Rift
Rift noun - An open space in a barrier (as a wall or hedge).
Usage example: it was possible to peek through the rift in the fence and see the ball game
Nearby Words: rifted, rifting
Void
Void noun - An open space in a barrier (as a wall or hedge).
Usage example: the client wanted an old-fashioned stone wall and did not want the voids filled in with mortar
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Final Fantasy V had the Interdimensional Rift and the Void as central plot points.
Source: Negative Space Wedgie -
This is even how he stumbles into the conflict of the gods in Dissidia 012: Final Fantasy; when defeated, a portal leading to the Rift/Void engulfs him, as Gilgamesh, while subject to the war's rules, has no original world to return to.
Source: Dimensional Traveler - Skull Knight's hatred of Void mirrors Gut's hatred of Griffith, implying similar events that caused the rift with Guts & Griffith happened in past with Skull Knight & Void.
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