FOR FOOLS

IN-BOOK MENTIONED CONNECTIONS

ROADSIDE PARADISE-SPECIFIC LORE

MANUSCRIPT SECRETS (DEEP LORE)

OFF-PAGE GOODIES

• Vampires: In Chapter 11, Frank Morris asks if the deities can get him any more vampire venom. There are vampires in the Amiverse, and there was consideration to write a vampire story that would occur before Roadside Paradise, but that series is currently being considered for drafting, though it has been marginally developed into a possible 5-book series.
• Bryant Morris' Forbidden Knowledge: While his research and exposure to magical practices through the Guild of the Red Dragon does color his own experimentations later in his life once he creates the Commission of the People, Bryant Morris never shares the secrets of his magical knowledge, even with Thomas Ankell. Ankell understands that there are powers beyond humans, but definitely did not have the same exposure as Bryant Morris. (Young Thomas Ankell will make a short cameo in Roadside Paradise as well).
• New Magical Evolution: When the deities talk about the "forced evolution of humans jamming the cogs of reality," this is a direct premonition of what will create the Second Shift, but as will be explored later, there is nothing they can do to stop what humans are trying to do and they need dragon interference... only to be met with silence.
• Truly Evil Souls: There are a small minority of souls in the Amiverse that are considered inherently "evil." In Chapter 11 when Rajia and V are passing their judgment on Frank they say that it has been a long time since they have seen one of his kind, and that he is a "rare breed," they are talking about the acute destructive energy of his soul (which would be classified as evil). So far in the Amiverse, only three such souls have made it to page: Frank Morris, Bryant Morris, and Kawakara Kage. These are characters that were "born bad."