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Black Order/Chapter 14

Chapter 15 Horns of the Bull

3:10 P.M.
SOUTH AFRICA
Taylor Khamisi and the Zulu warriors gathered around the Waalenberg estate rady to attack. They had gathered around the place under the pretense of a wedding celebration.

In the mean time of the preparations, everyone got ready to make sire that the best can be done.

Time comes and they start by detonation of charges destroying places and the elevacted walkway. The mercenaries of the Waalenberg estate were caught off surprise. Zulu warriors immediatelys pruing into action and attacked.

3:13 P.M.
In the main room, Baldric, the wins, Gray, and Fiona are in the room. A fight occurs in which both sides try to kill each oth er, but Gray was not able to overpower of Ischke. Gray managed to get get a knife and stick it in her chest, killing her. Gray grabs the pistol she drops and shoots her brother Isaak.
Baldric had activated the Bell and refuses Gray's request to turn it off.

3:13 P.M.

Monk, Gunther, Anna, and some otheres were in the mansion as the hyenas were prowling around. Fiona had found a device that was able to use the plantied chips in the hyenas. The group moved a long and moved to some rooms. At the moment, a groupu walks into the room. They Fiona had to activate it and immmediately, th hyenas rollwed around into the men. Anna had to ro un and had to run, with Gray in tow.

3:16 P.m.
Ghamisi, Lisa Cumings, and Paula Kane move to the mansion as the troops are in full rout. As they move in their helicopter to the mansion, they see in the gardens that the Warden Kellogg had taken prisoner Tau,. Pahula shoots him dead.
3:17 P.M.
Baldric declaires that Gray doomed them all. He says that in order for the Bell to deactivate, someone had to go into the blast chamber and hold it.
Anna Sporrenberg had came in with her group. Anna goe sin. They all drag Anna and Baldric into the room and get things ready. They had found the necessary antenna and put it in. They had to keep their hands on the bell or it will blow instantly. As they left, Anna tells them “I'm not a Nazi”.

3:19 P.M.

A scream came from the blast chamber.

3:22: P.M.

A siege was underway.

The bell's blast chamber shield was opened and it had shown Anna and Baldric in poor sates. Anna had died. Baldric had his skin tuned white, no hair due to radiation, and his flesh ahd collapsed.

At that point, Painter Crowe was in poor s hape and was in need of help. It was decided to put I in the chamber in an effort to heal him.
Gray says what are the symbols mean.

## Chronology

* Previous – Chapter 13
* Next – Chapter 15
Malcolm Jennings

*Malcolm Jennings* is a scientist who ois the head of R&D at Sigma Force.

He was introduced in Sigma Force when he came to present a folder of information to the director Painter Crowe. He had gone over information presented by numerous people. He had shown that the infestion on a patient had been bad and nothing like h e ahd seen. He immediately suggested that Sigma raise the alert from low-level priority to status-level critical Two, an act that would result in diveritng resources. This surprised Painter as this was not normal for the doctor to do that. He had suggested sending a full forensic team to investigate, an act that shocked Painter Crowe. It was something that normally was not expected from him, although it is.

## The Judas Strain

He was working in D.C. at Sigma Force Headquarters amnd told a lot of information to Painter Crowe.

## Characteristics

The man was born in 1946 or 1947.
He possessed graying hair and olive cloured skin. His frame was rather lanky.
Gregg Tunis

**Gregg Tunis** is an archaeologist.

## *The Judas Strain*

In 2007, He was on his own boat accompanied by his wife Susan Tunis and Professor Applegate. They were analyzing bacteria near Christmas Island when they realize they are not normal. His wife Susan was diving in the water, when he gets intrigued. After looking over new bacteria and algae, unusual red ones, he points to his wife's arm, which are infected by luminescence bacteria. He later died from the disease.
Mistress of the Seas

The ‘’’Mistress of the Seas’’’ is a cruise ship. It is owned by a billionaire. IT was a luxury ship docked in Australia.

On its maiden voyage, it was diverted to Christmas Island. The Judas Strain). On July 4, 2007, the ship picked up hundreds of residents due to a medical emergency. It also served as the headquarters of a team sent by the World Health Organization.

It soon was come under attack by pirates, who turned out to be the Guild organization. The team of covert scientists used the ship as a hotbed of studies.

Housing patients of the disease, labs were set up for scientists and analyze and process information. The World Health Organization was interested and dispatched scientists to deal with the outbreak. Soon later, the ship tilted at 45 degrees, admist a firefight. Cannibals led by Monkl riaded the ship and fought a lot of the pirates. The ship sank soon afterwards, a complete salvage.

## Specifications

The presidential suite is considered the best place in the ship.

The ship possesses German designed engines, monohulll construction, and is capable of going at a maximum speed of forty-seven knots. This was considered super good.

On the lower deck that lay with the waterline, there are multiple specific things dedicated to Ryder's liking. His personal private launch was here. The deck also had a theater, day-care center, video carcade, and the Midnight Blue disco.

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Sea Dart

**Sea Dart** is the name of the plane boat used by Ryder Blunt on his ship Mistress of the Seas. It was on the bottommost level of the ship.
It was used by Ruyder, Monk, and Lisa, to flee the ship. Later when Rakao tried to attack the people, Ryder used it to flee.

