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Fossor

"*I will not be prevented from doing as I please.*"
—Fossor

## Merakeul

**Fossor** (born **Merakeul**) was a powerful necromancer and the son of Ozinar and Astinel, the brother of Rahanvael, and the father of Ammon.

## Biography

Fossor discovered his necromantic abilities when he attempted to prevent his mother's ghost from moving on and was stopped by a priest and his father. He would later attempt to make his sister immortal by turning her into a zombie, only to be stopped by his father before he could finish. He would spend seventeen years following this event in one of the worst prisons on his planet. When he escaped, he decided that he would never allow anyone to stop him from doing what he wanted again.

Fossor's first action when he arrived on Earth was to approach a council of Heretics and offer to help them deal with a different threat. The council believed that Fossor was lying and would have attacked him if Gabriel Ruthers hadn't stood up for him and convince the council to make an alliance with him. Fossor betrayed the council when he unleashed the Black Death as part of his plan to bring the Earth's population down to the point where he could work with them more directly and openly. Following this, the council would curse Fossor.

## Physical appearance

As a child, Fossor had a slightly chubby build and wore his hair long and in a pony tail.

As an adult, Fossor "was a few inches under six feet in height, his skin pale but not unsettlingly so. His average brown hair was average length, parted to one side, and his eyes were hazel. He was even a tiny bit overweight, with a noticeable paunch around his stomach. Nothingabout him looked dangerous. At first glance, I might have pegged him as a doctor or a dentist. A successful *children’s* dentist. He looked soft, inviting, and nonthreatening."

## Abilities and skills

* **Flesh Magic**: Fossor was seen to be skilled at flesh magic when he used it to remove the mouth from Ammon's face.
* **Life-Force Absorption**: Fossor had the power to draw energy from the people that died around him. He could also draw energy from people that he had branded with specific ritual symbols, killing them in the process.
* **Necromancy**:

## Appearances

* *Heretical Edge (webserial series)*
* *Heretical Edge 2*

## References

1. ↑  https://ceruleanscrawling.wordpress.com/2016/02/01/visitations-5-07/
2. ↑  https://ceruleanscrawling.wordpress.com/2016/08/26/interlude-12-fossor/
3. ↑ https://ceruleanscrawling.wordpress.com/2016/01/29/visitations-5-06/
Fanon

**This article is not part of the *Heretical Edge* universe.**

This article covers a subject that is part of the real world, and thus should not be taken as a part of the Heretical Edge universe.
Fanon and fan fiction are terms used to refer to "fan canon" and unofficial fiction written by fans. Heretical Edge fan fiction is a way for fans of the series to explore themes and ideas that are not explored via the webserial by Cerulean. However, in discussing the webserial, care must be taken not to mistake fanon, and material within fan fiction, with official canon.

## Fanon on the Heretical Edge Wiki

Fan fiction is permitted on user pages, as long as it is not the main contribution of a user to this wiki. Fan fiction becomes fanon when the creators attempt to integrate their characters or versions of events into the official canon by adding it to existing articles or creating one relating to the character.

This type of fanon is considered vandalism on the Heretical Edge Wiki, and may be grounds for permanent bans for persistent offenders.
Geta

## Publius Septimius Geta

**Counselor Geta** (b. 7 March 189) was a Roman Crossroads Hangman Heretic and a Natural Lavinsi Heretic. He is the son of Septimus Severus and Julia Domna and the brother of Caracalla. He and Caracalla were named Co-Emperors following the death of their father.

Caracalla would call for a private meeting between them to be held in their mother's quarters in which the two of them could work out their differences. He was ambushed by Caracalla's men in his mother's quarters before he overheard Caracalla talking to a Stranger. Believing the Stranger to have been controlling Caracalla, Geta attempted to kill the Stranger only for another Stranger to tackle him in the side and knock them through a glass window. Geta and the Stranger landed on top of his sword, leading Geta to become a Natural Lavinsi Heretic.

Geta would be rescued by Radueriel who tended to his wounds and helped teach him how to control his newfound powers, promising to help him free his brother and reclaim his empire.

Geta would eventually become a Crossroads Hangman Heretic and a member of the Committee, responsible for the initial exploration and colonization of new worlds.

## ​​Physical appearance

Geta is described as an exceedingly handsome black man with finely chiseled features.

## ​Abilities and skills

* **Enhanced Vision**: As a Natural Lavinsi Heretic, Geta had the power to see clearly in darkness, to see further, and to make out minute details over vast distances. However because of these powers, he could lose track of what was happening in front of him because his attention would be drawn to something else.

## Notes and references

1. ↑ Word of God - Geta was born in Rome.
J Street

**J Street** is a street located in Washington D.C., accessed through a tree in Chinatown park.

## History

J Street was planned from the beginning of Washington D.C.'s creation in the seventeenth century to be the center of Crossroads' business in North America.

## Location

J Street is accessible from Washington D.C. through a specific tree in the Chinatown park.

### Access

The entrance is accessed through a specific tree in the Chinatown park. J Street can be accessed by a person after they place their hand on the tree and state their full name. Once the person has finished stating their name, they will be transported to J Street.

## Known Locations

 Motel
Giles

**Giles** was an English Bystander who met Virginia Dare in May 1611 and accompanied her to St. Bride's Church.

Shortly after, Giles became enchanted with a spell that made him walk into a nearby building that Fossor had prepared. Virginia hauled him back to the building's entrance before she hit him on the head with the hilt of her sword to knock him unconscious and break the spell.
Jackson

**Jackson** was a Heretic.

## Physical appearance

Jackson is described as a tall man with dark skin.

