Temperance-7

(Also referred to as “Dionysus Undone”)

“Once, during Prohibition, I was forced to live for days on nothing but food and water.”

-W. C. Fields

The universe of Temperance-7 is an example of one of the most bizarre ways the laws of physics governing a parallel universe can differ from our own. In Temperance-7, the chemical processes used to create fermented alcoholic beverages simply do not work. Attempting the process of fermenting ingredients such as yeast, barley or grape juice into alcohol will only produce rot and decay in the substances.

This is a universe that does not have, and most likely never will have, a culture of alcohol. Several members of the research staff have submitted requests to have Temperance-7 reclassified as one of the Hell Worlds, but these petitions have been declined.