The enclosed cabin ended in an aerodynamic point at the bow. Its stern supported two raised propeller engines. And over the top, two wings lay folded over the cabin, tips touching just in front of the upright tail section and propellers. It was built by Hamilton Jet from New Zealand. It had twin V-12 petrol engines water from the front and shoot out of the sterns's dual nozzles. It can use the hydraulics to snap wide the folded wings and that keeps her aflot. The max speed up to 300 miles per hour.
Coral Novak

**Coral Novak** is a member of DARPA in Sigma Force.

Fresh out of the Army Rangers, she was immediately recruited by Thomas Rector as a member.

## Bio

She seemed to be pale. Her lips were thing, eyes appeared to be icy gray. Her white blond hair was kept cropped short. She stood sturdy. These were attributed as observed by Safia al-Maaz upon their introduction in *Sandstorm*.

She traveled with Painter Crowe under the guise of physics from MIT as part of investigations.

Coral graduated from Columbia University.

She was recruited from the CIA only three years prior to the events of Sandstorm. In the time she was hired, she earned a Ph.D. in nuclear physics and had a black belt in six disciplines of martial arts. IQ was off the charts and had an encyclopedic knowledge on a wide range of subjects.
Hirszfeld estate

Hirszfeld estate is a location in alme valley in the *Sigma Force* book *Black Order*.

Grayson Pierce, Monk Kokkalis, and Fiona arrived with the Darwin Bible so that they needed to do something. When they arrived, the clerk was a son who managed the place.

For two decades, it was Burgschloß Hostel. After the Herszfeld family took over.
Dragon Court

The **Dragon Court** is a secretive organization founded in the 12the century.

## History

The Dragon Court was founded centuries before the modern day. They were connected to every single royal family in Europe. The organization remained a secret society,

The organization still survives to the modern day. It has people in numerous organizations.

## Organization

At the top is the Imperator. He is the supreme leader of the order and deals with everyone.

There is a commander of the armies. It has mercenaries, all well funded due to the extensive financial holdings that the organization held. Raoul of the Sauvage family was the modern day overall commander of the militarized portion of the Dragon Court, basing them outside of Sauvage Castle in Lausanne, Switzerland.

The organization is very efficient. It possessed intelligence agents around the world and in many organizations. Very little is for them to not be reached. They had Alberto in the ranks of the Vatican and no one knew about him.

## Culture

The organization believes in blood purity. Members are connected to royalty and are connected to the royal families that ruled kingdoms across Europe. Thus, they intermarry to keep much of the blood lineage pure as possible. For example, Rachel's grandmother was related to the Hapburgs and had bourne a child by the grandfather of Raoul and she wanted her granddaughter to marry Raoul to keep the blood purity within a limited number of people.

## Known Members

* Camilla, grandmother of Rachel Verona
* Raoul, leader of the mercenaries.

## Apperances

* Map of Bones
* The Judas Strain (mentioned in Chapter 7 by Vigor Verona)
Franz

*Franz* (d. 1162) was a priest who was tasked with taking 3 sarcophagus out of Italy in 1162. They had to reach the German border. On the way, he was afraid of the Saracen known as Fierabas.

The Saracen had shot an arrow into a sarcophagus, spilling it. It was revealed that the sarcophagus was empty and it was all a ruse and his caravan with Joachim was a way to draw out the Saracen Fierabas's men.

He was killed after the initial raid after the Saracen sent more troops.
Liquid body armor

The liquid body armor is a body suit protection. It provides a lot of protection and useful information for people.

It was developed by the U.S. Army Army Research Laboratory in 2003.
The fabric of his body suit had been soaked with a shear-thickening fluid hard microparticles of silica suspended in a polyethylene glycol solution. During normal movement, it acted like a liquid, but once a bullet struck, the material solidified into a rigid shield, preventing penetration.
Painter Crowe

**Painter Crowe** is the director of Sigma Force. He appears in every Sigma Force novel.

## Early Life

He is half Native American, half white. His father left the Native American Reservations to seek wealth in New York.

He groomed and worked in the Claremont stables in New York City as a youth.

## Personal life

He is half Native American as shown by the hard planes of his face. He has glacial blue eyes and long black hair that has a small white streak over one ear. He's pale from lack of sunlight exposure from many hours spent in his subterranean office. He is married to Dr. Lisa Cummings.

## Career

He joined the military, wishing to join a sense of purpose.

### *Sandstorm*

He was part of a force sent to figure out the mystery of an explosion at a museum.

### *Map of Bones*

By this time in June 2005, he was the head of Sigma Force.

He had adapted to his work. He accepted some things in his life: paperwork, spreadsheets, and stress. It had been a grueling day. First the Guild ambush, now an international operation to launch. Still, a part of him thrilled at the new challenges and responsibilities. He had inherited Sigma from its founder, Sean McKnight, now director of all of DARPA. Painter refused to disappoint his mentor. All morning, the two had discussed the ambush at Fort Detrick and the upcoming mission, strategizing like old times. Sean had been surprised by Painter’s choice of team leader, but it was ultimately his decision.

He was smart enough to arrange for transportation as a cover when Gray and his team traveled from Rome to Alexandria.

## Personality

An very realostic and hardworking person, he always works for the best of DARPA.
Black Order/Epilogue

Epilogue

6:45 P.M.

WROCLAW, POLAND

Gray and Rachel Verona were set to meet in a coffee shop. However, he was set to do one thing before that.

