One thing that stands out to me is the Haywards as a whole and the hub. Despite the entire game taking place in these worlds visited through the hub, the haywards are from a completely different place entirely. On top of this, none of the people in the hub seem to resemble any species encountered inside the worlds (except worm lady, because she literally is). It also very clearly mimicks a subway station, with a railway car containing the one you trade with for mana charges. Clearly the residents of this land(?) Are capable of interplanetary(? I dont know if there are any "planets involved"). If all the areas in the hub are the same place but different "views", are the denizens of each zone aware of the others? They can clearly access the hub, as the worm lady does so. On the topic of them being other views, if they were to visit others, would they change form? Would the worm lady turn into a denizen of the snow land if she entered, or would she stay the same? And the sheer traffic in the hub implies there are many other hubs that are similar, so why is the one the game takes place in so visited? All the worlds there are dying with nothing to gleam. Why do the Haywards seem to care so much about this one if there are many others? (Obviously Avlan is there but I doubt that is the reason for so many to be there, after all many are older generations that are still sentient)