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Appears from the start

Earth's Heaven's Anointed Forerunner and System Mediator. The System places responsibility for Earth's survival, advancement, portals, and off-world agreements under his authority.

Appears from the start

Silas's trusted Forerunner ally and evolution specialist.

Appears from the start

Silas's off-world mentor and a Rayden clansman.

Appears from the start

A trusted Earth Forerunner ally and major defender.

First appears in chapter 3

A combatant selected for Silas's team responding to the Dubai incursion.

Also known as Cease

First appears in chapter 21

Silas's mother and the fire-talented Forerunner previously known as Cease. She is allied with Rayden and the Adventurers Guild and receives a ritual meant to repair weaknesses caused by rapid advancement.

First appears in chapter 2

A military ally whom Asta consults for candidates capable of helping administer Silas's new authority.

Also known as Thumper

First appears in chapter 3

The Lepun leader allied with Silas. Her people supply liaisons and defenders as Earth organizes against its new threats.

First appears in chapter 3

An Epic-tier Lepun liaison and protector assigned to Silas's team for the response to the Dubai incursion.

First appears in chapter 3

A frontline fighter who accompanies Silas to Dubai. He regards Silas's household as family, and Silas accepts him as an adopted brother.

First appears in chapter 3

A scout selected to accompany Silas on the mission to the Dubai incursion.

Appears from the start

One of two planners given substantial purchasing authority to prepare a coordinated supply proposal for Earth's governments.

Appears from the start

One of Silas's delegated purchasing planners, responsible with Talia for developing a cross-government acquisition plan.

First appears in chapter 4

Silas's Eidolon, summoned as crucial reinforcement for the Dubai mission.

First appears in chapter 7

A Dubai civilian defender who repeatedly risks himself to draw monsters away from fleeing people. He questions Silas's authority but is willing to cooperate after seeing him protect civilians.

First appears in chapter 10

The senior officer commanding the Dubai invasion force. This commander promises protected passage for Silas's party and begins official talks with him.

First appears in chapter 14

A rival off-world Forerunner directing the organized Sydney incursion through wind and water mana.

First appears in chapter 13

A political ally who warns Silas that coalition members object to the Dubai truce while Earth's defenders are stretched across several continents.

First appears in chapter 13

A senator participating in the home team's political deliberations as worldwide monster attacks strain the alliance.

First appears in chapter 22

Sydney's former commissioner. Silas places this official in charge of the city and nearby territory as a system-recognized subordinate ruler.

First appears in chapter 31

A dragon reported to have attacked near Stonehenge with enough power to overwhelm Samvek.

Also known as Representative Simmons

First appears in chapter 24

A political conspirator who helps time the abduction of Silas's mother as leverage against him, working with an off-world trader and a hostile envoy.

First appears in chapter 24

An off-world corporate representative who takes part in the operation using Silas's mother as leverage against him.

First appears in chapter 29

Silas's sister. She stands with him during the Alliance confrontation and executes the envoy from Mexico.

First appears in chapter 32

A rare human cultivator and advocate for the Divided Realms. His competing system makes his capabilities difficult for the heavens system to assess.

Also known as Cammy

First appears in chapter 35

A human-born, dragon-bonded demigoddess who arrives to stop the wounded red dragon's execution. She says the dragon acted without authorization and offers accountability and compensation.

First appears in chapter 38

Chosen for life to speak for Rigel's displaced population, she can perceive her constituents' needs and fears. She handles talks with Silas while military authority remains with their commander.

First appears in chapter 40

The Rigel refugee military commander who becomes Silas's direct contact during the Night's Fall emergency.

First appears in chapter 40

A Rigel fire mage assigned to escort Silas. Silas channels mana into the mage's attack, advancing the spell enough to destroy otherwise resilient infiltrators.

First appears in chapter 46

The retreating Night's Fall horde produces a self-aware humanoid entity concentrated near legendary strength.

First appears in chapter 51

A peak-rare Rayden mage, fighter, and administrator responsible for organizing the clan's newly arrived expedition and its Earth compound.

First appears in chapter 52

A merchant corporation's provisional sales manager for Earth. The manager represents the company while delivering its promised goods.

First appears in chapter 54

A peak-rare Lepun warrior selected by Vex to replace Scratch on Silas's active field team.

First appears in chapter 54

A peak-rare Lepun shaman chosen by Vex as one of Silas's new field escorts.

First appears in chapter 54

A Rayden fighter who joins Silas's party for the planned response to the giant-snake crisis in Manhattan.

First appears in chapter 55

The seventy-third son of a peak family's lord. He receives Silas aboard the family's dimensional platform under a promise of safe passage.

Also known as the prince's sister

First appears in chapter 55

A pending princess and army captain from the peak family. Suppressed to rare tier for the meeting, she challenges Silas to a spar as a test of his worth.