He walks to a church and had an interview with Father Piotr. Intelligence had gone cold, but a chance with a journal revealed truth. Tola Hirszfeld had saved her baby and left it on the steps of the monastery and was buried in an unnamed grave.

The father appears and greets him. Father Piotr had lived an unassuming life within the church. There was nothing especially noteworthy about his accomplishments beyond steadfast devotion to his flock. His health, though, remained exceptionally good. Little to no medical history. A broken bone when he was a teenager, falling off a rock. But other than that, routine physicals showed a perfectly fit individual. He wasn’t massive like Gunther or wickedly agile like the Waalenbergs. Just stolidly healthy. After the interview, Gray notes the father likes puzzles. The father said it was to keep the mind sharp. Afterwards, he goes to Rachel to meet. He tells her that something important has to be discussed, only for her to know as well.

As Father Piotr sees Gray leave, he knows Life forever remained a wondrous mystery.
Map of Bones

Map of Bones is a Sigma Force novel by James Rollins.

## Synopsis

From Jamesrollins.com

The bestselling master of astonishing adventure, James Rollins delivers his most relentlessly exciting page-turner to date – a gripping and explosive novel of an ancient conspiracy to create a terrifying new world order out of the ashes of modern civilization.

The crime is inhumanly cruel with horrific consequences both unthinkable and inevitable. During a service at a cathedral in Cologne, Germany, a band of armed intruders dressed in monk’s robes unleashes a nightmare of blood and terror, ruthlessly gunning down worshippers and clergy alike. The killers haven’t come for the church’s gold and valuable artwork, but for a priceless treasure secreted within: the preserved bones of the Three Magi who once came to pay homage to a newborn savior. As they flee the carnage they have wrought, they carry a prize that could reshape the world.

The Vatican is in turmoil, and Lieutenant Rachel Verona of Rome’s carabinieri is assigned to lead the investigation. But no ordinary police organization alone can deal with the bizarre theft and massacre. Sigma Force – an elite covert arm of the U.S. Defense Department – is called in under the command of Grayson Pierce. New to Sigma, Pierce assembles a crack team of scientific and Special Forces operatives to unravel the mystery of the stolen bones, and together they set out on a twisting trail through a labyrinth of clues and dark revelations that carry them to the sites of the Seven Wonders of the World – and to the doorstep of the mystical and terrifying Dragon Court.

An ancient, secret fraternity of alchemists and assassins, the master-adepts of the Dragon Court have plans for the sacred remains that will alter the future of humankind in devastating ways that only the maddest of zealots could desire – and they will let nothing and no one stand in their way. Suddenly Pierce, Verona, and the Sigma team are the hunted as well as the hunters, forced to use every skill they possess to survive as they follow the bones to the ultimate confrontation between darkness and light – in a lost place of history where science and religion will unite to unleash a horror not seen since the beginning of time.

A masterful novel that combines the exhilarating mysticism of The Da Vinci Code with the pulse-pounding action of a Tom Clancy thriller, James Rollins’s Map of Bones is destined to be a modern classic that will stand among the very best adventure tales ever written.

## Characters

### Main Characters

* Grayson Pierce
* Monk Kokkalis
* Katherine Bryant
* Vigor Verona
* Rachel Verona

### Antagonists

* Raoul
* Seichan
Jesse

Jesse was a doctor who was at the Medical crisis in Indonesia in 2003. He was an assistant to Lisa Cummings.

During the crisis, he helped Lisa treat a man who was brought in by Gene Lindholm. She had worked in Indonesia for a while. When she worked with Monk Kokkalis, she had taught him some Malay so that he was able to talk properly and work.

Later, she quickly learned that the destination of the ship was the island of Pusat, also known as Navel.

Jessie was caught by the Guild and thrown overboard.
He survived by swimming to Pusat and to the residents, helping them. When Gray, Lisa, and Rider came, he helped them.
Ampitheater

**This Ampitheater** served as place for the Hodja. It was the home of the hodja, who had stayed hidden for centuries. It was bowl shaped with a small opening to the sky.

This captain Garrison in the US air force was stationed at the Thumrait Air Base in Oman. He was the leader of the harvest Falcom depot, the source of supplies and war materials for the US Air Force and its bases and troops throughout the region. He acknowledged to Cassandra Sanchez that he had a lot of things ready for her at 0700 hours. Items included Tents, shelters, equipment, rations, fuel, water, medical supplies, and generaters that would be loaded into transport helicopters.

He had his doubts about the supplies into the middle of the desert as an advance camp. Refugees at the moment were funneling into the airbase hoursly. However, orders came from Washington and he was to aid her in outfitting her team. Guild command had orchestrated the cover story as a search-and-rescue unit sent ot help refugees fleeing the coming sandstorm and to aid in any rescue during the storm itself. The team was supplied with giant tires, an M4 desert tractor, Hueys, and VTOL copter sleds.
Surina

‘’’Surina’’’ is a Guild operative who took part in the eppidemic on the ‘’Mistress of the Seas’’.

## Biography

She is Indian. She was a devoted follower of the Guild..
She is appeared to be of mixed Indian blood. Her hair is considered long and was tied into a bun. If untied, it would sweep the floor behind her heels. Her complexion was a polished teak and was much lighter than others, suggesting a European blodline somewhere in her past.
Her eyes were considered cold and unforgiving. She weas very posture and hinted servitude.

## Career

She was introduced when she accompanied Dr. [[Devsh Patanjali’s trip to the ‘’Mistress of the Seas.

