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Red Hart (Matthew Sharp)
BORN: ???? SPECIES: Space god
Deceased. Ancient and wild forest god bonded to an earth man, who
sacrificed himself to defeat the NEVER-LORD.

V.6 The Company

Lydia Black
BORN: 1969 SPECIES: Human
Deceased. Paralymancer, former head of Human Resources for The
Company. A lover of CLAIRE BELDEN, who orchestrated her demise.

Samson Drake
BORN: 1986 SPECIES: Human
Sciomancer, master of the Anti-Men. Company assassin, former lover of
MAILE AKAKA. Swallowed by a demonic mass, status unknown.

Pinky
BORN: 1992 SPECIES: Human
Apparamancer. Company teleporter. Swallowed by a demonic mass and disappeared.

Trinity Tran
BORN: 1980 SPECIES: Human
Haematomancer. A fugitive who joined The Company in return for their protection; now, the leader of its most powerful faction. Carrying the
child of DAVID COLLINS, who she spied on for CLAIRE BELDEN.

V.7 Supervillains

Caracalla (Anders Cradle)
BORN: 1986 SPECIES: Human
Deceased. Secret mastermind of the body terror organization FEVER. In
his civilian identity, he was a close and trusted ally of the
Daylighters; his company Cradle Tech (a subsidiary of The Company)
provided much of their tech support and funding.

Flintlock (Unknown)
BORN: 1960 SPECIES: Human
Deceased. Cruel and methodical assassin. Enemy of DARKHORSE. Knew her
secret identity, and SHIMMER'S.

Gorgon
BORN: 2000 SPECIES: A.I.
A self-evolving hypnotic computer virus network bent on the
destruction of the human race. Transformed into, and presumably
destroyed by, MEDUSA.

Hotspur
BORN: 2008 SPECIES: A.I.
Robot driven insane by the works of William Shakespeare. Often worked
with the GORGON.

V.8 Miscellany

Simon Morgan
BORN: 1995 SPECIES: Human
Brother of SHIMMER and THE MIGHTY INCH. College student and animal
shelter volunteer. Romantically involved with DARKHORSE.

VI. READING ORDER

Again, note that this is distinct from the chronology detailed in Section III.

01. Nonfiction # 3
02. Red Hart # 1
03. Red Hart # 2
04. Red Hart # 3
05. Red Hart # 4
06. Red Hart # 5
07. Red Hart # 6
08. Red Hart # 7
09. Red Hart # 8
10. Red Hart # 9

11. Mighty Medley # 16
12. Nonfiction # 5
13. Journey Into # 24
14. Darkhorse # 1
15. Darkhorse # 2
16. Darkhorse # 3
17. Darkhorse # 4
18. Darkhorse # 5
19. Darkhorse # 6
20. Darkhorse # 7

21. Darkhorse # 8
22. Darkhorse # 9
23. Mancers # 1
24. Mancers # 2
25. Mancers # 3
26. Mancers # 4
27. Mancers # 5
28. Mancers # 6
29. Mancers # 7
30. Mancers # 8

31. Daylighters # 1
32. Daylighters # 2
33. Daylighters # 3
34. Daylighters # 4
35. Daylighters # 5
36. Daylighters # 6
37. Journey Into # 25
38. Mancers # 9
39. Daylighters # 7
40. Mancers # 10

41. Daylighters # 8
42. Mancers # 11
43. Daylighters # 9
44. Mancers # 12
45. Daylighters # 10
46. Mancers # 13
47. Daylighters # 11
48. Mancers # 14
49. Daylighters # 12
50. Mancers/Daylighters: Brave New World

51. Pulse War Special # 1
52. Cal Plus Raidne # 1
53. Cal Plus Raidne # 2
54. Cal Plus Raidne # 3
55. Cal Plus Raidne # 4
56. Cal Plus Raidne # 5
57. Pulse War Special # 2
58. Reign Morgana # 1
59. Reign Morgana # 2
60. Reign Morgana # 3

61. Reign Morgana # 4
62. Reign Morgana # 5
63. Pulse War Special # 3
64. Necromancer Saga # 1
65. Necromancer Saga # 2
66. Necromancer Saga # 3
67. Necromancer Saga # 4
68. Necromancer Saga # 5
69. Pulse War Special # 4

VII. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

First: the Eightfold Universe would not exist if not for Jamie Rosen.

Second: I would like to extend my thanks to Mary Holland, Dave Van
Domelen, Drew Perron, and Saxon Brenton, who all have written parts of
the Pulse War saga. Additional thanks go out to Saxon (for providing
character write-ups for Galadriel and Light Eagle, which I have
abridged here), and to Drew (for their generous feedback).

Third: I would like to extend more general thanks to all the authors
who have written Eightfold stories over the years - in addition to the
names above, these are Wil Alambre, Colin Stokes, Jeanne Morningstar,
and Peter Jurich.

Finally: thank you for reading.

This reference document is copyright 2018, 2023 Amabel Holland.

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