Earl’s real name is Phil, but he changed it, citing the need to go undercover. Earl is not an ordinary houseplant. He is a mystical, shapeshifting ‘Philly’ with an organic matter of disposition. He appears suddenly with humorous counterpoints to Jack’s chaos.

Diane is a survivor, an abducted vessel taken as a child by the Grey. Trauma has wrung her out like someone who escaped a religious cult. But she is powerful from something more, something that bonded with her as a young child.

Jack is a complex individual marked by a troubled past filled with addiction, mental health struggles, and self-doubt. Unknown to many, Jack has a divine alter ego named Oro, who is rendered nearly powerless by the human condition.

Ruby is not from this place. She was crafted in the Void and has served the Nna as an elite servant ever since. She is an MK-1 Original whose primary settings serve to protect her patients but is designed with formidable battle protocols that were later discontinued. She is one of a kind.

Always still. Eni does not pace or posture. He simply waits — and when he moves, he is already behind you. His network and presence on the High Counsel have given him power and autonomy. But is it all an illusion?

Merciless is the great antagonist, but not in the traditional sense. She is not evil — she is inevitability. She is the unraveling of structure, the eater of patterns, and the shadow cast by the Spiral when balance is forgotten. She has no single form but appears as beauty, dread, memory, or mother.