Later, when Devesh wanted to discuss punishment, Surina was there by holding a satchel that was to be used, to torture. However, gunfire drew them, away and she had to take away a child that was in the same room to be an example.

Later, when she saw Devesh once again during an attack by cannibals, she went to him, and using her sword, to cut the hamstring's in the legs of Devesh, leaving him to die.

Jessie had told Lisa a story of the evacuation. He had come upon a padlocked hold and heard children inside, and broken thorugh to rescue them. The children had told the story of a strange angel who came and gathered them all together, locking them up out of harm’s way. This angel had then led a group of the ravening patients away from the hold, using herself as bait, thus she had been surmised to have survived from the Ship, although this was unlikely.
Paula Kane

Dr. **Paula Kane** is a scientist. She was in her 50s. She attended Oxford university.

She and Dr Marcia Fairfield were in South Africa studying wildlife. They were on the Reserve when they were attacked. She survived. She later gets a call from a shaman to help Khamisi Taylor, who was shot with a dart filled with the poison of the black mamba. She heals him up with a shaman and an elder of a Zulu tribe.

She later meets with Painter Crowe and Lisa Cummings. She is a secret British operative working in South Africa. After her graduation from Cambridge university with a doctorate degree in biology, she was recruited by the British intelligence agency and posted in South Africa.

## Features

She was a small woman with salt-and-pepper dark hair. She was in her 50s.
Shisur

**Shisur** is a village in Oman. Within the proximity of the villagewas the location of Ubar. It was discovered in 1992 by Nicolas Clapp and a few others. It was approximately 63 miles from Muscat.

The village was small and contained a few buildings and a mosque. It was elevated above the surrounding sand.

Painter and his friends stopped here during his journey. So did the Rahim stop here as well.

It was later destroyed by Cassandra Sanchez and her troops on their way to Ubar.
Gunther

Gunther was an assassin sent to a monastery to clean up the Knights of Rona. It was something that needed to be done so that there would be no witnesses to the crime.

He was introduced in *Black Order* and burned the place. He attacked the monastery and set it on fire. He killed all the monks and had to find Painter and Lisa, who he suspected of surviving. In the mean time, he went down to the village and firebombed the entire place, leaving no witnesses so that there would be no witnesses. He travels back to the monastery and tries to kill Painter and Lisa in the basement, but is temporarily stunned by a syringe. He escapes the burning building.

He had blonde-white hair, brush brow, and a prominent jaw.
Granitschloß

**Granitschloß** is a castle in the Himalayas.

## Description

It is carved in the mountainside in the Himalayas.

It was powered geothemally and was based on a hundred-year old design of Rudolf Diesel. Electricity was in limited supply and was not wasted, except for select areas of the castle.

## History

The grandfather of Anna Sporrenberg took over the castle after WWII.

Heinrich Himmler was searching for things. He was searching for evidence of a long-lost master race and built a SS stronghold and decided to construct a mirror in the Himalayas using slave labour imported from Germany's concentration camps, envisioned as the first citadel for the master race.

## Design

The castle was sculpted into the mountainside.
There is a study and library.
There is also a place for a spa as well as rooms for a few people.
The entrance had a façade of battlements, parapets, and arched windows.
Ankor Thom

Angkor Thom is an ancient temple complex in Cambodia. moat, mostly dry now, where once crocodiles swam, protecting the great city and the royal palace inside.
A bridge leading to it has demon statues. thirty-foot-tall walls of laterite stone blocks enclosed the four square miles of the ancient city. Their goal—the Bayon—lay within the enclosure. Dense forest still enveloped the city ruins. Giant palm trees shaded the walls, shrouding the massive eighty-foot-tall gate. Four giant faces had been carved into the stone tower, facing each cardinal direction.

The faces, painted in lichen, worn by cracks. Despite the corruption of age, there remained a certain peacefulness in their expressions: broad foreheads shadowed downcast eyes, while thick lips curved gently, as enigmatic as any Mona Lisa.
The Judas Strain/Prologue

The Judas Strain
Prologue

MIDNIGHT
Island of Sumatra Southeast Asia

The screams stopped.

During the midst of a bonfire Marco Polo and his father. Pray for forgiveness. They had to set fire to twelve ships with people on board. All of them had be afflicted with disease, and those who had died from the disease.

The people who had survived on the 13th ship had to strip and examine each other for any signs. This included the Khan's daughter Kokejin, who had stood behind a sailcloth for modesty. She was betrothed to a Persian princess and it was the Polo's task to deliver to the Khan of Persia, grandson of the Kublai Khan's brother. That was a lifetime ago in four months.

Marco's father makes Marco swear to him to never speak of the horrors they had observed. He expressed regret to “trespassing”, along with his brother Niccolo.

Four months before, they had travelled through the waters and Marco had sought out a legend of a lost temple in the jungles.

They discuss plans for the trip afterwards. When they arrive, they will tell their friend, Teobaldo, now Pope Gregory X, of the power of the Mongols.

They discuss, and conclude things could have been better. The horrors had concluded. Marco ponders on his adventures and what to write. He concludes that he would write his memories down and publish them. His father had burned a map retrieved from the temple he visited, and told to not to write much.
Marco holds a cross from Friar Agreer, a priest who had accompanied them. He had died at the cursed city to save theirs. As the embers burned, Marco whispered “What God will save us next time?”

