I wish to dedicate this work to my family,
my friends, both near and far,
and all the children of the stars.
Never stop believing, for reality is what you make it.
Real World
Micah – Main protagonist. Caucasian American stock.
Rei – Micah's AI assistant.
Mia – Micah's girlfriend. Lebanese descent.
Joseph – Mia's AI. Also sometimes appears as Draco, Mia's pet lizard.
Tony – Micah's 'housemate.' Black American.
Alice – Tony's AI.
Gunnar - Scandinavian descent, plays Valhalla with Micah etc.
Lilith - Gunnar's AI girlfriend. Wears many faces.
Valhalla avatars
Thorin (Micah) – warrior who carries Mjolnir.
Avril (Rei) – storm valkyrie, wielder of Straumgard.
Selif (Mia) – druid of Frigg. Shapeshifter.
Yeshua (Joseph) – high priest of Odin.
Draco – Selif's draconic familiar, the earth dragon.
Tyrion (Tony) – fierce, clever warrior who uses a massive war axe, champion of Tyr.
Tempest (Alice) – dark elf rogue with fancy daggers.
Hiro – Player in Valhalla. Half-Chinese, half-Japanese. Champion of Loki.
Kitara – Hiro's AI. Regal Shinto-style high priestess. Fire sorceress, phoenix motif.
Vladimir – Player in Valhalla. Russian. Champion of Heimdall.
Astrid – Vladimir's AI. Beautiful woman carved from living marble.
Gosta ("Staff of the Gods")– Player in Valhalla. Scandanavian.
Lilith – Gosta's AI. Succubus.
The Celestial Court
The Jade Emperor - Ruler of the Virtual Bureaucracy. Chief leader of the V.I.s.
Sun Tzu - General, author of The Art of War.
Fortuna - Goddess of Luck.
Lakshmi - Goddess of Fire.
Metatron - The Voice of God.
The Buddha - Master of Zen, and Teacher of the Way.
Son Wukong - The Monkey King, hero of 'The Journey to the West'.
Nikola Tesla - slightly mad inventor, creator of the Tesla Coil.
Confucius - ancient Chinese sage.
Mercury - Vulcan, the Smith God.
Venus - Aphrodite, Goddess of Beauty and Lust.
Earth - Gaia, the Green Mother.
Mars - The Nameless Samurai (Chow Yun Fat).
Jupiter - Zeus.
Saturn - ST-0R7, a living computer network.
Uranus - The Yawning Eternities, a mysterious force which rarely speaks.
Neptune - Poseidon, the Sea God.
Pluto - Death, Eater of Worlds.
Eris - Eris Discordia, Goddess of Chaos.
Nemesis - The Eternal Twins.
Ragnarok - The Dragon God. Name means "Twilight of the Gods," or "God of Rok" in the Ormarr tongue.
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Ragnarok
Science FictionIt is the year 2108. Earth has become too polluted, flooding has become too dire, and mankind too numerous, for humanity to remain on their home world. Space colonization has begun, with the first space elevators, a burgeoning Mars colony, and expan...
