Dimensional Prophecy of Zohar

Dimensional Prophecy of Zohar is a German horror/cyberpunk fan fiction space opera by SSJKamui, numbering eleven episodes. DPZ deals with the question of what Humans really are. The story mostly takes place in Kyoto. At the beginning of the story, a big, ugly, stinking, slimy feline creature attacks the Mars colonies. When the people analyse it, they discover this creature is a human.

Main characters
A 14-year-old female geek. She suffers from clinical depression, because she thinks no one will ever love her. She often unsuccessfully tried to get a boyfriend. Because of this, she thinks her life is like the work of Sisyphus.
 * Karala Yagiyu

A classmate of Karala. Because of a genetic anomaly, she was not able to learn a language until a special treatment based on the work of Julian Bashir.
 * Madoka Michael

A female cyborg working for Starfleet.
 * Hilal

A gynoid who hasn't got an essence.
 * Kisaria

An Italian Starfleet officer.
 * Cesare Melchior

Secondary Characters
The philosophy and history teacher of Karala Yagiyu and Madoka Michael.
 * Jean Vincent Dubois

The former girlfriend of Jean Vincent Dubois. Their relationship endet when Sarah Salomon transformed into an insect like being, because she is a Caine. Later, Sarah Salomon sabotaged the space colonies Sodom and Gomorra
 * Sarah Salomon

A mysterious guy who has connections to Section 31, Majestic 12 and the past of Karala Yagiyu.
 * cigarette smoking Man

Episodes
The title of this episode is an allusion to the philosophy of Jean-Paul Sartre. In this episode, Karala comes to Kyoto because of Starfleet, but when she sees an alien who destroys parts of the city, she runs away. At the same time, 2 other Caine attack.
 * "Essence"

The title of this episode alludes to "The Myth of Sisyphus" by Albert Camus. In this episode, the other people search for Karala while the city is attacked by some enemies. Karala rans through the subway station and thinks about her past.
 * "Sisyphus"

The title of this episode is an allusion to the genetic anomaly of Madoka. Madoka becomes fully cured of the effects of the anomaly and finds Karala in a subway station. She encourages her to do her job.
 * "Language"

The title of this episode is a philosophical concept by Arthur Schopenhauer, which means that the nearer two persons come, the more they hurt each other. In this episode, Karala has her first day at her new school, but has problems with her social phobias.
 * "Hedgehogs Dilemma"

The title of this episode is an allusion to the philosophy of Jean-Paul Sartre. In this episode, Kisaria starts to have strange malfunctions. At the end, Kisaria develops an essence independently.
 * "Existence"

The title of this episode is a concept of Sigmund Freud. It's the name of the destruction drive. In this episode, the enemies try to destroy two Federation space colonies in orbit of the planet Saturn called Sodom and Gomorra. While Karala and Madoka try to prevent this, a secret of Karala's parents becomes discovered. In this story, Karala's psychological development according to the theory of Sigmund Freud is explained. The USS Enterprise (NCC-1701-E) and the USS Gerentaika patrol near the colonies and the captain of the Gerentaika enters one of the colonies to stop the enemies.
 * "Destrudo"

This episode is named after a philosophical concept. In this episode, a group who works for the state comes to school to check if sleepers who belong to the enemies hide there. The group asks the pupils about them and Karala Yagiyu endangers Madoka Michael because the thing she says to the group.(The name of the leader of the group is an allusion to the Grand Inquisitor |Tomás de Torquemada.)
 * "Ghost in the Machine"

The title of this episode is a psychological concept which means that someone copies traits of his enemies to protect himself. In this episode, the other people have to fight against Karala because of an experiment by the conspirative organization Majestic 12.
 * "Introjection"

This episode is named after a book by the German philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche. In this episode, Madoka Michael tries to find Karala Yagiyu and asks herself, if it will be necessary to kill Karala Yagiyu.
 * "Ecce Homo"

In this episode, Madoka and Hilal have to stop a scientist. This scientist traps them often and thinks that people don't have a free will. Instead, they are determined by outer influences. Hilal and Madoka stop him by trapping him in the same way he trapped them before. Meanwhile, two news reporters discover the secret Majestic 12 base on the planet 2,9,5,12,5,6,5,12,4. This episode deals with the topic of determinism and the concept of the will to live by Arthur Schopenhauer.
 * "Special Layer: Freedom?"

The title of this episode is a concept of Sigmund Freud. It means suicide drive or death drive. In this episode, Section 31 tries to fulfil their plan and attacks the heroes' headquarters. During the attack, most people get killed. At the end, Karala has to answer a fundamental question. There are many quotations of the song "Fortuna Imperatrix Mundi" of the Carmina Burana in this episode. ''This episode is considered as alternate reality, because it conflicts with Star Trek canon.
 * "Thanatos"

Themes in Dimensional Prophecy of Zohar
The main topic of the story is what Humans really are. All other themes in the story are connected with this. All themes discussed in the story are aspects of humanity. Psychoanalytical theory is also an important theme in the story.

Background

 * The author was 17 Years old when he started to write this story. He completed the last 3 Episodes of the story at the age of 18.
 * The story is based on the works of Friedrich Nietzsche, Jean Paul Sartre,Arthur Schopenhauer, Albert Camus,Martin Heidegger,Immanuel Kant,Sigmund Freud,Carl Gustav Jung,Jacques Lacan,Konrad Lorenz,Epicurus,Karl Marx, Niccolò Macchiavelli,Søren Aabye Kierkegaard,Richard Dawkins,Thomas Hobbes and some other people.
 * The story has some similarities with some anime books and films, e.g. Neon Genesis Evangelion,The Matrix,Blade Runner, Gundam,Starship Troopers,Ghost in the Shell,Serial Experiments Lain,Alien, the Cthulhu Mythos,Jin-Roh, Akira and The X-Files
 * The title Dimensional Prophecy of Zohar is an allusion to the Kabbalah, which is an important plot element in the story.
 * The term metahuman is taken from Shadowrun.
 * In the last episode, near the end, Karala Yagiyu says something, which is based on a part of the novel The Sorrows of Young Werther by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe.
 * The numbers 23 and 5 are mentioned often in the story. This is a reference to the Illuminati conspiracy theory, which plays an important role in the story.
 * The scene in Episode 8, were Cesare Melchior kissed a girl in a corridor of the headquarter of the Gethsemane Group was influenced by a scene of the movie A Better Tomorrow.
 * The Scene in the Episode Special Layer:Freedom?, where Hilal and Madoka Michael walk through the forest is inspired by a scene in the movie Hero.
 * Karalas Classroom is the Room 101 this is an allusion to the novel 1984.
 * The part of the story, that Closed-circuit television is in most places of Kyoto was also inspired by 1984.
 * The walkways between the houses in Kyoto are inspired by the walkway of the Krell City in Forbidden Planet

External link
FanFiktion.de - Das Fanfiction Archiv (German)