MAY 22, 6:32 P.M.
Indian Ocean 10º 44'07.87"S | 105º 11'56.52"E
Gregg Tunis is enjoying his own time on his own boat. His wife Susan Tunis came up and smiled. The two biologists were interested in what recently happened. They were with Professor Applegate, who is with them about a study.

Ten days ago eighty dolphins, Tursiops aduncus, an Indian Ocean species, had beached themselves along the coast of Java. Her research study centered on the long-term effects of sonar interference on cetacean species, the source of many suicidal beachings in the past. She usually had a team of research assistants with her, a mix of postgrads and undergrads, but the trip up here had been for a vacation with her old mentor. It was pure happenstance that such a massive beaching occurred in the region—hence the protracted stay here.
They were intrigued by the recently activity, such as random earthquakes and animal changes.
They saw algae and bioluminenscent bacteria who contributed to lights. Scratching her arm, Susan sees and is fascinated by the curiosities of the bacteria. She sees that the bacteria glow in red, having been in her.
Hodja

The **Hodja** were a group of woman who are descended down from the Queen of Sheba.

## Etymology

The word by itself is an Arabian word for “tribal shaman” and theyw ere always female. They were keepers of of knowledge, healers, and oracles.

## History

Several thousand years ago, the antimatter underneath the city of Ubar

## Biology

The hodja possess the capability to reproduce asexually. As a result, every woman throughout the ages are genetic clones of the Queen of Sheba.

The antimatter beneath Ubar had altered the Queen of Sheba so that the magnetic forces in her mitochondria were magnetized. Theis allowed her to reproduce asexually, that is not need a man to help reproduce. This allowed them to have children by themselves, albeit clones.
The energy matter in the cells diluted over time as purebreds bred inwards.

Safia Al-Maaz had about 10 times the amount as her “mother” bonded with a man, and not had reproducemd by herself. This allowed hybrid vigor to ensure the more powerful energy to be seen in blood than the rest of the hodja.

## Abilities

They had abilities. They were able to

* ’’’walk through walls’’’ - They were able to phase through walls.
* Make illusions appear – They had been able to summon the appearance of a snake while Sophia was bathing
* Asexual reproduction – Able to reproduce without the need of a male DNA.

## Public

The women were spoken of around campfires. People of the desert spoke of these warriors of the desert and more djinn than flesh. They were said to be able to talk to animals and vanish on command.

## Notable Members

* Safia Al-Maaz – Half. She was born to Reginald Kensington and Almaaz
* Lulu
Guild

The Guild is an international shadow organization and a dangerous terrorist group that serves as the main antagonists of James Rollins' Sigma Force novel series. It is a covert group that has infiltrated government agencies and commercial enterprises in its quest for world domination.

## Backstory

The name originally not called the Guild. There is no known official name used by members of the organization. The name “Guild” was given attributed by a former SAS officer, who had died by 2007. Members in various cells took on the name as their own in a mockingly manner, but soon enough, they took it genuinely.

The guild has massive amount of spies around the world and possesses an incredible amount of insight and knowledge. One time, A MI5 member was sent to infiltrate a cell in India. He returned a broken man, having been found out, tortured extensively, and beaten. They possess massive amounts of funding and seemingly are able to infiltrate some of the best.

## Associates

These people were associated with the organization at one time or another

* Tony Rector - In prison

* Cassandra Sanchez - Deceased at end of *Sandstorm*

* Seichan – secret mole working with Sigma Force
Golden passport

Golden Passport is a gold bar given to VIP people in the Mongol Empire.

## Description

Gently resting it on the table, he peeled back the layers to reveal a flat bar of dull gold. It appeared very old. It bore a hole at one end, and its surface was covered in a cursive script. On a side it had an inscription that said “By the strength of the eternal heaven, holy be the Khan’s name. Let he who pays him not reverence be killed.”
In Chinese, it is called a paitzu. In Mongolian, a gerege.

A traveler bearing this superpassport could demand horses, supplies, men, boats, anything from the lands governed by Kublia Khan. To refuse such aid was punishable by death. A khan granted it to ambassadors in the service of the empire.

## Sigma Force

Vigor Verona had one of the relics in his possession when he met Sigma Force in Istanbul.
Dhor

The **dhor** is a sailing vessel in the caverns outside of Ubar
It was a dhwow, an Arab sailing ship, 30 feet long. Its sides glistened with oil, shining brightly. Gold leaf decorated rails and masts. It had sails. At the prow of the dhow rose the statue of a woman with his arms chastely crossed over her bosom, its likeness of the Queen of Sheba.
Black Order/Chapter 15

Chapter 16 Riddle of the Runes.

Gray showed the runes.

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They had discussed and it became the star of David. The group decide to find out about information. Anna had told that Hugo had entered the Bell chamber alone with a baby. Test results show he produced the first true and pure Knight of the Sun. He somehow used the Star of David. A little more discussion does not yield much more.
They get the Bell running so it can be used for Painter.
Hugo had the lock and Lisa had the key. He had them both now.
A right combination have been useful.

The group reasoned that science and faith together produced gppd results. When Hugo entered the chamber w ith the baby, he had prayed for perfection through a concentrated and focused thought. Human consciousness in form of prayer. It was good thought that is thought ot be useful t sav ePainter.

3:32 P.M.

Monk and Gray haul Painter into the blast chamber. They get ready to activate. Lisa was in and it was through belief that would make things right. She believed as the Bell activated.
3:36 P.M.