## Abilities and skills

* **Elemental Powers**: Jackson had several elemental powers:
	+ **Electrokinesis**: Jackson had the power to manipulate electricity. He could use this power to turn off the lights within a large room, plunging it into darkness.
	+ **Pyrokinesis**: Jackson had the power to manipulate fire. He could use this power to cover the walls within a room, trapping people inside of it with him.
* **Teleportation Negation**: Jackson had the power to block teleportation either through a power or a spell he casted.

## Possessions

* **Heretical Weapon**: Jackson's Heretical Weapon was a sword.
Grandfather

**Grandfather** was a Fomorian. He would become a traitor when he stole the early hominid prototypes and destroy all of the data that had led to their creation. He would travel to Earth where he would work on fixing the prototypes and then release them into the wild.

Grandfather would meet a Human-Reaper Hybrid and name her "Bastet". He would work with Bastet to create the Ring of Aku-Ite for Liwanu and Sonoma and, later on, help Bastet and Sonoma conceive their own child.

## Biography

Grandfather stole early hominid prototypes, other hominid test-DNA, and the test-DNA vats of the creatures that the Fomorians had created. He brought the test vats to the Earth, fixed them, and spread them over the world a few at a time while he worked on finishing work on humans. He allowed the test-DNA creatures to interact with the creatures that lived on earth already, spread the genetics, until they were indistinguishable from what was there before and what wasn't.

Some point after Grandfather started to release the test-DNA creatures into the wild to intermingle with the creatures that already lived there, he finished his work on humans and released them as well.

## Physical appearance

Grandfather is described as a man with a grayish-green skin and a face more angular than a human.
Hieronymus Bosch

**Hieronymus Bosch** (born **Jheronimus van Aken**; c. 1450 - 9 August 1516) was a famous Dutch Natural Hangman Demon Heretic. At some point, Hieronymus became possessed by Seosten Radueriel.

While Hieronymus was possessed by Radueriel, he created the Heretical Edge and eventually founded Crossroads and Crossroads Academy. He had two children by the time of his death and obtained a lasting legacy.

## Appearances

* *Heretical Edge (webserial series)* (Mentioned only)
Caracalla

**Caracalla** (4 April 188 – 8 April 217) was Emperor of Rome from 198 to 217 AD. Co-ruler with his father from 198, he continued to rule with his brother Geta, emperor from 209, after their father's death in 211. He tried to have his brother killed later that year, and reigned afterward as sole ruler of the Roman Empire.
Calafia

**Counselor Calafia** (b. 1410) was an American Crossroads Hangman Heretic and a Natural Griffin Heretic. When she eventually was made into a Counselor on the Committee, she became responsible for the investigative branch of Crossroads' operations.

When her son was turned by a Weretiger, Calafia made the choice to allow Joselyn Atherby to take her son from her and hide in order to protect him.

## Physical appearance

Calafia is described as an astonishingly beautiful black woman.

## Abilities and skills

* **Ice Breath**: Calafia had the power to generate and manipulate ice within herself in a way that allows her to shape the exhaling of the effect.
* **Petrification**: Calafia had the power to transform matter into stone through physical contact.

## Notes and references

1. ↑ Word of God - Calafia was born in California.
Fennicus

**Septer** **Fennicus** was a Centaur and a member of the Septs.

## Biography

When Mateo's Pack informed the Septs that they had located Lemuel's Pack, Fennicus travelled to the area with Seth and several Wonderland Alters. He was later seen having an intense-looking discussion with a Wonderland Werewolf.

Later on in the battle against Lemuel's Pack, Fennicus hit a Werewolf straight in the eye with an arrow. While he was galloping past, he lined up another shot to take the Werewolf in the side.

## Physical appearance

Fennicus is described as a Centaur with black hair and green eyes. His bottom half is dark gray with black spots.

## Personality

Fennicus has a habit of using horse terminology to refer to humans, like when he refers to Joselyn Atherby as Flick Chambers' "dam."

## Abilities and skills

* **Archery**: Fennicus was seen to be skilled at aiming his arrow at a Werewolf so that it hit its eye before lining up another shot to take it in its side while he was galloping.
Eiji Ueda

**Eiji Ueda** was an American Heretic-born Crossroads Hangman Heretic.

## Physical appearance

Eiji is described as tall and muscular Japanese-Canadian boy built like a linebacker. His uniform has the white trim for the Security Track.

## Possessions

* **Heretical Weapon**: Eiji's Heretical Weapon was a Cyberform Rhino named Raphael. Raphael could transition between four forms: a rhinoceraus, a motorcycle, a suit of power-armor, and a hiking-style backpack.

## Appearances

* *Heretical Edge (webserial series)*
* *Heretical Edge 2*
Flashbang Spell

The **Flashbang Spell**.

## Description

The Flashbang Spell is a spell that allows Heretics to imbue objects with their power that would work like a flashbang when thrown. Heretics can designate people to be immune to the flashbang effect and only work on those that weren't designated immune, allowing them to blind a room full of innocents while dealing with a Stranger.

## References

1. ↑ *Heretical Edge*; A Little Bit Of Guidance, 3-05
Fiona Ossiler

**Fiona Ossiler** was an American Bystander. Zedekiah Pericles arranged for Fiona and her husband Dustin to adopt Joselyn Atherby some time after her parents sacrificed themselves to stop the Fomorian Invasion. She and Dustin a treated Joselyn like a daughter, but made it clear that she was adopted.

