Lunch Buddies

**The Lunch Buddies** is the group name given to Zayn, Fyrinem, Orris and Rolo. They are a group of friends living in Salamvalley who enjoy their day-to-day lives while dealing with impending doom and change. It is a central group of the first four books of the Fantiverse.

## Motive

The group isn't an official brand/group so much as it is a friend group, and as such it has no true motive outside of simply enjoying and having fun together. Occasionally the group has to face a threat (typically fantasy-related), but that usually doesn't take up much of their time compared to the group just being friends.

## History

### Overview

Due to the rather small population of Salamvalley, pretty much everyone who lives there are friends, essentially by default. The oldest known members of the group were Zayn and Orris, both having apparently known each other for a long time. At this time, Hari was also an unofficial member of the group before he left. Shortly afterwards, Rolo also became a dominant part of the group, and it seemed that Natasha had too (even though she was a bit more distant than the others). Sana, despite not being an official part of the group, also tags along occasionally.

### Beyond the Frozen Forest

At the beginning of the story, the members of the group involve Zayn, Rolo, Orris and Natasha. However, at the end of Act I, Natasha turns her back on the group due to feeling like she isn't valued/respected, particularly by Zayn. As such, much of the book ends up being about whether or not Natasha will remain in the group — ultimately, she has to leave either way, although she manages to do so on semi-good terms with everyone else. Instead, Fyrinem ends up joining the group after they convince him not to open up a portal so that they can avoid potentially huge disasters. The book also introduces a new potential member, Moonbeam.

### The View of the Moon from My Window

Sana, the sister of Zayn, decides to recruit the book in order to get Moonbeam back from her prison on the moon. The rescue mission ends up being successful, and Moonbeam becomes an unofficial member of the group.

### Drift of the Leaf

The long-lost Hari returns to Salamvalley, who was known to both Orris and particularly Zayn in the past. The group attempts to welcome him, but he's far more closed off than any of them were able to predict, which only becomes worse once Zayn learns that he's actually in danger of being possessed and/or killed by Hevu, which prompts the group to help rescue him and chase Hevu off. However, Hari chooses to leave in the end, leaving the group mostly the same.

### Invasion of the Hunt

Once again, due to issues regarding Moonbeam, Sana asks for their help in order to keep Moonbeam from permanently leaving. It doesn't seem to work, and in the process, the group learns that Zayn has been possessed by Hevu. After he sends them on a wild goose chase, he takes over everyone in the valley aside from Nazia, Fyrinem and Sana, who work together to defeat him. After all this, Moonbeam chooses to stay, leaving her an honorary member of the group.

## Allies

* Sana
* Natasha
* Nazia
* Javier
* Moonbeam
* Hari

## Enemies

* Fyrinem (formerly)
* Fashi Captain
* Hevu †

## Members

* Zayn
* Sana (sometimes)
* Natasha (formerly)
* Rolo
* Orris
* Fyrinem
* Moonbeam (unofficially)