As the bell's blast shield lowers, Painter comes to Baldric Waalenberg. He had a trigger to a weapon that would activate after some time, depending on heartbeat. And he had expired while the people were using the Bell. Getting into a helicopter, it leaves as a blinding light reached them. The mansion had s imply disappeared.

Gray contacts Sigma Force command and receives Sean McKnight on th end, who tlels everyone about updates.

5:47 P.M.

Washington D.C.

Three days later. Every one reached home. The gold bell in the embassy was buried in resarch labs. The shipment that was sent to the U.S. Was discovered inert on a shipping yard, victim of improper refrigeration.

Monk visits K at in the hospital, and proposes. However, [[Fiona had stolen the ring.

Meanwhile, Painter had to recover from the damage done at Georgetown University Hospital.

Two days later, a funeral was held for Logan Gregory. After the funeral, information was exchanged. Painter and Gray discuss in a Lincoln Town Car as they are driven back to Sigma Command.
The truth was surprisng toall. Baldric was involved with the Lebensborn program. He was sterile and turned to insemination to produce children with his wife. He was engaged in eugenics. The DNA source he used was from Heinrich Himmler. Gray also reveals Khamisi was named internim game warden and deals with the cleanup of the estate and its menagerie on the loose.
After the briefing, Painter walks up to Lisa to continue their relationship, wh ich was spawned du e to their adventures and solidified with Painter's h hospital stay.

## Chronology

* Previous – Chapter 14
* Next – Epilogue
Mandy

**Mandy** (d. July 22nd, 2002) was a college student of Boston College. She makes an appearance in the book *Map of Bones*.

She was accompanying her friends Jason, Brenda, and Karl on a backpacking tour in Europe. She is close to Jason more than the other two. Both were on summer holiday from Boston College, backpacking through Germany and Austria.

She had been raised Roman Catholic and waited for a midnight mass. They were waiting on for the mass attended by the Archbishop of Cologne for the Feat of the Three Kings. She did not want to miss it. She had dragged Brenda and Karl along, as they were friends. Brenda was Mandy's best friend since high school.

During mass, she partook in Communion. This would be her last. A group of military personnel in monks clothing marched in, shooting the priest and told everyone to stay. They lifted two discs and had broken the encasing to the sarcophagus. Mandy's hand began to tremble in his, vibrating like a speaker's tweeter. Tears ran down her face, turning bloody as he watched. She did not breathe. Her body then jerked and stiffened, knocking his hand free, but not before he felt the bite of an electrical shock arc from her fingertips to his.
He stood up, too horrified to sit.
A thin trail of smoke rose from Mandy's open mouth.
Her eyes were rolled back to white, but already they were smoldering black at the corners.

She died.
Oracle of Delphi

The **Oracle of Delphi** is a spiritual predictor in the city of Delphi. She predicted stuff for people. The title was also known as Pythia.

## Description

In 398 AD, she was in the Temple of Apollo when people marched to the temple. Few now came to seek the words of the Oracle: a goat herder questioning a wife’s fidelity, or a sailor seeking good omens for a voyage across the Gulf of Corinth.
Lisa Cummings

‘’’Lisa Cummings’’’ (born in 1972-1973) is a scientist. She was introduced in Deep Fathom.

## Early life

Lisa was born in the U.S. She earned a PhD in human physiology, and got extensive f ield experience in marine sciences.

## Deep Fathom

She spent half a decade aboard the salvage ship, the ‘’Deep Fathom’’.

## *Black Order*

The year is 2006. She had come to Nepal to study the physiological effects of anoxygen-free ascent of Everest. Until 1978, no one had attempted it without supplemental oxygen.
Prior to her arrival in Nepal, she had completed a five-year grant on the effect of /r/gr/r-pressure systems on the human physiological processes.
To accomplish this, she had studied deep-sea divers while aboard a research ship, the Deep Fathom.

After the events, she moved on with her personal and professional life. Thus, she accepted a grant by the NSF to perform antithetical research: to study physiologic effects of /oiv-pressure systems. Hence, this trip to the Roof of the World.

At one point, she had visited the Himalayan Rescue Association's health clinic in Pheriche. It was a point of triage for various illnesses for people who had come down from the mountain. They hd seen, broken bone,s pulmonary and cerebral edema, frostbite, dysentery, snow blindness, and all sorts of infections, including STDs. It seemed even chlamydia and gonorrhea were determined to achieve the summit of Everest.
She took photos of a Taki Sherpa while the group was on their ascent to Everest.

She later accompanied the team to South Africa to the Waalenberg Waalenberg and discovered a vast treasure of knowledge. She helped Painter Crowe from dying and helped him heal to shape.

### *The Judas Strain*

In 2005, Lisa and Monk Kokkalis travelled to Christmas Island. There she was on a mission to treat a disease.

July 4th 2007, she places a call to Painter Crowe through satellite communications. She tells him about an outbreak in Indonesia. Later, the ship she was on, the Mistress of the Seas, was boarded with the scientific arm of the Guild. She ewas taken to meet Devesh, who told her to cooperate or she will suffer death. She began w ork, first with analyzing Suan Tunis about her situation with the Judas Strain]].