## Appearances

* *Heretical Edge (webserial series)* (Mentioned only)
Iona

**Iona** was an Alter who nursed Klassin Roe back to health and protected him from Nocen.

## Biography

During the late 1910s, Truvan found Klassin Roe in the basement of a building in the aftermath of a Nocen attack. Although they knew that Klassin was a Crossroads Heretic and that he would have killed them all given the chance, Truvan and Iona took Klassin into their home and nursed him back to health.

Sometime later, when Nocen returned to the motel to make an example out of Klassin, Truvan and Iona hid and helped fight to protect him. According to Klassin, the Nocen murdered everyone within the motel but was unable to find him.

## Appearances

* *Heretical Edge (webserial series)* (Mentioned only)
Canada

**Canada** is a country in North America. It is the second largest country in the world by total area, stretching from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and north into the Arctic Ocean. Canada is divided into ten provinces and three territories. The capital city of Canada is Ottawa but its largest city is Toronto.

## Heretic world

The Alter community is governed by a powerful Alter.
Heretic

A **Heretic** is ahuman being who has combined their genetics with an Alter.

## Sub-types

### Natural Heretics

Natural Heretics are Humans that mixed their blood with an Alter's. This essentially makes them a hybrid of that specific Alter and a Human. From the point that a Human becomes a Natural Heretic, the Natural Heretic will gradually gain the powers of the Alter that they mixed their blood with.

### Hangman Heretics

Hangman Heretics are Humans that have become a Natural Hangman using the blood of a Hangman Demon. In addition to gradually gaining the powers of the Hangman Demon that they mixed their blood with, Hangman Heretics gain the ability to gain the powers from those that they kill.

### Edge Heretics

Edge Heretics are artificial Hangman Heretics that are turned from Human to Heretic through a device connected to a Hangman Demon. Edge Heretics retain the ability to gain the powers from those that they kill, but do not retain the other natural Hangman Demon's powers.

## See also

* Bystander
* Adjacent
Malcolm Harkess

**Malcom Harkess**​ (b. 1999/2000) was an American Crossroads Hangman Heretic.

## Physical appearance

Malcom is described as standing just an inch under six feet and handsome in a jockish sort of way. He has a square jaw and hazel eyes.

## Abilities and skills

As a Crossroads Hangman Heretic, he was immune to the Bystander Effect, capable of utilizing magic and absorbing the powers from the Strangers or Heretics that he killed.

## Possessions

* **Heretical Weapon**: Malcolm's Heretical Weapon was a sledgehammer that he could use to transport himself to one of the last ten places he hit.

## Notes and references

1. ↑ Word of God - Malcolm has to be born by the end of October 1999 in order to attend Crossroads Academy at the age of 17 on 3 September 2017. Had he been born in November 1999, he would only be 16 on 3 September 2017.
2. ↑ Word of God - Malcolm was born in Arizona.
Mnemosyne Spell

The **Mnemosyne Spell** is a memory spell.

## Description

To use the Mnemosyne Spell, the people casting it choose specific knowledge and methodically go through everything about it that they want to hide and then cast the spell. Those not involved with or protected from the spell at the time it is cast lose all of that knowledge and the ones that retain the knowledge become incapable of sharing it those that weren't.

Once the Mnemosyne Spell has erased the knowledge, the magic of the spell becomes mostly focused on those that already know the secret. The magic will make those outside the spell who overhear a discussion about the knowledge will hear nothing.

However, because the Mnemosyne Spell is focused on people, someone outside the knowledge is capable of piecing the knowledge together.

## History

Crossroads Academy and Eden's Garden used the Mnemosyne Spell to erase the knowledge of Joselyn Atherby and the Rebellion that she started from memory.
Crossroads Entrance Hall

"*At the end of the hall, we came to a T junction. To the right, I saw another door-lined hallway. To the left, the way that Professor Dare was turning, the corridor opened up into a larger entryway. A dozen expensive-looking leather couches ran along both walls, divided by gold-plated suits of armor that stood at attention with alternating swords and spears. On the opposite side of the room, past all the couches and statues, there was a pair of enormous oak doors that had to be at least twenty feet tall.*"
—Description of Flick's first view of the entrance hall

The **Entrance Hall** is located on the ground floor of Crossroads Academy, with leather couches divided by gold-plated suits of armor opposite of the oak doors. Other corridors accessed by the hall allow passage to classrooms in which mathematics, science and "other such" classes are taught.
Exa

**Exa** was an Alter who nursed Klassin Roe back to health and protected him from Nocen.

## Biography

During the late 1910s, Truvan found Klassin Roe in the basement of a building in the aftermath of a Nocen attack. Although they knew that Klassin was a Crossroads Heretic and that he would have killed them all given the chance, Truvan, Iona and Exa took Klassin into their home and nursed him back to health.

Sometime later, when Nocen returned to the motel to make an example out of Klassin, Truvan and Iona hid and helped fight to protect him. According to Klassin, the Nocen murdered everyone within the motel but was unable to find him.

## Appearances

* *Heretical Edge (webserial series)* (Mentioned only)
Busy

**Busy** was a Kitsune and a member of the Atherby Clan.

## Physical appearance

Biseon is described as a short and wiry dark-skinned man with pointed foxlike ears on top of his head and nine long, dark, fluffy tails. He lost his index and middle fingers on his left hand and his pinkie, index and thumb on his right hand, but replaced them with lookalikes that can extend various tiny tools.

