OFFICIAL CHARACTER FILES

THE PEOPLE
WHO ENTERED
THE WORLD.

Meet the people drawn into the mystery of the Gate and the last heartbeats.

THE HUMAN SIDE OF THE STORY
Portrait of Rashid

FILE · RASHID

RASHID

STATUS · MISSING

An investigator whose search for answers drew him toward the Gate. After the battle, his absence becomes a question the others cannot put aside.

INVESTIGATORMISSING
Portrait of Thamer

FILE · THAMER

THAMER

THE PROTECTOR

Steady under pressure, Thamer stands close to those facing the danger surrounding the Gate.

PROTECTORFIELD SPECIALIST
Portrait of Yousuf

FILE · YOUSUF

YOUSUF

THE HISTORIAN

Yousuf follows the traces left in old records, looking for a history that might explain what the others have seen.

ARCHIVESDILMUN
Portrait of Katherine

FILE · KATHERINE

KATHERINE

THE ANALYST

Katherine searches the evidence for an explanation, even when the evidence challenges everything she knows.

FORENSICSEVIDENCE

ENGLISH BOOK TWO · THE WOLVES

TWO WOLVES.
TWO DISTINCT PRESENCES.

Seen together on the cover of Guardians of the Gate. Their story unfolds in the novel.

Portrait of the black wolf facing the viewer, with Bahrain’s Tree of Life behind him
BOOK TWO · CHARACTER

THE BLACK WOLF

Watchful. Close to Rashid. His attention seems to settle on things before anyone speaks of them.

Portrait of the silver female wolf facing the viewer, with Bahrain’s Tree of Life behind her
BOOK TWO · CHARACTER

THE SILVER FEMALE

A pale presence beside the black wolf, with her own stillness and way of reading the night.

EXPLORE BOOK TWO

GUARDIANS OF THE GATE · BOOK TWO

NEW FACES.
HIDDEN MOTIVES.

Meet the people and groups drawn toward Barbar. These files leave their identities and fates for the novel to reveal.

Mary in contemporary dark clothing at the operations centreOPERATIONS / MANAMA
BOOK TWO · FIELD SUPPORT

MARY

From the operations centre, Mary follows the field team through satellite feeds and encrypted communications. Her voice reaches them when the landscape itself becomes difficult to read.

The professor in contemporary academic clothing beside his lecture podiumLECTURE / BARBAR
BOOK TWO · ARCHAEOLOGY

THE PROFESSOR

A scholar presenting the documented history of Barbar Temple. An unexpected question at his lecture suggests that someone in the audience knows another story.

Five people in modern clothing gathered in a dim corridorFIVE LIVES / ONE THREAT
BOOK TWO · THE TARGETED FIVE

THE FIVE DESCENDANTS

Five people become the focus of a dangerous search. What binds them together, and why they are sought, unfolds inside the book.

Five figures in long red hooded coats in a shadowed fictional chamberTHE RED ROBES / UNKNOWN
BOOK TWO · OPPOSING FORCE

THE RED-ROBED ORGANISATION

Figures in red appear wherever the search for the Gate grows more dangerous. Their human network and its purpose emerge gradually through the story.

DISCOVER BOOK TWO

NOT EVERY PRESENCE IS HUMAN

THE CHARACTERS
END HERE.

The Vampire and the Entity belong to a different visual class. They are not treated as ordinary character profiles.

Vampire official presenceEntity official presence
ENTER PRESENCES