She was required to attend a formal party hosted by by Ryder, the owner of the ship, bu t later left. She was given a gift in an expensive purse from Monk. It had a radio and radio. She used it and decided to meet with them at 21:00 for a new plan to escape. She wanted to bring the patient there but was foiled when the patient room was visited by Devesh Pantajali.
They made an attempt to escape, and they did, but an animal had bite her. Unfornately for Lisa, a mercenary of Rakao had picked up to the ship, and got her treated by the ship’s doctor and one of the WHO medical staff, cleanering her leg, nad had an IV catheter attacked with flids, antibiotics, and pain relievers. She was stuck in a room when Devesh came to visit. They needed a talk where if Lisa did not give action, he will torture her.
Bell

**Bell** is a device that powers the project Chronos. It was able to influence evolution and change.

## Technology

See Black Order/Mythology.

It was a device in the Project chronos that was devised to use quantum theory. It was very strong and was able to manipulate changes in human beings.

It was used in the Himalayas to breed a series of people in experimentation to create strong and healthy humans. The bell was powerful and required a huge power source. It had created Anna Sporrenberg, as well as Gunther.

It was able to change direction of the embryos. It was created by the Waalenberg family. It was almost used in an attack on the U.S. but foiled. Numerous others were sent to other countries.
Alberto Menardi

Alberto Menardi is a priest within the Vatican and a secret agent of the Dragon Court.

## Bio

He was a lanky silver-haired man with a pocked complexion, thick lips, narrow eyes. He sat in the back of the plane, nursing a broken nose. She had a full dossier on him. His ties to a certain Sicilian criminal organization ran deep. It seemed even the Vatican could not keep such weeds from taking root in their soil. Then again, she could not discount the keen edge to the man’s mind. He had an IQ three points above Einstein.
It had been Dr. Alberto Menardi who in 1990, had discerned from the Dragon Court’s library of Gnostic texts the ability of electromagnetism to unlock the energy of these superconducting metals. He had overseen the research project in Lausanne, Switzerland, and tested the effects on animal, vegetable, and mineral. And who would miss the occasional lone Swiss backpacker? These last experiments would turn the stomach of even the worst Nazi scientists.
The man also had a disturbing fetish for young girls.
But not for sex.
For sport.

## Map of Bones

He revealed himself to Vigor Verona at an attempt to shot him.
However, this was not successful as a failed explosion in St Peter's Cathedral had distracted him, allowing Vigor to hit him and escape.
During his trip to Avignon, he was excited to use the golden key to access the Minotaur's labyrinth. However, he had stepped on the glass floor, and was killed by a bolt of energy, completely overwhelming him.
Toshi Genjiro

## Tamaki Genjiro

**Animal Morphing:** Toshi can switch through different forms of beasts.
**Immense Strength:** As part of his cursed energy, he can produce powerful shockwaves by either clapping his hands or stomping his foot.
**Immense Durability:** In his beast form, Toshi is able to withstand blows and attacks of considerable force; even high caliber bullets bounce off him and flames cause him no damage whatsoever. His bone, skin, and muscles have an extreme density and he possesses a high degree of resistance to injury, pain, and disease.
Marcia Fairfield

**Marcia Fairfield** is a biologist.

## Bio

She attended the University of Cambridge and was respected as a part of the Original Operation Rhio project, often called the Jane Goodall of Rhinos. Khamisi enjoyed working with her. Maybe it was just her lack of pretense, from her faded khaki safari jacket to her silver-gray hair tied back in a simple ponytail. Or maybe it was her passion.

She was recruited to be part of British Intelligence MI6 and posted in South Africa to monitor the activity of the Waalenberg family. Her partner was Paula Kane and they were there for 30 years. In 2002, she was kidnapped by the Waalenberg family for information. This was covered up as a lion attack, and people thought she was deceased. However, she was taken prisoner and held in the dungeon and questioned.

Later, she was rescued by Grayson Pierce and Fiona and freed. She was taken back by Taylor Khamisi and she helps a team of operatives infiltrate the mansion.
Араландия

**Араландия**— государство, расположенное на юге Грина. Омывается морем грома.

Столица — город Арлаан.

На северо-западе граничит со Стальной розой.

## История

Государство возникло в середине XIХ века. Оно образовалось благодаря кочующим народам из государства Стальной розы. Вскоре произошла битва за господство на территории.

### События

1779 — первое упоминание об этой земле.

1804 — битва за господство территорий.

1804 — победа народа Чангши, установление власти.

1808 — 1849 — период правления короля Уильяма I

1849 — смерть Уильяма I, наследником престола становится его сын.

1850 — коронация Уильяма II

1850 — 1882 — период правления короля Уильяма II.

1882 — коронация Фиона I — сына Уильяма II.

1882 — 1990 — период правления Фиона I.

1991 — коронация Виллa I.

4 ноября 2019 — создание транспортной компании.

## Население

Население страны составляет более 2,5 миллионов человек.

## Промышленность

 Судостроение
 Пищевая промышленность
 Лёгкая промышленность
 Мебельная промышленность
 Химическая промышленность
 Фармацевтическая промышленность
 Газодобыча
 Добыча полезных ископаемых
 Энергетика

## Внешняя политика

Араландия старается вести тихую внешнюю политику. Имеет хорошие дипломатические отношения со Стальной розой. Ниже представлены политические отношения Араландии с некоторыми государствами.

 Стальная Роза | Союз

## Административное деление Араландии

Согласно Конституции в административном отношении территория Араландии делится на 9 районов.