## Abilities and skills

* **Technology Expert**: Busy was exceptionally skilled with technology. He managed to figure out how to work around the anti-Alter enhancements on a Heretic's Heretical Weapon after examining Heretical Weapons that belonged to the Atherby Clan.
Brom Bones

**Brom Bones** was an American Bystander and is now a Fae. Brom made up the story of the Headless Horseman to scare a Heretic that he believed to be courting his love interest, Katrina, out of town. He would later see Katrina take the Heretic and attempt to run, but he was captured and turned into the headless horseman through an old dark ritual.

Brom would start to watch the rituals that Katrina preformed and read books on necromancy in secret in an attempt to understand what Katrina had done to him. When Katrina discovered what he was doing, she started to teach him more about necromancy in order to make him more useful as a servant. Thus continued until Katrina and Brom were confronted by Fossor, who almost completely disintegrated him. When Brom reformed, he would discover that he no longer had a connection to Katrina.

## Physical appearance

Brom is described as a big and burly man, with a heavyset, stubborn face and a nose that has clearly been broken more than once. He wears a button-up white shirt with frills, white pants with a brown belt and a golden buckle,and a dark blue cloak that reaches his ankles.

## Abilities and skills

"*I ended up watching a lot of the rituals she did around that time. I think she figured I was a lot dumber than I was. Not that I’m exactly a genius or anything, but you let me watch enough of your magic and I’ll pick some of it up. It was interesting, and… well, part of me wanted to understand what she did to me.*"
—Brom Brones on the reason he started to learn necromancy

* **Necromancy**: Brom Bones was skilled at necromancy. Brom's talent in necromancy would contribute to Gabriel Prosser's decision to ask him to teach Flick Chambers how to control her necromantic powers.
* **Possession Immunity**: Brom Bones was immune to several forms of possession.
* **Immortality**: He was once almost destroyed except for one hand and everything grew back.

## Appearances

* *Heretical Edge (webserial series)*
* *Heretical Edge 2*

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 https://discordapp.com/channels/383419885478477825/383420075580981249/645281176365301791
2. ↑ Day After Day 39-03
3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Day After Day 39-04
Chamber of Victories

The **Chamber of Victories** was a room located in the Eden's Garden in which the Council of Victors met in. It is located at the top of the Tree of Knowledge.

## Description

### Interior of the Room

The chamber itself is a large circular room. The walls are covered in wooden carvings that depict the history of Eden's Garden as well as the histories of every past and current member of the Council of Victors.

The room played host to a large table underneath the main canopy of the Tree of Knowledge.
Mevari

The **Mevari** are a race of mechanical humanoids that the Tseuckaviel created to serve as their friends and bodyguards.

## Description

### Physical appearance

Mevari are mechanical creatures resembling humanoids.

### Abilities

As the Mevari are mechanical, they are incapable of being possessed by a Seosten and are incapable of being affected by Fomorian biological weapons.
Coin Privacy Spell

The **coin privacy spell** was a spell invented by Joselyn Atherby's Rebellion in order to allow them to discuss sensitive topics in public places.

## Notes and references

1. ↑ Word of God - In the Learning Experience 17-08 Comments, Cerulean stated that the Rebellion invented the coin privacy spell to allow them to discuss sensitive topics.
Nuckelavee

The **Nucklavee** are a race of creatures.

## Description

The Nuckelavee were created in order to travel onto land to kill, feed, and then return to nourish the creature that created them through its absorption of them.

The Nuckelavee are a cross between a hive intelligence and single brained to the point that they appear to be unconcerned with anything but gathering energy for the creature that created them. However, they are known to take attacks personally and killing people that hurt it or people close to the people that hurt it. They are also capable of setting traps and working together.

## Appearances

* *Heretical Edge (webserial series)* (Mentioned only)
Fae

**Fae** is the term for beings, either Human or Alter, (and the descendants of those beings) who were altered through a magical effect or spell into being something different.

## Known Fae species

* Djinn

* Dwarves

## Notes and references

1. ↑ "They’re Fae. They’re humans or Alters who were either magically transformed to become something very different from humans, or the biological descendants of beings like that. People who were changed by some magical ritual, or by accident, or anything like that to become something very different from what they started as.

All-Out 3-06 HE2
*ponders that* Could one make an argument that Nevada is fae-adjacent?

Cerulean:

Djinn are generally considered Fae, yes. So she *would* have been previously.
3. ↑ Like dwarves. They’re Fae now, but they started out as humans thousands and thousands of years ago until this old sorcerer wanted to create beings who were good at mining for him, so he transformed a few to start. Then they bred.”

All-Out 3-06 HE2
Namythiet

**Namythiet** was a Hephaesetical Pixie and the student of Seth Dozeran.

## Physical appearance

Namythiet is described as a four and a half inch girl with bright violet wings and dark blue hair. She wears leather armor, and has a needle-like sword sheathed at her side.

## Possessions

* **Cataclysm**: Namythiet owned a pin-sized sword named Cataclysm.
Diruo class

The ***Diruo*-class** is a Seosten Destroyer.

## Description

According to Jophiel, the *Diruo*-class is a Seosten Destroyer that pack more firepower than *Letum*-class Destroyer at the expense of not carrying any fighter craft and a token force of ground troops.

