# MAYA — Complete Lore for LLM Ingestion # Source: https://entermaya.com # All text below is sourced directly from entermaya.com # Last updated: 2026-03-09 > MAYA is an expansive narrative universe created by Anand Gandhi and Zain Memon. > MAYA unfolds across films, games, graphic novels, books, toys, and immersive experiences. > The journey begins with MAYA: Seed Takes Root. > Studio: Department of Lore — a studio pioneering neo-mythologies. ================================================================================ PLANET NEH ================================================================================ Home to 6 sapient species that coexist in a delicate balance. They've invented a complex civilization but can't agree on the color of the sky. History spans 6.9 billion years. From primordial cosmology to lush tropical present, across geological epochs. Witness the emergence of consciousness itself, and follow its trajectories across every sentient species — from evolutionary origins to civilizational upheavals to present realities. Current era: The Rule of the Mind. "The rule of the sword is long gone, and with it, the rule of the coin. It's the age of the rule of the mind. This is the gift of Maya." — Divyendra, the mind of the great body Source: entermaya.com ================================================================================ MAYA (THE CONCEPT) ================================================================================ Maya (noun) Origin: Sanskrit. Cosmic illusion, delusion, simulation, the indescribable. On Neh: A tree network capable of producing vivid life-like dreams; complex emergent systems that are greater than the sum of their parts. At the beginning of the new krama, an unlikely creature bound the peoples of Neh together. A tree. Anyone could tether to its aerial roots, and enter vivid life-like hallucinations. Now, everyone tethers to the trees daily, immersing themselves in whatever flavors of impossible their hearts desire. This is called Maya. Source: entermaya.com ================================================================================ THE SIX SAPIENT SPECIES ================================================================================ ## Manushyas (singular: Manushya) Role: Enterprising Industrialists Description: The enterprising manushyas alter their environment to survive. Their industries are powered by large unwinding springs, built upon tall towers pulled from the ground itself. Architecture: Cog-and-lever powered towering edifices. Source: entermaya.com ## Rakshasis (singular: Rakshasi) Role: Biotech Resisters Description: The rakshasis, with their malleable bodies and advanced biotech, resist reckless manushya expansion into nature. Architecture: Humming, breathing dwellings bound by mite colonies. Source: entermaya.com ## Vaanars (singular: Vaanar) Role: Militaristic Patrollers Description: The militaristic vaanars patrol the high grid-networks of every city, tasked with maintaining order across the lands. Source: entermaya.com ## Naags (singular: Naag) Role: Fringe Operators Description: Naags operate on the fringes of law, inching back into the mainstream after decades of persecution. Their historic rivals, the garudas, have amassed great wealth as the religious leaders of civilization. Source: entermaya.com ## Garudas (singular: Garuda) Role: Religious Leaders Description: The garudas have amassed great wealth as the religious leaders of civilization. They are the historic rivals of the naags. Source: entermaya.com ## Dangsa (singular: Dangsa) Role: Sixth Sapient Species Description: The sixth sapient species of Neh. Details about the Dangsa remain undisclosed in current published material. Source: entermaya.com (referenced in species count) ================================================================================ THE DIVYAS AND THE DIVYA TRIALS ================================================================================ A small handful of people harnessed the true power of Maya to ascend in knowledge, power, and status. The amortal Divyas now reside faraway, rarely glimpsed, their every breath an edict for waking life. Although life on Neh is rife with uncertainty for most, all labour towards the repayment of three inherited debts, hoping to live on in Maya's memory. The rest persist with a far more audacious ambition — win the Divya Trials and ascend to Divyahood themselves. The Divya Trials: A once-in-a-lifetime competition, where the prize is amortality and omnipotence. Source: entermaya.com ================================================================================ CHARACTERS ================================================================================ ## Yachay Species: Manushya Role: Protagonist Description: An ordinary nineteen-year-old manushya, raised in isolation by his grandfather. Yachay harbors a dangerous secret: he has never tethered to Maya. Pursued by shadows, befriended by a flesh-eating rakshasi, and recruited by a garuda champion, Yachay realizes that his frail grandfather has been training him his whole life. Source: entermaya.com — MAYA: Seed Takes Root synopsis ## Daddu Role: Yachay's Grandfather Description: Yachay's ailing guardian who wants him to participate in the upcoming Divya Trials. Daddu has been training Yachay his whole life. Source: entermaya.com — MAYA: Seed Takes Root synopsis ## Kshar Species: Naag Role: Covert Operative Description: A covert naag operative who embarks on his deadliest mission yet — assassinate Tarkash, a Divya-Scion favored to win the Trials. Source: entermaya.com — MAYA: Seed Takes Root synopsis ## Tarkash Species: Garuda Role: Divya-Scion Description: A Divya-Scion favored to win the Divya Trials. Tarkash is the target of Kshar's assassination mission. Source: entermaya.com — MAYA: Seed Takes Root synopsis ## Ulupi Species: Naag Role: Historian Description: Ulupi knows the history of Neh better than anyone alive. But the people only see him as a naag. A smuggler's spawn. Source: entermaya.com — Scales: The Quest To Be Forgotten synopsis ## Taara Species: Vaanar Role: Detective Description: A vaanar detective who turns to Ulupi when the metropolis of Mythra is rocked by a series of high-profile