vancouver)
Geographic points	Pacific Ocean (Monster Island • Monster Islands • Infant Island • Moansta Island • Satan Atoll • Ogasawara Islands • Bering Sea)
Planets and continents	Earth (America • Asia • Europe • Antarctica)
Miscellaneous	Alaskan Pipeline • Golden Gate Bridge • Grand Canyon • Eiffel Tower • Christ the Redeemer • Hell • Multiverse

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