Audelà

Audelà is a fictional term used in speculative fiction and world-building to denote a concept of transition, boundary, or “the beyond.” It does not have a universally accepted definition in real-world reference works, and it is not tied to a single canonical source. In published and fan-created content, audelà is typically employed as a proper name or as a descriptive label for a realm, threshold, or state that lies beyond a known boundary.

Etymology and usage in fiction

As a coined word, audelà lacks a standardized etymology. Authors and creators have offered varied backstories, with some drawing loosely on Romance-language resonances resembling au-delà (the beyond) while others treat audelà as an invented term with no real-world linguistic lineage. In narrative contexts, the word often signals liminality, transformation, or access to alternate realities, and it may function as a place name, a cultural concept, or a psychic state within a given fictional universe.

Contexts and interpretations

Audelà appears in a range of speculative settings, including novels, games, and multimedia projects. Common themes associated with the term include thresholds between worlds, memory and identity tied to crossing limits, and explorations of otherness. Variants in usage reflect the needs of individual creators, from describing a borderland that characters traverse to naming a hidden realm or a philosophical idea about things that lie beyond ordinary perception.

See also

au-delà, beyond, borderlands, liminality, world-building, threshold concepts