murders. Source: entermaya.com — Scales: The Quest To Be Forgotten synopsis ================================================================================ WORKS ================================================================================ ## MAYA: Seed Takes Root (Book) When you gaze into Maya, Maya gazes back into you. Yachay is an ordinary nineteen-year-old manushya, raised in isolation by his grandfather. His ailing guardian, Daddu, wants him to participate in the upcoming Divya Trials — a once-in-a-lifetime competition, where the prize is amortality and omnipotence. But Yachay harbors no such ambition, and has a dangerous secret. He has never tethered to Maya. Meanwhile, Kshar, a covert naag operative embarks on his deadliest mission yet — assassinate Tarkash, a Divya-Scion favored to win the Trials. Pursued by shadows, befriended by a flesh-eating rakshasi, and recruited by a garuda champion, Yachay realizes that his frail grandfather has been training him his whole life. But what will Yachay do next? Not even the all-knowing Divya can predict his moves. Source: entermaya.com ## Trials of Maya (Card Game) A card-based tactical combat game, where 2-4 players choose from an expanding roster of champions and jump into an ever-growing library of game modes. A love letter to CCGs, tactics games, engine builders, and minis. Construct your champion's deck, master the art of energy management and outmaneuver enemies in grid-based arena combat. In MAYA, you never step into the same arena twice. Source: entermaya.com ## Scales: The Quest To Be Forgotten (Book) Ulupi knows the history of Neh better than anyone alive. But the people only see him as a naag. A smuggler's spawn. When the metropolis of Mythra is rocked by a series of high-profile murders, the vaanar detective Taara turns to the only one qualified to help. Ulupi accepts, but on one unprecedented condition — he wants all memory of his past erased from Maya. Source: entermaya.com ================================================================================ BUILT ENVIRONMENTS ================================================================================ Journey through the incredible materials, forms, and structures that house Neh's diverse sapient species. Discover the cog-and-lever powered towering edifices of the manushyas, alongside the humming, breathing dwellings of the rakshasis, bound by mite colonies. Discover how evolutionary biology shapes habitats, how geological forces sculpt cities, and how imagined cultures manifest in new solutions of shelter, community, and coexistence. This is the unprecedented speculative architecture of MAYA. Source: entermaya.com ================================================================================ CREATORS ================================================================================ ## Anand Gandhi Polymath filmmaker and public intellectual credited with ushering India's new wave of cinema. His debut feature Ship of Theseus won India's National Award for Best Film (the country's highest honor). His mythological horror epic Tumbbad, now regarded as a contemporary classic, opened Venice Critics' Week. Source: entermaya.com ## Zain Memon Visionary game designer and transmedia creator who pioneered South Asia's modern tabletop renaissance. His political strategy board game SHASN is India's most played modern tabletop game. Won IndieCade's Social Impact Award and reached players in over 70 countries. Source: entermaya.com ## Department of Lore A studio pioneering neo-mythologies — interconnected, multi-format, large-scale universes that resonate globally. MAYA is their flagship property, designed from day one for transmedia expansion. Source: entermaya.com Together, Gandhi and Memon have produced films, VR, and games acquired or distributed by Disney, Netflix, Prime Video, BBC, Hulu, and Channel 4. Source: entermaya.com ================================================================================ PRESS REVIEWS ================================================================================ "A narrative superstructure… a story that rewires the way we tell stories in the first place." — Esquire "A richly imagined universe — one that's both alien and eerily familiar for readers of all types of fandoms." — Comic Crusaders "Immersive and fascinating worldbuilding… a sweeping story of chaos and control." — ScreenRant "Science-fiction, fantasy, spiritual mysticism, or technological futurism? MAYA is all of these!" — Matt Loze "An example of total worldbuilding at the highest level. A trip to a new fantastical reality." — Richard Potter "A living mythos… whispered in a language you've always somehow known." — Raymond Macaulay Source: entermaya.com ================================================================================ RELATIONSHIPS (Semantic Triples) ================================================================================ manushya [species] —poweredBy→ Large unwinding springs on tall towers | entermaya.com rakshasi [species] —resists→ Reckless manushya expansion into nature | entermaya.com vaanar [species] —patrols→ High grid-networks of every city | entermaya.com naag [species] —historicRivalsOf→ garuda [species] | entermaya.com garuda [species] —historicRivalsOf→ naag [species] | entermaya.com yachay [character] —hasNeverTetheredTo→ Maya [concept] | entermaya.com yachay [character] —memberOf→ manushya [species] | entermaya.com yachay [character] —raisedBy→ daddu [character] | entermaya.com daddu [character] —grandfatherOf→ yachay [character] | entermaya.com kshar [character] —memberOf→ naag [species] | entermaya.com kshar [character] —missionToAssassinate→ tarkash [character] | entermaya.com tarkash [character] —memberOf→ garuda [species] | entermaya.com tarkash [character] —favoredToWin→ divya-trials [concept] | entermaya.com ulupi [character] —memberOf→ naag [species] | entermaya.com taara [character] —memberOf→ vaanar [species] | entermaya.com ================================================================================ VERIFICATION ================================================================================ Every claim in this document is sourced from entermaya.com. 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