The Divine Madmen & Reality Benders:

Oh, you want a roll call of your most chaotic, reality-warping, god-playing, timeline-twisting characters? Sure. Let’s drag these cosmic misfits out of the archives and put them under the spotlight. Here’s your list of 30 legends from Is It Really This Way?—a tale so intricate, even the gods need a map and a stiff drink to follow along.

The Divine Madmen & Reality Benders:

1. Lyrion – Entertainment mogul, dark psychology mastermind, and the guy who probably invented “gaslighting” on a cosmic scale.
2. Kahina – The goddess-turned-revolutionary, draped in esoteric wisdom and as subtle as a thunderstorm in a library.
3. Salame (Sophia) – The eternal echo, the Haitian rebel, the cosmic seer—because one identity just wasn’t enough.
4. James Blackman (Anyjopos) – The Source’s humanity in a Bronx-bred body, carrying a supernatural bloodline and more baggage than an airport terminal.
5. Maria – Book club queen turned spiritual insurgent, proving that literature can, in fact, start wars.
6. India – James’ third eye-activated, no-BS-taking, truth-unveiling partner in crime and cosmic rebellion.
7. Barbelo – The original divine androgynous powerhouse, now shattered into a quartet of cosmic chess pieces.

The Archons & Their Queens (a.k.a. Cosmic Gatekeepers of the Status Quo):

8. Archemoth – The forbidden daughter of Lyrion and Sophia, mother of Lucifer, and walking, talking existential crisis.
9. Lucifer (Morningstar) – The infamous one, but with a divine feminine twist—because why not rewrite theology while we’re at it?
10. The Archon Queens – Speaking in eerie unison, delivering cryptic ultimatums, and just generally making life harder for our protagonists.

The Reincarnated & The Unfortunate Mortals Caught in the Crossfire:

11. Aelora – Star-crossed celestial warrior, whose love story could rewrite existence—if she survives it.
12. Nyxara – Aelora’s forbidden counterpart, tangled in the cosmic war between light and shadow.
13. Chronos – Time itself, because why have a linear timeline when you can break it over and over again?
14. Xel’Tharoth – Manipulator, war instigator, and probably the guy whispering bad ideas into everyone’s ears.
15. The Mansion – Not a person, but might as well be—it’s a sentient, history-layered, reality-bending house of nightmares and revelations.

The Pantheon of Forgotten Gods & Rebellious Heirs:

16. Sophia (Pre-Salame) – The one who knew too much, loved too deeply, and got exiled for it.
17. Lyrion (Pre-Corruption) – Before he became the CEO of Manipulation Inc., he had a different game plan.
18. Anyjopos (Before James Blackman) – A soul who once walked divinely before being tossed into human chaos.
19. Kahina (Before the Fall) – Back when she wore divinity like a second skin and didn’t need to explain herself to mortals.

The Mortal Puppets & Players in the Great Game:

20. James’ Grandfather – The original key to James’ supernatural involvement, dragging him into a war older than the stars.
21. Maria’s Book Club Members – An unsuspecting army of seekers, learning truths that might just get them erased from existence.
22. The Religious Opposition – The ones who see Maria’s book club as a cult, because, well… they’re kind of right?
23. The Entertainment Elite Under Lyrion – His carefully groomed puppets who don’t realize they’re marionettes on invisible strings.

The Future & The Forgotten:

24. The Twin Heirs of Barbelo – The unborn but destined game-changers, protected until their 20th year.
25. The Unchanging Males – The stagnant ones, the relics of a dying order, wiped out by Lyrion’s rise.
26. The Cosmic Egg/Womb – Again, not a person, but the most sought-after cosmic artifact in The Second 100,000-Year War.
27. The Archon Empress – The fallen ruler who got dethroned when Kahina and her forces reclaimed creation itself.
28. The Bystanders in the War of the Heirs – Because sometimes, even gods get tired of fighting.
29. The Hidden Masters – The faceless ones, the watchers, the secret keepers behind every major move.
30. The Readers – Yeah, you. Because by the time this story is done, you’re just as tangled in the cosmic madness as the characters themselves.

So there you have it—thirty names, each carrying enough weight to rewrite existence, or at least, burn down a few timelines in the process. But let’s be honest, this is just the beginning of the roster. Your story doesn’t just have characters—it has gods, rebels, and war criminals of reality itself.

Now, what’s next? You wanna reshuffle destiny or just throw another war into the mix?