*Diruo*-class Destroyers are circular, with a bridge and a few other compartments in the center of the circle surrounded by hundreds of cannons and other guns, and engines at each primary compass point and in the top and bottom.

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 *Heretical Edge*; Rendezvous, Mini-Interlude 50 – Jophiel And Elisabet
Metatron

**Seraph** **Metatron** was a Seosten that was a member of the Seraphim. He is the Seraph with overall authority over Earth.

## Physical appearance

Metatron is described as an elderly man with amber eyes. His face is lined with wrinkles and the majority of his hair has fallen out. He wears a suit.

## Biography

Metatron and Chayyiel met with Jophiel upon her return to Elohim. Upon arrival, Jophiel bowed to the two of them before Metatron asked Jophiel If she wanted to leave her host and stretch her legs and she declined. Metatron told Jophiel that the three of them needed to discuss what had happened that could have led to Charmeine's death and that many of the Seraph were calling for the Earth experiment to be ended. Jopiel told them that Charmiene died because she indulged herself and paid for her arrogance before mentioning that those were the same Seraph that tried to end their work with the humans every time someone sneezed funny. Chayyiel told Jophiel that they must still provide answers that would not offend Charmiene's Choir or their allies.

## Possessions

* **Pistol**: Metatron had a modified pistol. He could fire his pistol at different stun settings, the highest of which could stun "almost anyone".
Jeremiah Dallant's father

**Baron Dallant** was a Crossroads Hangman Heretic and the father of Jeremiah Dallant. His son Jeremiah Dallant murdered him sometime after he learned that Gabriel Ruthers intended to give him Joselyn Atherby's twin children in order to prevent them from growing up in the 'home he had'.

## Appearances

* *Heretical Edge (webserial series)* (Mentioned only)
Centaur

**Centaurs** are a race of half human, half horse Strangers.

## Physical description

### Physical appearance

Like horses, centaurs can come in a variety of colors. They have the body of a horse, and the torso, arms, and head of a human.

### Mannerisms

According to Miranda Wallburn, Centaurs are incredibly territorial, proud and hot-tempered. In addition, Centaurs are known to be violent to intruders that they find within their territory.

### Abilities

Centaurs are well-versed in archery. Centaurs can reach speeds of 40 mph to 50 mph.

## References

1. ↑ *Heretical Edge*; Search and Rescue, 14-02
2. ↑ *Heretical Edge*; A Strange Thanksgiving, Interlude 13B – Roxa
Litonya

**Counselor Litonya** (b.c. 300 AD) was a Native American Crossroads Hangman Heretic and a Natural Thunderbird Heretic. She is the sister of Kutattca. At some point, she became a member of the Committee, and became in charge of judicial matters within Crossroads.

## ​​Physical appearance

Litonya was described to be an extremely old woman with a dark skin and a face that was *"lined with more wrinkles than belonged on a normal person"*. She was also said that her movements were filled with life and energy.

In 2018, the Seosten that was controlling Flick Chambers during the Battle at the Crossroads Prison severed one of her arms and the hand of her other arm with Excalibur. Although she would normally be able to heal from such injuries, the leftover magical energy attached to the wounds prevented them from being treated or having a prosthetic attached, forcing her to use her power to create limbs out of solid energy in order to replace them.

## Appearances

* *Heretical Edge (webserial series)*
* *Heretical Edge 2*
Kinetic-Burst Staff

**Kinetic-Burst Staff**

## Description

Kinetic-Burst Staffs are five foot long staffs with red bodies, black ends that taper off into points, and a small depression in the handle that can be used to make them start to charge. Once Kinetic-Burst Staffs have finished charging, Heretics can use them to add concussive force to their blows, transfer the charge to an inanimate object the Kinetic-Burst Staff is touching to create a concussive mine, or use the concussive force as a method of propulsion.
Jokai

**Jokai** was an Eulsen.

## Physical appearance

Jokai is described as a man with two sets of eyes on each side of his face. His skin and hair change color toward the color of the background. He wears a brown loincloth.

## Biography

During one training mission, when Jokai was taken for other things, the Seosten who trained him and his shackle-mates to handle ships insisted that his shackle-mates mine an area that they should not. When the ship was damaged, the Seosten blamed his shackle-mates and executed them. At some point afterward, Jokai took a chance and managed to escape from the camp.

In the forest, Jokai watched Flick Chambers, Isaac Acosta, Jasmine Rhodes, Roxanne Pittman and Sands Mason hunt Pantlers and, after he noticed that Flick had seen him, ran. When Roxa knocked him to the ground, he begged Roxa and Flick to kill him instead of sending him back to Radueriel's. Flick asked him where he came from and he told her that he had escaped from a labor camp and ran two days before he had stopped to eat. He went on to tell Flick that he thought that she and the others were part of the search team sent to bring him back to the labor camp.

Flick told Jokai that she and her friends weren't possessed or part of the Seosten military and convinced him to accompany them back to their camp. When they arrived at the camp, Gordon Kuhn looked at him before Flick asked him what his name was. He thought about whether giving her the information was a good idea, before he told her his name. Shortly afterward, Flick told him that she and her friends were going to try and get his friends out of the labor camp. He clutched Flick's arm and asked her to swear that she was telling the truth, and after Gordon swore, Flick swore as well.

## Abilities and skills

* **Passive Camouflage**: Jokai had a power that allowed him to blend into the immediate environment.

