
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.
OFFICIAL CHARACTER FILES
Meet the people drawn into the mystery of the Gate and the last heartbeats.
THE HUMAN SIDE OF THE STORY
FILE · 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.

FILE · THAMER
THE PROTECTOR
Steady under pressure, Thamer stands close to those facing the danger surrounding the Gate.

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

FILE · KATHERINE
THE ANALYST
Katherine searches the evidence for an explanation, even when the evidence challenges everything she knows.
ENGLISH BOOK TWO · THE WOLVES
Seen together on the cover of Guardians of the Gate. Their story unfolds in the novel.

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

A pale presence beside the black wolf, with her own stillness and way of reading the night.
GUARDIANS OF THE GATE · BOOK TWO
Meet the people and groups drawn toward Barbar. These files leave their identities and fates for the novel to reveal.
OPERATIONS / MANAMAFrom 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.
LECTURE / BARBARA scholar presenting the documented history of Barbar Temple. An unexpected question at his lecture suggests that someone in the audience knows another story.
FIVE LIVES / ONE THREATFive people become the focus of a dangerous search. What binds them together, and why they are sought, unfolds inside the book.
THE RED ROBES / UNKNOWNFigures in red appear wherever the search for the Gate grows more dangerous. Their human network and its purpose emerge gradually through the story.
NOT EVERY PRESENCE IS HUMAN
The Vampire and the Entity belong to a different visual class. They are not treated as ordinary character profiles.

