The Blade of Shattered Hope (The 13th Reality #3)

Chi’karda—The mysterious force that controls Quantum Physics. It is the scientific embodiment of conviction and choice, which in reality rules the universe. Responsible for creating the different Realities.

Chi’karda Drive—The invention that revolutionized the universe by harnessing, magnifying, and controling Chi’karda. It has long been believed that travel between Realities is impossible without it.

Chu Industries—The company that practically rules the world of the Fourth Reality. Known for countless

inventions and technologies, including many that are malicious in nature.

Command Center—Master George’s headquarters in the Bermuda Triangle, where Chi’karda levels are monitored and to where his many nanolocators report various types of information.

Darkin (Dark Infinity) Project—A menacing, giant device created by Reginald Chu of the Fourth Reality to manipulate others’ minds. Destroyed by Tick.

Earwig Transponder—An insect-like device inserted into the ear that can scramble listening devices and help track its host.

Edgar Higginbottom—Tick’s father.

Entropy—The law of nature that states all things move toward destruction. Related to fragmentation.

Factory, The—Located in the Thirteenth Reality, it is where Mistress Jane “manufactures” her abominable creations.

Fangen—A creature created by Mistress Jane utilizing the twisted and mutated version of Chi’karda found in the Thirteenth Reality. Formed from a variety of no fewer than twelve different animals, the short and stocky creatures are bred to kill first and ask questions later. They can also fly.

Fifth Army, The—Sato’s fighting unit, made up of people from the Fifth Reality.

Firekelt—Creation of Mistress Jane. A monster covered in hundreds of cloth-like strips that ignite on demand.

Fragmentation—When a Reality begins losing Chi’karda levels on a vast scale, it can no longer maintain itself as a major alternate version of the world and will eventually disintegrate into nothing. Its cause is related to entropy.

Frazier Gunn—A loyal servant of Mistress Jane.

Frupey—Nickname for Fruppenschneiger, Sofia’s butler.

Gnat Rat—A malicious invention of Chu Industries in the Fourth Reality. Releases dozens of mechanical hornets that are programmed to attack a certain individual based on a nanolocator, DNA, or blood type.

Grand Canyon—A satellite location of the Realitants. Second only to the Bermuda Triangle in Chi’karda

levels. Still unknown as to why.

Grand Minister—Supreme ruler of the Fifth Reality.

Grinder Beast—An enormous, rhinoceros-like creature with dozens of legs in the Tenth Reality.

Halters—A weapon that shoots out tiny darts laced with a paralyzing serum.

Hans Schtiggenschlubberheimer—The man who started the Scientific Revolution in the Fourth Reality in the early nineteen-hundreds. In a matter of decades, he helped catapult the Fourth far beyond the other Realities in terms of technology.

Haunce, The—A mysterious, ghostly, powerful being made up of billions upon billions of soulikens.

Henry—A boy from the Industrial Barrens in the Seventh Reality.

Hillenstat—A Realitant doctor from the Second Reality.

Jimmy “The Voice” Porter—A Realitant from the Twelfth Reality. Has no tongue.

Katrina Kay—A Realitant from the Ninth Reality.

Kayla Higginbottom—Tick’s youngest sister.

Klink—Guard of the Execution Exit at the End of the Road Insane Asylum.

Kyoopy—Nickname used by the Realitants for Quantum Physics.

Ladies of Blood and Sorrow—A mysterious society of women loyal to Mistress Jane.

Lemon Fortress—Mistress Jane’s castle in the Thirteenth Reality.

Lisa Higginbottom—Tick’s older sister.

Lorena Higginbottom—Tick’s mother.

Mabel Fredrickson—Tick’s great-aunt. Lives in Alaska.

Master George—The current leader of the Realitants.

Metaspide—A vicious robotic creature from the Fourth Reality that resembles a spider.

Mistress Jane—A former Realitant and ruler of the Thirteenth Reality, she wields an uncanny power over Chi’karda. Since the accident in which she was “melded” with fragments of the Dark Infinity weapons, her power has increased tenfold.

Mothball—A Realitant from the Fifth Reality.

Ms. Sears—Tick’s favorite librarian.

Muffintops—Master George’s cat.

Multiverse—An old term used by Reality Prime scientists to explain the theory that Quantum Physics has created multiple versions of the universe.

Nancy Zeppelin—A Realitant from Wisconsin in Reality Prime.

Nanolocator—A microscopic electronic device that can crawl into a person’s skin and forever provide information on their whereabouts, Chi’karda levels, etc.

Nonex—When Alterants meet, one disappears and enters the Nonex. A complete mystery to the Realitants.

Norbert McGillicuddy—A post office worker in Alaska who helped Tick and his dad escape an attack by Frazier Gunn.

Paul Rogers—A Realitant from Florida in Reality Prime.