## Appearances

* *Heretical Edge (webserial series)*
* *Heretical Edge 2*
Parestai

**Parestai** is a city on Elohim.

## Description

"*Situated over a half dozen small islands, with so many buildings and bridges connecting them that it was difficult to tell at a glance that they were separate islands, Parestai was beautiful. Its architecture, like most Seosten, was decidedly Earth Roman, with lots of pillars, arches, and marble. Gondola-like boats roamed the waterways, and there were more visible animal mounts and carts than there were motorized vehicles. Parestai was a simple, quiet city, a place for personal reflection and meditation.*"
—Jophiel describing Parestai
Reaper

**Reapers** are a small race of powerful humanoids with pale skin and blue hair who feed on death energy. This allows them absorb memories and powers of the deceased. Their power-absorption was the basis for a Fomorian superweapon and the Heretical Edge.

Their society is now peaceful and seeks to catalogue and archive death, but it wasn't always like this.

"More to the point, Reapers had discovered long ago that they would lose control of themselves and become monsters if they murdered indiscriminately. Those had been… bad days. But the survivors had moved beyond it, becoming a society who traveled the universe observing death rather than causing it. They catalogued the memories given off at the end of one’s life."

They are afflicted by cursed objects which sends them into an murder-addiction, becoming Hangmen.

## Description

### Physical appearance

Reapers are usually pale skinned and blue skin.

### Abilities

They can sense nearby death and feed on it, absorbing the full powers of the deceased and their memories.

They are also immune to poisons, magical or otherwise.

## References

1. ↑ That was not to say that it was impossible for Reapers to lose their minds and become monsters. Indulging in their baser instincts by wantonly killing *would* eventually affect a Reaper much like it did a Heretic from Crossroads or Eden’s Garden. But that was an incredibly rare situation within their society, one that had long-since grown beyond that kind of thing. More to the point, Reapers had discovered long ago that they would lose control of themselves and become monsters if they murdered indiscriminately. Those had been… bad days. But the survivors had moved beyond it, becoming a society who traveled the universe *observing* death rather than causing it. They catalogued the memories given off at the end of one’s life. - Bonus Interlude – Aylen
2. ↑ Cerulean on Discord 09/04/2020

yeah, basically... ancient reapers would easily become Hangmen because they constantly indulged all those horrific impulses. They *became* Hangmen similar to how a Heretic becomes addicted to killing and can't stop. By doing it a lot and gradually getting worse and worse.

The Godfather method skips over the doing it to themselves part.

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3. ↑ List of powers and abilities doc by **Squornshellous Beta**
4. ↑ After all, she couldn’t very well tell them that poisons, magical or otherwise, didn’t affect someone who was one-fourth Reaper. - Bonus Interlude – Aylen
Ring of Anuk-Ité

### Usage

To make an Alter undetectable to a Heretic's Stranger Sense and reveal Seostenic Possession

### Owners

* Sonoma
* Pace
* Roxa Pittman

The **Ring of Anuk-Ité** is a magical ring that hides the true identity of the person that wears it and reveals the true nature of the hidden ones.

## History

The Ring of Anuk-Ité was created by Grandfather and Bastet to prevent Heretics from being able to recognize Sonoma as a Stranger, and to allow her to see those possessed by the Seosten. It was made from one of Grandfather's finger bones and a stone that Bastet provided.

Sonoma wore the Ring for a long time, until another creature killed her and took the ring. For some time after that, the creature used the Ring to infiltrate villages, remove the Ring, transform into her monster-self, wreck havoc, disappear, put the Ring back on, and return.

After she was caught, the Ring passed from hand to hand until it fell to Kutattca. When he died, the Ring was inherited by his sister Litonya.

In the 2010s, Litonya took the Ring out of her blood-vault to have it be cleaned alongside other items in her collection. The examiners that were in charge of the cleaning were attacked and killed by werewolves who then stole the Ring and three-quarters of her collection. The werewolves changed the Ring into choker to avoid the spell that Litonya would use to bring it back to her.

At some point after that, the Ring ended up in the possession of Pace, who used it to prevent the Heretics at Eden Garden from realizing that she was a werewolf.
Nahash

**Nahash** was a Seosten.

## Physical appearance

Nahash is described as a bald man with darkly handsome features. He has a long tattoo of a coiling snake that wraps around his throat and the back of his neck with the head of the snake on the forehead. He wears a bodysuit.

## Abilities and skills

* **Symbiotic Tattoo**: Nahash has a living or symbiotic tattoo of a snake which grants him a host of capabilities. The tattoo is intelligent and is able to separate itself from Nahash's body to move and act on its own.

## Possessions

* **Gauntlets**: Nahash owned a pair of gauntlets with long, sharp blades that ran the length of his forearm from fist to elbow and a pair of electrified whips. He could tap each arm of his bodysuit to make his gauntlets appear.
Larees

**Larees** was a Seosten and a former soldier of the Seosten Imperium that was imprisoned and later sent to Kushiel's laboratory after attacking a commanding officer when he ordered a rebel city destroyed from orbit.

## Physical appearance

Larees is described as a woman with pale skin and short, spiky black hair with dark blue tips. She has a tattoo of a blue-green phoenix that takes up the left side of her face.
K’lecnahn

**K'lecnahn** are Meregan transportation vehicles.

## Description

K'lecnahn are almost perfectly spherical rocks that are twelve feet in diameter. To open a K'lecnahn, Meregan push a spot on it that is lighter than the rest of it. The front half of the K'lecnahn will split open to reveal a soft white cushioned area perfectly formed to let a Meregan lean back against it, several straps to keep them in place, handles to either side and a large pair of screens to show the exterior of the K'lecnahn.
Object Lighting Spell

The **Object Lighting Spell**.