## Вооружённые силы

На момент 2019 года, в Вооружённых силах Араландии состояло 50.000 человек. Араландские вооружённые силы подразделяются на три вида: Сухопутные войска, Воздушно-космические силы, Военно-морской флот; и два самостоятельных рода войск: Ракетные войска стратегического назначения, Воздушно-десантные войска.

### Сухопутные войска Араландии

Сухопутные войска состоят из 7 дивизий, 82 бригад, 3 военных баз, 2 учебных центров.

#### **Дивизии**

4 мотострелковых

2 танковые

1 пулеметно-артиллерийская

#### **Бригады**

15 мотострелковых

3 танковые

12 артиллерийские

13 ракетные

10 управления

4 РХБ защиты

4 реактивно-артиллерийских

9 зенитные ракетные

3 разведывательных

5 инженерных

5 МТO

Всего личный состав сухопутных войск на 2019 год насчитывал 20.000 человек.
The Judas Strain

The Judas Strain is the 4th book in the Sigma Force series of books.

## Plot

Following a meeting, a priest in the Vatican quickly takes an item to a meeting with a mysterious woman. The woman takes it, kills him, and escapes.
In Washington D.C., Gray Pierson is enjoying his vacation when the woman Seichan crashes her motorcycle in front of his house. He takes her to a doctor to be healed while his parents are caught. The two, Joe Kowalski, meet up with Monsignor Vigor Verona in Istanbul.
Meanwhile, Lisa Cummings is stationed on a cruise ship in Indonesian waters when it is boarded by pirates. Monk Kokkalis is taken captive on the ship. Both work to free themselves.
They are forced by the Guild to do work on finding more information on the virus.
The group in Istanbul deals with a historical branch of the Guild and they find evidence that Marco Polo h ad walked through there. The polo mission had at one point had walked to Angkor Wat, but eventually came back with a disease, covered up by the Vatican. The historical team of the Guild forces Gray, Seichan, and Verona to travel to Cambodia.

The scientific team uses the people on the cruise ship as test subjects for the disease, discovered to be bacteria from the 13th century. Unfortunatey, the people go mad and spreads to nearly everyone, killing the main team of Guild scientists. Everyone link up with the scientific arm where they travel to Angkor Wat. There, they discover diseases that brings down an relic hidden temple, and results int he death of the entire Guild teams, leaving everyone else alive. Everyone goes home and gets ready for the next mission.
Everest

Everest is the highest mountain in the world

## *Black Order]]*

Lisa Cummings, her brother Josh, and a team attempted to ascend to the summit. She was on an ascent attempt when the military asked her to treat illnesses that broke out in a local area. She accepted the request and went with the people.

## Description

Many people attempted to ascend to the summit. Base camp was at 25000 feet, and after that the people were on their own. Helicopters were not able to go up that high. People have died in expeditions to the summit. People above 25000 feet, who died, were left there, leaving a graveyard.
Spear

The spear was one of the keys to the heart of Ubar. It had notches on it, 69 times and it had a heart symbol, symbolizing the heart of the city. Normally, a town's heart is the well of water that provided water to a town. The spear was in a museum when it was found and it served as a key to the location as Safia correclty guess it was the well in the center of the ruined chamber that lead to the heart of Ubar.
Explosion at the British Museum

An explosion occurred at the British Museum was an event that blew apart the Kensington Gallery, managed by Kara Kensington. The explosion pivoted in action an expedition in search of Ubar and the source of the explosion.

## Cause

Coral explains that the It is surmised this is the reason for the **explosion** at the British Museum. There was a statue and iron heart that held antimatter. There are held antimatter encased in buckyballs are the reason why antimatter is stable:it act as a magnetized chambers that holds a vacuum. In there the antimatter are able to survive. As it is surrounded by water molecules, the antimatter atom is held in perfect suspension in the center, unable to touch matter.
A jolt of electricity or comes in contact with a strong magnet or radiation could destabilize the balance, and allows it to collapse, causing an explosion.

Unfortunately, it costed the life of Henry Madsen, the head of the security guard at the Museum.
Константин Блюменбрау

**Константин Блюменбрау** (шв. *Konstantin Blumenbrau*; 7 августа 1989, Лефрон, Мальдерсенский округ, Швамбранская Народная Республика) — швамбранский государственный и политический деятель, Заместитель председателя Правительства Республики Швамбрания по вопросам транспорта, связи и цифровизации экономики, исполняет обязанности руководителя правительства.
Christmas Island

Christmas Island is a remote island in Indonesia.

## History

It was long inhabited.

Monk Kokkalis and Lisa Cummings were sent to analyze an outbreak of disease. TJS. They arrived on 4 July 2007 and they checked for disease. Just the day prior, the inhabitants of the island had evacuated on to the cruise ship ‘’Mistress of the Seas’’. TJS.

## Information

The island is a territory of Australia and is fifteen hundred miles to the northwest of Perth. The island was discovered in 1643 on Christmas Day, hence the name. The British discoevered deposits of phosphate and decided to establish a mining colony in order to establish a major mine. Indentured servants from all over Indonesia were brought over to work in the mines/ Despite the continuous usage of the mine, the main industry of the island turned to tourism.
Three quarters of the island’s highlands, thick with rain forests, had been declared by the national government as national parklands.

## Nature

One of the most common of the animals are crabs.

## Sigma Force

In 2007, an outbreak occurs over the island. The ‘’Mistress of the Seas’’ is dispatched to aid in an evacuation of the island.