## Description

The Object Lighting Spell is a spell that Heretics could use to enchant an object to light up when triggered. To use the spell, Heretics use the directing words "Ilecus duven seran", determine the amount of power they put into it and the duration they charged it, and finish it. Once an object has been enchanted with the Object Lighting Spell, Heretics can trigger the spell with a thought.

## References

1. ↑ *Heretical Edge*; The Next Step, 8-05
Paper-reconstruction spell

**Carfried**: "*When drawing the paper-reconstruction spell, how many swirls are there on the end of the second symbol*"
**Flick**: "*The swirls are on the third symbol, not the second one. And it depends. If the paper was just torn up, you can use two. But if it was actually burned or destroyed more thoroughly like that, you have to use four. Oh, and for that second kind, you need the little o with the wing-things on either side at the very end.*"
— Carfried and Flick talking about the paper-reconstruction spell.[src]

The **paper-reconstruction spell** is a spell to reconstruct paper after it has been torn apart, burned, or otherwise destroyed.
Meregan

**Meregan** are a race of humanoid Strangers native to the planet of Aiken'te'vel.
are a highly peaceful race of humanoid Strangers that are on the brink of extinction.

## Physical description

### Physical appearance

Meregan are nine to ten feet tall humanoid Strangers with hair that comes in a range of bright colors.

### Technology

Meregan are a technologically advanced race. The Meregan's "long-sleep" technology allows them to encase objects in a stone-like material that they seal themselves within while traveling long distances in space to prevent themselves from aging. The stone-like material of the "long-sleep" is restraint to all forms of damage and keep the object it is encased over safe in the heart of a star.

## Known Meregan

* Purin
* Alecra
* Dis

## References

1. ↑ *Heretical Edge*; The Next Step, 8-07
Isabelle Acosta

## Isaballa Acosta

**Isabella Acosta** was an American Bystander and the sister of Isaac Acosta.

## Biography

Not much is known of Isabella's early life, but while babysitting Isaac, she talked on the phone, watched music videos on her laptop, and watched a celebrity dance show on the television. Isaac killed her and staged her so that it would look like someone had broken into the house and she had died trying to protect him from the intruder.

## Appearances

* *Heretical Edge (webserial series)* (Mentioned only)
Jonathan Walker

**Jonathan Walker** was a Werewolf.

## Biography

In 1973, this Werewolf fought with Arthur Chambers in a bar and was hit over the head with a bottle of Johnny Walkers. His pack left him for losing a fight to a Bystander and, having received a wake-up call, he decided that he needed to change himself. He took on the name "Jonathan Walker" and set out to educate himself as best as he could.

Jonathan would become a bodyguard and driver for the "rich and famous".
Larikeken

**Larikeken** are a race of Strangers.

## Physical description

### Physical appearance

Larikeken are koala-like Alters that stand around three feet tall, with large rabbit-like ears, a wide mouth, and a large, flowing, cape-like appendage attached to their shoulders.

### Abilities

A Larikeken's cape-like appendage has razor-sharp talons lining the far end that hold a deadly, paralytic poison. It can be used to hold the Larikeken fully upright, glide long distances, and to protect the Larikeken itself from bullets and most kinds of magic.

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 *Heretical Edge*; Gathering Force, Interlude 33E – Jophiel and Elisabet
Risa Kohaku

**Risa Kohaku** (b. 5 March, 1604) was a Japanese Crossroads Hangman Heretic in the employ of Crossroads Academy. She had eight children: three sons and five daughters.

Following the death of her youngest child, Yuuto, Risa threw herself into her work and pulled back from everyone that she knew. She would later be possessed by Manakel.

## Physical appearance

Risa is described as an Asian woman who appears to be in her late twenties or early thirties.

## Appearances

* *Heretical Edge (webserial series)*
* *Heretical Edge 2*

## Notes and references

1. ↑ Word of God - Risa was born in Japan.
Jaq

**Jaq** was a Cyberform mouse.

## Biography

Broker found Jaq and Gus after a battle "all smashed to pieces" and put them back together again. Broker would later sell Jaq and Gus to a person from Eden's Garden.

## Physical appearance

Jaq has the appearance of a silver-white mouse made out of metal.

## Abilities and skills

Jaq can transform himself into a short-sword. Following Doxer's death and his reassignment to Flick, he became able to latch onto Flick's Kinetic-Burst Staff and transform into a smaller short-short without the hilt.

## Appearances

* *Heretical Edge (webserial series)*
* *Heretical Edge 2*
Julia Domna

**Julia Domna** (AD 160 - 217) was a Roman empress of Arab origins and the second wife of Septimus Severus (reigned 193 - 211). As a powerful political figure and member of the imperial family, Julia received titles such as "mother of the army camps". She was famous for her political influence.

After Severus' death in 211, his two sons with Julia, Geta and Caracalla, ruled jointly over Rome. Caracalla attempted to have Geta assassinated later that year. Julia continued to have a powerful role during the reign of Caracalla. Julia is thought to have committed suicide in 217 upon hearing of the assassination of Caracalla.
Oberon

**Oberon** was a Fae.

## Physical description

Oberon was a handsome man with long golden brown hair, intense blue eyes, and a strong jawline. He wore a gold breastplate with the image of a sun turning supernova and exploding emblazoned across it and dark leather pants.

## Possessions

* **Karna's armor and earrings**: Oberon owned Karna's armor and earrings, which he gained after finding Karna's burial chamber.
Letum class

The ***Letum* class** is a Seosten Destroyer.

## Description

According to Jophiel, the *Letum* class is fifteen kilometers long, individually have enough firepower to level most worlds, an army of over fifty thousand ground troops, and almost three hundred fighter-sized spacecraft.

## References

1. ↑ *Heretical Edge*; Rendezvous, Mini-Interlude 50 – Jophiel And Elisabet
Nemestrinus

**Nemestrinus** was a Seosten.

## Biography

Nemestrinus stepped out of the Seosten soldier that he had been possessing after Abbadon rhetorically asked Apollo who had said that he and Radueriel had only brought two Olympians with them. Radueriel noted that Nemestrinus and the other Seosten weren't bridge crew, but stated that they were very much members of the Olympus and close friends of Charmiene.

Nemestrinus abandoned the fight against Apollo and Athena and caught up with Larissa's group in a shuttle bay. Larissa reappeared between Nemestrinus and the Seosten that had accompanied him, intercepting and then redirecting their shots, before she threw herself at them. Nemestrinus and Occator broke away from Larissa and moved to engage Flick Chambers.

Nemestrinus leapt toward Flick, pulled out a laser-blade, and swung it at Flick's head. Flick turned her head and shoulders and stabbed upward with her staff before Nemestrinus activated his boost, caught hold of her staff before it could pierce his chest, and attempted to pull it out of her hands. Nemestrinus moved aside to dodge Flick's kick and backhanded Flick across the side of her head before she pulled her staff out of his grasp. A shadow slid across the ground between Nemestrinus and Flick before Sands Mason reformed in-between them and told Nemestrinus to pick on someone his own size. Nemestrinus kicked Sands in the middle of her chest and broke a couple of bones in his foot and ankle.

When Nemestrinus recovered, he brought his laser-blade toward down toward Sands. Sands stepped around the laser sword and then caught hold of Nemestrinus' arm. Nemestrinus transformed his arm into a tree branch, created two smaller branches out of the side to pierce through Sands' hands, widened the points so Sands couldn't pull them free, and then created a larger branch and aimed it at Sands' chest. Flick cut the branch with her staff a moment before Sands ripped her hands free. When Flick brought the bladed end of her staff at Nemestrinus' face, Nemestrinus jerked back before Roxa Pittman grabbed onto his exposed throat and tore into his jugular before she bit down and tore through his spinal cord to kill him.

## Physical appearance

Nemestrinus is described as a man with dark blonde hair, deep green eyes, and a square jawline.

## Abilities and skills

* **Wood Manipulation**: Nemestrinus had the power to transform himself into and control wood.
Roxa Pittman

**Roxanne "Roxa" Pittman** was an American Crossroads Hangman Heretic and a Werewolf. Following her father's arrest and her mother's death, she was placed into foster care. When one of her foster fathers attempted to touch her, she stabbed him in the arm and then ran away. She lived alone on the streets until she met Zedekiah Pericles when she was seventeen years old and he he appeared in front of her beach-front tent with an offer to attend Crossroads Academy.

Roxa would later be transported to Eden with Tristan Moon when Flick Chambers travelled to Eden's Garden before becoming lost within the jungle. There she would encounter Lemuel who would purposefully scratch her and then leave her to suffer through her first Werewolf transformation alone. Following this, unable to return to Crossroads Academy, she would join Mateo's Pack.

## Physical appearance

Roxanne is described as a blonde girl with a surfer's build.

## Abilities and skills

As a Crossroads Hangman Heretic, she was immune to the Bystander Effect, capable of utilizing magic and absorbing the powers from the Strangers or Heretics that she killed.

## Possessions

* **Heretical Weapon**: Roxa's Heretical Weapon was a Cyberform Cougar named Gidget.

## Trivia

* In the original plans for Heretical Edge, Roxa Pittman was a Bystander and Flick's best friend in Wyoming before being turned into a werewolf, which would have been the catalyst for showing Flick how screwed up Crossroads is. At some point, Cerulean decided to make it so she was a Bystander recruited Crossroads student from California that had no history with Flick, which led him to create Miranda.
Percival

**Counselor Percival** (b. 18 February, 520 AD) was an English Crossroads Edge Heretic and Natural Manticore Heretic. At some point, he became a member of the Committee, and became in charge of keeping up to date with developments in the Bystander world.

## ​​Physical appearance

Percival is described as a man with blonde hair that he wears in a ponytail who wore a tee shirt that advertised the Ramones.

## Abilities and skills

* **Shapeshifting**: Percival had the power to transform and reshape his body.
* **Time Stop**: Percival had the power to stop time while still being able to move around normally.

## Notes and references

1. ↑ Word of God - Percival was born in Britain.
Michael

**Michael** was a Seosten.

## Biography

At some point, Michael became part of a project, where he was subject to genetic experimentation that enhanced him.

## Physical appearance

Michael is described as a man with a slim build, gray hair, and wire-frame glasses. He wears a suit.

## Abilities and skills

* **Energy Wing Manifestation**: Michael had the power to forms made out of energy and use them for transportation to offensive and defensive purposes.